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Kiss Your Franchise Goodbye

A movie podcast about film franchises, their ups and downs, franchises that worked, franchises that failed, franchises that never were.

tv & film film history

All Episodes

01:36:11

Scream 3

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2023/10/03

It's Scream 3, it's October, welcome to official spooky season! (Also, Go Rangers!) Wes Craven's use of rape, specifically children who are a product of rape being evil. Carrie Fisher! Andy can't remember Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions and starts everyone doing Adam Sandler impressions. Randy sighting! Stab-a-thon! Secret siblings? Dumb trope. Announcing our guided meditation and scream therapy. Circle Stab! Hollywood Stabs-- circle gets the stab! Stab Your Luck! (the biggest

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01:20:43

Scream 2

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2023/09/25

It's Scream 2 and Andy, Brooke and Melissa are... talking baseball? Also sequels. And how this is the most stacked supporting cast in the history of sequels... except maybe Sharknado 2. Treatment of Black characters in this movie and franchise. Are there any sequels better than the original? Next week Scream 3-- go Rangers! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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01:55:48

Scream

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2023/09/20

New series! Why this is the most Xennial movie ever. Intergenerational trauma and absent parents, absent adults. Kevin Williamson, Wes Craven, and more horrible tales of how awful the Weinstiens were. Drew Barrymore and that opening scene. The first "meta" film. Queer coding. Goddamn patriarchy. Rated NC-17 for "viscera." Box office and an insane slate of movies playing in its opening weekend. --- Send in a voice message:

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01:41:27

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

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2023/09/11

We say goodbye to Indy with a few tears but lots of analysis, and tangents about dating and patriarchy and legacy like you wouldn't believe! We also rank the Indy films and you won't believe how much we agree and disagree! Next up we're doing Scream! So pop your popcorn and let's talk about our favorite scary movies! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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01:58:41

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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2023/08/29

It's the Indy movie we've been putting off and here we are finally. The film's treatment of its Indigenous people. Indy getting older. What are the elements of an Indiana Jones movie? Shia LeBeouf! Andy's studio notes and Malinche. Next week is the Dial of Destiny which is the most Mark de Leon movie ever. Stay to the end for a "bonus scene." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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02:16:39

Barbie

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2023/08/18

Hi Barbie! An all-Barbie episode featuring Brooke, Melissa, Kitt, returning from her previous guest spots Kelly, and Brooke's Skipper-- Pru! Welcome Barbies! Barbie and the Rockers Ken! Opening and closing music from the 1997 Lillith Fair featuring Indigo Girls, Sarah Mclachlan, Jewel, and Meredith Brooks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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01:36:32

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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2023/08/08

It's Kitt's birthday movie pick-- the 2013 Ben Stiller film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Why Brooke hates Ben Stiller (but not in this movie). How we Mitty'd out of this movie several times. Major Tom/David Bowie. Danny Kaye and James Thurber. AMAZING stacked supporting cast. Andy's original review from Christmas 2013 where he gave this 3.5/5 stars. Hope you enjoyed! Next episode is our Barbie episode! --- Send in a voice message:

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01:49:28

Indiana Jones and the Daddy Issues, er, Last Crusade

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2023/07/31

Special guest Christi joins us! How "Isolation Playhouse" script readings kept us sane during the pandemic. Everyone saw this in theaters! Some of us... in MALLS! We loved this movie! Because it's inoffensive? How this movie is about Spielberg's daddy issues. Upside/downside? Great movie about fathers and sons... and no female characters needed. A 20 minute debate about whether Elsa was a Nazi or not, and how complicit she was with acting with the Nazis. But those action sequences

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01:40:30

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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2023/07/25

Indy's back (and so are we!) and most of the crew is back together fresh off our Barbenheimer viewings. History with this movie. PG-13. The sexism and Willie. The racism. But also? This movie has some great stuff-- the mine cart, Short Round, and more. A tangent about Sound of Freedom and Operation Underground Railroad. Next time back with Last Crusade! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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01:43:47

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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2023/06/05

Don't look Marion! It's Raiders of the Lost Ark, and we have Joe from Tales from the Comic Shop with us. Indy/Star Wars merch nostalgia minute. Melissa is extra salty this week-- we talk briefly about the Texas Rangers. Is this a James Bond movie? Andy breaks out his weirdo George Lucas impression. The elephant in the room re Indy and Marion. George Lucas wanted her to be 11? Great, so he's a sexual predator tomb raider. But also this movie rules. Maybe artifacts like these should remain

