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The Speculators
by The Speculators
The Speculators discuss issues including but not limited to, machine learning, AI, bots, bionic implants, holograms, virtual reality, smart pants, internet connected toasters, internet connected coasters, memes, the blockchain, the singularity, Terminator 2 Judgement day.
Episodes
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Wall Street
The one where we watch Wall Street
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Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
It's time to throw this franchise into the fires of Mount Doom once and for all, as we wrap up Lord of the Rings with the final instalment, Return of the King. Jack heroically uses the sword of Narsil to revive the Army of the Dead and defeat Sauron's forces, Kohl goes mad and sets himself on…
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The gang keep on truckin' to Mordor for the second instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. 2 Fast 2 Towers.
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Lord of the rings: Fellowship of the ring
You've got one guy's bow, another guy's axe, and now you've got this podcast. This week, we're Tolkien about the first film in the epic Lord of the Rings franchise, The Fellowship of the Ring. Callan tries his best to do a Kiwi accent, Kohl plays a prank, and Jack recommends you listen to the new...
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The Addams Family
The one where we watch The Addams Family
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Frozen
We're back! If there is one good thing to come out of social distancing it's that the boys are back. We've had a lot of time on our hands and decided put on our winter coats and watch Frozen and Frozen II. Jack reveals he's now a slick DJ, Cal grapples with the mortality of snowmen and Kohl…
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Episode 1: The Speculators
Hey Franchise Fans, last episode was the last episode of WYLFWT, but we are back with a new Show called The Speculators. Check out new episodes here speculatorspodcast.wordpress.com We are putting the first episode in this stream, but if you want to keep listening search for the speculators in...
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The Final Episode: Final Destination 3-5
On this, the final episode of Would You Like Franchise with that Jack and Cal talk about the back half of the Final Destination series. We also talk about our favorite episodes of WYLF and tease our new podcast
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Final Destination 1 & 2
This week on Would You Like Franchise With That, we put a kink in Death's Design and spend the rest of our lives outrunning our inevitable demise with Final Destination and Final Destination 2! Callan identifies death as a puddle and Jack's favourite character is Agent Shrek.
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Jumanji
Welcome to the jungle, we have fun and games. Well not games as such, movies about games. Well... a board game and a video game. Actually a board game that turns into a video game... A video game staring Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson. We have Jumanji ok! You happy? Jeeeez.
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Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
This week, the boys watch... well they are not really sure what that was, but whatever it was it had Rihanna in it. Jack and Cal work on thier Keanu Reeves impersonations and we re-imagine spiderman for a new generation of babies.
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Hackers
This week our Summer spin-off series I Would Like Franchise With That we hack your earholes with Hackers. Jack remembers over his favourite Joey moments in friends and Cal reimagines the bible. Hack the planet!
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Waterworld
This week our Summer spin-off series I Would Like Franchise With That continues, as Jack respectfully requests a sequel to 1995's Waterworld! Callan remembers a disturbing scene from Seaquest, and Waterworld made Jack realise he liked movies. MUTATION!!!
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Battleship
We've franchised ourselves, and are very excited to present the first episode of our spin-off series, I Would Like Franchise With That! Strange as it may seem, not all movies have sequels, prequel, four-quels or more-quels, and after 50 episodes of celebrating all the best franchises, we're...
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Castle Freak
Get ready for an episode so spooky you'll want to rip off your ding dong. It's the halloweeeen special of FWT feat. Cal, Jack and the titular Castle Freak. Cal tries on a Italian accent and Jack wishes that we had watched The Craft instead. Awwwwww freak out!
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Ep 50: Gremlins
This week, we get get wet and multiply after watching Gremlins and Gremlins 2: A new batch.
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Ep 49: Crocodile Dundee
This week, in protest of the killing of unarmed aquatic reptiles by a trigger-happy force of militarised bushmen, we take the Crocodile Dund-knee and wrestle our way through Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Dundee 2 and Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles. Jack has a run in with a deadly Australian...
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Ep 48: 3 Ninjas 3&4
The Knuckles are Up and the Mountains are Mega as we karate chop our way through the third and fourth 3 Ninjas movies. This week, Nick submits some child actors to modern societal beauty standards, Jack still loves movies set in amusement parks, and Callan remarkably manages to be granted a…
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Ep 47: 3 Ninjas 1&2
This episode we tackle Nick's childhood favourite, 3 Ninjas and 3 Ninjas Kick Back. Jack went to high school with Sonic the hedgehog. Nick regrets picking this franchise, and Cal... well let's not talk about Cal. AYA!
