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Not If I Reboot You First
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A podcast where @SparkyUpstart.bsky.social and @Lindsaym476.bsky.social take the works they like and reboot/adapt/sequel them in a way they'd like to see. New episodes every other Monday...ish. We try!
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In case you missed it, last week the wheel turned, the lady vanished, and we did a quick little Hitchcock reboot.
Stay turned for next week, when we'll be headed to L.A. for a reboot of Point Break!
A poster for "The Lady Vanishes", starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, and Dame May Whitty; DIrected by Alfred Hitchcock. The poster shows a view of several train cabins open from the hallway. From right to left, the cabins contain: a man holding a gun while a woman hides behind him; a male doctor and a nun watching over a heavily bandaged patient; a woman in bed while a man searches the cabin; two soldiers with pistols, one of whom seems to be dying; a woman hiding from the rest of the train.
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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In case you missed it, last week Lindsay rearranged the Terminator timeline into something so complex it took both of us to untangle it - but at least it had an optimistic ending?

Coming soon, Tanner will reboot the Mindwarp books by Chris Archer. Never heard of them? You're not alone...
An image of the Terminator. An intimidating man played by Arnold Schwarzenegger is wearing sunglasses and holding a shotgun in one hand. The image is all black and white, except for a menacing red light emanating from behind one lens of the glasses. The cover of "Mindwarp: Alien Scream" by Chris Archer. A young boy is looking at the reader and screaming. Inside his mouth is a pool of silver liquid swirling in a spiral pattern. The tagline reads "fear sounds the same in any language."
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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In case you missed it, last week we revisited Penny Dreadful to reboot it's second season! Look at this super fitting image I found! Listen to Vanessa. She knows things.

Anyway next week we're making another Terminator because we don't have enough of those :P
A scene of Vanessa Ives from the the series "Penny Dreadful". She is a pale-skinned woman with dark hair and dressed in black Victorian Clothing, standing in front of a worn-down country home. A streak of red has been superimposed over her, as well as the words "CATCH UP" in all-caps.
October 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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In case you missed it, last week @pand.bsky.social brought girls' media into Ready Player One in an attempt to trans it up a little (or a lot) and attempt to not fall into the RPO trap of "naming things we like" (we only slightly failed that one).

Our next episode will be out Sep 15th - see below!
The cover of "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. The title and author's name are in bold yellow text on a red background. A small pixel figure is seen jumping to grab a key inside the O.
September 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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In case you missed it, last week Christina sought our help in pitching X-Men by way of Abbott Elementary.

Tune in next week for another guest as we take on Ready Player One...
The cover of X-Men #1. A man with angel wings, a man with massive hands and feet, a man shooting red beams from his eyes, a red-haired woman, and a man made of snow all fight against a man in red-and-purple armour. The cover of "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. The title and author's name are in bold yellow text on a red background. A small pixel figure is seen jumping to grab a key inside the O.
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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ICYMI, our latest episode is on Mummies Alive! Tanner had so many ideas they basically wrote an entire reboot fanfic script treatment. Be sure to give it a listen before a Crocodile drags you into the Nile (again)!

And on July 7th, a special guest joins us to Finish the Fight in the Halo TV Series!
A poster for the 90s cartoon Mummies Alive! Four mummies wrapped in bandages and with grey skin emerge from a golden poster. One is lithe with green glothing (Rath), one is a girl with red clothing and long white hair (Nefer-Tina), one is large, buff, missing an arm, and has purple clothing (Armon), and one is noble-looking with blue clothing (Ja-Kal).
June 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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ICYMI, last week we rearranged our favourite parts of The Last Jedi into a film we thought better reflected the themes of Star Wars (like how Andor does).

