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

Allen and Chris are back, baby. Join us as we say the word ‘back’ a lot 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: Ridley Scott (I know) Annabelle 2 Hellboy reboot Karen Gillan costume controversy Wonder Woman woman only screenings Baby Driver and Edgar Wright (yeah we know it isn’t a sequel, but we ended up talking about it, shut up) TRAILER TALK Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle Pitch Perfect 3 Flatliners Murder On The Orient Express   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/UCTkdq

To celebrate a year of podcasts Allen and Chris look at the latter's favourite ever franchise There are broadly two ways a Diminishing Returns 'Franchise' Episode pans out: Either we watch something so ill conceived and badly executed it brings out anger, incredulity and off topic rants. Or we watch something we genuinely enjoy and we talk excitedly about why we love it. This is definitely the second type of episode. Seriously, Chris loves these films. We talk, Death Tony Todd X-Files connections Stifler 'The Final' instalments of franchises Murder Sensitive kids and more! Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination (or just watch them all, treat yourself) 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/

Allen and Chris face up to almost a year together. 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, What did we get right and what did we get wrong in our previous years’ Trailer Talks? Chris unveils a new detective duo. Allen becomes a serious challenger to the man of a thousand voices A special guest film critic drops in A Lovers Rock album title We talk sequels that should have been made And an out of time Trailer Talk   OUT OF TIME TRAILER TALK: Bambi 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k73vgTDvRek French Connection 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNYcbiIwFw The Dead Pool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n41u5nOsuBM Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkY3_hIdCQ Aliens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKSQmYUaIyE   Episode Posters at https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturns

Terrible people are brought together to work as a team… but enough about the hosts of this podcast. With the upcoming release of Wonder Woman we look at an earlier DC Extended Universe film, Suicide Squad. DC had just released the dour Batman V Superman: Yawn Of Justice, which was heavily criticised for it's dark tone, while it’s great rival Marvel had success with Guardians Of The Galaxy, a super quippy ensemble film featuring reluctant heroes. Reluctant, third-tier, not famous heroes…. What was DC to do with their own not famous reluctant hero ensemble flick? In this episode: Deadshot is a sexist The shoddy treatment of academia in the DCEU The Batman! The Joker! The Flash! None of them deserve exclamation points! Sentimental criminals The Enchantress is not a good hang And we find out the safest mode of transport!   Remind yourself of the plot here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Squad_(film) Episode Posters here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ CONTACT LINKS Email us at: d

Allen and Chris discuss David Bowie’s most famous part and being a good Hollywood neighbour. 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 No Leia! Sex robots David Bowie Chris says Aladdin Sane when he means Hunky Dory Jurassic Park Am insanely terrible Transformers clip (link below) An insanely accurate Ridley Scott impersonation Allen is Giallo crazy Creepy Middle Aged Men And James McAvoy’s stellar career.   TRAILER TALK Blade Runner 2049 Spider-Man Homecoming Wonder Woman IT Whiskey Galore Star Wars: The Last Jedi   MISCELLANEOUS That Transformers clip, oooft.   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://d

We know you may be sick of hearing about Trump’s first 100 days in office so take your mind off current affairs as we discuss the ‘Escape From….’ series , set in a dystopian future where authoritarian demagogue presidents wall off undesirables. *Allen and Chris look to camera* In this episode we discuss: Kurt Russell’s hair The aristocracy Great casting Wonderfully named characters we never see John Carpenter’s great films Was Escape From LA ahead of it’s time? And Snake Plissken’s view on trans rights! Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_L.A.   MISCELLANEOUS The discussed cut scene that would have served as the introduction to Snake Plissken in Escape From New York : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlken5NO7Ew 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/di

Allen and Chris stare down the Grim Reaper…..to talk sequels and stuff. 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: Allen debuts another impersonation Eddie Murphy news So. Much. Transformers. Our new economics spin-off Carrie Fisher and Star Wars Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Where Man Of Steel really went wrong. And our new segment, Addendum-dum-dum-dumb!   TRAILER TALK IT Thor: Ragnarok Justice League   RECOMMENDATIONS Going In Style (1979) and Get Out (Chris hadn’t watched any sequel related stuff)   MISCELLANEOUS The Original Going In Style trailer The Original IT Trailer The wonderful John Prine with his song, Hello In There and something that hit a little too close to home: http://succubusmag.com/2017/03/28/wow-these-two-straight-white-men-recorded-a-podcast-about-films/   Episode Posters at https://www.facebook

