A bi-weekly podcast devoted to infamous examples of failed film-franchise starters. In a Hollywood landscape dominated by giant tentpole movies, not all attempted franchises can succeed. Many intended first entries of a series fail to generate the planned sequels due to low box office, poor judgement, or, simply put... utter incompetence. This show is a celebration of (or perhaps a memorial for) those failures, as hosts Trev and Chris dissect what went wrong with these cinematic misfires. @F ...
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The MPU exists to prove people wrong when they say "Sequels are never better than the originals". Join Micah and Jordan McCaw as they analyze and discuss film franchises. Do they hold up, how do the sequels interact with the overarching narrative, is said franchise any good? Sometimes they cover movies they love, sometimes they cover movies they hate! Join us and become a part of the the MPU.
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FIRST VS LAST covers long-running music and videogame franchises by discussing at length the first and most recent entries of the series. FIRST VS LAST seeks to answer questions like: How have characters, storytelling techniques, and plot points changed over the years? Did the series change focus over its sequels? What series mainstays were there from the beginning, and what was added over later entries?
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Episode 103 - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
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We're wrapping up our "Summer Surprise" series with an unexpectedly timely episode. With Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice coming soon, we're taking a look at one of director Tim Burton's lesser remembered films, one that certainly didn't get a sequel (duh). This YA lit adaptation (shudder) is essentially Burton's riff on the X-Men, as Eva Green does her be…
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Today we head to Boston not to solve math equations as a janitor, but to Equalize them sorry criminals! If you thought you could live in Boston and be unequal, you got another thing coming! EQUALIZEEEEEEE! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TOP GUN: MAVERICK…
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"Summer Surprise" continues, with our look at the 2019 reboot of the popular, long-running Child's Play/Chucky franchise. But unlike most reboots, this one had an interesting wrinkle; it was done at a time when the filmmakers behind the original Chucky franchise still had every intention of keeping their series going, as well. So how did this attem…
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Deadpool & Wolverine & a Goodbye to Marvel
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Today Micah comes home from Deadpool & Wolverine and he's mad. Tune in for the most shocking news this podcast has ever had! LEAVING THE THEATER? LEAVING THE MCU??? WHAT IS GOING ON??? Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TOP GUN: MAVERICK
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Today we finish the wonderful Apu Trilogy, and focus in on parenting and the artistic struggle. Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TOP GUN: MAVERICK
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Episode 101 - Leon: The Professional (1994)
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Our annual "Summer Surprise" series, in which our movies are chosen by an online randomizer, kicks off, with F2F's second Luc Besson. We both loved The Fifth Element, but what do we think of Besson's more grounded, earthbound, 1994 hitman action-thriller, Leon: The Professional? Remembered as the cinematic debut of a young Natalie Portman, and for …
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Apu has experienced some terrible loss and hardships, but nothing like this. Another beautiful movie that somehow captures the human soul and spirit. Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TOP GUN
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Today we dive into a wonderful series that captures the human experience and specifically the childhood experience in a fresh and still exciting way! Dive in as we talk about an indie production that became one of the more influential series ever made! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TOP GUN…
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Episode ONE HUNDRED - A Look Back (2020 to Now)
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Just because the movies we watch might be considered "failures," doesn't mean the same can be said for our podcast! That's right, it's our 100th episode, a special look back at four year's worth of covering Hollywood mistakes, missteps, and misfires. To celebrate the occasion, we've each picked our favorite movies and performances from the 99 films…
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Harry, Gwen, Peter, MJ, Sandman, Venom, Gobby, THAT DANCE. Oh, yeah time to strap in Webheads, we're talking Spider-Man 3. Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TOP GUN
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Episode Ninety-Nine - Land of the Lost (2009)
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"Summer Sweeps" concludes, with a look at Universal's 2009 attempt to launch another series of big-budget dinosaur adventure movies. This time, they turned to a cult-classic 70s television series from famed producers and puppeteers, Sid & Marty Krofft. But by giving the movie a comedic bent the show never had, and by trading in the practical FX of …
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Today we talk about THE BEST live action comic book movie ever made! The BEST montage in film! The best needle drop! And the best time you could have at the movies! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to BLADE RUNNER 2049
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We have been waiting for 5 years to finally cover one of Micah and Jordan's all time favorite movie series: SPIDER-MAN! It's time for RAIMI to take the basketball and do some SLAM DUNKING! WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to BLADE RUNNER 2049…
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Episode Ninety-Eight - Get Smart (2008)
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"Summer Sweeps" rolls right along, as we turn our attention to the cinematic adaptation of Get Smart, the popular 60s television spy-spoof from comic legends Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. For the movie version, Hollywood recruited heavy-hitters such as Steve Carrell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, and even Dwayne "Franchise Viagra" Johnson, and were rewar…
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Witness Her! Witness Us! Witness Us Talking About Her! (This description has been brought to you by Dr. Suess) Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to BLADE RUNNER 2049
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Episode Ninety-Seven - Miami Vice (2006)
