The Crew revisits Star Wars BILLY BUSINESS: https://www.twitter.com/billyapatterson ED GREER: https://www.twitter.com/edgreerdestroys RON SWALLOW: https://www.twitter.com/dorkyswallow PRODUCER BILL: https://www.instagram.com/seebilldraw THE GREATEST POD PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheGreatestPod
The Crew revisits He-Man. BILLY BUSINESS: https://www.twitter.com/billyapatterson ED GREER: https://www.twitter.com/edgreerdestroys RON SWALLOW: https://www.twitter.com/dorkyswallow PRODUCER BILL: https://www.instagram.com/seebilldraw THE GREATEST POD PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheGreatestPod
A look back at our first Viewer's Choice episode -- in which the Reboot Crew predicts the next ten years of Hollywood franchise-building. Mark our words! Jurassic Park meets Waterworld...A match made in blockbuster heaven! But NONE of us could have predicted it would happen when we let YOU, the viewers, choose this episode topic. We knew the Viewer's Choice vote would make for a wild ride, but it ended with us pitching the most radical, boundary-pushing reboot in the show's history. Come w...
F*** the Snyder Cut! This is how you do a team-up movie! The Re-DCEU (aka the Reboot It crew's version of DC's movies) culminates with the LIVE season finale of Reboot It tackling the Justice League! After a lackluster showing at the box office in 2017, are audiences ready for a new iteration of one of comics' most storied teams? We crafted individual DC reboots over the course of 3 seasons and NOW you get to see how we would present to you our version of the Justice League! (Spoiler alert...
Just getting you all prepared for the finale that we did live.
The votes are in, the choice is clear and the reboot is BONKERS ... Jurassic Park spent 4 years as the highest-grossing movie of all time, unseated only when Titanic cruised onto the scene. Steven Spielberg's masterpiece of man vs. nature was the perfect mash-up of sci-fi thriller and family adventure, and it reinvented special effects for the modern era. But Universal milked the same formula into irrelevance with 4 (soon to be 5, with the sequel to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) sequels ...
In this episode, we must be dead men because we're telling some tales! How do we resuscitate this dying Disney franchise?! Pirates of the Caribbean was once the crown jewel of Disney's live-action universe, earning billions of dollars at the box office and sailing the high seas of popularity throughout the early 2000's. But today, cutlassed by diminishing returns, a meandering story, and the controversy surrounding its star Johnny Depp, the Pirates franchise has all but drowned. Afte...
In this episode, we assault Ed's childhood! That goes about as well as you'd expect. Buckle up those supercar seatbelts, we're taking KITT for a ride! Knight Rider is one of THOSE franchises -- an underachieving classic that Hollywood cannot let go of. It's always been cooler in concept than execution, and has never lived up to the love fans have for it. Yet somehow a new version is always in development. NBC's original series brought David Hasselhoff and William Daniels (Mr. Feeney himsel...
This is your chance to ask us ANYTHING you want! Have a burning question from one of our episodes? Or maybe you just want to ask questions to get to know all of our quirky personalities better? This episode is FOR the fans BY the fans! We will take all of your questions from the live chat as YOU control the show! PLUS...a MAJOR blockbuster announcement that will shake the foundations of Reboot It!! BILLY BUSINESS: https://www.twitter.com/billyapatterson ED GREER: https://www.twitter...
We took on the Wars, now it's time to get our hands on the Trek! Star Trek: The Next Generation was a bold step forward for the Star Trek franchise in every sense of the word. From upgraded effects, sets, and (let's face it) acting ability, the Next Generation was indeed just that, creating a new generation of Star Trek fans. In 2009, JJ Abrams rebooted Star Trek for the big screen, bringing a modern sensibility to the cheesy 60's sci-fi classic. While we got three films in the "Kelv...