In this episode, Allen and Chris have a ball as they discuss Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Beyond Thunderdome and of course Fury Road. We talk:   Mel Gibson's lucky casting   Great character names, or greatest character names?   Max Rockatansky: an old fashioned western hero in future times   The behind the scenes tragedy that affected Beyond Thunderdome   Why association football would never take hold in Bartertown   George Miller is old. But awesome.   Charlize Theron's robot mitt   Tom Hardy's interesting choices   and yet an other example of men's rights idiots not enjoying cool stuff     Remind yourself of the films here (but you really should treat yourself and watch em again)   Mad Max https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max The Road Warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_2 Beyond Thunderdome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_Beyond_Thunderdome Fury Road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road     MISCELLANEOUS   The wedding of the last century https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iduvLzKvwko

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which podcast host is the creepiest of them all? 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 discuss: Director hokey cokey There can be only one…. good choice for the Highlander reboot Star Wars news Indiana Jones gets another sequel, can we love again after the Crystal Skulls debacle? Bill Paxton RIP Alien Covenant and Ridley Scott…again! What’s missing from Kong: Skull Island What we loved about Logan And as two middle-aged men discuss Wonder Woman, we have to ask…who is the creepiest - Allen or Chris? TRAILER TALK: Wonder Woman Pirates Of The Carribean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales Power Rangers Despicable Me 3   RECOMMENDATIONS: Logan, John Wick 2 and Little Shop Of Horrors (1986) MISCELLANEOUS: Two great but lesser known Bill Paxton films- Near Dark And One False Move EPISODE POSTERS at

Episode 20. X-Men Origins: Wolverine. With the recent release of Logan, Allen and Chris look at the first Wolverine spin-off. Snikt! Snikt! Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the X-Men series was a star making, break out performance so it was only a matter of time before he got his own spin-off solo film. Which is how we got X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a film so bad it made Allen and Chris drop to their knees and scream to the heavens. In this episode: How to waste Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool Allen burns Will.I.Am Liev Schreiber, the worst kitty cat since George Galloway. Canadian references Terrible, terrible special effects And dildo names!   Remind yourself of the film here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine   Watch the (actually, quite cool) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6p52S381nE   And watch Wolverine use his adamantium claws and marvel at the terrible SFX work (whoever uploaded this to Youtube added their own soundtrack and some captions and thinks this constitutes a “great momen

Allen and Chris choose life (or perhaps a mid-life crisis) where we recommend some actual good films, talk Super Bowl trailers and Oscar nominations. 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 bonus episode: Lets Equalise again! WWE and Norway! Jings! Rings has affected other things! It’s the time of the (award) season! Baby Groot! There’s a millennial in the podcast! ….and the man of half a dozen voices!   Trailer Talk John Wick Superbowl Spot Fast and Furious 8: The Fate Of The Furious -Super Bowl Spot -Trailer Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 -Super Bowl spot -Trailer  Spider-Man: Homecoming Beauty and The Beast   RECOMMENDATIONS: Dr Strange, Lego Batman and Trainspotting 2. MISCELLANEOUS The Teardrop Explodes: Reward! EPISODE POSTERS at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/ CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminish

Allen and Chris glide through this episode (it's all in the buttocks) as we discuss Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. Why not have a fun drinking game this episode and take a drink every time we use the words 'likeable' or 'charming' when talking about America's sweetheart, Sandra Bullock? In this episode: Gay stereotypes! Bad ADR! Treat Williams' special treat! Dolly Parton’s body double! Wasting the talents of Nick Offerman and William Shatner! Michael Caine vs Deidrich Bader! How Stephen Tobolowsky made Chris happy! And sluts! Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Congeniality_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Congeniality_2:_Armed_and_Fabulous   The trailer that you should watch instead of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv4SzMPlwp4   Episode posters at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingp

Episode 17: Everybody Loves Boobs. Join Allen and Chris as we run in slo-mo on the beach. 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 bonus episode we discuss: JJ Abrams giving up remakes Is Tim Burton a great director? Ridley Scott’s campaign to annoy Allen and Chris The importance of the CHIPS brand Our love for Sean William Scott Jay Baruchel’s love for Celtic and the worst remake idea Chris has ever heard   TRAILER TALK: Baywatch Logan (Wolverine 3) Cars 3 Alien Covenant   EPISODE POSTER at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   Miscellaneous: The New Cars (with Todd Rundgren) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp54DuW7RGk   The (old) Cars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsPh-EgH65M   Check the difference in tone between these two seasons: Baywatch Nights season 1 intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmdJTYN

16: Footloose (1984) and Footloose (2011). Let’s hear it for the boys as Allen and Chris get their dancing shoes on and look at the much loved 1984 film Footloose and the 2011 remake. We talk about the original hit filled soundtrack, the real life story of the town that banned dancing, why it’s a bad idea to play Russian roulette with blanks, Kevin Bacon going back to school, stage kids VS Chris Penn. We praise the daddy John Lithgow while Allen hates Miles Teller and Chris is going through some stuff…. anyway, I thought this was a party. LET'S DANCE!   Remind yourself of the films here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footloose_(1984_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footloose_(2011_film)   The opening credits to Cover Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXgIIp29RJ8 Kevin Bacon’s entrance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2FpCDlyNg   EPISODE POSTERS at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find

