The Franchisees
Two film-loving friends devour entire franchises, tracing their theatrical rise, direct-to-video-fall, and occasional redemption. Banter, bits, and bad impressions follow.
Episodes
107 episodes since 2022
Bad Boys (1995)
Bad Boys Bad Boys/Whatcha gonna do?/Whatcha gonna do when they podcast you? ayyyy what is this blank freakin' check with Griffin and frickin' David ovah heah???No. It is The Franchisees with Ben and Alex you fucking moron. Welcome back!...
September 15, 2024
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Season 25
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1:20:06
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Whoops! Forgot to upload this... blaming it on having a bad case of TIFF fever. I will update this description soon!UPDATE:We're back in ancient Greek, following the epic CGI sea(?) battles of Themistocles and Eva Green. Whoever...
September 09, 2024
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Season 24
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1:22:11
300 (2006) (with Katherine Vienneau)
300 romans like the trojans 300 greeks fucking yeomans 300 kanye's bipolar emotions that's right baby we're back, The Franchisees are back with past and future and current guest Katherine Vienneau to discuss the second film from "vulgar auteur"...
September 01, 2024
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Season 24
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1:44:39
Alien: Romulus (2024) (feat. Generative AI CGI Jordan)
Franchises were a mistake... it's time to admit it. No matter how great the original film is, eventually the rights will be purchased by Disney and they will make slop. Will we eat the slop? Yes... because we are pigs. But will we like it? Disn...
August 25, 2024
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Season 23
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1:48:18
BONUS What We Watched On Our Summer Vacations BONUS BONUS BONSU special treat for u :)
BONUS BONUS BONUS!Do you like the part of the episode where we talk about the movies we've watched before we get to the main movie of the week? Well strap in buddy, because that's allllllll we're doing this episode!Ben and Alex ...
August 22, 2024
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1:13:36
Alien: Covenant (2017)
All our chips were on ALIEN: COVENANT baby, it's all on red, it's in gods hands now... so did it pay off? Well yes and no. Ben and Alex agree: it's a step up from PROMETHEUS and Ridley's gothic horror haunted house double android surprise is aw...
August 18, 2024
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Season 23
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1:31:30
Prometheus (2012)
The earth was young when Prometheus, the clever Titan, created all the living creatures from a mixture of earth and water. From his imagination, he fashioned birds for the air, fish for the sea and animals for the land. However, from the image ...
August 11, 2024
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Season 23
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1:25:48
Alien Resurrection (1997) (with Joel Edmiston)
200 years after ALIEN 3 Brad Dourif clones Sigourney Weaver to extract an alien from her tummy. Thus sets the stage for the wackiest, goopiest, frenchiest ALIEN film yet. Revered French clown Jean-Pierre Jeunet directs and megahack Joss Whedon ...
August 04, 2024
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Season 23
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1:39:00
Alien 3 (1992)
ALIEN 3, from the twisted mind of David Fincher...? Well no, not really. From the twisted minds of 20th Century Fox more like it. And we're all worse off because of it! ALIEN 3 is a really interesting movie with a fascinatingly flawed productio...
July 28, 2024
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Season 23
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1:17:09
Alien$ (1986)
James Cameron, hot off the success of THE TERMINATOR, makes one of the greatest sequels of all time: ALIEN$... and a franchise was born!What can you say... it's a classic. But do Alex and Ben like it? I know you're all waiting to hear w...
July 21, 2024
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Season 23
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1:23:31
Alien (1979) (with Jordan Seccareccia)
ALIEN. It's a classic, what can you say? Well that's a good question and we try to answer it with today's episode. Jordan Seccareccia joins us again to talk about just how good ALIEN is and how amazing it is that a group of talented artists cam...
July 14, 2024
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Season 23
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1:38:38
Last Days (2005) (with Katherine Vienneau)
All great things must come to an end and here we are with the final film in Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" LAST DAYS. Michael Pitt stars as not Kurt Cobain in a film not about Kurt Cobain's final days before his suicide. Katherine returns to ta...
