Episodes & Rankings
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Below is a list of The Franchise episodes 141 - 160 and star ratings.
Each franchise is rated between 1 and 5 stars - hover over the star to see Daniel & Henry's ratings!
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Special thanks to @SpaceCadetJuan for providing all the ratings!
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Also, bonus episodes aren't real episodes and don't deserve their own number. If you want to know the real episode The Franchise is covering, look at the description box.
This isn't confusing at all.
EPISODE 141: BATMAN AND ROBIN AND BATMAN BEGINS
Directors: Joel Schumacher; Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman; Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
Year: 1997; 2005
E: 134
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We say goodbye to the Schumacher era with a Schumacher ranking and chilling discussion about a really cool movie. Then, Christopher Nolan shows up and Henry gushes for a really long time.
daniel: 2; 3
henry: 1; 5
EPISODE 142: THE DARK KNIGHT AND THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Directors: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Johnathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Year: 2008; 2012
E: 135
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Henry finally gets to cover the Nolan Batman movies! I'm legitimately concerned that he's just going to be finished with the show after this. So why not come and listen to them? Also, featuring a special appearance by JGL and an attempt to put Alfred in his place once and for all. Plus, Christopher Nolan rankings!
daniel: 4; 4
henry: 5; 5
EPISODE 143: CREED II
Directors: Steven Caple Jr.
Screenwriter: Juel Taylor, Sylvester Stallone
Year: 2018
E: Bonus!
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Finally The Franchise has come back to Rocky! We both saw this weeks ago and we finally got around to talking about it.
daniel: 4
henry: 4
BONUS!
EPISODE 144: THE SANTA CLAUSE
Directors: John Pasquin
Screenwriter: Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Year: 1994
E: 136
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Jason Anthony Harris contributes sleigh bells, Henry and Daniel list their Top 10 Christmas movies of all time, and much fun is had discussing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor.
daniel: 2
henry: 1
EPISODE 145: THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 AND THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE
Directors: Michael Lembeck
Screenwriter: Don Rhymer, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Ed Decter, John J. Strauss
Year: 2002; 2006
E: 137
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The Franchise wraps up 2018 in style. With two more Tim Allen movies. Happy trails, 2018!
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 1; 1
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EPISODE 146: KILL BILL VOLUME 1 AND KILL BILL VOLUME 2
Directors: Quentin Tarantino
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino
Year: 2003; 2004
E: 138
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Oprah, Uma. Oprah, Uma. QT rankings and major discussion of Kill Bill's flute.
daniel: 4; 5
henry: 5; 5
EPISODE 147: UNBREAKABLE AND SPLIT
Directors: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Year: 2000; 2017
E: 139
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A merry M. Night to you all! What a joy it is to cover the Bus 117 or whatever trilogy.
daniel: 5; 3
henry: 5; 4
EPISODE 148: GLASS
Directors: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Year: 2019
E: 140
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We went to see the new Shyamalan in theaters. Then we ranked all of this movies.
daniel: 2
henry: 2
EPISODE 149: PET SEMATARY AND PET SEMATARY TWO
Directors: Mary Lambert
Screenwriter: Stephen King; Richard Outten
Year: 1989; 1992
E: 141
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Down this road aways here you might find an extensive ranking of Stephen King movies, plus discussion of a couple of animal snuff fils. Fits of laughter are had and lots of impressions of the dad from The Munsters are attempted.
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 3; 1
EPISODE 150: THE GODFATHER
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Year: 1972
E: 142
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Coppola rankings. A discussion of the most popular pornography of 1972. Some talk of The Godfather. And a special Top 10 list at the end.
WE FINALLY DID THE GODFATHER.
daniel: 5
henry: 5
EPISODE 151: THE GODFATHER PART II AND THE GODFATHER PART III
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Year: 1974; 1990
E: 143
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The only thing more entertaining than this podcast would be Sofia's death scene playing on a loop.
daniel: 5; 2
henry: 5; 3
EPISODE 152: THE EQUALIZER AND THE EQUALIZER 2
Directors: Antoine Fuqua
Screenwriter: Richard Wenk
Year: 2014; 2018
E: 144
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Henry brings a recent Franchise to the podcast, which causes a snowball effect that leads to a massive Denzel Washington ranking, a deep dive into the films of Antoine Fuqua and Daniel watching the pilot of a 1985 CBS procedural.
daniel: 2; 2
henry: 4; 2
EPISODE 153: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY AND 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
Directors: Stanley Kubrick; Peter Hyams
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke; Peter Hyams
Year: 1968; 1984
E: 145
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We fulfill our first third-tier Patreon donation by covering what may be Henry's favorite movie ever. Also discussed: Space Babies. Plus, a Kubrick ranking.
daniel: 5; 3
henry: 5; 3
EPISODE 154: LEPRECHAUN AND LEPRECHAUN 2
Directors: Mark Jones; Rodman Flender
Screenwriter: Mark Jones; Turi Meyer, Al Septien
Year: 1993; 1994
E: 146
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Daniel and Henry hunker down for 8 movies about a Leprechaun, so they try to learn as much about him as possible.
daniel: 1; 2
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 155: LEPRECHAUN 3 AND LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE
Directors: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Screenwriter: David DuBos; Dennis A. Pratt, Scott Atkins
Year: 1995; 1997
E: 147
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The Leprechaun(s?) get on our nerves this week, in Vegas and, especially, in space. Meanwhile, George Lucas has some thoughts about copyright law.
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 156: LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD AND LEPRECHAUN: BACK 2 THA HOOD
Directors: Rob Spera; Steven Ayromlooi
Screenwriter: Doug Hall, John Huffman, Alan Reynolds, Rob Spera, William Wells; Steven Ayromlooi
Year: 2000; 2003
E: 148
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The Franchise sojourns to The Hood, where Warwick Davis is desperately seeking his magic flute and a bunch of 23 year olds are hoping to be 24, but the way things are going, they don't know.
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 157: LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS AND MEN IN BLACK
Directors: Zach Lipovsky; Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: Harris Wilkinson; Ed Solomon
Year: 2014; 1997
E: 149
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Yeah, so. We were only able to watch one Leprechaun movie this week. So we did it, we chatted about Hornswoggle and we ranked the first 7 Leprechaun movies. Then, we started out next project by doing a deep dive into Barry Sonnenfeld's filmography and then discussing the first MiB movie. We make this look good.
daniel: 1; 4
henry: 2; 4
EPISODE 158: MEN IN BLACK 2 AND MEN IN BLACK 3
Directors: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: Robert Gordon, Barry Fanaro; Etan Cohen
Year: 2002; 2012
E: 150
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We rank Will Smith movies and wonder what the hell happened in this second Men in Black movie. Then, we travel through time and end up somewhere a bit better.
daniel: 1; 3
henry: 2; 3
EPISODE 159: TEEN WOLF, TEEN WOLF TOO AND TEEN WOLF ON MTV
Directors: Rod Daniel; Christopher Leitch
Screenwriter: Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman; R. Timothy Kring
Year: 1985; 1987
E: 151
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!
daniel: 4; 1
henry: 4; 1
EPISODE 160: PET SEMATERY (2019)
Directors: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhler
Year: 2019
E: Bonus!
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BONUS EPISODE! We spend theater prices to see a Lithgow vehicle. Daniel might be half asleep, but at least Henry's locked and loaded with his 2018 top 10 list.
daniel: 3
henry: 3
