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Why your favorite movie series has at least one FLOP | Hey Tablo Ep.39

September 22, 2026·48 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

(00:00) Hot Take: No Perfect Movie Trilogy Exists(00:32) Looking Into the Internet's Verdict on the Greatest Movie Trilogies(00:58) The Godfather Trilogy(04:21) Why The Godfather Part II Outdid the First(05:33) The Problem With The Godfather Part III(09:59) Star Wars and the Ewok Problem(12:01) Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy(14:22) The Dark Knight Rises and the Third Movie Curse(16:28) Toy Story(17:00) Back to the Future(18:52) The Vengeance Trilogy and Oldboy(19:44) The Matrix Changed Everything(22:31) When The Matrix Was Ruined(25:05) Iron Man and the Birth of the MCU(26:47) The Iron Man 3 Kid Problem(28:48) Ocean’s Eleven and the Problem With Sequels(30:14) Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man Trilogy(31:08) The Trilogy Dance Scene Conspiracy(34:06) Lord of the Rings: The “Perfect” Trilogy?(36:46) Falling Asleep During The Two Towers(38:59) Why Perfect Trilogies Might Be Impossible(40:40) Life as a Three-Act Trilogy(46:53) Why One Bad Act Doesn’t Ruin the Whole Story(48:16) Final Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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