The Incomparable Mothership 760: Send Them to the Sea
Apr 4, 2025
01:54:00
In a world full of creative projects turned into intellectual property, our panelists join together to choose remakes and reboots that please us, those that displease us, and those items that are out there, waiting to be remade.
Remake/Reboot Draft
Jason Snell with Brian Hamilton, David J. Loehr, Erika Ensign, Lisa Schmeiser, Moisés Chiullán, Monty Ashley, Philip Michaels, Shannon Sudderth and Chip Sudderth
Show Notes & Links
Remake/Reboot I love
- Brian: “Speak No Evil” (2024)
- Lisa: “Dune” (2021)
- Monty: “His Girl Friday”
- David: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”
- Erika: “An Affair to Remember”
- Chip: “Star Blazers 2199”
- Shannon: “Voltron: Legendary Defender”
- Phil: “Star Wars” (a remake of “Hidden Fortress”)
- Moisés: “The Wizard of Oz” (a remake of silent films from 1910 and 1924)
- Jason: Ultimate Spider-Man
Remake/Reboot I hate
- Brian: “The Wicker Man” (2006)
- Lisa: “The Women” (2008)
- Monty: “The Twilight Zone” (1985, 2002, 2019)
- David: “The Muppets” (TV series)
- Erika: “Love Affair” (1994)
- Chip: Hawkman Vol. 3 series by Jon Ostrander
- Shannon: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (TV series)
- Phil: “Get Carter” (2000)
- Moisés: “Oz the Great and Powerful” (2013)
- Jason: “Planet of the Apes” (2001)
Deserving a remake
- Brian: “Cats” (2019) (like “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”)
- Lisa: “The Hunt for Red October” but today
- Monty: “The Simpsons Two”
- David: “Have Gun - Will Travel”
- Erika: “An Affair to Remember”
- Chip: RoboTech
- Shannon: Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets/G Force)
- Phil: “Shadow of a Doubt”
- Moisés: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (as prestige TV series)
- Jason: “The X Files”
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