The Mummy Sequels: Bringers of Death | AJP #7

November 11, 2022 01:36:05
The Mummy Sequels: Bringers of Death | AJP #7
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The Mummy Sequels: Bringers of Death | AJP #7

Nov 11 2022 | 01:36:05

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Show Notes

A few weeks ago, Isaac and Will did a deep dive into The Mummy Trilogy (1999-2008), aiming to illuminate how and why the sequels failed to live up to the original. It's rare to find a movie series that gets gradually worse every second it continues beyond its first installment, but that's what we have here. Imhotep and the O'Connells deserved better. And I think we can all agree, so did Brendan Fraser, especially.

Warning: We spoil The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, but they're old, so you really can't complain.

Episode Chapters:

00:06 - Introduction

01:14 - Our website, actionjuicebox.com, is live!

02:14 - Off the QTKevin Bacon joins Beverly Hills Cop 4, Amsterdam struggles to find an audience, Blade reboot delayed after losing its director, Deadpool 3 also delayed, Brendan Fraser open to doing Mummy 4

15:32 - TWaDiPA: a detailed breakdown of The Mummy Trilogy, focusing on how/why its sequels struggled to recapture the excitement of the first one and subsequently killed the franchise

17:21 - Why The Mummy (1999) works so well as an action-adventure-horror movie

41:17 - How The Mummy Returns (2001) lost its way and kicked off the decline of the series

1:06:02 - Things didn't get any better with The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

1:34:11 - Conclusion

Segments:

Off the QT: A breakdown of the latest movie/TV news and rumors

To Watch and Die in PA (TWaDiPA): An in-depth discussion of a movie(s) that we've recently watched

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