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01:55:56

Saturday's Warrior Watch-Along Commentary

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2023/05/29

Watch along with us on YouTube with the Hard to Find Mormon Movies channel. And we're sorry. We also take a tiny break right before the "Line Upon Line" song and hit pause for a few minutes. But we tell you when we restart. Again, we're really really sorry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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00:36:31

Saturday's Warrior

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2023/05/29

It's Brooke's birthday so... we watched Saturday's Warrior? We're sorry. You can hear our entire commentary track, too. But here's the short of it. This is terrible. Pam is all the tropes. The Population Bomb, eco-fascism, and white nationalism. The goddamn patriarchy and its part in this. But join us next time for a movie with slightly fewer Nazis-- Raiders of the Lost Ark! --- Send in a voice message:

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01:14:00

Evil Dead Rise

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2023/05/20

It's Evil Dead Rise, which was just in theaters! Weirdly, we end up not talking about it that much, but instead go offf on long tangents about Scream, woodchippers, and then Brooke reveals her special birthday movie choice at the end. It's a doozy, and Andy would like to announce his retirement from the podcast as he has now gone to live in the woodchipper after this episode's studio note. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:39:44

Evil Dead (2013)

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2023/05/09

Andy, Melissa and Brooke are OVER this one. How did they make the tree rape WORSE? Diablo Cody? The Final Girl trope. No clever sign off because we're just so done. Next time it's Evil Dead Rise, which is now available on VOD! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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01:32:56

The Cabin the the Woods

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2023/05/04

A quick Evil Dead Rise review! All about Joss Whedon (and Drew Goddard!) Separating art from artist, but... hoo boy. Fran Kranz as Whedon self-insert. MGM's financial troubles and the delays of the movie. Bad test screenings. Harry Knowles, Butt-Numb-a-Thon, and sex pests helping sex pests. Supermarket Sweep. Everything on the whiteboard. Archetypes. Sigourney Weaver is the GOAT. Not a troll-- Dante's Peak. Alt universe versions of this movie made by other directors. Back next time with

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01:03:25

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

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2023/04/10

It's an Evil Dead-adjacent movie, Tucker and Dale vs Evil. The cabin looks like the cabin from Evil Dead! And the inside is like every other horror movie! And coupons for 2 for $3 chili dogs-- no limit! And all the teenagers are dying! Check out this handy list of all the deaths here! This movie is glorious and how did it not make more money? Next week, a continuation of the "cabin in the woods" trope with The Cabin in the Woods! Then back to Evil Dead after that. --- Send in a

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01:10:15

Army of Darkness

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2023/04/04

All right you primitive screwheads, listen up! It's time for Army of Darkness and boy are people mad! Army of Darkness: "You once found me funny." Andy and JB: "Honey, you got real misogynistic." What does hold up? Practical effects. Zany bits. Skeleton army. Rooting for the skeleton army! Through the power of time travel, Brooke appears! Budget troubles? Box office. Studio notes. Next week, a tangent! Tucker and Dale vs. Evil! The ultimte story of teens going to a cabin

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00:54:17

Evil Dead II

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2023/03/27

What... what IS this movie? Confusing beginning. Horror vs Horror Comedy. Which do we like better? Sam Raimi's use of women characters. Next week it's Army of Darkness! Groovy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

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01:13:23

The Evil Dead (1983)

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2023/03/21

New season, new franchise! It's The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi's splatterfest cabin in the woods original! Why did Melissa want to do this franchise? What is everyone's experience with these movies? Content and Trigger warning: discussion of sexual assault and rape. The violence towards women in this movie. The production history of this movie. Raimi family connections! Xena! SeaQuest! Introducing our new award: Best kill/death! Next week, the remake/sequel: Evil Dead 2 - Dead by Dawn. ---

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01:16:57

69th Episode Nice Princess Season Wrapup Awards and...

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2023/03/14

It's our 69th (nice) and final episode of Season 2! Oscar predictions and thoughts. Why Brooke didn't and JB did like Top Gun: Maverick. JB's Top "a-Ha!" moments! JB's best and worst movies -- one of which makes Andy's head explode Andy's Best Dogs JB's Best Sports Moment Brooke ranks the franchises Brooke's bests and worsts, including ranking all the birthday/special movies Andy ranked ALL of the movies on

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