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In Part 2 of our discussion of The Breakfast Club, we reveal our final casting choices, talk about how the stereotypes and cliques could be refreshed for today’s world, ponder ‘Punishment by Jefferson Starship’, and what detention and/or in school suspension is like in today’s high schools. Finally, we wonder whether there has been another group of young actors and actresses quite like the Brat Pack in the 80’s, and reveal which of the Breakfast Club characters we were like as young’uns, and now.

The Breakfast Club:

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Here at Remaker’s Mark, if you mess with the bull, you get the horns. In this case, ‘horns’ refers to a delightful and entertaining discussion of the coming of age classic The Breakfast Club. In Part 1 of our discussion, we take on the task of recasting the brat pack actors and actresses who made these roles as famous and indelible as they are today. And, unlike the original, we actually cast people who look like they could be high school age! Who’d a thunk!

The Breakfast Club:

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Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope):

In Part Two of our discussion of Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope), we dive into some listener feedback, reveal our casting choices for Obi Wan, Leia, Han, and Luke, and talk about filmmaking and plot changes we would make to this most sacred of films. We touch on the simplicity and universality of terms and language used in the Star Wars universe, agree to use as little green screen (and as many practical sets and elements) as possible, and each list one thing that’s always driven us just a little crazy in the original movie.

(PS: You may have noticed the intro theme music sounds a little…old school. If you aren’t familiar, this was the theme music to ‘Siskel and Ebert At The Movies’ from the 1980’s, and is in tribute to Roger Ebert, who we lost to cancer earlier this week. Roger was an inspiration to me, as a film critic, as a writer, as a husband, and, most of all, as someone who persevered through the loss of his actual voice by embracing the internet as his new voice. Here’s to you, Roger. You will be sorely missed by me, and millions of others. – Kyle)

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Welcome to the very first Special Episode of Remakers Mark! The whole geek community, including all of us here at Remakers Mark, were flabbergasted by the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm, and announcement that a ‘Sequel Trilogy‘ of Episodes VII, VIII, and IX would be made. A few months later, it was also announced that Disney would be making stand-alone Star Wars features. And that’s where this Special Episode comes into play: here we each provide an example of what we would like to see in a stand-alone Star Wars film. From Knights of the Old Republic to a deep dive into the world of the Sith, we leave few Star Wars Universe stones unturned.

Enjoy!

Speaking of the remake of Star Wars, the following email conversation between all of the Remakers Mark hosts was too fun not to share. It all started with this link, sharing news about the three major stars from the Original Trilogy. And then it spiraled blissfully out of control from there:

Kyle: If Han, Leia, and Luke are involved in VII and beyond, there’s no way they’d use anyone but the originals. I think they’d likely write it differently so that the characters would only be referenced if they weren’t involved.

Lee: In response to Luke, Leia and Han appearing in episode VII and beyond, how about this:

Mark:

Andy

Lee:

Jer:

Andy: And Meryl Streep is the Force.

Lee: I think Summer Glau can play a better force than even the great Meryl Streep.

Jer: Also, Steve Zahn plays Jek Porkins II, a wily wise-cracking T-16 pilot being hunted by the remnants of the Empire.

Lee: Steve Zahn is Porkins III, fat Val Kilmer is Porkins Jr.

Jer: Now THAT is a Star Wars spinoff movie I’d watch.

Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope)::

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…or in this case, about 35 years ago, in Hollywood, a legendary science fiction film was released that would change cinema forever. Now, it is our job to talk about how to take that film, remake it today, and not make fools of ourselves. The film, of course, is Star Wars (A New Hope), easily one of our collective favorite movies, and easily the movie we all have talked about the most in our time together as friends and podcasters. Here, in Part 1, we deal with recasting timeless roles like Luke, Leia, Obi-Wan, and Han.

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