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Remakers Mark
by Math Is Hard
Remaking our favorites, for you. In this podcast, a group of über nerds talk about how we would recast our favorite movies and properties, what plot holes we would fill, and how technology (both in filmmaking and in today’s world) would change things. Throw in some fun and funny segments, and you’ve got Remakers Mark!
Episodes
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Remakers Mark 62, Part 2 {The Last Dragon}: Jordache Shoulder Pants
It seems like [Eddie] meant to recruit bounty hunters but instead got professional wrestlers. Good news, bad news. Good news: we got to record this one in person! For the first time in years! And it was great! Bad news: this movie didn’t make any more sense to us. Good news: it didn’t matter...
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Remakers Mark 62, Part 1 {The Last Dragon}: Neighborhood Famous
What do you get when you cross kung fu, angry arcade owners, football shoulder pad-wearing shoguns, Motown, super awkward romantic interests, and DeBarge? A bowl of the goulash that is The Last Dragon. Remaker’s Mark makes its triumphant return from summer break by trying to solve the age-old...
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Remakers Mark 61, Part 2 {The Cell}: Worst Dunk Tanks Ever
The Cell was a film that divided the RM crew, sowing seeds of discontent and argument about the merits of its production design, writing, direction, and use of J-Lo. Some said the amount of J-Lo was too little. Some said too much. Do you think it was just right? Amongst all of this confusion…
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Remakers Mark 61, Part 1 {The Cell}: Overly Much
Welcome to our nightmare dreamscape, the prison of our mind, our remake of 2000’s The Cell. We take many (well, five) different paths to recreating this film and its direction. See if we can be redeemed or if we’re too far gone. Thomas Kincaid Feel the Pain, by Dinosaur Jr. Are you making fun of […]
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Remakers Mark What’s Up Docs 5: Kings of Pastry
This is like Great British Baking Show…if the stakes were death… – Jer We conclude our What’s Up Docs? series with a light-hearted romp through the world’s most stressful and high-stakes pastry contest. If you enjoy The Great British Baking Show, Iron Chef, or any other culinary contest, may we...
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Remakers Mark 60 Part 2 {Stir Crazy}: It’s No Dumb and Dumber
You take the good (Pryor, Wilder, Poitier), you take the bad (the plot, the writing, the directing), you take ’em both and there you have…Stir Crazy. This movie underwhelmed us. And not in the Supergirl or KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park sort of way, but in an “I’m so disappointed in you” sort...
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Remakers Mark Special Episode 26: In Memoriam 2020
Another year, another legion of talented performers and creators that have shrugged off this mortal coil and moved into the Great Beyond, and another chance for Andy to have his Grim Reaper robe dry-cleaned. We spend some time eulogizing just a few of the many wonderful talents that passed away…
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Remakers Mark 60 Part 1 {Stir Crazy}: Bull Riding is Weird
Sometimes a recipe looks better on paper than in practice. We take on 1980’s Stir Crazy, starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, and directed by Sidney Poitier, and see how we can make this tale about mistaken identity, prison rodeos, song-and-dance clown mascots, and using pliers as a…
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Remakers Mark What’s Up Docs 4: King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
In a classic tale of good versus evil, light versus dark, David versus Goliath, the Rebel Alliance versus the Galactic Empire, we hear the epic saga of Steve versus Billy. Get ready for King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that tells the surprisingly sordid tale of the fight to…
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Remakers Mark 59 Part 2 {The Book of Eli}: Blinded By the Light
How do you solve a problem like a pretty decent movie that came out at a time of some really great movies and got overshadowed? How do you keep a wave upon the sand? Sorry, I digress. We conclude our discussion of The Book of Eli and talk about how this film got the short […]
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Remakers Mark 59 Part 1 {The Book of Eli}: Holy and Bad-Ass
Continuing our series on films by directors who are minorities, we take on 2010’s Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic neo-Western film where literacy is king and cat oil is a form of sun protection. Join us as we fill the monstrous shoes of Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, and hear how Andy totally...
