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Diminished Returns - The Movie Podcast About Sequels, Prequels, Spin-offs and Reboots

A comedy podcast about sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Expect dumb jokes and Scottish accents. Hosted by a comedian (Chris) and an former roadie, (Allen), the show is split between 'franchise' episodes (about a particular film or series of films) and 'non-franchise' episodes where we talk, sequel news, trailers and recommendations.
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May 29, 2017

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.

May 15, 2017

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://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/

https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/

YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_)

Diminishing Returns 25. But Is James McAvoy Happy?

 

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.

May 1, 2017

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/

YouTube: Diminishing Returns 

 

DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about movie sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Hosted by Allen and Chris. WARNING: Contains Scottish accents and spoilers.

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