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Ep 45: Mad Max 1 & 2
Join us as we don our buttless chaps and journey into the wasteland for a Max-travaganza of V8's, violence and thinly-veiled homoeroticism with Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior! Jack plays one video game a year, Callan introduces us to Mad Max's Scottish counterpart, and special guest host...
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Ep 44: Phantasm III, IV, V
This week, we re-acquaint ourselves with the Tall Man as Phantasm 3: Lord of the Dead introduces some new members to the gang, nothing happens in Phantasm 4: OblIVion, and a fan-made tribute gets out of hand, resulting in Phantasm 5: Ravager. Callan is still loving Twin Peaks, Alex remains...
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Ep 43: The Naked Gun
This week on WYLFWT we get goofy with The Naked Gun, The Naked Gun 2 1/2 and The Naked Gun 33 1/3. Jack get's some good hard rubbish, Cal tries out a new accent and Alex does his very best to remember the paper thin plots of the 3 movies.
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Ep 42: Phantasm I-II
This week on Would You Like Phranchise With That, we phace our phears with Phantasm and Phantasm II! Callan has a fever dream, Alex can't make it though The Babadook, and Jack wishes he was watching a Sandra Bullock movie.
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Ep 41: The Mummy
On this episode of WYLFWT we step into our sarcophagus, scoop out all our internal organs and wrap ourselves in bandages for The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Mummy : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Jack get's hung up on snake grammar, Callan finds out some bad news about Billy Zane and Alex "The...
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Ep 40: Ghostbusters
Buckle your seatbelts and charge your proton packs, this week on WYLFWT we take on Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters 2016. Jack has some suggestions for alternate reboot titles, Cal starts a new business venture and Alex kinda didn't mind the new Ghostbusters movie. I ain't afraid of...
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Ep 39: Rocky IV - Creed
Yo Adrian, we did it! We came out bruised, bloody and with big gross swollen eyelids, but we made it through seven rounds of going toe-to-toe with Sly Stallone's Rocky series. This episode of WYLFWT? covers Rocky IV (incl. the sex robot Rocky buys for his best friend), Rocky V, Rocky Balboa and...
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Ep 38: Rocky 1-3
Introducing the Heavyweight Podcasting Champions of the Woooooorld, its Would You Like Franchise With That! This week, its our biggest and punchiest franchise yet, as we go toe to toe in the ring with Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III! Alex has the Rocky theme stuck in his head, Callan shares his...
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Ep 37: Miss Congeniality
Welcome Mister Carlton, Mister Yarraville and Mister Preston to the First Annual Mister Podcast Australia Pageant! This week, in preparation for the swimsuit round and the talent quest, our lovely contestants settled in for a viewing of the early-to-mid-2000's lady-led comedy masterpiece duo of...
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Ep 36. Men In Black 3 & Wild Wild West
We're back in back in black twice over, as we wrap up our look at the Men in Black series with Men and Black 3 and spiritual predecessor Wild Wild West! Alex regails us with stories of his favourite childhood film, Henry the 5th, Jack explains the most recent developments at MovieWorld: Hollywood...
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Men In Black 1 & 2
Pour yourself some sugar water, avoid pressing the big red button and prepare to be neuralised as Callan, Jack and Alex enjoy the intergalactic hijinks of Men in Black and Men in Black 2 in this week's episode of Would You Like Franchise With That. Agent J reveals his favourite close-up in film...
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Ep 34: Fantastic Four Part 2
Off the back of the last episode, Fantastic 4 (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), the boys watch Fantastic 4 (1994) and Fantastic 4 (2015). Jack raps about his raw trunk, Callan get's excited at the screen saver like graphics of Fantastic 4 (1994) and Alex is just happy…
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Ep 33: Fantastic Four Part 1
On this episode of WYLFWT the boys marvel over the Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four colon Rise of the Silver Surfer. Jack laments that Sue Storm wasn't played by Sandra Bullock, Callan defends Chris Evans' hair and Alex admits he knows very little about comic books.
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Ep 32: Christmas Special. The Santa Clause
Ho Ho Ho. Merry Christmas! On this special Christmas episode of WYLFWT we all lost our minds and watched not one, not two but three The Santa Clause movies with Tim Allen. Jack found his christmas spirit, Alex fell for Santa's blind date and Callan tries to keep from vomiting at all the Christmas...
