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 QT: Kevin 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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