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Ideal Remake
Hosted by Dueling Genre Productions · EN
In the world of Hollywood, movies get green lit and red lit, they get remade and rebooted, but we are the ideal. I’m Sam Gasch, and this Ideal Remake!Ideal Remake is a podcast about movies. If they’re going to get remade, here is what, we think, the Ideal version of that Remake would be!
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Season 8 Wrap Up
Dec 3000:29:53Tap to summarizeA quick little episode to summarize all the movies I remade this year with an incredible selection of guests, all of whom I absolutely adore! But also a huge thank you to everyone who listens to this show. Especially if you’re listening to THIS?? Wow! Thank you! I really enjoy making this show and the fact that anyone hen also listens to it fills my heart with joy. I hope you’re all had a wonderful holiday and I hope for only the best for you in the coming year! Follow me! @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dec 1601:23:29Tap to summarizeTo every season, there is a finale. And this one is a real doozy! Writer and Director Meredith Berg (@merebergerwin on Instagram) joins me to talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No… no not that one. The movie. We’re talking about the movie. Because this is a MOVIE podcast! That’s why! Well why don’t you just get out of my facial because we are DOING this. The Ideal Remake season finale is Buffy the Vampire Slayer! I can’t wait for you all to hear it! Guests: Meredith Berg – @merebergerwin on Instagram @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →Sunset Boulevard
Dec 201:51:57Tap to summarizeAn iconic movie from 1950 with an often misquoted final line, Sunset Boulevard is one of those movies that I probably should have watched by now. But oh well! No time like the 75 years ago! For this week’s episode I’m joined by my friend and Paramount Archivist, Graham Marshall (@gwindalf on Letterboxd). He has all the knowledge about this movie and I have the wide-eyed enthusiasm of someone who just saw a masterpiece for the first time! And we’re gonna get our dirty mitts all over it. And I am very happy with what we ended up with when we made it to the end of this long and illustrious road! Guests: Graham Marshall – @gwindalf on Letterboxd and sorta on Instagram @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →The Parent Trap
Nov 1801:10:58Tap to summarizeAs tempted as I am to have this description just be a full transcription of Frank Sinatra’s L.O.V.E., there are other parts of this movie that have absolutely cemented themselves into my subconscious! This week, we have the amazing new guest Shana Holmes (@Shanashananza on Instagram) joining so we can prove that two heads are better than one when you’re remaking The Parent Trap! An absolutely critical part of so many childhoods, ours included, we will have to figure out a plan to get these Parents together. Some sort of… Trap, if you will. It’s a good thing we have Chessy on our side or else I don’t know WHAT we’d do! Guests: Shana Holmes – @ShanaShananza on Instagram @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →The Running Man
Nov 401:02:01Tap to summarizeAt long last a movie that’s all about cardio! Assuming your knees are up for it. We remade The Running Man! And we’re getting this in just under the wire so we don’t even know how much Edgar Wright crushed it yet! It’s the far off, distant future of 2017. The United States is run by a gameshow host who kills people for ratings. *clears throat* So… yeah. But at least we had fun remaking it! I am joined by Ian Ager (@IanAger on the socials) to give this gameshow a real boost before mid-season sweeps! Can we get the ratings we need to avoid becoming contestants ourselves? Let’s find out! Guests: Ian Ager – @IanAger on the Socials @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →Night of the Comet
Oct 2101:34:36Tap to summarizeSo there’s this comet right. It’s a once in a lifetime, maybe ALL lifetimes, event to get to see it! So, like, obviously we’re gonna go out and see this comet. BIG MISTAKE! Now you’re red space dust! What’s that? You were just around but didn’t actually look at the comet? BIG MISTAKE! Now you’re a zombie slowly turning into dust! The fate of humanity is in the hands of whoever happened to be completely protected by some sort of steel infrastructure. I just hope you didn’t leave the vents open! Returning to Ideal Remake is Jake Hoolihan (@KinoTripper on Instagram and YOUTUBE) and they will definitely be the right person for the job of definitely NOT LOOKING AT THE COMET. For sure this time. Hopefully. Guests: Jake Hoolihan – @Kinotripper on Instagram and YOUTUBE!! @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →Uncharted
Oct 701:28:32Tap to summarizeFor a movie/franchise called “Uncharted” there sure were a lot of maps/charts… And that’s why Alex Caine (@foodandhippos on Instagram) is returning to Ideal Remake for yet ANOTHER video game movie! It really was time to cover Uncharted. After all, it came out all the way back in 2022! That’s slightly over three years ago! So long! So obviously the time is now. And for those of you who are big fans of these video games, don’t worry! Alex has played all of them, liked three of them, and gets me through most of the important points I think! Guests: Alex Caine – @foodandhippos on Instagram @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →21
Sep 2301:40:02Tap to summarizeWinner winner chicken dinner! And that is exactly how you should feel about getting to listen to this episode! That’s right, episode 175 of Ideal Remake is 21! Numbers are fun. At least our main character thinks so. And he’s going to take that love of math all the way to Vegas and try to win BIG! My incredible guest for this episode, Xu Mason (@hellotherexu), has some STRONG opinions about this movie and did the absolute MOST research in order to back those opinions up with FACTS. And, in the end, isn’t that what gambling is all about? Guests: Xu Mason – @hellotherexu @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →Baby’s Day Out
Sep 901:08:47Tap to summarizeSo there’s this baby. It might be, unironically, the greatest baby actor that I have ever seen in a movie. My perception of how good a baby actor could be in a movie has had the bar set from when I was nearly a baby myself. Because Baby’s Day Out is an absolute TREASURE!! I watched it CONSTANTLY as a kid! And I am very excited to talk about it today with incredible writer and wonderful person Andra Whipple (Adam Ruins Everything). This movie is GOING places and we’re just trying to keep up! Guests: Andra Whipple – prefers not to be on the socials @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
Transcribe →What Women Want
Aug 2601:33:36Tap to summarizeImagine a guy. Like a guy’s guy. Just the most dude-guy-bro who ever was a man. Yeah we’re not doing that version of this movie. We’re doing our OWN version! With empathy! And listening! And possibly also some small dogs for comedic effect and also so I can hold them. We remade What Women Want with guest Alix Sternberg (Supergirl, Full Out 2: You Got This!). We have some thoughts, and we’re going to try to share them with you so you don’t need to go through some comical mishap granting you the ability to hear those thoughts. And truly, isn’t that what all women want? Guests: Alix Sternberg – prefers not to post socials @idealremake on Instagram Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch on BlueSky Artwork: Jason Hammons (@JasonHalftones on Instagram) Theme Song: Rebel Spies “Not Dead, Not Yet” from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dgp Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra
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