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)
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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 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
MISCELLANEOUS
That Transformers clip, oooft.
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YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_)
COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: SUICIDE SQUAD
DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about movie sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Hosted by Allen and Chris. WARNING: Contains Scottish accents and spoilers.
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/diminishingpod (@diminishingpod)
https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/
DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about movie sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Hosted by Allen and Chris. WARNING: Contains Scottish accents and spoilers.