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"Summer Sweeps" rolls on, with our look at Michael Mann's 2006 adaptation of his classic '80s detective series, Miami Vice. Coming back to the property that played a big part in making his Hollywood career, and doing so with a recently minted movie star in Colin Farrell and recent Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, probably seemed like a can't-lose s…
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This is it folks! This is the movie that Jordan and Micah have been building to all year. Does it meet their expectations? Were they punching each other in the theater with excitement? Is it one of the most exciting blockbusters of the decade? All this and more! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to …
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Today we talk about an insanely crazy movie that Jordan and Micah are flipping out about! It's War for the Planet of the Apes! This movie could be a horn in a car, because it HONKS!! Jordan and Micah are freaking out and you need to listen to them lose their minds in all the best ways! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Seque…
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Episode Ninety-Six - The Mod Squad (1999)
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Our "Summers Sweep" look at failed movie adaptations of classic TV series continues, with one of the more "movies that time forgot" entries we've ever covered: the 1999 update of the late 60s/early 70s, "youth-delinquents-turned-undercover-cops" detective series, The Mod Squad. Despite an impressive cast - including Claire Danes, Omar Epps, Giovann…
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There Will Be Blood - 5 Year Anniversary
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We turn five! So... we get to discuss a favorite movie! Milkshakes! Religion! Daniel Day-Lewis! And MUCH MORE! Listen!!! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to BLADE RUNNER Follow Jordan for updates on her upcoming art show
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes w/ Case Aiken
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The new trilogy just keeps getting better! Join us for an extra special-format breaking episode as we talk all things Ceasar, Maurice, Koba, oh yeah and a couple humans. Follow Case at the following places! Another Pass Podcast: https://www.certainpov.com/another-pass-podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=certain+pov Men of …
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Episode Ninety-Five - The Avengers (1998)
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May is here, and that means it's time for "Summer Sweeps," a five-episode look at failed cinematic adaptations of classic television series. First up, The Avengers. No, not those Avengers! We're talking about the 1998 attempted-blockbuster, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, and Sean Connery, based on the cult-classic British spy action-comedy se…
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Rise, RIse, RISe, RISE! We go to the beginning of it all to kick off a new trilogy in the continuing and exceedingly fascinating Ape series? This movie honks! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to BLADE RUNNER Follow Jordan for updates on her upcoming art show and comic con…
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Planet of the Apes (2001) w/ Jeremy Eden
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It's Tim Burton's take on the classic. He can make the tree houses now! We talk all the alternate versions, including a strange baseball situation, and Micah gets fixated on Ape-raham Lincoln. Listen to 90 Under 90 Golden Apron Trailer Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to T2:Trainspotting…
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Episode Ninety-Four - Evil Dead (2013)
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"Evil Easter" concludes, with a look at 2013's Evil Dead...uhhh, remake? Reboot? Re-imagining? Look, whatever you want to call it, it's another movie where a bunch of kids in a cabin get murdered by demonic forces, okay? The question is, without the franchise's beloved, iconic leading man, Bruce Campbell, and with series director Sam Raimi now just…
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The ending of the original franchise! Does it come to a satisfying conclusion? Could they have used a couple million more? Has the future been changed? Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to T2: TRAINSPOTTING Follow Jordan for updates on her upcoming art show and comic con…
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Micah comes in hot with this episode, claiming that this is in fact THE BEST Planet of the Apes movie. Do you agree? Has Micah lost his mind? ALL HAIL CEASAR? Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to T2: TRAINSPOTTING Follow Jordan for updates on her upcoming art show and comic con…
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Episode Ninety-Three - Evilspeak (1981)
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Our "Evil Easter" month kicks off with Evilspeak, from 1981...or, uh, 1982. Look, we'll explain. All you need to know is this a Satanic Panic-fueled story of a bullied young cadet at a military academy who uses an Apple II computer to translate the Latin passages in a mysterious old book he finds, in the process allowing demonic forces to take over…
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Today we talk about the third and another fascinating entry to the Planet of the Apes series! Time Travel? Ape astronauts? An inversion of the first movie? Oh yeah, this movie rocks! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to T2: TRAINSPOTTING Follow Jordan for updates on her upcoming art show and comic c…
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A sequel that starts the same as the first movie and then takes an INSANE turn? Are we on board with Mutants worshipping a giant bomb? You can bet your sweet money we are! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRAINSPOTTING Follow Jordan for updates on her upcoming art show and comic con…
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Episode Ninety-Two - Dragon Wars: D-War (2007)
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"Monster March Madness" concludes with our look at 2007's totally-normal-named Dragon Wars: D-War, the first South Korean film to receive a wide theatrical release in North America! Wow, with a fact like that, it must be something special, right? Well, yeah, sorta...just not in the way you might think. Join us as we discuss the film's, uh, interest…
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Today we dive into Planet of the Apes! An iconic series that Jordan and Micah have very little experience! One of the biggest twists of all time and an interesting conversation on the origin of man! Bible Project Episode we mentioned in the episode Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRAINSPOTTING …
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Today we talk about the rights lapsing in Lethal Weapon and how a few guys from Philadelphia decided to take over and make a new trilogy!
