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

We are Godzilla …and other podcasts are Japan

In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or series of films) 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

-Enter The Dragon remake

-Angelina Jolie drops out of a terrible sounding film

-Robocop sequel and new terminology

-James Gunn and Guardians of the Galaxy

-Rowan Atkinson and Boris Johnson

- And a great Irish accent from The Man Of 1000 Voices

TRAILER TALK

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVDtmouV9kM

Shazam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6GEIrcvFY

Aquaman

https://youtu.be/WDkg3h8PCVU

Johnny English Strikes Again

https://youtu.be/-Qv6p6pTz5I

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Rollerball (1975 and 2002)

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

2008's Journey To The Centre Of The Earth was a forgettable family film loosely based on the Jules Verne book. It's sequel ups the star wattage with The Rock and Michael Caine while only Josh Hutcherson returns from the first film. Was this enough to turn the Journey films into a must see franchise?

In this episode

-Brendan Fraser Vs Dwayne The Rock Johnson

-Michael Caine in a hurry

-Which Sex AND the City characters would Allen and Chris be?

-Luiz Guzman's man crush

-Allen knows Ohio

-and the worst way to die

Remind yourself of the films here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth_(2008_theatrical_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_2:_The_Mysterious_Island

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Rollerball (1975 and 2002)

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 tells Chris what films they are watching for the rest of the year.

If you want to watch along with Allen and Chris this episode we talk about the rest of our schedule for 2018. Pray for Chris.

There's also a quick chat about those losers trying to remake Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Our proposed Schedule

-Aug 6th Journey To The Center of The Earth (2008) and Journey 2 The Mysterious Island

-Sept 3rd Rollerball (1975 and 2002)

-Oct 1st Frankenstein (1931) and Bride Of Frankenstein

-Oct 29th Friday the 13th parts 7 and 8

-Nov 26th UNDECIDED: either Now You See Me 1 and 2 or Batman (1989) and Batman Returns

-Dec 24th Paddington 1 and 2

So this is our schedule for 2018, if there are any changes or revisions we'll let you know on our Facebook or Twitter. Any suggestions for next year? Let us know via our various online channels (see below)

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Didn't you read it up there? Journey To The Center Of The Earth and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

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

As we await the release of Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Allen and Chris watch the John Woo directed first sequel.

Your mission if you choose to accept it, is to listen to us talk about the first sequel in the Mission: Impossible franchise. With the 6th film in the series, Mission: Impossible -Fallout about to be released, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt is a fixture on the blockbuster scene but in the year 2000 young Chris was more excited about a new John Woo film. 18 years later, how does it hold up?

In this episode

-How much John Woo is in this John Woo movie?

-Thandie Newton, superthief

-Dougray Scott, who needs Wolverine, right?

-Tom Cruise, more like Ethan Stunt, right?

-John Woo!

-Doves!

-Two guns!

-And Anthony Hopkins, the man of how many voices?

Remind yourself of the film here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_2

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

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

It's our second anniversary, there's songs galore, trailers, news and a new peace process.

In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or series of films) 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.

As we hit the terrible twos we look back on how the films in our Trailer Talk segments have fared while bringing you new trailers, news and recommendations.

In this episode

-How is Val Kilmer doing?

-Justice has a new face

-Singing, lots of singing

-The Shining 2

-Top Gun 2

-Exciting horror remakes

-And we find a way to bring peace to the world

Trailer Talk

Halloween (2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1ePFp-nBI

Suspiria (2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylmDXfTA8rg

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd4cLL_MP7M

A Star Is Born (2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSbzyEJ8X9E

The Nun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzD9zGcUNrw

Bumblebee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAIX12F6958

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Mission Impossible 2.

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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 put on stilettos and talk dinosaurs

Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park was a blockbuster classic, heralding in the age of CGI. But could Colin Trevorrow's sequel/reboot of the franchise create the same magic?

In this episode

-High heels

-A mistreated assistant

-What kind of palaeontology?

-Hey it's podcast royalty Lauren Lapkus!

-Hollywood hates successful businesswomen

-Badly designed attractions

-Hey it's Vincent D'Onofrio!

-And a horrifying glimpse into Chris's childhood

Remind yourslef of the film here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World

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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 talk the 18 pre Infinity War MCU films, sequel news, trailers and more

In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or series of films) 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.

Allen and Chris have seen all the Marvel Cinematic Universe films including the recent Avengers: Infinity War but after receiving a voice memo from a confused listener, we realised some people may need a primer for the 18 films leading up to Marvel's latest smash. So we try and quickly explain the MCU for anyone that wants to jump straight into Infinity War (spoiler free for Infinity War, spoilers for all the films before it, obviously) . Plus our usual news, Trailer Talk and recommendations

Also in this episode

-Cobra Kai

-Willow

-John Wick 3

-Prop thieves

-Shane Black (for a change)

-And of course Iron Man, Thor, Spider Man, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Captain America, Ant Man, Avengers, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hulk, Black Panther and Nick Fury

Trailer Talk

Superfly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQIvV800Atk

Robin Hood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJfDBSWYqU8

The Predator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ3oX98ng8U

Escape Plan 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q7vVt-MeXk

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Jurassic World.

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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 go Mads for the first of the new Star Wars spin-offs

With the upcoming release of Solo – A Star Wars Story about the adventures of Young Han Solo, we thought we'd look at the first of the new Star Wars "Anthology" Spin-offs – Rogue One.

In this Episode

-Mads Mikkelsen

-Robot Sidekicks

-Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso

-Diego Luna as Cassian Andor

-Darth Vader going force crazy

-Mads Mikkelsen

-Star Wars Names

-digitally resurrecting Peter Cushing

-digitally de-aging Carrie Fisher

-Mads Mikkelsen

-Gareth Edwards and Tony Gilroy

- Allen ships two characters

-Mads Mikkelsen

-Donnie Yen being awesome

-and…. Mads Mikkelsen

Remind yourself of the film here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_One

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Episode 54: Jurassic World

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

In between 'franchise' episodes (where we delve into a particular film or series of films) 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

- James Cameron and Terminator

- Mask and acronyms

- Stephen King adaptations

- what if we were a successful American podcast ?

- and puns, lots of puns

Trailer talk

Venom

https://youtu.be/u9Mv98Gr5pY

The Equaliser 2

https://youtu.be/HyNJ3UrGk_I

The First Purge

https://youtu.be/UL29y0ah92w

Sherlock Gnomes

https://youtu.be/comz38kRsb0

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Rogue One – A Star Wars Story

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

For our 50th episode we have two of the all time greats….talking about two of the all time greats.

Life begins at 50 baby, or does it begin when the facehugger lays the chestburster inside your body? We talk about friend of the show, Ridley Scott's masterpiece Alien and James Cameron's masterpiece Aliens. That's a lot of masterpieces.

In this episode:

-A tribute to HR Giger

-How Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is bit more switched on than her schlubby workmates

-Android programming

-The blasé way Aliens came to be

-Those lovable Colonial Marines (Game Over man!)

-Smart Aliens

-The problem (with the otherwise awesome) Vasquez

-A lot of Apone quotes

-A lot of Hudson love

-And Allen talks about Rambo 2

Remind yourself of the films here (do you really need to though? They are pretty damn memorable):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_(film)

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COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: Episode 52: Rogue One.

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