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Ep 31: Speed
Pop quiz, hot shot! This week, it's a double dose of vehicular mayhem as Sandra Bullock and her Magical Flying Bus take us fifty miles per hour in Speed, and then it's off to the Caribbean for sun, sea and a serious lack of Keanu Reeves in Speed 2: Cruise Control. Jack secretly hopes Sandra…
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Ep 30: Honey I Shrunk The Kids
A noble spirit may embiggen the smallest man, but Wayne Szalinski's shrink ray embiggens our excitement as we welcome new co-host Alex Robinson to the Would You Like Franchise With That studio! This week we scale inconsistently as we hold a microscope up to Honey I Shrunk The Kids, Honey I Blew…
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Ep 29: Night Of The Living Dead & Dawn Of The Dead
This week on WYLFWT the boys have zombies on the brain as they watch the first two films from George A Romero's highly influential Dead series. First off 1968's black and white classic, Night of the Living Dead, followed by 1978's rambling tale of undead consumerism, Dawn of the Dead. Kohl…
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Ep 28: Weekend At Bernies
This week on WYLFWT - Pack your swimmers, pack your sunscreen, pack your dead guy... We're spending the Weekend at Bernie's! And then the next Weekend at Bernie's too! Callan mentions Batteships again, Jack wonders if Bernie is a modern-day Jay Gatsby, and Kohl tries to sell his 3DS. Can you…
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Ep 27: The Matrix
This week, our residual self-images took the red pill, returned to the Source and plugged ourselves in to watch The Matrix, The Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolutions. Callan goes a whole episode without talking about Battleships, Jack tries his hardest to explain the second and third…
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Ep 26: National Treasure
In this week's episode of WYLFWT, we unravel a series of clues, each more difficult than the last, in order to uncover the franchise most beloved by divorced dads struggling with tenuous relationships with their children - it's National Treasure and National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Callan...
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Ep 25: Bad Boys
Bad films, bad films, whatcha gonna do? This week on WYLFWT, the body count is high and the incomprehensible shouting matches are even higher as we take a ride with Miami's most violent and profane narcotics cops in Bad Boys and Bad Boys 2. Jack apologises for choosing these films, Kohl doesn't...
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Ep 24: Independence Day
This week we watched 1996's Independence Day and 2016's Independence Day Resurgence. Jack is sad that he was the only one who watches Asylum's Independent's Day and Kohl and Cal bond over their mutual love for Battleship (one of the best movies of all time).
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Ep 23: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
This week, we get totally tubular, dudes, and catch up with the OG, live-action TNMT movies from the early nineties - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3! We discover much to our horror that Callan really likes…
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Ep 22: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2
On this episode the boys watch The Hunger Games colon Mockingjay Part 1 and The Hunger Games colon Mockingjay Part 2. Jack scrapes the bottom of the Battle Royale pun barrel, Cal escapes into Virtual Reality and Kohl shows us his alcohol induced rash.
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Ep 21: The Hunger Games 1-2
Whet your appetite for adventure, because this week Would You Like Franchise With That gets dropped into the arena to fight all the other podcasts to the death in The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire! Callan comes up with some great suggestions for the name of a new bakery, Jack...
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Ep 20: The Human Centipede
In this weeks episode of Would You Like Franchise With That? we all felt a little gross after watching The Human Centipede (First Sequence), we felt REALLY gross after watching The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), then we stitched ourselves in for the last segment; Human Centipede 3 (Final...
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Ep 19: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
On this episode of Would You LikΣ FranchisΣ With That, we get our rom com on with My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and then fall in love all over again with My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2! Callan talks for far too long about the short-lived Friends spinoff Joey, Jack finally sells his Xbox games and Kohl...
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Ep 18: Psycho 3 & 4
The only thing better than one sequel that didn't need to made, is a second and third sequel that also didn't need to be made - and this week, we watch two of the didn't-need-to-be-made-iest sequels of them all, Psycho 3 and Psycho IV: The Beginning. Norman Bates returns again and dresses up like...
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Ep 17: Psycho 1 & 2
In this weeks episode of Would You Like Franchise With That, we throw on some wigs, dress up like our mothers and hack up Psycho and Psycho 2 while they're in the shower! Callan channels his inner irate New Yorker, Jack looks back on the days where wives made phone calls for their husbands, and...
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Ep 16: Magic Mike & Magic Mike XXL
Join Cal, Jack and special guest host Cam Bell as we get hot and heavy with Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL. Alright, Alright, Alright! Get your dollar bills ready because we are diving into the franchise about a male stripper with a heart of gold and abs of steel. Cal get's surprisingly into Magic...
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The Speculators discuss issues including but not limited to, machine learning, AI, bots, bionic implants, holograms, virtual reality, smart pants, internet connected toasters, internet connected coasters, memes, the blockchain, the singularity, Terminator 2 Judgement day.
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The Speculators discuss issues including but not limited to, machine learning, AI, bots, bionic implants, holograms, virtual reality, smart pants, internet connected toasters, internet connected coasters, memes, the blockchain, the singularity, Terminator 2 Judgement day.
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