Remakers Mark

Some Like It Hot:

Who on earth would be crazy enough to try and recast Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe in one fell swoop? Why, we would, of course! In Part 1 of Episode 3, we discuss how we would re-cast the 1959 cross-dressing comedy Some Like It Hot, and play a hilarious game of ‘Defend the Indefensible’.

Joe/Josephine – originally played by Tony Curtis

Jerry/Daphne – originally played by Jack Lemmon

Sugar Kane – originally played by Marilyn Monroe

Little Bonaparte – originally played by Nehemiah Persoff

Mr. Beinstock – originally played by Dave Barry

Sweet Sue – originally played by Joan Shawlee

Spats Colombo – originally played by George Raft

Osgood Fielding III – originally played by Joe E. Brown

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Top Gun:

In the 2nd part of our discussion of Top Gun, we reveal who we chose to recast the major characters, push for throwing actual cameras on actual jets for the remake, talk about where and when we would set the remake, and wax poetic about our mad love for the Top Gun Soundtrack (and especially Kenny Loggins).

Goose – originally played by Anthony Edwards

Iceman – originally played by Val Kilmer

Charlie – originally played by Kelly McGillis

Maverick – originally played by Tom Cruise

Kenny Loggins – ‘Danger Zone’ music video

Berlin – ‘Take My Breath Away’ music video

Tony Scott – A Moving Target (MUBI.com)

Tony Scott – A Tribute in Trailers (SFBG.com)

Top Gun Sequel Reportedly Falls Apart (CinemaBlend.com)

Top Gun to be released in 3D in 2013 (BBC.co.uk)

Top Gun Volleyball Academy

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Top Gun:

In our second episode we fire up our engines and listen to them howl and roar while discussing Top Gun. This was an absolute riot to record, and we hope you enjoy this first part of the discussion, where we focus on recasting our remake.

Goose – originally played by Anthony Edwards

Iceman – originally played by Val Kilmer

Charlie – originally played by Kelly McGillis

Maverick – originally played by Tom Cruise

Viper – originally played by Tom Skerritt

Jester – originally played by Michael Ironside

Carole – originally played by Meg Ryan

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Ghostbusters:

In the 2nd part of our discussion of Ghostbusters, we tackle how we would remake the movie from a filmmaking and technology standpoint, whether its still okay to destroy NYC, and talk about the sequel and cartoons that the original movie spawned.

Dana Barrett – originally played by Sigourney Weaver

Egon Spengler – originally played by Harold Ramis

Ray Stantz – originally played by Dan Aykroyd

Peter Venkman – originally played by Bill Murray

A Pretty Bad Day for New York

Ghostbusters 3 Apparently Starts Shooting Next Summer

Ghostbusters: Quantum Physics and Proton Pack Operations

Ghostbusters II – IMDB

The Real Ghostbusters – Wikipedia

Extreme Ghostbusters – Wikipedia

Ecto Cooler Ad – YouTube

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Ghostbusters:

In our very first episode, we are discussing the 1984 supernatural comedy classic, Ghostbusters. Here, in Part 1 of our discussion, we toss around our ideas for how we would recast both major and minor characters.

Dana Barrett – originally played by Sigourney Weaver

Egon Spengler – originally played by Harold Ramis

Ray Stantz – originally played by Dan Aykroyd

Peter Venkman – originally played by Bill Murray

Louis Tully – originally played by Rick Moranis

Janine Melnitz – originally played by Annie Potts

Winston Zedmore – originally played by Ernie Hudson

Walter Peck – originally played by William Atherton

Gozer – originally played by Slavitza Jovan

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