On January 27, 2024, Kasie and Rex took on the Hollywood reboot fever. What stories are worth retelling? Here are the show notes:

January 26, 2024

Theme for the day

Re-Boots that Ought Not to Be

Agenda

• Quick Catch Up
• So there’s gonna be a new Road House
• Why does Hollywood rework/remake the same stories?
• Should we boycott or embrace these remakes?

Listen to the podcast

Segment 1, 2, 3 & likely 4 too.

So we’re in the middle of the “Must Read” challenge and Rex has completed 50% of the recommended texts and Kasie has completed 0%. How should we punish her for not doing her homework?

But really, why we’re here this week is to celebrate the new version of Road House being advertised. Haven’t seen the trailer? Here it is.

So, should old(er) movies be “rebooted” or remade into modern versions? Today we’ll take on the debate.

Assigned talking points:

• Rex – the classics: what old movies have been re-made that are better in their original form? (mostly Kasie and Hollie will listen and nod because we won’t have seen most of these)
• Hollie – the animated/live action travesty – why does every story need at least two versions?
• Kasie – why is it okay to try to re-vise (re-vision) the same story – Shakespearean upgrades, etc.

Feels like we won’t need much more than these prompts, but if you’re interested in links to th relevant arguments, we’ll add those after the show.