July 07, 2024
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Season 22
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1:38:17
Elephant (2003) (with Katherine Vienneau and Matthew Nicholson)
We're back discussing the 2nd film in Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" ELEPHANT. Yes, this is his Columbine movie... yes, heavy subject matter is perhaps not our forte... but don't worry, we can still have fun right? Of course we can!Join...
June 30, 2024
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Season 22
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2:01:29
Gerry (2002) (with Jerry Seinfeld, Gerry Dee, and Geri Halliwell)
We're back with a slow jam for you, the first in Gus Van Sant's acclaimed Death Trilogy, GERRY. We love Gerry, we all love Gerry, and soon you too will love Gerry, it's only a matter of time. Two friends go for a walk in the deser...
June 23, 2024
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Season 22
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1:28:21
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)
SUPER SIZE ME 2: HOLY CHICKEN! what a terrible title good god heinous title yucky very bad! And the movie's no good either, trust us. I can't imagine many of you Fanchisees out there have seen this obscure doc, seeing as how it sucks and was ov...
June 16, 2024
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Season 21
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1:16:12
Super Size Me (2004)
RIP Immorgan SpurlockThe Franchisees are paying our respects to one of the giants of documentary filmmaking, the 6' 2" Morgan Spurlock. Today we're revisiting the hot doc that put him on the map: SUPER SIZE ME. There was a time when eat...
June 13, 2024
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Season 21
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1:45:06
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) (with "Praetorian" Chantel)
The Mad Max Saga comes to a close (for now) with FURIOSA, the highly anticipated action epic that serves as a prequel and world-building expansion to 2015's FURY ROAD. Does it live up to its predecessor or fall short of expectations? Does it ad...
June 02, 2024
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Season 20
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2:12:15
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (with "Imperator" Chantel)
WITNESS ME! (listen to the pod) PLEASE WITNESS ME!The Mad Max Saga continues with what may be the greatest long-gap/legacy sequel of all time: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. Max is back to begrudgingly help save the day with some new friends... Im...
May 27, 2024
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Season 20
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1:41:34
BONUS: Unfrosted (2024) (with Gwen and Valerie)
Surprise! A very special... or should I say Jerry special bonus episode because we're talking Jerry Seinfeld's feature directorial debut UNFROSTED. Should I say that? Should I say "or should I say Jerry special bonus episode? ...
May 24, 2024
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2:03:14
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) (with Zack "Mad Max Also" Kotzer)
Thunderdome: Two men enter, one man leaves. But today it's more like two men enter, one man already inside, three men talk into microphones, two men exit, one man stays where he is because special guest Zack Kotzer joins us to talk...
May 20, 2024
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Season 20
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1:50:47
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) (with Jordan 'Mad Max Rockatansky' Seccareccia)
My life fades. The vision dims. All that remains are memories. I remember a time of chaos, ruined dreams, this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Franchisees, the men we called Alex and Ben and special guest Jordan 'Mad Max Rockatansk...
May 12, 2024
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Season 20
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1:32:39
Mad Max (1979) (with 'Mad' Maxim Gertler-Jaffe)
Ladies and gentlemen, rev your engines! All the way from post-apocalyptic London, England it's 'Mad' Maxim Gertler-Jaffe, joining Benno and Lexo for a poddo about the original MAD MAX film by director George Miller. Throw a shrimp on the barbie...
May 06, 2024
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Season 20
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1:56:15
The Christ Quadrilogy Part IV: Antichrist (2009)
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April 28, 2024
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Season 19
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1:51:37
The Christ Quadrilogy Part III: The Passion of the Christ (2004) (with Jordan Seccareccia and Katherine Vienneau)
[loud beating and flogging noises]ahhh! ohhh ouch ohhh nooo! ow! owww! We’re back ahhh stop oh god ow! With a new episode on a film from the twisted mind of Mel Gibson ouch! Joined ahh ohhh ow owwww by returning guests AHHH Jordan and K...
April 21, 2024
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Season 19
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2:26:07
The Christ Quadrilogy Part II: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) (with Jordan Seccareccia and Lucas)
He has risen again! He being Jesus Christ of course, our lord and saviour and friend of the pod. Alex and Ben are back with Part II of the epic Christ Quadrilogy where they explore weighty themes like religion, resurrection, sin, and salvation....
April 14, 2024
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Season 19
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2:32:25