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Remakers Mark What’s Up Docs 3: My Kid Could Paint That
Watch ‘My Kid Could Paint That’ for free on Amazon Prime Video Is your child in pre-school? Is your child an abstract expressionist prodigy? Do you have a knack for exploitation? Then perhaps you shouldn’t watch My Kid Could Paint That. If you answered “no” to any of those questions, however…
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Remakers Mark 58 Part 2 {Do the Right Thing}: The Blood Is Too Bad
How have things changed since 1989? Some would say not at all, and if you listen to our conclusion of the discussion on Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, you may be inclined to agree. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Slip ‘n Slide Oreo Blizzard ‘H is For Hawk’ by Susan McDonald The Book of Eli […]
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Remakers Mark 58 Part 1 {Do the Right Thing}: Extra Cheese and Racial Justice
Travel with us, back to the hottest day of the summer in the late 80s in Bedford-Stuyvesant, to a time when race relations were tense, to put it mildly. What’s that you say? This sounds like the present day? MAYBE THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT. Take a listen. Do the Right Thing Spike Lee Pan y […]
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Remakers Mark What’s Up Docs 2: Hot Coffee
In our second installment of What’s Up Docs?, we talk about the 2011 film Hot Coffee, which on the surface is about…hot coffee, but underneath is about so much more. We never knew tort reform could be so interesting, and so infuriating. What you think you know about the titular coffee incident is...
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Remakers Mark 57 Part 2 {Tombstone}: Wyatt’s Final Form
When one person overacts, does everyone then as a reaction start to overact, too? We conclude our discussion of Tombstone by revealing the most beautiful cast ever, and Adam Driver. Don’t shame us, though, for even you, our dear listeners, went full gorgeous on your picks. Ya’ll are just as vapid...
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Remakers Mark 57 Part 1 {Tombstone}: Cowboy Flats
We’re going to go a little more chaotic neutral than lawful evil for this one. – Andy Welcome to our discussion of 1993’s Tombstone, starring (and essentially directed by) Kurt Russell, along with Val Kilmer, and Dana Delaney. Who could possibly have the look of predator and prey? Who could ever...
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Remakers Mark What’s Up Docs 1: Jodorowsky’s Dune
This is the first episode in our new series, ‘What’s Up, Docs?’, where we each choose a documentary that we would like our fellow co-hosts to watch and discuss. Up first is Kyle’s choice of ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune‘, the story of a (possibly) madman making a (possibly) brilliant take on Frank Herbert’s...
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Remakers Mark 56 Part 2 {All of Me}: The Most Bitter Guru
It was like Steve Martin doing Lily Tomlin doing Steve Martin doing an Elvis impression. – Kyle Whose body would you like to share? How did Steve Martin make his body do that? Why was Praka Lasa so dippy? Would a shirtless Clark Gable help or hinder? We take on these tough questions and more […]
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Remakers Mark 56 Part 1 {All of Me}: Bendyman
I was wondering that, too! What *is* the opposite of a straight-man? – Jer Welcome to our first discussion of All of Me, only one of the many comedies in which Steve Martin is wholly or partially possessed. Together with director Carl Reiner, he created an entire sub-genre the world didn’t know…
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Remakers Mark 55 Part 2 {Watchmen}: He’s A Montager!
Like Zack Snyder or not, he Snydered all over this movie. (Gesundheit) – Jer Welcome to the conclusion of our discussion of Watchmen! We take turns ripping it apart and then praising it and coining the term “Snydering all over the movie.” We apologize for that. This film is full of flawed...
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Remakers Mark 55 Part 1 {Watchmen}: J.V. Batman
Who watches the Watchmen? We do, daggummit! Here we tackle how to recast the six major vigilantes from the 2009 Zack Snyder film, and somehow manage to not drop any squids on anyone. That we’re aware of, at least. Watchmen Film Graphic Novel Favorite Comic/Graphic Novel Adaptations: The Crow...
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Remakers Mark Special Episode 25: Cover Songs Part 2
We typically talk about remaking movies, but crazy times call for…special episodes. Let’s mix things up. Instead of movies, what about songs? Welcome to part 2 of a two-part special episode, where we talk about our favorite and least-favorite song covers. This episode deals with our favorite and...
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Remakers Mark Special Episode 25: Cover Songs Part 1
We typically talk about remaking movies, but crazy times call for…special episodes. Let’s mix things up. Instead of movies, what about songs? Welcome to part 1 of a two-part special episode, where we talk about our favorite and least-favorite song covers. This episode deals with some of our most...
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Remakers Mark 54 Part 2 {Raiders of the Lost Ark}: Ol’ Medallion Hand
I assume he punched him so hard he exploded, and his hat popped up. – Andy In a topsy-turvy world, it’s good to know that Raiders of the Lost Ark exists. We are not shy in our praise of this movie, despite its inherent silliness and gaping plot holes and such. If ever there was […]
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Remakers Mark 54 Part 1 {Raiders of the Lost Ark}: Questionable Archaeological Ethics
From out of the deep in the darkest jungles of South America, nimbly avoiding amazingly crafted ancient architectural traps, covered in cobwebs, emerges the first half of our episode on Raiders of the Lost Ark! Oh, what fun we had. We check off another iconic character from our recasting list...
