Diminishing Returns: The Movie Podcast About Sequels, Prequels, Spin-offs And Reboots

Allen and Chris count their cash and talk trailers. In between 'proper' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or franchise) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. In the spare minutes between counting their cash and buying yachts, Allen and Chris make time to talk about sequels and stuff. In this episode: Back to the Backdraft Barry Sonnenfeld Football knowledge for dummies Sexy Dumbledore and his sexuality Stripper superheroes and the great career choice that is podcasting!   TRAILER TALK Mary Poppins Returns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzcaR1N0pTI Avengers: Infinity War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwievZ1Tx-8 Sicario: Day Of The Soldado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIMChzE_aCo  Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sEaYB4rLFQ EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ We are an independent podcast, so remember and

With the release of a new Tomb Raider film, Allen and Chris look back at Angelina Jolie’s pair….of films. This month sees the release of a Tomb Raider reboot with Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft so it’s a perfect time to look back at the Angelina Jolie starring duo of films, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: Cradle Of Life. It would, of course, be all too easy for this episode to devolve into a bunch of jokes about boobs. So we totally do that. In this episode: Will we ever get a good computer game adaptation? What Americans think of England Good bad guy casting Hey, it’s Daniel Craig! Hey, it’s Gerard Butler! The poor planning of shadowy criminal conspirators and their nemeses. And the physics of planetary alignment Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft:_Tomb_Raider and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft:_Tomb_Raider_%E2%80%93_The_Cradle_of_Life EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ We are an independent podcast, so reme

Allen and Chris battle through the snow to talk sequel news, trailers and recommendations.   Allen and Chris battle through the snow to talk sequel news, trailers and recommendations. In between 'proper' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or franchise) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. In this episode: Karate kid sequel, Cobra Kai Allen starts talking about Dungeons and Dragons (again) The Die Hard franchise refuses to die at all. Evangeline Lilly, what you been doing? And our new segment: Hollywood Health Update   Trailer Talk: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -New trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NooW_RbfdWI -Older Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9mMeWcgoM Ant Man and The Wasp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_rTIAOohas Mission Impossible: Fallout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb49-oV0F78 Solo: A Star Wars Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNW0B0HsvVs   EPISODE POSTERS A

Two middle-aged dudes talk 50 Shades and it’s sequel. Allen and Chris get sexy in this post Valentine's special by watching the smash-hit film adaptations of EL James’ 2 err...smash-hit books. It started off as Twilight fan fiction before being reshaped into the non-supernatural tale of a virgin and a kinky billionaire.  As the third film, Fifty Shades Freed, is released- the Fifty Shades series is undoubtedly a cultural juggernaut, but are they good films? No, obviously. But we watched the first two instalments anyway. In this episode: Flu remedies Anastasia’s educational prowess Christian Grey is good at two things Kim Basinger’s previous work in the field Research! Lots of giggling about sex stuff And what Sci-Fi series really gets Christian off….. Remind yourself of the films here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_Darker_(film) EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ We are an independent podcast, so re

Allen and Chris return to talk new beefs, plot twists and trailers. In between 'proper' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or franchise) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. In episode 45….. Let’s Crank again with Neveldine/Taylor An Excellent sequel possible for Bill and Ted West Side Story Aaron Sorkin? A-WRONG Sorkin, more like Star Wars: The Last Jedi controversy And Allen recommends not do something obvious and reveals his love for a 90s pop band TRAILER TALK Oceans 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFWF9dU5Zc0 Deep Blue Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF465jHpqXk Overboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLAJ0ooorDU   MISCELLANEOUS We mention this excellent series of articles on action cinema by Tom Breihan, check em out https://www.avclub.com/c/a-history-of-violence   EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/    CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingp

In our 'franchise' episodes we look at a particular film series.... In episode 44 Allen and Chris look at another mismatched duo who delight audiences, Riggs and Murtaugh! In this episode- Always bet on black, Shane Black. Mel Gibson in the 80s = movie star Who really is the kill crazy cop in this film? Glover, Gibson and Donner, a good hang Theme tunes. Diplomatic immunity (The man of 1000 voices enjoys this one). Patsy Kensit, a critique. And much, much more!   Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Weapon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Weapon_2   Honeymoon Suite – Lethal Weapon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0jaGR0I79k Eighth Wonder – Cross My Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi8XSJWz1R4   We mentioned our pals’ podcast Spocklight, they interviewed Richard Donner for an episode, you can find em in loads of places, but here's a link to iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/spocklight-a-star-trek-podcast/id1150816497?mt=2 EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.fa

In the spirit of DVD special features here’s a collection of deleted scenes, bloopers and err….a lot of Chris swearing. Yeah that’s right we actually edit stuff out of the pod! Anyway, here’s some bloopers, asides, tangents and general stuff we enjoyed that we couldn’t fit into their particular episodes. Normal service will resume next episode. EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_)   COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Lethal Weapon 1 and 2   DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about movie sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Hosted by Allen and Chris. WARNING: Contains Scottish accents and spoilers.

