Ideal Remake

After all, everyone just wants the pink elephant. Don’t we? We’re stepping into the light and risking our skin melting off to talk about this week’s remake… DARKMAN! This Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Sam Raimi movie was little-known to me, … Continue reading →

Can you believe it? Here we are, at the end of a long day, monologuing to camera about how TIRED we are. Well. We just podcasted about a daughter having a wedding. And gosh dangit if we’re not about to … Continue reading →

Hey, how do you think we should start this movie? Me? Oh I think we should start this movie by BLOWING UP THE EARTH!!Daaaaaaang. Okay I’m in! This episode we’re remaking Titan AE with guests from the Not If I Reboot … Continue reading →

Savannah Smiles is a now obscure movie from 1982. It’s about a couple of formerly incarcerated individuals (very, VERY recently incarcerated) on the run from the law when a little girl sneaks into their car. Now they’re stuck taking care … Continue reading →

This week we’re remaking what is already an ideal remake! The Al Pacino Scarface that we all know if a remake of a movie from 1932! And THAT was an adaptation from a book! And since we neither read the … Continue reading →

This week’s episode is a real… bomb. We did it. We made the joke. And not only did we make that joke, we also REMADE Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb! I don’t … Continue reading →

You’ve heard of Sunset Boulevard! (The movie, not the road. Although, well, also the road!) But did you know that Billy Wilder saw that movie as a pair with his 1978 movie Fedora? This week’s guest Genah Redding (@GenGenLove) did! … Continue reading →

Ideal Remake is BACK for Season 4! And we’ve joined the podcasting network Dueling Genre! How will this affect the show? Not at all! But I’m excited to collaborate with other Dueling Genre shows in the future/past depending on when … Continue reading →

Ideal Remake is coming back! The first episodes of Season 4 will be released in March! So keep an eye on your podcast feed! Excited to share all these new remakes with you! Twitter: @idealremake Sam Gasch – @samgasch Artwork: … Continue reading →

We did it! We made it to the end of 2020 and to the end of Season 3 of Ideal Remake. We did it everyone! Congratulations!! This is a gratitude episode to thank EVERYONE who listened or took the time … Continue reading →

Because 2020. How else could we possibly have ended this year? It was also just the holidays, and what better way to celebrate than by remaking the movie we’re all experiencing… HOME ALONE! And I wanted to remake this movie … Continue reading →

This week we’re joined by fantastic director and producer Thomai Hatsios! Thomai was the first person to ever cast me in something out here, and we’ve been friends ever since! When I reached out to Thomai, she said she wanted … Continue reading →

We might be too scared to go in to the spooky mansion, but a Scooby Snack should be enough to convince us to go in! We’re remaking 2002’s Scooby-Doo with returning guest Paul Presley! (PawlPrezlee on Instagram) Think you have … Continue reading →

You ever feel like you’re running over the tops of trains cars, terrified of the the ride, but also of when the train cars end? But then they do end and you leap and find a rope! But that rope … Continue reading →

I’m posting this the evening of Monday, November 2nd. I sure hope this episode drops and we still have a democracy! That would be great! Heh heh heh *sobs* We’re talking about Escape from New York this week! Feel like … Continue reading →

Well well well, what have we here? Podcast listeners huh? Ooooo I’m really scared! So this is the episode everyone is talkin’ about? Hahahaha! It’s funny! You’ll be laughing! It really is too much. And now, with your permission, we’re … Continue reading →

Do you sometimes worry that you might be murdered while trying to escape after witnessing an evil make-up company incriminate itself? Us too. Luckily, you can just have a bunch of cats! Because apparently they have the power over life … Continue reading →

Wanted sure is a movie! Angelina Jolie is in it! They curve bullets! It apparently has basically NOTHING to do with the comic. So, CLEARLY, Ideal Remake needs to get our mitts on it! So thanks to Dianne Bloom (@dibster) … Continue reading →

Have you ever been stuck working in a morgue? On the night shift? And UCH your new coworker is just SO annoying. Welp, nothing left to do but start using the morgue to support a group of sex workers struggling … Continue reading →

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!! One what? Err… Ideal Remake episode remaking the movie Highlander? Yeah that tracks. AND SO IT IS!! We’re remaking this 80s EPIC with returning guest Kevin Mosteller (@KevMostStellar)!! So get hyped, sharpen your sword, and … Continue reading →

When an evil villain threatens the entire world, a TEAM must be assembled! An inventor, a secret agent, aaaaand I guess that’s it? What? We’re not talking super heroes! This is SPY stuff m’boy! We’re remaking The Avengers from 1998 … Continue reading →

The digivolution is up and running! Did you see? Did you hear? Did you know it was coming? Well this is a left-field pick for an Ideal Remake episode, so I’m guessing, no! You didn’t know it was coming. But … Continue reading →

We’re trying some new things this month! This week we’re talking about a movie that neither I, NOR my guest had ever seen, but we both WANTED to see! It was a super fun experiment! Meredith Hackman (@Big_Mer), returning guest, … Continue reading →

We’ve got a castle to save! This Irish hamlet is a wonder, but it’s being foreclosed on! Oh no! Guess we better fake some ghosts and spooks to bring in those tourist bucks! That failed too? Oh man, that’s going … Continue reading →

Sure, they might be putting you to death for murder, but that’s FINE because we’re going to make you into a SPECIFIC kind of murderer. An assassin! This is a good plan. We’re remaking Assassin’s Creed on this week’s episode … Continue reading →