Episode 184 :: Movies That Actually Need Sequels

Posted by NerdyShow on June 16, 2014

Movie sequels are a tricky business. Crappy movies get sequels all the time and on occasion perfectly good standalone movies are forced into the sequel game with mixed results or even the dreaded… direct to video sequel.

Meanwhile, plenty of perfectly good film franchises are lying in wait as other movies are given the full-service sequel treatment. So what films actually need sequels?  Nerdy Show listener Arkais requested that we discuss just that.  Join a whole party of Nerdy Show personalities from across the Network (Cap, Hex, Doug, Tony, Brandon, La Valle, and Trench of Nerdy Show, Jarrod of Flame On, and boR of Derpy Show) as we feast on treats from Japan (provided by awesome fan Anduin) and give our two cents on what films desperately need a follow-up.

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Track:

• Dickpuncher III: The Dickening :: Marc With  A C

Links:

• Consequence of Sound‘s hypothetical Space Jam 2 soundtrack
• Lightning Dogs
• The Super Mario Bros. movie sequel comic
• Our interview with Bob Burden, creator of Mystery Men
• Watch Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge
• Macaulay Culkin’s pizza-themed Velvet Underground album

Movies:

• Dredd
• Demolition Man
• Dick Tracy
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Tropic Thunder
• The Last Starfighter
• Mystery Men
• The Dark Crystal
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
• Spaceballs
• Blade Runner
• The Punisher
• Jumanji
• Clue
• Monster Squad
• Hellboy 1 | 2
• Prince of Persia
• The Thing
• Pacific Rim
• They Live
• Farscape