Not If I Reboot You First!

This week Lindsay is rebooting Charmed...again! The old one had problems and the new one has new and different problems, so she's starting from scratch. She'll tell Tanner all about astrology, order vs freedom, and 2000s fashion. Tanner just can't stop bringing up the haunted vagina. Our friendship promo this week is @deadletterpod! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found a...

This week Tanner is rebooting Scott Pilgrim - three different ways! Would a film trilogy have optimal points at which to have a satisfying climax? A tv show would allow every aspect to be adopted and then some - but what if there's not quite enough content for it? And if we made a video game, how many genres would we have to incorporate in order to capture the true essence of Scott? This and more...

For this People's Choice episode, Lindsay is taking us back to the late 90s for Mona the Vampire. The setting's the same but the characters are aged-up enough to go on Gravity Falls-esque adventures through town, seeking out cryptids and hauntings wherever they go. Also discussed are tall people sports, a kresnik, and the optimum length for an ARG. This week's friendship promo is @MyFavoritePkmn!...

Welcome back to the second annual NIIRKatD Crossover! Cassidy and Lava have returned to talk us through a reboot of Fusion Fall, the Cartoon Network crossover apocalypse MMORPG! They'll share ideas for building on the original story, adding in the stuff the fan-made reboot tried to, and using the game as a vessel to tell stories with characters who's shows have finished. Also discussed are a very...

Marvel rebooted the New Warriors and it's BAD. So Tanner's trying their hand at it, while at the same time taking a page from the Stargirl TV show. This is a generational saga, with teens of now and in the 90s, from all walks of life like nonbinary, or skateboard, or laser-eating-dragon. More importantly, them and Lindsay are separating it from the MCU continuity because that whole thing just drag...

This week things get Shakespearean Lindsay is digging into Still Star-Crossed, a tv sequel to Romeo and Juliet that got cut short before it could even accomplish much. As such we try to rebuild it as some kind of historical-political-drama-soap opera and wind up incorporating a chunk of Will's other works into it to. Also featured: getting big mad in italy, not tempting the wrath of the the guy fr...

This season, the accessory any teen queen bee needs is this week's episode where we talk about the movie G.B.F. It makes Tanner and Lindsay ask important questions like: where do all these queen bees come from? What kind of gravity should be given to one coming out? And where did all of our teen soaps go? This generation needs them! Our friendship promo this week is @SRClash_Pod! Our cover art is...

This week is a little more serious than usual. Lindsay is rebooting DC Bombshells, but we don't want to romanticize WWII as a rompin' fun time even with superheroines and nazi-punching. We're going postwar, dealing with what's become of the world and reckoning with the injustices that were committed. Not that there's no levity whatsoever - Jonh Constantine is a bunny, Raven is a raisin, and the in...

The subject this week is just Whatever. Literally! The YA novel by SJ Goslee alleges to be about a high school slacker realizing he's bi, but something seemed off about it when Tanner read it. So they're gonna rewrite it and rehash it by giving the protagonist the chance to call out toxic people and only engage in sober sloppy makeouts! Alongside Lindsay they'll also discuss queerbaiting, being ni...

This week we're going back to the bronze age - not the classical age, the bronze age, Lindsay was very specific. It's time for Song of Achilles, which took the text of the Illiad and turned it into explicitly gay eye contact between Achilles and Patroclus. She and Tanner will bring it to the big screen with sexy puppets, an ancient Greek baby-trading system, and seven different Timothy Chalomets....

This month's People's Choice is Catching Fire. Just that one though, Tanner thinks the other two were pretty good and thinks only this one needs another go to tell a more interesting story. This week, and every week, we are asking you to support your local bail funds and BIPOC-owned businesses that have been affected by the current protests. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can b...

This week we have another guest! JD is here to tell us about the many failings of Miraculous, including but not limited to bad character development, airing out of order, and the de-canonization of linear time! Tanner and Lindsay aren't always sure what to make of it but they're here to help him write his fix-fic in order to standardize continuity, see the love square resolved happily, and support...

This week we are dealing directly COVID-19 stuff, so if you're trying to avoid these topics feel free to skip this episode. The pandemic is affecting every industry, movie theatres included. Sam knows we need to find a way to save them and stop studios from controlling both production and distribution, so he's teaming up with Tanner and Lindsay to brainstorm ways to keep them clean, keep them un-c...