Can the DC Universe exist without everyone's favorite Amazonian warrior? We say thee NAY! We're rebooting WONDER WOMAN into our version of the DCEU, on the road to our definitive take on Justice League! Never before has the Crew attempted to rewrite a franchise currently at its peak! How do we take a beloved character portrayed by a beloved actress in at least one beloved movie...And turn the whole concept on its head?! What's the best way to fit Diana Prince into our Rebooted version of t...
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, we'll finally make good on Universal Studio's inept promise to turn their classic monsters into a shared cinematic universe. Abbott and Costello helped transform the Universal Monsters into film's first multi-franchise continuity. The studio's subsequent reboot efforts have been a comedy of errors worthy of that classic duo. From attempts in the 90s to reproduce the success of Coppolla's auteur horror in Bram Stoker's Dracula, to the series of false starts in...
What better candidate for the cynical Disney remake treatment than Pixar's most commercially successful and critically reviled franchise? From a studio beloved for thoughtful stories with complex emotional lessons, this franchise revels in sports movie cliches, redneck humor and the minimum possible character growth. Moreover, its strange world raises bizarre questions that the movies have no desire to address. Does this kids' cartoon take place in an even more disturbing post-apocalyptic ...
It's our first hundred-year-old franchise! And the Crew is ready to do justice to the legend. Zorro is one of the most adapted properties in the history of Hollywood, played by the likes of Douglas Fairbanks, Tyrone Power, and Guy Williams. He's the grandfather of the modern superhero and the inspiration for some of the greatest stories ever told! Too much? Too bad. Let's double down. The character's most recent cinematic kickoff, the Mask of Zorro starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkin...
WE NEED YOU IN THE COMMENTS: How far is too far when remixing a beloved-yet-problematic classic? Because the Crew battles to a stalemate over that very question. Are you Team Ron ... or Team Bill?! You've heard every criticism. Sparkly vampire skin, romanticizing emotional abuse, Trojan-horsing Mormon sexual mores. Twilight's sins range from the silly to the jaw-dropping. Forget all the whining about the Star Wars sequel trilogy or Avatar - Twilight is, without question, the most controver...
The TMNT franchise has been a model of reliability for 35 years. Through 3 movie series, 5 TV shows, and countless comics, the Turtles' formula has barely changed. Splinter's wise, April's plucky, Shredder snarls, Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines, Raphael is cool but rude, and Michelangelo is a party dude. This franchise has been distilled into a parody of itself. But when you're rebooting for teens and preteens, maybe the best you can hope to do is update the pop culture jokes. How...
When this episode hits one hour, your brain will melt into the Speed Force. Trust us. The Flash is one of DC's most venerable franchises with its all-time thinnest story and character arc. The Ezra Miller movie is remixing the biggest story from the Grant Gustin show, which itself recycled the story of an animated feature adapted from a 2011 comic book. Need we say more? No one's thinking outside the box. All Flash media for the past decade has retold the same Flashpoint story because bef...
"Reboot Rewind" is the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! Watch the original James Bond episode here: https://youtu.be/TP4gcTMiabw This episode is among the least favorite for the entire Reboot Crew, and the first episode where the fanbase as a whole seemed largely unsatisfied with where we went. We intended to breathe new life into an overly rebooted franchise, but despite our best efforts, did...
"Reboot Rewind" is the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! Watch the original Superman episode here: https://youtu.be/22lET_omI3o This episode was where our vision for the REBOOT IT DCEU took flight, with a huge story that managed to combine Intergang, Cadmus, Metallo, Luthor, Brainiac and maybe even Bizarro into something that actually feels fresh, seamless and NOT overstuffed. But it took...
"Reboot Rewind" is the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! Watch the original Friday the 13th episode here: https://youtu.be/Hwh46GX-6SA Friday the 13th is our least-viewed episode, and according to some of you, our least successful. But we kinda love it. It's a complete inversion of everything about the Jason mythology and the very formula of the classic slasher film. Did we really go too far - ...
