Sequelisers

Sequelisers, transform and roll out! It's time for Season 8, and we're kicking off with a dreadful adaptation of a beloved 80s cartoon. We dig deep into Michael Bay's flaws as a film-maker, the nonsense plotting of Transformers and why a robot needs testicles, but can we fix such a thoroughly ruined franchise? Sponsor: Baxter Blue [https://baxterblueglasses.pxf.io/c/2544961/1031264/11471] Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That's right, it's a bonus extra inter-season episode all about Zack Snyder's Justice League! We discuss the highs, the lows, and, of course, the now-infamous epilogue. Oh and this episode is almost as long as the Snyder Cut itself! Sponsor: SkinStore [skinstore.com/pod.list] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are tackling a highly contentious subject: drugs. Everything from positive and negative depictions, the shift in societal standards and practices, real and fictional drugs, as well as what we even classify as a drug - all through the prism of cinema. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: SkinStore [skinstore.com/pod.list] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Sequelisers, we pay a visit to the Great Wen, the Big Smoke, the Swinging City, and examine how London appears on film. We dive into the city's history, how crime, politics and immigration have shaped the population, and what stories we tend to tell about our nation's capital. Plus, one of the Sequelisers pulls out a knife. Sponsor: SkinStore [skinstore.com/pod.list] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time again for us to answer questions from you, our listeners! What was the hardest film to fix? What's a truly underrated movie? If we could play any role in a film, who would it be? What's the most disappointing trailer? All these questions plus the return of Greenlight, Re-Write, Just Shite! Listener survey: https://forms.gle/8v5S8XWSNiiKTN2v6 Sponsor: SkinStore [skinstore.com/pod.list] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we will be addressing the concept of artificial intelligence in film, as requested by one of our executive producers via Patreon. From robots to computers, benevolent and malevolent, we will be dissecting how cinema has chosen to present AI along with a few choice selections each. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: SkinStore [skinstore.com/pod.list] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Executive Producer Patrons are having us hit all the beefy topics during the inter-season, and this episode we're taking a look at anime, and what happens when you try to adapt animation into live action (without CGI lions). Sponsor: CLARKS [PODGO.CO/CLARKS] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's topic is another Patreon pick and it's a big one... From card tricks & sleight of hand to wand wielding wizards and State Alchemists, it's time to discuss Magic in Film. Some of the videos referenced: Penn Jillette Review On Screen Magic Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3vTld5pNlI&ab_channel=VanityFair Corridor Crew Harry Potter SFX video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9oLOrjiLLA&ab_channel=CorridorCrew Sponsor: PODGO [PODGO.CO] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back discussing the Eon Productions' James Bond canon. In this second part we will address the "modern" Bond films helmed by Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: PODGO [PODGO.CO] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week for our inter-season chat we're discussing cameos, from the ones you can't miss to the ones you'd barely know were there. From repeat offenders like Hitchcock and Stan Lee to musical guests and even royalty, you'd be surprised who's sneaked onto your screen without you knowing... Check out a YouTube playlist of the cameos we selected here: http://bit.ly/SeqCameo Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and PODGO [PODGO.CO] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Editor's Note: There are some audio glitches on Tim's microphone, apologies for this. We've identified the problem so it won't happen in the future. This week's inter-season episode sees us discussing some of the best, most unique and interesting novel to film adaptations. We talk about the origins of this kind of adaptation as well as some of our favourites. Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and KIND [PODGO.CO/KIND] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another round of interseason content means another "Sequel We'd Like To See" opener and after a great deal of thought and discussion, we decided to talk about a potential follow-up to the hugely successful 2010 drama The Social Network. Join us as we debate what worked so well with the original and where we'd like to see the story go next. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and FedEx Office [PODGO.CO/FEDEX] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for the finale of season 7. It's time for a terrible sequel to a 90s cult classic. It's time for...MORTAL KOMBAT! (Annihilation) Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and KIND [PODGO.CO/KIND] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arriving eight years after Interview With The Vampire with half the budget and no returning cast or crew, Queen Of The Damned is about as distant from its predecessor as it can be. But while its straightforward to dissect this very lacklustre sequel, wading through the immense canon to produce a decent follow-up may be more difficult than it appears. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and The NBA Store [PODGO.CO/NBA] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab your claymore and prepare to moon the English, it's time to take a look at the little-known sequel to Braveheart. But after the bloody battles of the 1995 historical epic, why was soup and a sit-down the order of the day for this follow-up? Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and FEDEX [PODGO.CO/FEDEX] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our first foray into bad Netflix sequels with this follow-up to a wuxia classic from the year 2000. It's about time we fix (and translate back into Mandarin) 2016's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny. Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and FEDEX [https://www.podgo.co/fedex] Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not many people are aware that Chinatown has a sequel, and as we find out this week, there's a damn good reason for that. We discuss noir, Los Angeles, the unstoppable force of Jack Nicholson and some truly terrible sex scenes, and attempt to fix a sequel that probably shouldn't exist. Content warning: this episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse from approximately 45:00 to 58:00 Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and Yubico [https://www.yubico.com] Promo code: POD Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode we travel back to New York in 1990s...or is it feudal Japan? Either way, we're fixing the terrible finale of the TMNT trilogy - 1993's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles In Time. Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and Yubico [https://www.yubico.com] Promo code: POD Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Synchronise with your drift-compatible partner and pull on your shiniest gold shoes, we're trying to fix 2018's Pacific Rim Uprising. That's right - Matt's finally getting the keys to his very own mechsuit. Consider the apocalypse uncancelled... Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and Purple Carrot [purplecarrot.com] Promo code: PODGO30 Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we tackle a sequel to a horror classic with one of the worst titles known to man, 1978's Damien: Omen 2. Can the Sequelisers fix the problem-filled film or will the curse of The Omen get them in the end? Sponsors: Stitcher Premium [https://www.stitcher.com/premium] Promo code: SEQUELISERS and The Galry [thegalry.com] Promo code: FRIDAY Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices