Ideal Remake

02/01/2024

That's it for Season Six of Ideal Remake! Thank you t all of my amazing guests, without whom this season would not have been possible! And thank YOU for listening! And now you have time to catch up! Here's what we had this season:
Episode-Guest-Instagram Handles
The Rock-Chris O'Connor-
Dark City-Connor Buhagiar-No Socials!
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers-Nick Jimenez-
Dungeons and Dragons (2000)-Norman Mitchell-
Anastasia-Kendra & Andrew Darowski-
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-Presley Peters-
Beverly Hills Ninja-Semien Agaby-
Brewster's Millions-Brad Bultman-
Kingsman: The Golden Circle-Amanda Barnes-
Mad Max-Kevin Mosteller-
Wild Wild West-Chris Lord-
The Candidate-Dianne Bloom-
Heart and Souls-Scott Carelli-
The Lost Boys-Scott Carelli & Nick Jimenez- &
The Wolf Man-Scott Carelli-
The Freshman-Ben Crane-
It Happened One Night-Joelle Garfinkel-
The Game-Sean Lavery-
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World-Michelle Iannantuono-

Thanks again, and see you in a few months!

26/12/2023

It's a brand new episode and boy is it a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad episode! Michelle Iannantuono joins to remake this absolute banger of a classic comedy! We're talking about It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World! And you can listen now wherever you listen to podcasts!

12/12/2023

What's real? What's fabricated? Who can you even trust when your whole world is falling apart?
Me! You can trust your good buddy Sam when he tells you that there's a brand new episode of Ideal Remake out today! And we remade The Game with guest and writer Sean Lavery!
So find the episode and all episodes of Ideal Remake now on your podcasting app of choice!

28/11/2023

It's known as the first ever screwball comedy. So here at Ideal Remake, we thought it was the perfect thing to talk about! I remade It Happened One Night with writer Joelle Garfinkel and you can listen to that episode right now on the podcast app of your choice!

14/11/2023

Hey all! We've got a new episode for you today! My friend Ben Crane just HAD to introduce me to this movie where Matthew Broderick is performing opposite Marlon Brando?? And Brando is doing his character from The Godfather??? It's nuts! And was so fun to remake!
Check out the episode on any podcast app!

31/10/2023

It's Halloween! And you know we're ending this month of spooky movies with a classic. Scott Carelli returns to remake THE WOLF MAN! We're howling at the moon and watching out for pentagrams on palms, so tune in and let us know what you think!

17/10/2023

We're keeping Spooky month going with our next Ideal Remake... The Lost Boys! Scott Carelli and Nick Jimenez join Sam Gasch to figure out how they'd handle moving from wonderful, peaceful, Arizona to the absolute murder capital of the world: Santa Carla!
And you can listen to us figure out how best to remake this movie on the podcatcher of your choice!

03/10/2023

Brand new episode out today! Scott Carelli returns for his annual Spooky October takeover! In this week's episode... ghosts!
Heart and Souls is an incredibly sweet movie from 1993 where Robert Downey Jr. learns that he is haunted by four ghosts! And now he has to help them!
It's a lovely movie and we had so much fun remaking it! So check it out! Ideal Remake is available wherever you like to listen to podcasts!

19/09/2023

Brand new episode out today! Dianne Bloom joins Sam to take a look at 1972's The Candidate starring Robert Redford! Was this a harsh reminder for the two of us that next year is an election year? Probably. But was it also an opportunity for us both to vent about what elections are probably like? Also probably! And you should listen to that vent!
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05/09/2023

In this week's new Ideal Remake, Chris Lord returns to talk about one of the biggest flops that shouldn't have been! It's basically James Bond in the West! How could it fail? And yet... So listen now on your podcast app of choice to our Ideal Remake of Wild Wild West!

22/08/2023

Kevin Mosteller returns to remake MAD MAX in today's new Ideal Remake episode! Will Sam gain a deep appreciation for this 1979 revenge film? Guess you'll have to OH NO IT'S A MOTORCYCLE GANG! RUUUUUNNNNNN!!!
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08/08/2023

This week we're taking a little trip. Things are bad at home, so we better go see if things are better across the pond in *checks notes* the United States! Amanda Barnes joins Sam to talk about Kingsman: The Golden Circle! We both adore the original movie and would have loved if the sequel could stand stronger next to it! So we made that happen! Check it out!
Ideal Remake is available wherever you get your podcasts!

25/07/2023

New episode out today! Brad Bultman returns to Ideal Remake to take a crack at the latest fad: Rich people burning through PILES of money for no obvious reason!
We're talking about Brewster's Millions!
And you can find Ideal Remake wherever you find your podcasts!

11/07/2023

Brand new episode out today! Writer Semien Abay joins Sam Gasch to take a flying leap at the Chris Farley comedy BEVERLY HILLS NINJA!!
Find this and all Ideal Remake episodes on the podcast app of your choice!

27/06/2023

Brand new episode out today! We remade 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! So if you'd like to hear about a journey under the water where absolutely nothing goes wrong (and we recorded a month ago and didn't know about ANY memes that might possibly be happening) check it out!
Ideal Remake is available wherever you listen to podcasts!

13/06/2023

We've got a new episode out today! This time we're discussing the most Disney movie that isn't, or wasn't... but now is! Anastasia! Listen to Sam and the hosts of Disney Animation Minute Essentials remake this Don Bluth classic!
Ideal Remake is available wherever you get your podcasts!

30/05/2023

Brand new episode out today! Did you love Honor Among Thieves? Have you been recommending that everyone watch it? Well that's NOT the Dungeons and Dragons movie that Norman Mitchell and I are talking about today! We remade 2000's Dungeon's and Dragons! So give it a listen and reclaim the artifact!
Ideal Remake is available wherever you listen to podcasts!

16/05/2023

Brand new episode out today! Nick Jimenez and I dig deep into our nostalgia to remake 1995's The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Movie! Ivan Ooze is DRAMATICALLY under-rated and we're excited to share this living Silly Putty Man with the world!
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02/05/2023

The world you live in is not the world you know. It is controlled by a shadowy cabal of... weird white dudes?
I wasn't trying to talk about reality and was instead trying to talk about Dark City! Connor Buhagiar joined me to discuss this mind-bendy movie and bring its remake into the light!
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18/04/2023

Season Six begins today! Chris O'Connor is back to remake The Rock! If you like this clip, subscribe to Ideal Remake now on the podcasting app of your choice!

27/03/2023

Get hyped! Ideal Remake is returning soon with new episodes! So make sure you're subscribed before April 18th!

13/12/2022

It's time for the Ideal Remake season 5 finale! And this is an incredible episode! We've got three Dueling Genre heavy hitters! Scott Carelli, Adam Sheehan, and Andrew Darowski join Sam to reboot and remake the entire DC slate of movies! We've got SEVEN different pitches for movies to start a new cinematic universe off right! So listen now on the podcasting app of your choice!

29/11/2022

We’ve got a brand new Ideal Remake for you all! This week, the creator of Workaholics, Connor Pritchard, joins Sam to discuss What a Way to Go! A movie from 1964 starring Shirley MacLaine, Dick Van D**e, Paul Newman, Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, AND Robert Cummings!
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15/11/2022

You've put in your quarter, so it's time for a brand new episode! Alex Caine returns to Ideal Remake to Press Start on Street Fighter!
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01/11/2022

Do you like disaster movies? What about ALL THE DISASTER MOVIES? Well Katelyn Rodgers and I LOVE THEM! So we watched and then remade the Chinese disaster movie The Wandering Earth! This is a movie where the sun is exploding, so we throw rockets onto the planet in order to move Earth to a new solar system! And then things go wrong!
Listen to us discuss this WILD movie and what we'd like to do with it on Ideal Remake! Available on your podcast app of choice!

18/10/2022

Brand new episode out today! What better day to talk about Friday the 13th than Tuesday the 18th! Franchiseography's Scott Carelli and Nick Jimenez talk about the history of the Jason franchise before coming up with the Friday the 13th of their dreams! (No not those dreams. That's the other guy!)
So give this new episode of Ideal Remake a listen on all your favorite podcasting apps!

06/10/2022

04/10/2022

The invitation has arrived! We're all packed and passage has been booked. We're off... to a MAD MONSTER PARTY!! Caumera Darling returns to Ideal Remake to introduce me to a childhood favorite! We're talking Rankin-Bass today, so grab your favorite podcasting app and check it out!

20/09/2022

It's time to take a trip down memory lane for anyone who read the book when they were a kid! Which... does not include me. We remade The Outsiders with guests Dianne Bloom and Samantha Schifrien! They teach me about what it's like to grow up and how best to stay Golden!
Ideal Remake is available wherever you listen to podcasts!

06/09/2022

And it don't start stopping and it never starts stopping! My friend Brock Powell joins the podcast this week to remake that 90s classic, SPEED! We're talking bus route, we're talking LA traffic, and we're talking EXPLOSIONS!!!
So listen now on all your favorite podcast apps!
SPEEEEEEEEED!!!!