Franchise completionism, argued the hard way.
The Franchise follows Daniel Ehrenberg and Logan B. Adair through sequels, remakes, and franchise leftovers. The movie analysis is real, but it arrives through arguments, side quests, memory checks, actor detours, and jokes that become obligations.
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The Franchise is a long-running movie-series podcast built around the stubborn fact that one movie is rarely enough anymore. Daniel Ehrenberg and Logan B. Adair move through sequels, remakes, live-action remakes, animated offshoots, and strange franchise extensions with a rhythm that is more argument than lecture. It is loose on purpose. A Mario episode can pause for plumbing logic, WrestleMania references, voice casting, and whether a title has accidentally erased Luigi before returning to the movie at hand. A horror-franchise episode can start with a host-role debate, wander through Adam Brody, The O.C., and Fugees lyrics, then still land on whether Ready or Not works as a series. The show has real movie knowledge, but it rarely presents that knowledge neatly. Dates, writers, directors, sequel histories, and studio lore show up inside interruptions, corrections, and comic side roads. That makes the criticism feel lived-in rather than packaged. The hosts are comfortable saying a popular thing does not work, or that a dismissed oddity might actually be good. They also let confusion stay on the mic. Plot mechanics get tested aloud, names get checked, memories get challenged, and half-formed takes either collapse or harden into opinions. The show is especially good with franchises that are a little embarrassing, a little overextended, or too strange to discuss with polite seriousness. Mario, Scream, 300, Greenland, Venom, Predator, and How to Train Your Dragon all become excuses to ask why these movies keep returning and what, if anything, survived the repetition. The tone can be cranky, affectionate, crude-edged, and unexpectedly nostalgic in the same stretch. It is not a clean recap machine. It is more like overhearing two movie obsessives build a case while repeatedly sabotaging their own agenda. Recurring bits, mock rankings, comment-section references, Patreon side projects, and old private jokes give the show a scruffy continuity. New listeners may need a minute to adjust to the detours. Once the rhythm clicks, the detours become the point. The Franchise is for people who like franchise culture examined by people who both know too much and refuse to treat any of it as sacred.
Made for: Best for movie fans who enjoy sequel talk, adaptation arguments, horror and blockbuster detours, and hosts who let the conversation get messy. It especially suits listeners who prefer blunt comic chemistry over tidy recap format.
What sets it apart: The Franchise stands apart by making digression part of the criticism. Trivia, personal memory, recurring bits, and sharp disagreement all become tools for judging why a franchise works, fails, or somehow keeps going.
A podcast about movies that couldn't be left at one.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Daniel Ehrenberg and Logan B. Adair turn franchise comparisons into funny, detail-minded arguments about adaptation, continuity, and cinematic choices.
The Franchise turns sequel culture into a running argument between Daniel Ehrenberg and Logan B. Adair. They compare films within the same property, testing continuity, adaptation choices, plot mechanics, and the strange decisions that distinguish one installment from another.
A Mario movie detour lands at WrestleMania 9; you know what kind of movie night this is.
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A Mario title correction opens into a funny, mildly unruly tour of franchise logic and recurring podcast bits.
The Franchise treats The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as a springboard for a looser question: what are the Mario brothers actually doing in this universe?
A Mario movie chat that detours into pipes, wrestling, and a very specific kind of nostalgia.
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A loose, funny Ready or Not chat that leans into riffs, rankings, and real-time debate.
This episode leans into Ready or Not with a loose, conversational pace that starts in banter and then settles into the film. The discussion stays lively and specific, with Radio Silence, Adam Brody, and the detour into The O.C. adding color while keeping the main thread intact.
A loose 300 review finds its best comedy in battle plans, sequel logic, and memories that will not quite behave.
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A Predator discussion wanders through Zack and Cody before landing on a spaceship headed for Predator country.
The Franchise eases into its Predator discussion by first wandering through Zack and Cody, Bailey, Debbie Ryan, London Tipton, and Ashley Tisdale, turning that detour into a loose argument about who became the better character.
A Mario franchise chat that gives sewer pipes a livelier defense than the newer movie.
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Slasher talk with sharp teeth.
The hosts review two new franchise movies: Predator: Killer of Killers and the How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake.
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This episode discusses The Naked Gun movie franchise, including its origins from the TV show Police Squad, focusing on the first two films and their humor, with plans to cover the third movie and a new Liam Neeson installment next week.
Daniel Ehrenberg and Price Ash compare Anchorman, Wake Up Ron Burgundy, and Anchorman 2 while ranking Adam McKay's films.
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The host discusses his relapse into drinking while reviewing the Venom movies and engaging with listener comments on Spotify.
This episode discusses the controversial release of Scream 7, its box office performance despite boycotts, and the history of the Scream franchise's development and key figures.
300 is framed through Zack Snyder, Frank Miller, and the hosts' reaction to its $65 million budget turning into a $468.8 million hit.
Greenland II starts with the same evacuation shots from Greenland, despite a reported $90 million budget.
The hosts discuss two new franchise movies: Predator: Killer of Killers and the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon, sharing their mixed reactions and humorous banter.
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