The Odd Couple debuted in 1968, making $44 million on a tiny $1.2 million budget and eventually spawning a five-season TV show. But watching it today, the most shocking part might be the opening scene: our introduction to a comedy about mismatched roommates is Felix wandering the streets, genuinely trying to figure out how to kill himself.Kicking off our "Golden Oldies" month with pre-1970s films on So Many Sequels, David, Josh, and Garrett break down the undeniable chemistry between Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. We discuss how the movie's theatrical blocking and long takes make modern comedies feel disconnected, analyze the excruciatingly funny Pigeon sisters double date, and realize that Felix is actually a deeply manipulative person to live with.Let us know what you think. Would you rather live with Oscar the slob, or Felix the neat freak? Go check that out at somanysequels.com, and follow us on Instagram at @SoManySequelsPod.somanysequels.com

Three of us saw Project Hail Mary separately. Different theaters, different formats, different weeks. Same reaction: this is the one.

We talk about what makes Ryan Gosling's performance land, why Rocky might be the best new alien character in years, and whether a film that made $80M opening weekend and barely dropped the following week has a real shot at next year's Oscars. Also: Stephen Colbert is making a Lord of the Rings movie. We have thoughts.

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This month we're deep in our Best Writing series at the Oscars, and Do the Right Thing is Exhibit A that the Academy has always gotten some of this wrong. We dig into why the film's lack of a traditional protagonist might be exactly what got it snubbed, what Spike Lee has actually said about why Mookie threw the trash can (and who keeps asking the wrong questions), and how Radio Raheem's love-and-hate monologue does more thematic work than most screenplays manage in two hours. The conversation talked all three of us from four-and-a-half stars up to five. First unanimous five-star episode of the year.If you've seen Do the Right Thing, we want to know where you landed — and if you haven't, this is the episode to listen to first. Find us at somanysequels.com, subscribe on Spotify or wherever you get podcasts, and follow us on Instagram at @somanysequelspod. Let us know what you think.