Tyler and Konnery are joined by Reverend Mother Tawny Tran and Lisan Al'Gaib Kim Labick to deconstruct the latest installment in the epic Dune franchise, "Dune: Part Two"! Together they discuss the multi-layered politics of the Dune universe, the absolutely stacked cast (Christopher Walken hello!), Tawny's lifelong experience as a Dune "bookworm", the best format in which to see the film, and so much more on this Shai'Hulud-riding, nuke-launching episode of The Friendchise Podcast! 

What's New:
Kon: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PS5)
Kim: non stop 2000s Euro Pop, "The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds" by Gavin Pretor-Pinney 
Tawny: The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson , Poor Things (Hulu)
Tyler: The Wizard of Oz (Max)

Check out Tawny and Kim's show "Dumb Friends and Dragons" 
https://www.youtube.com/@DumbFriendsandDragons/videos

& Kim's podcast "Movie Theater Butter"!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/movie-theater-butter/id1531752587

Ep. 203: Dune: Part Two (w/ Tawny Tran and Kim Labick)

Tyler and Konnery roar back into the Jurassic Park franchise to cover its newest release, "Jurassic World Rebirth"! Together they discuss the soft reboot releasing so quickly after Dominion, dinos vs kaiju, kindhearted mercenaries, misophonia-inducing Altoid crunches and so much more on this mutant episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:
Kon: The Terror (Netflix), The Importance of Being Earnest (Boston Court Playhouse)
Tyler: F1 (In Theaters)


Ep. 247: Jurassic World Rebirth

Tyler and Konnery board their U-Wing and join the Rebellion as they cover the Star Wars standalone prequel "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"! Together they dive deep into the must-see TV that is Andor, explore its relevant themes to modern America, discuss reshoots and rewrites, superb sci fi casting, and so much more on this Death Star plan-stealing episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Kon: The Phoenician Scheme (Peacock)
Tyler: Eddington (In Theaters)
Both: Andor (Disney+)

Ep. 248: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Tyler and Konnery reunite for a much-delayed new installment of Failed Franchise Friday, where they cover a movie that was set up to be a franchise, and ended up going nowhere. Except in our hearts, and in our SOULS such as The Host (2013). Listen to the boys open a special message from a gorilla-suited friend, talk about ponytails, cave wheat, falling asleep to soothing Spanish guitar, Holes, and more on this sci fi ASMR-coded episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

Failed Franchise Friday II: The Host (2013)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by local space outlaw and Star Wars megafan Taylor McLaughlin to dissect the entertaining flop that is "Solo: A Star Wars Story"! Together they discuss prequelitis, huge production changes, go deep on Star Wars side characters, talk the Millennium Falcon ride at Disneyland, and so much more on this coaxium smuggling episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Kon: The Gilded Age (Netflix), Mythic Bastionland (TTRPG)
Tyler: Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi book series (Libby)
Taylor: The Hobbit (PS2), The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (PS5)

Movie review starts at 31:30!

Ep. 249: Solo: A Star Wars Story (w/ Taylor McLaughlin)

Tyler and Konnery set movie franchises aside for an episode to celebrate their 250th release and have each other discuss a movie recommended for the other! Konnery has Tyler communicate with all parts of the alien timeline with Arrival (2016) and Tyler has Konnery dive into the depths of space horror with Event Horizon (1997). They discuss stacked casts, Lovecraftian horror, what makes a movie look "mid-2010s", alien conspiracy theories, and so much more on this self-congratulatory celebration of The Friendchise Podcast!

Movie reviews start ~35:20!

Ep. 250: Arrival (2016) & Event Horizon (1997)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Police Squad Pun Commissioner Joseph Horne to crack open the hilarious new case file, "The Naked Gun (2025)"! Together they discuss their initial doubts that quickly became pure joy encompassed by chili dog poop jokes, magic snowman threesomes, Pam Anderson's scatting prowess, Frank Drebin, Jr's absolutely genius stupidity, a metric ton of coffee cups and so much more on this wordplay-heavy procedural episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Kon: The Gilded Age (HBOMax), Diablo IV (PS5)
Tyler: King of the Hill revival (Disney+)
Joseph: Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Dune: Imperium (Board Games)


Ep. 251: The Naked Gun (2025) (w/ Joseph Horne)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Freaky fanatics Lily Denering Young and Nina McLaughlin to explore both Freaky Friday (2003) and the new sequel, "Freakier Friday"! Together they discuss Lindsay Lohan's career on and off the screen, Jamie Lee Curtis' always effortless performances, the confusing amount of characters in the sequel, the world logic of how Freakying works, and so much more on this exponentially body-swapped episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Tyler: Summer School (Kanopy)
Kon: Hollow Knight (PS5)
Lily: The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video), Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (Netflix)
Nina: The Righteous Gemstones (HboMax), Longlegs (Hulu)

Ep. 252: Freaky Friday (2003) and Freakier Friday (w/ Lily Denering Young and Nina McLaughlin)

Tyler and Konnery make preparations for the King as they kick off a new film franchise with "Downton Abbey (2019)"! Together they discuss the many many characters of both the upstairs and downstairs of the Abbey, who the real MVP is, royalty at this "lesser" manor, the one Irish guy hanging out with all the Brits, and so much more on this dutiful episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Tyler: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II (Netflix)
Kon: Betrayal (Hulu), Hollow Knight (PS5)

Ep. 253: Downton Abbey (2019)

Tyler and Konnery eat pizza atop the Sphinx, warp fight in the Roman Colosseum, and avoid a holy war as they cover this month's Failed Franchise Friday with "Jumper (2008)"! Together they they play a new Friendmail (thanks for the name Cameron!), discuss the metaphysics behind jumping powers, the once-planned Jumper trilogy, Hayden Christensen's undersung Hollywood career, and so much more on this Coffee-in-Parising, Maldives-surfing, Kilimanjaro-napping episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

Failed Franchise Friday III: Jumper (2008)

Tyler and Konnery climb higher into the Julian Fellowes universe when they investigate attic water damage and cover "Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)"! Together they discuss the struggles of buying a new hat, the slight British irritations of visiting France, proper 1920s aspect, Maggie Smith's final quippiness, and so much more on this prim and proper episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Kon: Hollow Knight: Silksong (PS5)
Tyler: Pokémon Shining Pearl (Nintendo Switch), Project Runway Seasons 21 & 4 (Disney+)
Both: Weapons (In Theaters)

EP. 254: Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

A show about movie franchises and friendship. Join Tyler and Konnery as they explore all the best and worst franchises Hollywood and the world at large has to offer with some of their best buddies by their side!

Ep. 203: Dune: Part Two (w/ Tawny Tran and Kim Labick)

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