In which Allen and Chris talk Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, trailers and old people. 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.   **so we do inevitably talk about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story but we keep it light on details so as not to spoil it. If you’d rather skip those sections altogether: 19:15-26:16 we talk very vaguely about our thoughts on Rogue One, very minor details discussed. 26:16 -37:17 we talk about the idiotic right wing ‘controversy’ around it and the more understandable controversy around CGI representations of dead actors, but there are no specific plot points discussed**   Join Allen and Chris in the uncanny valley as we talk abut     Beauty and the Beast   Old showbiz   Walton Goggins   Alien Covenant   Blade Runner 2049   Turkeys Of The Year   Rogue One   Trailer Talk: Transformers: The Last Knight The Mummy War

We decided to talk about the 5th Die Hard film, which with hindsight was a mistake….so we talk about anything else, -the first 4 films, -the plethora of ‘Die Hard on a…’ films that followed in the first film’s wake -Allen’s glamorous celeb encounter -how John McClane went from everyman to superhero -the many actors offered the role before Bruce Willis Yet, inevitably (after about 30 odd minutes into this hour long podcast), we get round to talking about A Good Day To Die Hard: it’s unclear plot, its misuse of Spartacus alum and it’s pointless references to the classic original. Read up on/remind yourself of the plot here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Good_Day_to_Die_Hard Episode posters at https://www.facebook.com/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: Diminish

We love Wick, John Wick that is.   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 bonus episode Allen and Chris choose life as we discuss:   The new Rambo!   Edge Of Tomorrow sequel!   Neil Marshall!   Charlie Sheen!   Our Love Of Keanu Reeves!   Trailer Talk!   And in our all-new, totally unique, segment: Talking About Trailers, Eh? We talk about specially shot teaser trailers that we love!   LINKS   TRAILER TALK:   John Wick: Chapter 2   Ghost In The Shell   Trainspotting 2   TALKING ABOUT TRAILERS, EH?:   Toys   Jurassic Park   Alien 3   and Allen’s hero - Turk 182   MISCELLANEOUS: EPISODE POSTER Neil Marshall’s Doomsday sequel ideas: http://www.blumhouse.com/2016/11/14/the-doomsday-sequel-that-could-have-been/   Simon Wells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wells   and whatever the hell this is… Tammy and The T Rex.   CONT

In this episode Allen and Chris run in a straight line from a crashing space ship, but in this case the crashing space ship is the don’t-call-it-a-prequel-to-Alien-even-though-it’s-a-prequel-to-Alien film Prometheus. Finally after years of sequels and spin-offs that didn’t quite cut the mustard (with the obvious exception of the James Cameron masterpiece, Aliens) Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with 1979’s Alien. With a big budget and a great filmmaker at the helm it’s everything Allen and Chris would have wished for…. so why are they so disappointed? We talk Space jockeys, unscientific scientists, the pseudo science of Chariots Of The Gods, Fassbender O’Toole, Idris Elba’s squeezebox, Charlize Theron’s efficiency, Weyland Corp’s HR Policy and Alien Vs Predator Vs Reason Vs Faith Vs Damon Lindelof. More like No-metheus, right fellas? EPISODE POSTER Remind yourself of the plot here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(2012_film) The nutty nonsense of Erich Von Daniken and Chariots

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 spooky Halloween themed bonus episode a grumpy Chris and excited Allen discuss:   Practical effects vs CGI!   Hocus Pocus!   John Carpenter fights a Zombie!   Clowns!   Horror Taglines!   Trailer Talk!   And the results of our #moviemonstermashup competition in Allen’s Challenge!     LINKS   TRAILER TALK:   PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN   MISCELLANEOUS Episode Poster Allen’s 24hr Halloween watchlist     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   COMING SOON

Allen and Chris take a break from the city and head to the idyllic surroundings of Crystal Lake…hey what was that noise?   On this episode we tackle the first three parts of the Friday the 13th film series, one of the most iconic franchises in horror.   Allen is unsurprisingly a super-fan while Chris had not seen any of the films until the week before they recorded this episode.   We talk the evolution of slasher movies, 3D gimmicks, final girls, and how long until Jason Voorhees becomes the Jason we all know and fear.   Read up on/remind yourself of the plots and cast here: Part 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(1980_film) Part 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_Part_2 Part 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_Part_III   The ‘Final Girl’ trope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl EPISODE POSTERS AT https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod/photos/   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod ht