The Franchise Strikes Back

Home Alone (Part 2)

The holidays continue as we tackle the later entries of the Home Alone series, which... well, there's a reason most people don't know they actually made five movies. We talk about what sets the previous entries apart from these offerings, the weird in-universe implications introduced by the fourth film, and the pain we all suffered from the viewing experience.

Home Alone (Part 1)

It's part one of our Holiday Extravaganza, and its a crossover with the Revenge of the 90s podcast! We talk about the first two films in the Home Alone series, otherwise known as "the good ones," and discuss the surprising lack of plot holes, the disregard of physics, and just how much the McCallister family sucks.

Poltergeist

We round out our Halloween episodes with a look at the Poltergeist series. We dig into the nonsense mythology the series dug for itself as it went on, weight the pros and cons of the recent remake, and praise Lindsey Graham's performance as the villainous Kane.

Ghoulies

Our first Halloween episode is also the first where the crew intentionally takes on a truly awful series, Ghoulies. Join the team as they struggle to find nice things to say about a franchise that stretched decent puppetry and the audiences appetite for movies about small mischievous monsters in for 4 films that will take years off your life.

The Last of Us

It's a special gaming edition of Franchise Strikes Back! A special guest panel joins the show to discuss The Last of Us, a video game series that hits much differently in 2020 then it did when it started back in 2013. From the stellar storytelling to some of the more frustrating mechanics, we dive into all the ways this series finds ways to emotionally devastate you.