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Ned the head?! 

In this episode, Colonel O'Neill learns to speak Ancient, Dean Winchester orders a pig and a poke, Mulder tries to stop a bank robbery, and Buffy is stuck in the magic shop. 

Released in 1993, Groundhog Day tells the story of Phil, a self-absorbed weatherman from Pittsburgh who finds himself stuck in the town of Punxsutawney reliving the same day in an endless loop. 

Groundhog Day has inspired stories in just about every sci-fi/fantasy franchise, and its only fitting that we revisit the Bill Murray classic again (and again) on the day Punxsutawney Phil searches for his shadow. 

Released in 2020, Palm Springs certainly draws inspiration from the 1993 film, but even Jake could tell it wasn't a remake (don't trust everything you read on the internet, kids). 

We may have broken the format a bit with this one. 

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In this episode, we're hitching a ride on a prison bus to spend the night at a defunct police precinct scheduled to be shut down for good. 

Things take a dark turn when a mob of criminals (and a few corrupt cops) crash the party intent on killing everyone inside. 

It's a high stakes showdown chock-full of unnecessary violence, workplace harassment disguised as sexual tension, and some weird blood pact that no one really understands. 

Outnumbered and outgunned, the officers (and prisoners) must work together to fend off the relentless attack and survive the night in John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. 

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I still know kung fu. 

In this episode, we let Jake pick the movie and, well...you get what you pay for. Join us as we find out just how deep this rabbit hole goes in the sci-fi classic: Chapter 29...er...The Matrix! 

Simultaneously set in 1999 and 2199, an ordinary programmer named Thomas Anderson takes drugs from a stranger and discovers the harsh reality that he's just a battery for a bunch of self aware robots. Perfectly normal stuff, really. 

20 some years later, The Matrix Resurrections reunites audiences with Mr. Anderson who is now a prolific game developer in a world where the Matrix is just a wildly successful video game franchise. 

With clever use of stock footage, and a couple recast characters, the 2021 film delivers a story whose status as a "reboot" is questionable at best, but manages to frame the same philosophical themes of the original in a modern context that's just as thought provoking. 

Be warned, though, that this is a spoiler heavy deep dive into the evolution of those themes and the greater meaning of the Matrix franchise. We highly recommend watching the newest film before you take the red pill. 

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You smell like beef and cheese. You don't smell like Santa! 

In this episode, we get into the spirit of Christmas with Miracle on 34th Street, the timeless classic about a crazy old man named Kris Kringle who thinks he's Santa Claus. 

Originally released in 1947, this is the meandering story of a hotshot attorney who goes to bat for a delusional old man to prove that he's the real Santa. 

After a bit of dumb luck on behalf of the USPS (and a random dollar bill), the state of New York decides that there's no harm in being mentally unstable so long as you're spreading Christmas spirit. 

With a combined runtime of just over three and a half hours, the only miracle of note is watching two people get married in a Catholic church without trudging through months of marriage prep and awkward couples retreats. 

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WOLVERINES!! 

In this episode, we try not to piss off foreign markets with the classic "what if" film: Red Dawn. 

Originally released in 1984 and remade in 2012, Red Dawn tells the story of a rag-tag group of high school students who drink deer's blood and get weirdly good at guerilla warfare. 

Featuring a slew of MCU cameos and that one dude from The Hunger Games who was named after a flatbread, this action packed romp proves that it only takes a montage to turn students into soldiers. 

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The spice must flow! (But no one said anything about the plot) 

Released in 1984, David Lynch's adapdation of Frank Herbert's Dune was railed by Roger Ebert as an "ugly, unstructured, pointless excursion." The film received a nearly unanimous thumbs down from every notable critic at the time, and seemingly for good rereason. 

Nearly 40 years later, Denis Villeneuve tried again and split what may be the slowest sci-fi movie of all time into two parts. 

It was a ballsy move that seems to have paid off as the 2021 reboot was met with largely positive reviews from fans and critics alike while following (almost verbatim) every major beat of Lynch's original flop. 

We'll need to wait until 2023 to see the conclusion of Villeneuve's vision, but we may finally have the adaptation that Herbert's novel deserves. 

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Dishonor on your cow! 

In this episode we take a nostalgia filled trip back to ancient China with Disney's Mulan. Originally released in 1998, this iconic Disney classic tells the story of Hua Mulan, a Chinese folk hero who dressed as a man and went to war to protect her aging father. 

Remade in 2020, the live action reboot turns Hua Mulan into an acrobatic bad ass destined for greatness, but gives everyone's favorite dragon the cold shoulder. 

Lack of Mushu aside, the only thing these two movies seem to have in common is Walt's signature on the title card, and that's good enough for us, so let's get down to business. 

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One, two, Freddie's coming for you... 

In this episode, we take a look at the iconic horror franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street. 

Set in an idyllic suburban town that is clearly too good to be true, things take a bloody turn when a bunch of 30-year-old teenagers start dying in their sleep. 

Rebooted in 2010, Fred Krueger returns with more screen time and an actual backstory that no amount of caffeine can protect you from. 

For all the frights these movies have to offer, perhaps the scariest thing of all is to hear Mike and Jake agree on something for a change. 

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Get your ass to Mars!

In this episode, we dive into the sci-fi classic Total Recall starring the Terminator himself: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Set in the distant future, a blue collar worker named Douglas Quaid finds himself embroiled in an inter-planetary rebellion after a visit to Rekall in search of a virtual vacation.

Remade (and relocated?) in 2012, the Colin Ferrell reboot sees Quaid one-upping Jules Verne as he travels through the center of the Earth  with an army of robots to stop a chemistry teacher from blowing up Australia (we're paraphrasing).

As Kurt Russell learned in Escape from New York, predicting the future is never easy, but some folks a better at it than others. It's a battle between omnidirectional elevators and a trip to the Red Planet, but we're weirdly fixated on keyboards.

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Meet the team behind the show! Jessica is a former film major, and the brains behind this podcast. Andrew is also a former film major -- now a Director of Marketing for Choice Manufactured Parts. Mike is another former film major -- now a Senior Software Engineer at 5 Stones. Jake is uh...he's...seen some movies. Yeah. He's really just here to get under Mike's skin.

Join us as we dive head first into the rabbit hole of Hollywood remakes all in an effort to decide, objectively and for all time, which version is king. From reimagined cult classics to live-action cash grabs, no franchise is off limits. This is Rebooted.

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