Allen and Chris get festive with our seasonal special.... It’s Christmas time -we hope you had a happy holiday, however you spent it. In this episode we discuss -Our top 10 films of the year -Our disappointing sequels of the year -And our Xmas film favourites! Thanks to everyone that’s joined us over the last year. We have some exciting episodes planned for 2018, including a Shane Black classic, some kinky romance and for our 50th episode we are going to treat ourselves….so don’t forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss an episode . EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_)   DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about

With The Last Jedi being released today, Allen and Chris look at JJ Abrams’ soft reboot of the biggest franchise in Sci-Fi We’d lived through the prequels, old hope had died, but Disney had bought Lucasfilm and that meant a new trilogy of sequels, starting with JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and it had Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Luke Skywalker back. Could it live up to expectations? Was this just an exercise in fan service? And why does Harrison Ford look so engaged in this film? In this episode we discuss -Scottish Star Wars characters -Who do the First Order Remind us of? -Is Rey a Mary Sue? -Young gifted and black (Stormtroopers) -Camp German Commandants -How do the new kids on the star destroyer (Kylo Ren, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Rey) fare? -and friend of the show, Judy Frary gives us a run down of the plot of the original Star Wars films. The only issue? She hasn’t seen any of them. Remind yourself of the film here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens EPISODE P

Not our Star Wars: The Force Awakens episode, which due to some production delays will be out later this week. Apologies. Chris hastily recorded this mini-ep on his phone, in his bed, hungover. So it doesn't have the ususal wall-of-sound production values that you've come to expect. But you can now imagine him in his bed. So that should more than make up for it. Anyway The Force Awakens is our next episode (episode 41). Make sure you have subscribed so you get it as soon as it drops. EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTube: Diminishing Returns https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_ DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about movie sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Hosted by Allen and Chris. WARNING

Allen and Chris give thanks and talk trailers In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or series of films) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. In this episode: We go ga-ga for Goggins Crow reboot casting The surprise box office hit we all forgot about Where do we draw the line for comebacks? Trailer Talk Brad Bird films, adorable? Or worrying? And an in-depth recounting of the Harry Potter franchise. Trailer Talk Incredibles 2 Teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDMWVZta3M Black Panther https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjDjIWPwcPU Daddy’s Home 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyW_EX7iRW0 Band Moms 2: A Bad Moms Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQPr0sCjau0 EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminis

To celebrate it’s 30th anniversary Allen and Chris take a break from pushing pencils to talk Predator and it’s sequel, Predator 2... Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Predator was released 30 years ago. Despite lukewarm reviews it’s now regarded as an action/sci-fi classic. It’s 1990 Danny Glover starring sequel, less so. But how do they both hold up? In this episode... Rippling biceps Political futures Arnie’s body Jesse The Body Ventura and was it acceptable in the 80s? Bill Duke Shane Black (of course) Sonny Landham and his bodyguard Jean Claude Van Damme Vs Kevin Peter Hall How do you follow Predator as a director? Easter eggs Allen and Chris argue about voodoo Cool kills And Bill Paxton Remind yourelf of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(film) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_2 EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/  CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitte

This Halloween, we find out the real podcast episode...was inside you all along In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or series of films) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. It's almost Halloween so Chris and Allen get spooky. In this episode: -Why we aren’t going to discuss the thing everyone is discussing so in a way we do end up discussing it -Halloween -Maniac Cop -Puppet Master -We have a Quiz -And a competition! That you should or should not enter -Nachos -Allen shows he is the king of ‘Yes and’ -Nam -And Lenny Kravitz!   TRAILER TALK Leatherface https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDNJ3XQn9Cg Insidious 4: The Last Key https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQyrwQyCOk Boo 2: A Madea Halloween https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwRAqEBITuc MICELLANEOUS Dinosaur Jr – Start Choppin’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGy1yEB299I Leatherface – Not Superstitious https://www.youtube.com/watc