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Remakers Mark 53 Part 2 {Z}: Everybody was Awkward Mob Fighting
Any reference to real events and persons living or dead is not accidental. It is deliberate. We conclude our recasting and discussion of Z, the 1969 French-Algerian political murder suspense procedural drama. We talk about how awkward it is to watch people fight. We talk about other movies that...
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Remakers Mark 2020 Oscars Poll!
The Irishman. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood. Little Women. The Irishman. Parasite. The Irishman. Avengers: Endgame. The Irishman. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The Irishman. Joker. The Irishman. JoJo Rabbit. The Irishman. Marriage Story. The Irishman. 1917. The Irishman. Despite all the…
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Remakers Mark Special Episode 24: In Memoriam 2019
‘Tis that time o’ the year, dear friends, when we remember some of our favorite thespians that have shuffled off this mortal coil in the past year. As always, there are far more than we have time to discuss. Tell us who you think we should have eulogized. Hold your dearest DVDs close, fair...
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Remakers Mark 53 Part 1 {Z}: Happy Judebledore!
We check off another genre from our remaking bucket list: French-Algerian political crime drama! Behold, part one of our episode on Z, an Academy Award-winning film telling a fictionalized version of an assassination and political cover-up. Come along for the ride in our three-wheeled pick-up!...
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Remakers Mark 52 Part 2 {Metropolis}: Expressionistic Gravy
As a physical education major, let me explain German Expressionism to you… In part 2 of our discussion of Metropolis, things go off the rails quickly and often. Once again, the curse of this movie has reduced us to 80% capacity, but our B- strength is still enough for an A+ performance. OK, maybe...
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Remakers Mark 52 Part 1 {Metropolis}: Witchy (Robot) Woman
We step into the way way back machine and recast what some call the first true science fiction movie, Fritz Lang’s 1927 release of Metropolis. Though we operated at 80% capacity this time, we came at you with 100% tenacity and 1000% genius with our character picks (though Andy’s were criminally...
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Remakers Mark 51 Part 2 {12 Monkeys}: Stuff Sewn to Junk
I was going to tell a time travel joke but you guys didn’t like it. After a hiatus for our European tour, Remaker’s Mark is back with the conclusion of our episode on Twelve Monkeys. So much Terry Gilliamness! Is it too much, yet somehow not enough? Place your bets on who gave this the […]
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Remakers Mark 51 Part 1 {12 Monkeys}: Manic Plus Joy
Quiet, but not in the charming way. Because we like messing with the time-space continuum, we decided to take on Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film Twelve Monkeys. Or did this already happen in the past? Why do you look familiar? I’ve seen you before… Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam Bruce Willis Madeleine...
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Remakers Mark 50 Part 3 {Planes Trains and Automobiles}: Shenaniganize!
We were all using our very best NPR voices… Part 3 (WHAT?!) of our discussion of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is here, in which we discuss our alpha test episode from way back in 2012, and how our picks (and the whole dang podcast itself) have changed since then. Andy is still proud of his […]
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Remakers Mark 50 Part 2 {Planes, Trains, and Automobiles}: The Gravity and the Levity
No Ubers in Stubbsville Welcome to part two of our discussion of Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, in which we coin a term for a new mashup genre, discuss our least favorite movies to remake, talk about so many sexy statistics, and about the Hughesian properties of this movie, which are very…
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Remakers Mark 50 Part 1 {Planes, Trains and Automobiles}: Oscar-Worthy Spit Scene
Cumberbatch and Streep at Nebraska Welcome to a remake of a remake, ladies and gentlemen. In honor of our 50th regular episode, we decided to go back to our roots and remake our very first beta episode about Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. The original episode lies in the secret vaults, locked up…
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Remakers Mark 49 Part 2 {Double Indemnity}: That Poor Dictationist
He says ‘baby’ so much! Now listen here…we’re going to talk about Double Indemnity again and you’re going to like it, see. Along the way, we fired up our weird dictaphones, and took a deep dive into Film Noir, both old and new (including some modern examples that we highly...
