We’re back for Season Six! You thought we were trapped within a prison of podcast hiatuses, but we ESCAPED! With nothing more than Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and the full might of the American military industrial complex!

And Michael Bay was there too.

And of course, there was only one possible guest for this particular job. Chris O’Connor (@chrisoconnoriv) returns for all the remaking glory, guns, and explosions!

Guests:

Chris O’Connor – @chrisoconnoriv

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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

And that’s a wrap on Season 5 of Ideal Remake! I am so grateful to all of my guests and to all of my listeners. This podcast absolutely couldn’t happen without all of you! This was an incredible and super fun year! And I’m excited to come back in a few months for season 6!

Guests:

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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

It’s the Ideal Remake season 5 finale! And we have to go out in a bang! Something world shaking! Like a… multi-podcast crossover! A Crisis on Infinite Dueling Genres!!

Or, for simplicity’s sake, I could invite Scott Carelli (@ScottCarelli), Adam Sheehan (@PeteZapitsa), and Andrew Darowski (@Andrew_Darowski) onto the show to help me start the DC slate of movies all over again.

We’re doing an Ideal Remake of the DC movie franchise! Or really, we’re doing SEVEN potential remakes of the slate of DC movies! And you’re not going to want to miss a single one!

Guests:

Scott Carelli – @ScottCarelli

Andrew Darowski – @Andrew_Darowski

Adam Sheehan – @PeteZapitsa

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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

I knew she was trouble from the moment she walked in here, to the IRS, and tried to donate over $200 million. Again, to the IRS. Is this woman NUTS?? No, she’s just grieving! And we’re going to find out why!

Connor Pritchard (Workaholics, Let’s Get Physical) joins Ideal Remake to step back to 1964 and look at a movie starring Shirley MacLaine, Dick Van Dyke, Dean Martin, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Bob Cummings, and Gene Kelly! Some of them might even make it out alive!

This is a zany movie and fun episode. Check it out!

Guests:

Connor Pritchard – Not on the socials!

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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

ROUND ONE….. FIGHT!

Alex Caine (@foodandhippos on Instagram) and I have a history of remaking video game movies. We were always intimidated by the expansive cast of Street Fighter… until now!

We watched this movie and absolutely LOVED it! It is so silly and fun and everyone is having an amazing time! So why not capture that while also staying a little closer to the original video game? I think that’s exactly what we did!

You Win!

Guests:

Alec Caine – @foodandhippos on IG

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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 & Michael McKendry

Do you like disaster movies? What about a disaster movie that is ALL of the other disaster movies rolled up into one?

Katelyn Rodgers (@silver_screen_bridal on IG) returns to the show to talk about The Wandering Earth! Katelyn was first inspired to watch this movie after seeing the incredible costumes Wētā Workshop was making. And as a bonus, she got a movie that was absolutely bonkers!

Sam found the movie on a list. Which is good too, I guess.

They had an incredible time watching this movie, talking about it, and remaking it. And now we get to share that with you!

Guests:

Katelyn Rodgers – @silver_screen_bridal on IG

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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 & Michael McKendry

It’s the time of year where things get a little too scary for Sam. Luckily he has friends like Scott Carelli (@ScottCarelli) and Nick Jimenez (@nickmjimenez) to take over the podcast and really give those teens what they deserve!

Wait… no… I mean remake Friday the 13th!

We’re talking about that staple horror move that everyone, except Sam, has seen! And we’re bringing all the slashing, blood, gore, and dead camp counsellors you could ask for!

Guests:

Scott Carelli – @ScottCarelli

Nick Jimenez – @nickmjimenez

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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 & Michael McKendry

Did you know that Rankin-Bass made stop motion animation movies that WEREN’T all Christmas-themed? I didn’t! But today’s returning guest Caumera (@Caumera on IG) introduced me to an absolutely delightful movie from 1967!

In Mad Monster Party? the famed Dr. Frankenstein is retiring and decides to throw one last bash with all his monster friends. And at the bash he will hand over the reign of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters and his ENTIRE legacy to a successor!

And then Dr. Frankenstein pulls a clickbait and says, “Watch till the end to see the successor. The answer will surprise you!” Wow Doc. That’s a real evil move!

Guests:

Caumera Darling – @Caumera or @SeeItOnTuesday on Instagram

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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 & Michael McKendry

A movie based on a book that just about everyone read in middle school or high school… except Sam! Luckily he has Dianne Bloom (@dibster) and Sam Schifrien (@samschif527) here to help him really get in touch with his inner Greaser. Or would he have been a Soc?

Hmmm… these are the conundrums…

Sam, Sam, and Dianne are going to be remaking this American classic in today’s episode of Ideal Remake. And you KNOW that they’re going to Stay Gold!

Guests:

Dianne Bloom – @dibster

Sam Schifrien – @samschif527

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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 & Michael McKendry

Be careful listening to this episode! If the podcast stops for even a second, it’ll EXPLODE! Clearly this week we’re remaking the absolutely bananas action movie: Speed!

Joined by first-time guest Brock Powell (@brocktocks), we figure out exactly how to pull off a high speed bus catastrophe movie that, at the very least, starts in Los Angeles!

Do Brock and I have what it takes to set up a terrifying death-trap bus AND get the passengers off of it safely? And how many people will we endanger to get it done?? Find out on this week’s Ideal Remake!

Guests:

Brock Powell – @brocktocks

@idealremake

Host: Sam Gasch – @samgasch

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 & Michael McKendry