02: BONUS EPISODE: INDEPENDENCE DAY SCHMINDEPENDENCE DAY (OR HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND BECAME BRIDGET JONES’S BABY DADDY)

In between 'proper' episodes where we delve into a particular film or franchise we'll be doing bonus episodes where we can talk about wider trends in sequel culture, sequel news, new trailers and whatever the hell we like.

In our first bonus episode Allen and Chris discuss:

Independence Day 2 and failing sequels!

Trailer Talk!

The men Chris and Allen would go gay for!

Correspondence!

LINKS

Trailer Talk:

Mechanic Resurrection

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Bridget Jones’s Baby

Articles discussed/further reading:

http://www.vulture.com/2016/06/definition-of-sequel-has-changed.html#

http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/lifestyles/benji-tunnell-is-the-year-of-the-unwanted-sequel/article_70495473-25f5-549b-b614-0cc71282ea0b.html

http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/06/are-we-seeing-the-end-of-the-pointless-sequel/

RECOMMENDATIONS

Allen:

F/X 2: The Deadly Art Of Illusion

Funeral In Berlin

Fright Night (2011)

Chris:

Wayne’s World 2

 

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