"Reboot Rewind" is the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! Watch the original Green Lantern episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciDx... Green Lantern was our Season 2 premiere, back when we thought quarantine would be quick and easy! This was our first reboot of, arguably, a failed property, and we had fun being able to cut loose where the Ryan Reynolds version did not. We reminisce on...
"Reboot Rewind" is the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! This week we're talking Lord of the Rings! Watch the original Lord of the Rings episode here: https://youtu.be/ckw7iHljyWI In 2001, Peter Jackson did the unthinkable and made The Lord of the Rings come to life on the big screen in one of the most heralded book-to-film adaptions in cinematic history. So did we really think we could d...
"Reboot Rewind" is the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! This week we're talking Indiana Jones! Watch the original Indiana Jones episode here: https://youtu.be/NVgY1BjwGT0 Indiana Jones as a franchise has had a rough few years. Were we able to make Indy "cool again"? We look back at our pitch for Disney's brand new franchise play toy! Starring: Ed Greer: https://twitter....
"Reboot Rewind" is the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! Watch the original Batman episode here: https://youtu.be/DZ-7z7wbPNA Batman was our first (and only) show in front of a live audience, performed at Los Angeles Comic-Con! The caped crusader has had a ton of different interpretations in the past 80s years, so how did ours stack up against the rest? We look back on our first experience perf...
It's the premiere episode of "Reboot Rewind", the interactive after-show of REBOOT IT, where we share behind-the-scenes stories and respond to fan feedback on our biggest reboot pitches! Watch the original Matrix episode here: https://youtu.be/f5EcaoDtYM8 The Matrix was our most controversial reboot to date. In a never-before-revealed secret, we admit the experience almost broke up the Reboot Crew! Why did the Matrix have us so hard, and how did we escape its clutches? Find out when we spill all...
It's the live season finale of Reboot It! We're tackling the first family of Marvel Comics, The Fantastic Four! Is this the most cursed property in Hollywood? After a slew of lackluster cartoons and 3 failures on the big screen (Roger Corman, 2005, 2015), will this 4th time truly be the charm?? Can we possibly hope to redeem not only Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben, but Dr. Doom, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, and all the rich, powerful history of the Four in comics? And what's the best way to in...
G.I. Joe is a beloved property drowning in bungled adaptations, patchwork characters, and cringe politics. The franchise has always looked good on paper (and in molded plastic) - spy-fi meets superheroes meets patriotism! But outside the classic Marvel Comics, Joe media always manages to discard its most interesting influences and embrace the most milquetoast. Plus, the Joes are fighting battles and enemies too uncomfortably close to real events for a freewheeling kids movie. How do you ma...
It's the blockbuster 90s franchise that never sparked a fandom! Not superheroes, not action, not boundary-breaking...Just kinda wholesome and good? How do you tackle a reboot that NO ONE is asking for? And what trouble can we get into with a sci-fi/horror cinematic sampler platter for kids? One thing's for sure, bringing Rick Moranis out of retirement for a continuation of an already-milked story is hack (with apologies to Joe Johnston and Josh Gad). So we're starting from scratch, and Ed'...
This might be our masterpiece. How do you build on 30 years of continuity, jack up the action to blockbuster levels, AND launch a brand new story for a new generation? You put the Reboot Crew to work, that’s how. We deliver huge scale, unexpected twists, intense pathos, and epic fight scenes, while celebrating every version of the Power Rangers franchise. It’s an exercise in boundary-pushing world-building. Whether you love Zeo, Turbo, Ninja Steel, Beast Morphers, Extra Jalapeño, or just t...
Sonic and Pikachu paved the way. It's time for the most popular video game franchise of all time to get the film it deserves. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, and Bowser may have shown up in the 1993 Hoskins/Leguizamo joint...But to say fans were unsatisfied would be an understatement. With one of the most unreal video game worlds imaginable, protagonists that walk a line between kitsch and stereotype, and superpowers that would make The Avengers groan, a fully faithful adaptation seems destine...