This week, Starscream is gunning for Decepticon leadership once again as Tanner tries to make a solo film for him. He's gonna get beat up, a lot, because he's an idiot stuck in a robot Mean Girls for the first act. To spice things up, Tanner and Lindsay are going to throw in a muttonchops robot, some Stranger Things-type kids, and the tragic tale of Waspinator. Our friendship promo this week is @b...

This week Lindsay swan dives into some of the weirder, more esoteric parts of the DC universe with a Gotham Academy series for the Arrowverse. It's all gothic romance and teenage weirdness with a diverse group of characters, secret underground passages, and Killer Croc! Tanner's serving as an Arrowverse ringer but we're post-crisis now so anything goes. Also discussed are Bruce needing to step up,...

This week we enter the suck zone as Tanner makes a quick little sequel to Twister. It's a great movie that everyone else is just mean to, and they think it's time for a sequel all about parents and children and huge tornadoes. Along the way they'll tell Lindsay about the behind the scenes drama of the original and Lindsay will discuss Bill Paxton's proximity to assassinations. Hey, what?! Our frie...

Following some inspiration from last week, Tanner's doing another derivative of Fantasia - a sequel to the 2010 Sorcerer's Apprentice film. They'll walk Lindsay through the plot of both the movie and the musical works that will inform the plot of the sequel, all while praising Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, and Alfred Molina's acting. Also discussed are kicking dark spirits in the shins, comrade dino...

This week is a classic with surprise returning guest Ryan! He and Lindsay are teaming up to teach Tanner a thing or two about classical music as they compose another instalment of the Disney Classic Fantasia. Tanner is crying about the 2000 edition, Lindsay is casting a wide net to spice things up, Ryan is also crying, and Stravinsky isn't impressed. This episode includes samples from the followin...

This week Tanner is working through a back injury to reboot Cybersix, an old anime-esque cartoon based on an Argentinian comic about a nonbinary artifical human fighting cloned nazis. It's great! It's almost so great them and Lindsay aren't sure what we need to change. Maybe they'll bring in the Wachowski sisters, or wrestlers? Beyond this they'll also discuss why Riverdale is like that, why clone...

For this month's People's Choice, Lindsay will be levelling up with Zixx: Level One...or two or three. The Canadian show needs an upgrade in order to hone in on the space opera going on in the background, though there's still room for adventures in a video game world (which, Tanner cannot stress enough, is not actually inside a video game). The duo will team up to discuss time, space, see-through...

This week Lindsay is delving into a French Anime based on an Italian comic book, Martin Mystery! She's spotted hints of possible arcs that the series could take and turn into full season-long mysteries while also fleshing out the show's setting and characters. Tanner's mostly concerned with shaming people who ship Martin with Diana. The duo will also discuss obviously evil names, gross-out tv, and...

This week Tanner is following up one of their earlier pitches in the form of Ocean's 9, a heist film meant to take down the Hollywood elite while also rectifying the mistakes of the first film (and also those of The Hustle). The girls need another big score, so they're stealing various film props from a scummy producer - if that is their real target. Along the way Lindsay will recommend bullying n...

This week's episode may be triggering due to discussion of urban legends, bugs, and being trapped in alternate dimensions. This is a real podcast - it happened to a friend to a friend of mine. This week Lindsay is rebooting Freaky Stories, a Canadian animated urban legends anthology hosted by some real nasty puppets. She and Tanner will discuss the blurry line between fairy tale and urban legend,...

Tanner started this episode with one concept: dog sledding. And then they just slam-dunked a bunch of sled dog stories into a blender to create a wild combination of Balto, Togo, and Snow Dogs. They'll tell Lindsay about the true heroes of the Nome serum run and make a miniseries that can also pay tribute to the First Nation roots of the sport. Along the way they'll also discuss Thompson the airpl...

Who's that Pod? What's it's name? Pepper Ann! For this month's People's Choice episode, Lindsay is doing just a slight reboot of the late 90s/early 00s cartoon series - though it doesn't need much beyond a touched up art style, less poorly-aged computer episodes, and more queer content. Meanwhile everyone is skateboarding, pineapples are worn on skirts, and Tanner understands the concept of storyt...