Almost Equal Sequels Part XXI: Die Hard 2

Die Hard is one of those rare things in nature.  Rarer than a hen’s tooth.  More rarer than a unicorn.  Even more rarer than a Sasquatch riding a unicorn with a hen’s tooth in its innate rareness.  No, my friends, enemies, and barely tolerated minor acquaintances at best, Die Hard is one of those rare …

Almost Equal Sequels Part XX: Aliens

Franchises are not always obvious.  Who knew that taking the framework of 1958’s It: The Terror Beyond Space while mixing in some HR Giger artwork and then coating everything with KY jelly would result in such a hit with audiences?  But there was 20th Century Fox, suddenly sitting pretty with Alien’s sizeable box office returns …