Sequel Decay

By Sequel Decay

Struggling to get through the day, one franchise at a time.

Sequel Decay is a chaotically comic movie review podcast hosted by Stefan Salegio, Brandon Pawlik, and Chris Ranta.

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The podcast currently has 104 episodes available.

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March 18, 2020 Episode 40: Pleasantville and the Art of Embracing Change
Once again, Stefan and Brandon completely ignore the one stipulation they set aside for this show, making them wonder: What's the point of it all anyway? Is there any rhyme or reason to our existence on this planet or are we all just cosmic specks of dust ready to be snuffed out by the slightest change in galactic air quality?
I guess there's not a lot of air quality in the galaxy, seeing as how it's mostly space.
Whatever.
This time around, Stefan and Brandon gather in a calligraphy-adorned crafting studio to discuss Pleasantville, a movie that you forgot Paul Walker was in. Points of discussion include the inevitability of change, authoritarianism, the ethics of copying cinematic techniques used by literal Nazis, and Tobey Maguire's star-making turn in The Boss Baby, all culminating in an appearance at the end of the episode by an old friend, thought lost to the sands of time.
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1h 10min
March 04, 2020 Episode 39: The Tingle Appreciation Hour - The Melancholic Optimism of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Special Guest: Tim Rauf)
Sequel Decay is dead. Long live Gamer Decay.
After taking some time to catch up and stretch the lead-in well past its breaking point, Stefan and returning guest Tim Rauf discuss The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, covering topics such as death and mourning, hope amidst tragedy, the game's unique mechanics, its tweaks of the Zelda formula, a naked man dancing on a giant mushroom, and their deeply heated, passionate sexual attraction to the man known as Tingle.
KOOLOO-LIMPAH NOW
KOOLOO-LIMPAH FOREVER
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1h 56min
February 19, 2020 Episode 38: IT'S SO METAPHORICAL - Parasite & Class Conflict
This week, Stefan and Brandon, in yet another display of glaring indifference to the show's entire gimmick, examine Bong Joon-ho's masterpiece (and Sequel Decay's official Best Film of 2019), Parasite, examining the film's perspective on class disparities. Along the way, the boys also explore Brandon's collapsing mental health, the sociopolitical framing of the inhabitants of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Stefan's complete inability to have technology work smoothly for him, and their mutual desire to eat the rich, all with the calming sonic backdrop of the hum of Brandon's basement.
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1h 10min
February 05, 2020 Episode 37: CATS (Or: The New Sodom & Gomorrah) feat. Kyra Palylyk
Sequel Decay kicks off its second season with a look at the 31st best film of 2019: Tom Hooper's masterpiece, Cats, in which Rebel Wilson tears off her own skin and proceeds to devour cockroaches with human faces.
Accompanied by friend and special guest Kyra Palylyk, Stefan stumbles through the intro and outro as the two of them try, and fail, to make any sense out of the weirdly erotic highs, and the disturbingly haunting lows in quite possibly the decade's most abyss-like psychological horror.
Spoiler Warning for Cats. lol
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1h 7min
January 29, 2020 FILM OF THE YEAR 2019 - OF FAREWELLS AND BLOODBATHS
As Sequel Decay's Winter hiatus draws to a close, the boys mourn Chris' departure from the show, and ring in the new year by ripping off Giant Bomb and counting down every* 2019 movie before coming to a consensus on the best film of that awful, awful year.
*(By "every" we mean "63")
Who will take the Number 1 spot??? Who will be damned to the First Cut??? And most importantly: WHERE THE F*CK WILL CATS PLACE???
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR:
Jojo Rabbit (35:30-39:36)
Last Christmas (49:53-50:20)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (1:56:40-1:57:03)
Joker (1:59:33-2:00:38)
Us (2:30:33-2:34:15
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2h 55min
December 23, 2019 Episode 36: Dissecting Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
WARNING: There are minor spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker in this episode. If you want to avoid that, please avoid this episode.
To quote a badly animated Han Solo to an even worse animated Chewbacca in the Star Wars Holiday Special, "What happened?"
That's also what Chris, Stefan, Brandon, and Corbin ask themselves about The Rise of Skywalker. They laugh a lot, Chris gets drunk, and they all try to figure out how the movie went so wrong while the previous two were more or less really good.
References:
What is dialectical materialism? by Rob Sewell: https://www.marxist.com/what-is-dialectical-materialism.htm
What is historical materialism by Alan Woods: https://www.marxist.com/an-introduction-to-historical-materialism.htm
Star Wars took over Fortnite to debut Rise of Skywalker footage by Austen Goslin: https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/14/21021960/fortnite-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-clip-trailer
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1h 53min
December 23, 2019 Episode 35: Analyzing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Special Guest: Corbin Stewart)
WARNING: There are minor spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker in this episode. If you want to avoid that, please avoid this episode.
In the first of their super long discussion on the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Chris, Stefan, Brandon, and Corbin discuss the successes and failings of The Force Awakens and discuss their mutual love of The Last Jedi as they try to avoid saying much about their feelings regarding The Rise of Skywalker.
References:
What is dialectical materialism? by Rob Sewell: https://www.marxist.com/what-is-dialectical-materialism.htm
What is historical materialism by Alan Woods: https://www.marxist.com/an-introduction-to-historical-materialism.htm
Star Wars took over Fortnite to debut Rise of Skywalker footage by Austen Goslin: https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/14/21021960/fortnite-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-clip-trailer
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Chris’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rantaclaus97
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1h 43min
December 19, 2019 Episode 34: As Long as I Could Remember, I Always Wanted to Analyze Goodfellas and Casino
This is the second part of a two-part episode in which Chris, Stefan, and Brandon (still can't get over the fact that he's back) talk about Scorsese's three major mob films featuring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci: Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman. You can go listen to part 1 here (https://anchor.fm/sequel-decay/episodes/Episode-33-Exploring-The-Irishman-and-Scorseses-Marvel-Comments-e9ghcu) or on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.
In the penultimate episode of the year, Chris, Stefan, and Brandon talk about Scorsese's other mob flicks, Goodfellas and Casino, and the tangents aren't as bad this time, we promise.
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1h 4min
December 13, 2019 Episode 33: Exploring The Irishman and Scorsese's Marvel Comments
This is the first of a two-part episode in which Chris, Stefan, and Brandon (yeah, he's back, oh my god) talk about Scorsese's three major mob films featuring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci: Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman.
In this half, the try-hard trio talk about how much they loved The Irishman, while also briefly talking about the Golden Globe nominations as well as Scorsese's comments about Marvel movies. Also, listen to Chris say Scorsese two different ways throughout the episode for some stupid reason, and join us as we question his sense of consistency.
Part 2, which talks about Goodfellas and Casino, will be released next week, so keep an eye out for that.
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Chris’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rantaclaus97
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1h 8min
December 06, 2019 Episode 32: Looking Back on Fantastia - Disney's Finest Franchise
New drinking game: take a shot every time Chris and Stefan go on some stupid, pointless tangent that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Because it happens a lot.
However, when they're on topic, it's all about the Fantasia movies, why they're some of the finest efforts put out by a currently creatively bankrupt studio, how much Chris especially loves them, and why he thinks they should make a third one, but please not on Disney+.
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1h 30min

FAQs about Sequel Decay:

How many episodes does Sequel Decay have?

The podcast currently has 104 episodes available.