Happy New Year! As a sendoff to 2025 we're looking at the definitive New Year's Eve franchise, with our friends from franchises of years past. Join Ian, Sam, and Spencer aboard the franchise party boat, Poseidon 2, as we set a course for...the sky?! Which famous franchise heavy hitters will be hitting the deck? Who's going to yell at God and women? Where is Fergie? Many questions, but only one thing is certain: This time, boat go up.

"Ya like green girls? I love em!" For this Christmas adventure, we're taking a look at holiday classic Gremlins, and the bizarre follow up, Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Chris Columbus may have a vision for Gremlins 3 coming out in a few years, but perhaps our pitch will be more reflective of Joe Dante's madness. Join Ian, Sam, Spencer, and returning Christmas guest Peter Liu as we navigate the dense lore of this IP. Is this a pseudo-musical critiquing the previous entry, much like Joker 2? What holiday trauma will be unearthed for Phoebe Cates? What liquids will create monstrosities across the United States, from smoothies in Hollywood to coffee in New York? Open your present and behold Gremlins 3: One Gremlin After Another; the feel good movie of the year.

Happy December, fellow Aldovians! We're looking at the Netflix IP that has changed the holiday season forever, with Karen Schaler's masterpiece: A Christmas Prince. Have you ever seen a thumbnail for a low budget rom-com about an everywoman who, around Christmas-time, falls in love with a knight, or a snowman, or a lumberjack? If yes, you have this franchise to thank. But this holiday season, Aldovia is doing things a little bit differently. Join the royal writer's room of Ian, Sam, Spencer, and special guest Gibson Oakley as we brainstorm a new Aldovian initiative. Will Richard be a leader to orphans, or a tyrant to atheists? What secrets will Amber's blog reveal to bizzaro Europe? What ideas from The Princess Diaries can we steal? Tune in to find out in: A Christmas Prince: The Royal Retreat.

On a special Sequels 2 episode, Ian insisted Spencer host, because the movies we're covering are the loosest definition of a franchise: 2008's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and the 2010 not-quite-sequel, "Get Him to the Greek". How will the Apatow-verse and Hawaii survive? Join Ian, Sam, Spencer, and special guest Ben Jaffe (Disney TV) as we explore the Apatovian spectrum of manchild to sex criminal, the unexpected appearances in both films, and the most important question to ask: Did Diddy do it?

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You think you've seen the whole bloody affair? Think again. We're bringing back the Bride for another chapter in Tarantino's cinematic universe. Join the Deadly Viper Squad of Ian, Jimmy, Spencer, and special guest Alex Fossella to assassinate this piece of cinema. Twenty years after Volume 2, BB is grown up and following in her mother's footsteps. But when her best friend at assassin college is revealed to be Nikki, the daughter who witnessed her mother's death at the hands (and feet) of Beatrix Kiddo, blood will be shed. Can a legendary couch save Kiddo from the five point palm exploding heart technique? Will she stay on that couch and watch all ten seasons of Friends? Will Michael Parks return from the dead to play yet another character? Find out in the epic conclusion, Kill Bill: For Good!

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Forgive us our sins, we are making another Conjuring. For Halloween, we thought it fitting to do the most franchise-y horror series ever. Join professional charlatans, Ian, Sam, and Spencer- plus special guest Katie Hettenbach (Fangoria)- to uncover the most insidious evil the Warrens ever faced: a crisis of faith. Will Ed survive his next several heart attacks? Will Lorainne wear a bigger, plaider pantsuit? Will Matt Rife release even more chaos into the world? Find out in The Conjuring: Warren Peace. If you don't like this episode, it's because the devil made us do it.

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I've had a premonition! You listen to this podcast and then fall into a Rube Goldberg machine. On this episode, we're looking at the Final Destination franchise, starring the great Tony Todd. We've been on planes, trains, and automobiles, but we have yet to explore a boat tragedy. Join surviving writers, Ian, Sam, and Spencer– and special guest Mike Bedard (/Film, Looper)– as we assess the convoluted rules of death, the 2000-ness of teens in these movies, and the invisible hand of...life? All aboard the final voyage of the worst cruise ever.

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It's the Before Trilogy! In 1994, a couple met on a train in Vienna. In 2003, they re-met and started over together. In 2012, they confronted the problems in their relationship. And in 2210 they are doing it all over again, and again, and again. Join Richard Linklater's ghostwriters, Ian, Sam, Spencer, and returning guest Emi Schaufeld (Rockstar Games), as we ask the questions people have been asking since Bill Clinton's presidency: How do we secure the rights to Ethan Hawke's and Julie Delpy's likenesses? What picturesque European cities are left in a post-apocalyptic wasteland? Is it better to live forever as a robot or a vampire? Only time will tell.

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