It’s October, which means 2 things, Halloween is almost upon us and Allen and Chris will be returning to Crystal Lake to watch more Friday the 13th movies. Last year, we watched the first three instalments, so it was inevitable that this year we would look at the next three - the incorrectly titled The Final Chapter, A New Beginning which set up the beginning of a whole new plot thread…which was totally ignored by Jason Lives. Join us as we discuss: Analogous nudity Crispin Glover’s live appearances The Crystal Lake Library system Corey Feldman’s Tommy Sheppard showing them how it's done Reckless Reggie’s gallusness And the surprising excellence of one of the chapters! Remind yourself of the films here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th:_The_Final_Chapter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th:_A_New_Beginning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_Part_VI:_Jason_Lives The trailer for the Crispin Glover film Chris talks about in the episode (contains nudity and weirdness) https://www

Allen and Chris talk about IT, terrible people in the world of film and terrible trailers.   In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or err…franchise) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. In this episode we talk Hellboy and Hollywood Racism The new adaptation of Stephen Kings IT Some terrible people Gerard Butler’s face Chris and Allen get romantic and accidently write a porn parody. Plus recommendations, new trailers and more!   TRAILER TALK: Tomb Raider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ndhidEmUbI Jigsaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPP6aIw1vgY Fifty Shades Freed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpAuCG6iUcA EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpre

Chris and Allen put down their copy of Tobin’s Spirit Guide to relive their youth Do, Ray, Egon…….Allen and Chris talk the original Ghostbusters film and its sequel, Ghostbusters 2, a film that did not have a great response at the time but in the dumb furore over the 2016 reboot seemed to be reclassified as a classic. How does it stand up and can two dudes that saw Ghostbusters when they were kids ever be able to look at the first film with any critical distance? We discuss: Ghost trains Bill Murray’s excellence Dan Ackroyd’s beliefs Chris misses Harold Ramis The Beatles And Allen has yet another impersonation Who you gonna call? No one calls anymore, Granddad, just message them instead.  Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_II Huey Lewis and The News: I Want A New Drug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA The Hateful Life And Spiteful Death Of The Man Who Was Vigo The Carpathian: http://deadspin.com/the-hateful-li

Allen and Chris look into the depths of their dark hearts. And at trailers and stuff. In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or series of films) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. In this episode we talk Jet setting Daniel Craig returning as Bond Death Enjoying violence in movies Valerian and The City Of A Thousand Planets Some stuff we forgot to mention about the Robocop soundtracks last episode And Allen debuts another new impression!   TRAILER TALK Death Wish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_I4zqC7GN8 Rise Of The Footsoldier 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURIOh3txps Cop And A Half: The New Recruit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZwkStRlou4   Episode Posters at https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@di

Since it’s 30 years since the iconic, brilliant Robocop was released, we ask, what made it so good? And why did the 2014 remake miss the mark? In this episode: We hail Paul Verhoeven, the king of SciFi Joel Kinnaman makes his return to Diminishing Returns (as does Ronny Cox) HR procedures in OCP Going to work with a smile with Clarence Boddicker and gang The late, great Miguel Ferrer Peter Weller and the other great pop culture Weller And another almost certainly uncannily accurate impression from Chris!   Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)   Check out the ridiculous scene from the remake that we talk about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXOhIJg4B7k   Episode Posters at https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.word

Allen and Chris talk Comic-Con news and discover they are the new power in Hollywood. Kiss the ring! In between 'proper' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or franchise) we'll be doing bonus episodes where we talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like. In this episode we talk Doctor Doom Inhumans The Flash Ridley Watch Predator Which one of the hosts was an adorable looking child Recommendations that aren't recommendations and Abba! TRAILER TALK Blade Runner 2049 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZOaI_Fn5o4 Justice League https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJgkniSCks Thor: Ragnarok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue80QwXMRHg Annabelle: Creation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjZkJa6Z-SY EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishin

Allen and Chris get on the rag…the Mummy’s rags that is! Universal recently released The Mummy starring Tom Cruise, hoping to kick of their Dark Universe shared universe….how does it stand up next to the last big budget Mummy reboot, Stephen Sommers’ wildly successful 1999 film starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah? We talk, Cool voiceovers The Egyptian Devil Geopolitics Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce! I’ve heard of a Dr Jekyll..but a Mr Hyde? Russell Crowe and his plummy accent And the lesser-known Universal monster we want to see rebooted Remind yourself of the plots here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1999_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(2017_film)   Episodes Posters  at https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTu