Independence Day: Resurgence, the 20-years-too-late sequel to 1996's Independence Day, is out this week. What would the film have been like had Allen, Calvin or Sol been in charge? Listen to find out.
In a slightly mould-bending episode, the Diminishing Returns trio chime in with their thoughts on classic television series Absolutely Fabulous and discuss Britcoms making the leap to the big screen.
Diminishing Returns take some time to discuss human-diminishing-returns (i.e. ghosts). They also find the time to discuss Ghostbusters and how they would have handled the third film in Sony's supernatural comedy franchise.
This week, Diminishing Returns use Frankenstein as a jumping-off point, with Calvin, Sol and Allen each taking ideas from elsewhere and cobbling them together to create ambitious, grotesque and ultimately doomed pitches for the sequel.
Diminishing Returns go back to their spy-movie roots and take on the Bourne franchise, consisting of The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum and Legacy.
Allen, Calvin and Sol embark on a whistle-stop tour of the screen iterations of Batman, covering everything from the 1943 movie serial to the upcoming Suicide Squad. Oh, and Superman also.
If you're not familiar with Pink Flamingos, then be warned: this episode sees Diminishing Returns discuss things as repulsive as cannibalism, incest and Donald Trump.
They at Diminishing Returns decided to take control of their lives and start a podcast (an aural diary, if you will). In this, the 15th episode, they take on fellow diarist, Bridget Jones and, as always, pitch ideas for the future.
Season 2 of the wonderful Ash vs Evil Dead will soon be upon us. In anticipation, the gang take a whistle-stop tour of the franchise, then pitch their own ideas for new Evil Dead movies. Groovy.
A look at the career of Tim Burton, all the way from his early short films up to the upcoming Miss Peregrine's House of Weird Kids. Allen, Calvin and Sol pitch what they would like to see Tim pick up as his next project.
In which the Diminishing Returns trio seek to uncover the truth about how to best sequelise the film adaptation of 2003 best-selling novel: The Da Vinci Code.
Diminishing Returns cast their minds back to 2008; a simpler time in which superheros weren't constantly Venn-diagramming around and getting up in each other's faces all the time.
What better film to discuss in the first Halloween episode of Diminishing Returns than John Carpenter's iconic, 1978 slasher movie of the same name? Listeners beware; you're in for a scare.
You yell "barracuda", everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell "shark", we've got a new episode of Diminishing Returns on our hands, in which Calvin, Sol and Allen talk through the Jaws movies.
Since making its debut almost 20 years ago, Harry Potter has shoe-horned itself into books, movies, video games, websites, stage-plays and, now, episodes of the Diminishing Returns podcast.
With Moana soon upon us, Diminishing Returns attempt to fathom the mammoth cultural and financial success of Disney's 53rd "classic", Frozen. As usual, things culminate with each of the gang pitching their own idea for a sequel.
Explores the little known, 1981 film Roar, in which Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith spend an hour and a half surrounded by lions, tigers and other assorted big cats before learning to be a family again.
What better film to get you into the festive spirit than this horror classic in which a senseless killer harasses and murders his way through a sorority house?
Diminishing Returns finally take on the grandfather of franchise-filmmaking with a look at the original Star Wars trilogy and their own ideas for Star Wars sequels.
It's the Diminishing Returns Holiday Special, so gather your family around the fireplace and sit down to enjoy a festive feast of film discussion, ideas for sequels to It's a Wonderful Life and general Christmas cheer. Merry Christmas.
It's Boxing Day, and in less than a week, it'll be 2017, so why not get comfy in your favourite chair, help yourself to a nice plate of Christmas leftovers and recover from yesterday's antics with a nice, relaxing Diminishing Returns?
Diminishing Returns look at M. Night Shyamalan's early work before diving into Sol's favourite entry in the man's filmography: Unbreakable, in which the superhero genre was deconstructed before it had been constructed.
In anticipation of the master(?) of suspense's upcoming film, Split, M. Night Shyamalan season continues with a look at Signs and The Village, the latter of which also gets the Diminishing Returns sequel-pitch treatment.
The third part of any trilogy is almost always the weakest, but this, the conclusion of the Diminishing Returns M. Night Shyamalan season, continues to buck trends with, quite possibly, the strongest episode in the series.
In one corner, we have Calvin, who loves these films. In the other corner, we have Sol, who considers them to be the worst film-franchise of all time, and Allen, who watched them for the first time in order to record this podcast.
Diminishing Returns dig up a time-capsule in the form of this episode, recorded in October 2016 to coincide with the (now delayed) release of the new entry in the Ringu franchise: Rings.
Finally, Diminishing Returns makes its long-awaited return to the James Bond franchise. Somehow, Frasier manages to sneak back into the mix, too, just like it did in last week's Fifty Shades of Grey episode.
The week before the 89th Academy Awards seemed like a good time to explore this year's Best Picture nominees (Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight).
Diminishing Returns take the opportunity for a Wolverine retrospective, looking at X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine and Hugh Jackman's role in the X-Men films to date.
A look at the long history of King Kong films, starting with the 1933 original, but also the 1976 and 2005 remakes, Son of Kong, King Kong vs Godzilla, King Kong Lives and, even, some lost Japanese Kong movies.
Is the new trend of Disney remaking all of its animated classics harmless, nostalgia-driven fun or a tragic symptom of the end of cinematic creativity?
Go, go Diminishing Returns. Power Rangers will soon find new life in the movie of the same name, so Diminishing Returns felt it apt to look back to their nostalgia (or lack of, depending on which host you're talking about) for the series.
The show's love of discussing films where an actor portrays a character of another race culminates here in an episode focused on Ghost in the Shell, the seminal 1995 anime and its upcoming live-action remake.
A retroactive look at the Fast and the Furious franchise. Topics include the differences between Vin Diesel and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, driving in general and some really self-indulgent stuff about plums.
A look at Guardians of the Galaxy and its place within the superhero genre as a whole, the meteoric rise of Chris Pratt (as well as the work of other cast members Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel and Howard the Duck) and the usual sequel pitches.
Alien season is here. In the run up to the release of Alien: Covenant, Diminishing Returns are taking a huge look at the Alien series starting with the core franchise (Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection).
A look at AVP: Alien vs. Predator and AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem - two of the most stupidly titled films ever made. Chat includes the likes of the original quadrilogy, Prometheus and Batman for some reason.
Alien season concludes with a Prometheus episode. Opinions on this one vary between the group, so there's some great back and forth and discussion, not to mention a chance to hear Calvin's impression of Meryl Streep.