Make Heroes Happy Again

Def Rec · Oct 27, 2026 · 5m · transcript

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Can a hero be happy? Belated sequels keep bringing back our favorite heroes — just to put them through the wringer. On this Def Rec, three belated sequels that rained garbage all over their legends get the verdict: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Flash, and the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Which one is actually worth watching?

CHAPTERS

0:00 Cold open: Luke's "I will never train another generation of Jedi"

0:06 The Def Rec premise

0:21 Can a hero be happy?

0:43 Honorable mention: the Die Hard sequels

1:09 Smallville's Clark gets it right

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