You know how sometimes you’re doing podcast homework and decide that MAYBE you should also watch the 2002 version of a movie, in addition to the 1975 version, and then all of a sudden you have SO MUCH MORE to think about?? Well we’re remaking ROLLERBALL this time, bay-beeeeeee!

My friend Leigh Luna (@LeighLunaComics on Instagram), who also happens to have created the AMAZING book Clementine Fox and the Great Island Adventure, is here and we’re taking about two movies that define dystopia by the distractions they provide! It’s not the Hunger Games, it’s ROLLERBALL! And the only way to win… is to Roller! That! BALL!!

Guests:

Leigh Luna – @LeighLunaComics 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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

Sometimes you just want your toys to be real. If only there was SOME sort of story that guided us through a world where that was possible! Luckily, thanks to vertical integration at a massive corporation, that’s now possible! Introducing Toy St– no wait… Child’s Pla– NOPE! Not that one either. That’s right! It’s SMALL SOLDIERS!

Miguel Parreno (@miguelaparreno on Instagram) and I are diving back into our VHS shelves to rewatch a movie we grew up with to not only see if it holds up, to figure out how we can possibly remake this movie today! So suit up soldier! Our mission today is an Ideal Remake!

Guests:

Miguel Parreno – @miguelaparreno 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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

As someone who had never seen this movie, I was shocked, SHOCKED to learn that Chinatown is an absolute bummer. Who could possibly have foreseen that?

Well my guest, Jennifer Lynn Warren (@jenniferlynnwarren on Instagram), definitely know! She walked into my podcast with all the answers. I just had to figure out what the questions were…

Despite it all we had a fantastic time remaking this incredible piece of film history and can’t wait to hear what you think of what we did! And maybe stick around till the very end because of a tiny little announcement maybe?? Who know! Mystery!

Guests:

Jennifer Lynn Warren – @JenniferLynnWarren 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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

I was going to do a series of jokes with programming language to indicate that today we’re remaking Tron! But then I got nervous I might actually mess with the podcast feed by doing that. So… um… WE DID A TRON EPISODE FOLKS!

My guest for this episode is the incredible Jodie Anders (@JodieLeaAnders on Instagram). Jodie is a wonderful person and a spectacular nerd, so why on earth would we talk about anything OTHER than one of the nerdiest movies ever? We gotta go inside a computer to save the company making arcade games?? Hell yeah!

Let’s Tron It Up!

Guests:

Jodie Anders – @JodieLeaAnders 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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

EXTRA EXTRA!! A new threat threatens this great country of these United States. Saucers! Flying in the sky interrupt the heavens! Only one thing can frighten these celestial frights, and that’s good, old fashioned American ingenuity! Oh no… the visitors from space have awoken the dead? Well now that’s a real pickle you’ve got there.

It’s a good thing special reporter Tara Hempstead (@popt_art on Instagram and host of the Celebirdy Tours on Substack) is on the scene with more information. We’re getting reports of Vampires, Zombies, Aliens, and potentially most terrifying of all… COMMUNISTS.

So keep your children and wife safe, it’s time for action! Violent action!

Guests:

Tara Hempstead – @popt_art on Instagram, Celebirdy Tours on Substack

@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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

His name is Dar. He travels with an eagle, two ferrets, and a tiger that’s been painted black. It’s a tale as old as time. A tale of being METAL as HECK!

Bart Gold, incredible writer and current creator of the the Midi Crossword in the LA Times every single day, is here so that we can discuss and remake 1982’s THE BEASTMASTER!!

We’re going on an adventure to gain some incredible animal companions and then, if there’s time, also saving the town I guess! ADVENTURE!!

Guests:

Bart Gold – www.bartgold.com to see what he’s written and for links to the Midi Crossword

@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

It was just a normal day. You played frisbee with your dog in the park, got in an argument with your little brother, and fell into a ravine. Normal stuff! But now you go home and some COMPLETELY different people are living in your house??

Well it’s a good thing that won’t be indicative of any OTHER grand mysteries that might be occurring! Joining Ideal Remake for the first time is writer/actor Ed Robinson! And he is here so we can discuss Flight of the Navigator!

I knew nothing about this movie going into my first watch and had a fantastic time! And we hope that carries across into this episode!

Guests:

Ed Robinson – edlawrencerobinson.com to see what he’s written

@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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

We know that deep down in your heart, your most secretest of desires, was for there to be a new episode of Ideal Remake today! And lucky for you we’re feeling generous, so wish granted!

But oh no! Monkey’s Paw! We’re actually talking about Disney’s 2023 movie Wish! Oh nooooooo!

We better make an addendum to our Wish to make sure that Stephanie Streisand (@stephstreis on Instagram) will be able to get us out out this mess!

Guests:

Stephanie Streisand – @stephstreis 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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

Lucky for you, this is a special episode! This episode has been in a glass bottle, bobbing in the ocean, for nearly three months! But now it’s here! Only slightly damaged from the water, so it’s still good! And we are very happy to bring you this message as fast as we were able to!

This week, we’re remaking 1977’s THE RESCUERS! Is this the one where they go to Australia? No. It’s the one where the scary lady takes off her eyelashes and traumatized a generation. It’s great!

And I’m excited to talk about it with my amazing guest and host of the Nothing New podcast, Justin Quizon (@JustinQuiz on instagram)! We’re talking about mice and the ONLY way to travel… Albatross Air!

Guests:

Justin Quizon – @JustinQuiz 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

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Patreon Associate Producers: Matt Bennett and Mark Ybarra

Hey thanks for coming in, what can I getcha? Oh just a gin and tonic? Alright one sec…

BIG CRASHING NOISE!

Okay so I never learned how to do all the bottle flips and tricks that Tom Cruise learned in his non-dominant hand for that movie Cocktail. I hope that’s not a problem?

But I did learn that I can have a fantastic conversation and remake that whole movie with my friend Tanner Vogelgesang (@sparkyupstart)! And we did do that! And you’re listening to it! HOORAY!!

And now I need to sweep up all this glass…

Guests:

Tanner Vogelgesang – @sparkyyougupstart 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