Episode 184 :: Movies That Actually Need Sequels
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:
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
6 Comments
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Heh. This is a weird thing for all of us.
Just listening to this and couldn’t help but notice no one mentioned that Bob Hoskins passed away at the end of April. Here’s the obituary at The Gaurdian:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/30/bob-hoskins
RIP, Bob. Thank you for all your great work over the years.
The sound of music was during WWI. Jesus Christ, Brendan. Jesus Christ.
Also, such a bummer that Almost Human with Karl Urban got cancelled. Such a great cast that show. Would love to see him in another Dredd film, but I do kinda love it at as a cult-hit stand alone.
Sorry, meant Brandon, not Brendan.