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Remakers Mark 49 Part 1 {Double Indemnity}: Fast Talkin’ Fast Talk
There’s serious air quotes over ‘serious role’ there… Listen, baby, and listen good. We take on the noir-est of all films, Double Indemnity, the darkest movie about insurance fraud you’ll ever see. This is the third Billy Wilder project we’ve covered, so we either really like his movies or think...
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Remakers Mark Hidden Gems 5: The Flight of Dragons
They’re basically trying to create Wakanda for Wizards Welcome to the ultimate, the omega, the end-all of Hidden Gems. Mark presents the 1982 Rankin and Bass animated film, The Flight of Dragons, featuring an impressive, if haphazard, cast of voice acting talent, and an unusual explanation of the...
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Remakers Mark 48 Part 2 {Reign of Fire}: Honeypot of Doom
Americans…the only thing worse than dragons. Here in part two of our discussion of 2002’s post-apocalyptic dragon adventure film Reign of Fire, we reveal our big re-casting winners, go deep on dragons in the film (including it’s intriguing blend of fantasy creature and animal), look at the...
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Remakers Mark 48 Part 1 {Reign of Fire}: Single Dragon
It’s basically a remake of ‘My Little Pony’ Today we talk about 2002’s Reign of Fire, which features Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale as leaders of competing schools of thought on how to deal with dragons. McConaughey wants to kill them all, Bale wants to run and hide. Both look like…
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Remakers Mark Hidden Gems 4: Violet & Daisy
Quieter than Tarantino, more charming than Aronofsky In the penultimate installment of our Hidden Gems mini-series, Lee offers up 2011’s Violet and Daisy for our consideration. A small-budget film with an even smaller box office take, it features Saoirse Ronan, and Alexis Bledel as a pair of...
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Remakers Mark 47 Part 2: {One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest}: Paging Dr. Strong
Mental illness is an element of a person’s existence; it is not the entirety of it. In the second half of our discussion of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, we get real with mental health, both personally and regards to its representation in film over the years. We also talk about the power...
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Remakers Mark 47 Part 1 {One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest}: Terminator Precursor
He’s a…Ne’er Do Well / Scoundrel / Gadabout / Ragamuffin / Scallywag You wanna get nuts? Let’s get nuts. We tackled One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, one of only three films to sweep the major Academy Award categories (Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night in 1934 and Jonathan Demme’s Silence of the...
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Remakers Mark Special Episode 22: The Predator (2018) Review
In episode 46, we remade the 1987 classic Predator. And then we remembered that someone made a…not a remake, but a sequel (tri-quel?) to the franchise in 2018, creatively titled The Predator. We decide to talk about it! Some of us loved it, some of us did not, some of us insisted that “tri-quel”…
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Remakers Mark 46 Part 2 {Predator}: Vantastic!
They need to access their skills and training, and they don’t…they just shoot at trees…A LOT. We continue our discussion of 1987’s Predator, wherein we describe our favorite traps, the thought experiment of Schrödinger’s Cat (and whether or not it is, in fact, a trap), and how Jer has said...
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Remakers Mark Special Episode 23: In Memoriam 2018
Welcome to our yearly tribute to those actors, actresses, directors, and personalities that we lost during 2018. While it’s sad that they are no longer with us, we always enjoy being able to celebrate them, their work, and what they meant to us. Penny Marshall (IMDB | Wikipedia) Harry Anderson...
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Remakers Mark 46 Part 1 {Predator}: Karate-Chopping Trees
They just took a really muscle-y guy and put a bad tie on him After taking a sabbatical of sorts, this is our first new recording in a good long time, and we come out of the gate strong with our discussion of the 1987 alien action film, ‘Predator’. Here we take on recasting the […]
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Remakers Mark 45, Part 2 {Sneakers}: Typety Type Type
Should…should I be watching old-person movies now?? Welcome to part 2 of our discussion of Sneakers. In it we discuss the unfortunate casting tropes of women in caper movies, how we (or one of us) have gotten to the age where we say “warmth” wrong, how we (or one of us) have gotten to the […]
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Remaking our favorites, for you. In this podcast, a group of über nerds talk about how we would recast our favorite movies and properties, what plot holes we would fill, and how technology (both in filmmaking and in today’s world) would change things. Throw in some fun and funny segments, and you’ve got Remakers Mark!
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Math Is Hard
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Remaking our favorites, for you. In this podcast, a group of über nerds talk about how we would recast our favorite movies and properties, what plot holes we would fill, and how technology (both in filmmaking and in today’s world) would change things. Throw in some fun and funny segments, and...
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