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In this episode, we are all aboard the Brendan Fraser hype train and resurrecting an old favorite with The Mummy! (Do you see what we did there?) 

The Fraser fronted remake debuted in 1999 as a goofy, Iniana Jones inspired action romp about a race across Egypt to uncover a long forgotten treasure. It spawned a multi-film franchise that includes eight titles (but only if you count the four direct-to-video Scorpion King spin-offs, and, we're not sure those are up to par). 

In 2017, amid Marvel Mania, Universal tapped Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe for another remake intended to be the gritty, action-packed launch point of their own connected Dark Universe—a plan that failed quite spectacularly, if we're being honest. 

The one saving grace, is that 2017's outing gave us Jake Johnson basically rehashing his role as Nick Miller from New Girl but as a treasure hunting soldier, so not a total loss. 

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Merry Christmas you filthy animal! 

In this episode, we celebrate home invasion and child abandonment with the Christmas Classic: Home Alone. 

Originally released in 1990, Home Alone follows everyone's favorite 8-year-old, Kevin McCallister as he fights off a pair of home invaders after his family accidentally left him, well, home alone. 

The 2021 reboot, awkwardly titled Home Sweet Home Alone, is a desperate attempt to pack as much nostalgia as possible into a 90 minute block that really never should have happened. 

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In this episode we defy the best laid plans of mice and men by trying to survive the zombie outbreak in a local mall and make a break for it after it all goes awry in the Zombie horror classic, Dawn of the Dead! 

At the start of a zombie apocalypse a group of survivors barricade themselves in a mall. They need to work together and eventually figure out a way to escape to a safer location. 

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In this episode, we take a roadtrip down to the Lone Star state to learn a valuable life lesson: Breaking and entering is bad, mmkay? 

Originally released in 1974, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of frieds who make a series of terrible life choices amid a distinct lack of chainsaw related deaths. 

Almost fifty years later (yes, it's been that long), Leatherface is back with a new group of forgettable twenty-somethings and a chainsaw that is ready to go to work. 

With a ham-fisted plot that seems desperate to mirror the return Jaime Lee Curtis in Halloween Kills, this requel leaves us wanting more, but we're all a little afraid of party busses now, so I guess that's something. 

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The Walt Disney Company is up to their old tricks bringing us another remake that nobody asked for! 

Originally released in 1940, Pinocchio was Disney's second animated feature and tells the story of a wooden puppet brought to life and his quest to become a real boy. 

Fast forward 82 years—yes, it's that old. One of the interns found the original storyboard in a dusty corner of the illustrious vault they raided to launch Disney+, and instead of calling the Smithsonian, they called Tom Hanks. 

One bad Italian accent and a gaggle of disturbingly expressive CGI animals later, you get...well, pretty much the exact same thing. 

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Your favorite film majors are back for season two! Oh, and Jake. He's here too. Join us as we kick off our next adventure with Invasion of the Body Snatchers! 

Originally released in...well, technically it was 1958, but in the interest of transparency (and time), we started with Philip Kaufman's 1978 version featuring a cloud of space embryos and some unassuming flowers who decided they were going to conquer earth one emotionless clone at a time. 

Remade (again) in 2007, Invasion ditches the hostile flora in favor of an alien disease that worms its way into people's brains, taking over their bodies while they sleep. Neither situation is what you'd call ideal, but at least this time around there's hope for a cure.

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If it bleeds, we can kill it. 

In this episode, we dive into the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Predator and its 2022 PREBOOT: Prey. 

Originally released in 1987, Predator follows a group of highly trained and heavily armed commandos sent into a remote jungle to search for survivors of a helicopter crash only to find themselves hunted by a lethal and invisible alien foe. 

Set in 1719, the preboot delves into the origin of the Predators presence on earth as one of their kind goes toe to toe with a young woman named Naru and her band of Comanche warriors. 

Chock full of throwback oneliners and nods to earlier films, Prey breathes new life into one of the most iconic killer aliens of all time, and we can't wait to see what comes next. 

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🎶 We're goin to the chapel and it's pretty expensive. 🎶 

Released in 1991, Steve Martin's classic slice of life comedy, Father of the Bride, follows George Banks as he recounts the events leading up to his daughter's wedding. 

Wrestling with the reality that his little girl is all grown up, George must contend with a rapidly increasing price tag and all the stress that comes along with it. 

Remade in 2022, Andy Garcia takes the helm as Billy Herrera, an intimidating Cuban father trying to repair his struggling marriage while preparing for his daughter's wedding. 

Set in his ways and determined to uphold family traditions, Billy must learn to accept that times have changed and he needs to change with them or end up alone. 

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Welcome to the inaugural round of Reboot Roulette! 

We've spent the last 18 episodes picking apart Hollywood reboots‐‐praising their successes and shaming their failures. 

We've forced ourselves to sit through flops, cash grabs, and more than a couple hits (looking at you Thumbtanic), and now it's time to put our educations to use and propose a few reboots of our own! 

We've got a list of five fan-cast remakes ready for your approval, but only one will come out on top. Who's idea is going to get funding? Well...none of them, probably. But one of us will get the satisfaction of knowing their idea is better then the rest of the group, so that's something. 

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