What happens when your "Karate Kid" turns 30?  You replace him, of course!  On this episode, Brian, Tim and Dave talk about the 1994 follow up to the 1984 classic "The Karate Kid", originally starring Ralph Maccio and Pat Morita.  This sequel is the first starring film of future two time Academy Award Winning actress Hillary Swank, and the guys do a deep dive into her career and try to figure out why she didn't become a bigger leading lady in Hollywood.  We delve into the bizzare plot of this follow up and analyze how it could have been done better.NOTE: to out podcast listeners, we will be leaving the podcast platforms at the end of November, so please follow us over at YouTube to continue to receive new episodes!

This episode dives into the whole history of the beloved film/television/comic book and video game franchise that is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Brian, Tim and Dave talk about the first film, which is a masterpiece directed by the guy who made the "Take on Me" music video by A-ha.  They analyze how the second film was crippled by the backlash of parental outrage over the "violence" of the first film, reminisce about playing with real ninja weapons as kids, and discuss which have been the most successful toy lines in history.  And, unique to this episode: the buys do an unboxing of some Ninja Turtle toys!  Cowabunga dudes!

What happens when you try to follow up one of the greatest films of all time with not one, but three sequels?  You get diminishing returns!  Join Brian, Tim and Dave as they discuss the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic Jaws, the shark film craze that it spawned, the terrible (or awesome?) ideas for Jaws 3 that were scrapped, and a debate about who is getting their revenge in this movie and what is the shark's motivation? (hint, per an earlier draft: voo-doo curse!).All this and more on this episode of the Sequels That Aren't Equal podcast!

On this episode, Brian, Tim and Dave discuss David Fincher's Alien 3, the troubled follow up to not one, but two beloved films.  They will cover how the studio interfered throughout the process to basically torpedo what should have been an excellent film.  However, Fincher was able to deliver enough goodness that, even with its faults, this film is better than you remember.  This week the guys debate the greatest sequel of all time, the best entry into the Alien film franchise, and what makes an action hero unforgettable.All this and more on this episode of the podcast Sequels That Aren't Equal!

On this week's episode of the Sequels That Aren't Equal Podcast, Brian, Tim and Dave try to reclaim the troubled film Superman 4.  Brian thinks it's actually more watchable than Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (a hot take, we know). The guys also talk about the rise and fall of Canon films, and how that company's financial failure during production of this film sealed the doom of this beloved superhero's forth installment.  A debate is had on the best scores of John Williams, the various Superman actors are ranked and a lot more movie nerd-dom is heaped on!

On this week's episode of the podcast, Brian, Tim and Dave talk about the disastrous 2005 follow up to the beloved 1994 Jim Carey movie The Mask.  The guys talk about the rise and fall of Jim Carey and how the comedic stylings of Judd Apatow made goofy comedies obsolete.  They also talk about how beautiful Cameron Diaz is, that she is even hot in 16 bit Super Nintendo form, the 1995 Mask cartoon and any plans for a subsequent follow up to the original.  All this and more on the Sequels That Aren't Equal podcast!

How much comedy can you mine for felony abuse of a corpse?  Quite a lot if you are the 1989 classic film Weekend at Bernie's starring Andrew McCarthy and Johnathan Silverman.   In this 1993 follow up, the high jinks continue as Bernie gets reanimated as a dancing zombie in some Night of the Living Dead Hellscape.  Join Brian, Tim and Dave on this episode of the podcast as they discuss the rise and fall of the Brat Pack, movie premises that should be used only once, and the many great films of 1989 on Sequels That Aren't Equal!

Cruel Intentions was a 1999 classic film starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon in a sexy thriller.  Then they tried to make it into a failed TV show that got retconned into a very bad prequel film.  But they did manage to get a very young Amy Adams to play Katherine, and she is a shining star in an otherwise abysmal film.  Oh, and I guess it's a screwball comedy now?  Brian, Tim and Dave perform a cinematic autopsy on what went wrong in this episode of the Sequels That Aren't Equal Podcast!

Can movies about time-warping rabbit monsters have sequels?  Should they even try? Well, if the movie is being covered on this show - you can already guess the answer, as Brian, Tim and Dave take on the 2009 follow up to the beloved Jake Gyllenhaal cult classic Donnie Darko.In this episode, the guys talk about which is the best Gyllenhaal performance, they talk about the quick Hollywood rise and fall of Donnie's original writer/director Richard Kelly, and try their best to explain how falling objects crushing people from the sky actually resets the broken space-time continuum.  All this and more on the Sequels That Aren't Equal Podcast!

Brian Tim and Dave are back to discuss this 1994 made-for-TV movie sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's beloved masterpiece "The Birds."  The guys talk about the origin of the anonymous director name "Alan Smithee" (yes, "he" directed this film!), they talk about sequels that are actually good, and they talk about Tippi Hedrin's tigers (she was like Carol Baskin WAY before "Tiger King").All this and more on this week's podcast!