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Lethal Weapon 4 w/ Jeremy & Dan Eden
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Today we dive into one of the weirdest entries in an already weird series with our favorites Jeremy and Dan! Sharks on a boat, minor characters solving the entire crime, and of course lots of laughing gas! We also coin a new term for when a series is ending, "losing an eye." Golden Apron Trailer Theme of the Golden Apron Sign up for Patreon and lis…
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Episode Ninety-One - Godzilla (1998) w/ The Kaiju Transmissions Podcast
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We're kicking off "Monster March Madness," a month dedicated to giant monster movies, with one of the biggest movies (literally) we've looked at yet, the first American attempt at adapting Godzilla as a Hollywood blockbuster. The Japanese Godzilla series is one of the longest-running, most successful film franchises in cinema history. So what could…
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Is Danny Glover hitting the B too hard in B****? Is Leo Getz entering back into the franchise the sweatiest writing? Is Jordan going to lose her mind? Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRAINSPOTTING RSVP to Micah's 10 Year Anniversary Show Follow Jordan for updates on her upcoming art show and co…
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What upgrades a sequel? Adding Joe Pesci! But that's not all folks, on today's episode your ears will bear witness to the outstanding "Tea Saga" sure to be the talk at your company's water cooler on Monday! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRAINSPOTTING RSVP to Micah's 10 Year Anniversary Show F…
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"FRIENDruary" concludes, with our look at the 2018 robotic-dog movie that we swear actually exists! No, really! Based on a Kickstarter-funded short film, A.X.L. is yet another movie that combines robo-dogs with the gritty world of off-road motorbike racing. But even if you're sick of that old chestnut, maybe you'll like it more with a little helpin…
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We return to Mel. We discuss Danny. We talk Shane Black. The crazy career of Richard Donner. And of course getting too old for this s***. Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON/TRON: LEGACY
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We hope you're prepped for a B-B-B-B-Bonus episode! Today we break down our Oscar picks and favorites, and Micah once again calls out Netflix! Enjoy the BONUS EPISODE! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON/TRON: LEGACY
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This series has taken a toll on Jordan and Micah. As new parents they are losing their minds. It's time for the MPU to attempt to do the impossible... make a 30 minute episode! Can they pull it off???? Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON/TRON: LEGACY…
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Episode Eighty-Nine - Mac and Me (1988)
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We're kicking off "FRIENDruary" with a look at Paul Rudd's "favorite" movie, 1988's Mac & Me. Both a shameless rip-off of Steven Spielberg's E.T. AND a shameless fast-food commercial disguised as a movie, Mac & Me is that special sort of crazy that only Hollywood in the 80s could give us. Over the years, it's developed quite the cult following, but…
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Prepare yourself for the only podcast that will force you to drown your phone!!!! BEWARE!!! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON/TRON: LEGACY
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You ever hear of that podcast where if you listen to it you die in 7 days? THIS IS THAT PODCAST! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON/TRON: LEGACY (2/7)
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Episode Eighty-Eight - Punisher: War Zone (2008)
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The "New Year's Punishment Party" concludes, with our look at 2008's Punisher: War Zone, Frank Castle's final big-screen adventure (to date). In the wake of 2004's Punisher film, attempts were made to create a sequel starring Thomas Jane, but over time the project evolved into a brand-new reboot with a different (and controversial) director, differ…
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This is the way the podcast ends Not with a bang but a whimper Today we discuss a movie that just doesn't cut the mustard. Listen now! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON
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Today we finish up the Soderbergh era of the Ocean movies and folks we have a lot to talk about including, but not limited to, the harsh reality of a REAL GILROY! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON
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Episode Eighty-Seven - The Punisher (2004)
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The "New Year's Punishment Party" continues, as we take a look at the second big-screen Punisher adaptation, from 2004, starring Thomas Jane and John Travolta. Made as the character was enjoying a second-wave of popularity in the comics world, and produced right on the cusp of the incoming box-office and cultural dominance of comic-book movies, The…
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It's time to talk about one of the cleverest sequels ever. Soderbergh returns to not only trick the Night Wolf, but the audience as well. Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON
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Time to sit back and relax and watch the coolest movie in the world. CLOONEY. SODERBERGH. PITT. THIS MOVIE ROCKS AND ROLLS! Grab your deck of cards and press play! Sign up for Patreon and listen to our new series MPU: The Sequel: Legacy and listen to TRON
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