No new episode next week, but tune in on June 2nd for Lindsay answering a roguish challenge...
The poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Predominantly red and white, it has images of the main cast looking ominously and earnestly at the viewer while surrounded by lightsaber blades and starfighters. The painted poster for the series Star Wars: Andor. Cassian Andor, a latino mand with a dark hair and beard, is in profile as he looks toward the viewer with concern. Fiery smoke erupts behind him.
May 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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ICYMI, last week we went back to school - Fairy Tale School! Check out our reboot of Ever After High with @iwritequeersins.bsky.social where we squared some circles and fleshed out the promise of the premise!
Key Art from Ever After high. Four stylish teen girls with fairy-tale themed clothing are standing together. Briar Beauty (dark skin, pink and black clothing with bramble patterns), Apple White (pale skin, blonde hair, apple and flower theming), Raven Queen (pale skin, violet hair, purple and black gothic lace clothing), Madelyn Hatter (pink skin, purple and teal hair, wild and clashing clothing patterns).
April 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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ICYMI, last week's podcast saw Tanner try and make a new iteration of Custom Robo - one that's a little more haunted than you'd expect for a game about children's psychic gunpla warfare toys.

...'kay reading it out now, maybe not that shocking.

Next time, we're headed to Ever After High!
The cover of Custom Robo for the Gamecube. A predominantly white and blue robot, with some red and green highlights, is in an action pose on the cover wielding two futuristic guns. It has a human-like face and spikes coming out of it's helmet that look like an anime hairdo. The cover of Custom Robo Arena for Nintendo DS. A similar robot to the one on the gamecube is in an action pose, this time mostly blue, and wielding a yellow gun in one hand and a red gun in the other (with an orange contraption strapped to it's back). Some other robots are behind it - a hulking green and yellow one, a red and white one who's head is just an orb with a single eye, and a feminine pink one with blonde pigtails.
March 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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In case you missed it, last week we did a deep dive into Drakengard, and despite how messed up the game is, the episode itself is incredibly fun! Check it out!

Next week isn't necessarily AS messed up, but our reboot of Custom Robo might've been slightly influenced by Yoko Taro as well...
A poster for the video game Drakengard. In the foreground, human knight Caim glowers at the viewer while reading a sword. Behind him, villain Inurat cradles the unconcious damsel Furiae. In the background, the red dragon Angelus breaths a swath of flame over the scene. Japanese video game creator Yoko Taro, who wears a mask that looks like his whole head is the moon. It has eyes with no pupils, nostrils but no nose, and an awkward, grimacing smile. He's also wearing a black-and-white paisley scarf, very fetching.
March 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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ICYMI, last week Tanner took another look at Open Heart and gave it a chance to expand on its dramatic mysteries for teen sleuths (and viewers like you!)

Next week, Lindsay desperately tries to pull together a British mystery tv series for some books that don't even have a tv tropes page, smh.
A promo still for the show Open Heart, featuring three fashionable teens (a boy and two girls) looking pointedly at the camera. The cover of "Maisie Dobbs" by Jacqueline Winspear. It features a vector rendition of a couple walking under and umbrella, and a woman in the foreground following them under her own umbrella. In the background, the skyline of London looms.
February 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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In case you missed it, last week we remade The Secret History as a time-bending miniseries of the best worst people you've ever met.

Tune in next week for Tanner expanding on the teen-drama-mystery-medical-drama-ARG-for-teens, Open Heart!
February 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Rudolph is trans, Hermey is gay, and Yukon Cornelius is a communist. If you need something short and sweet to power through the Christmas/New Year's limbo, why not listen to last week's reboot? And coming soon in the new year, we'll be learning all about the Secret History or Dark Academia...
A screencap from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the special by Rankin Bass. Hermey the little gay elf and Rudolph the titular reindeer cavort across a snowy landscape.
December 30, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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In case you missed it, last week we made a Cruella sequel and figured out the difference between punk, selling out, and whatever the original film was doing.

But next week, just in time for Christmas, we're retelling the story of a misfit reindeer who's destined to cross paths with Santa...
Cruella from the 2021 live-action film. She has hair that is half black and half white, wears a cool leather jacket, and has "The Future" airbrushed over her eyes and face. The little gay elf dentist and rudolph the red-nosed reindeer from the Rankin-Bass stop-motion special.
December 16, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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No new episode this week as we've entered Messy Holiday Limbo. But tune in next Monday for Lindsay's answer to my challenge - a sequel to the live action Cruella movie.
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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ICYMI, last week we got some help from @hauntedthevagabond.bsky.social in rebooting Keanu Reeves' The Replacements. Take a listen to find out how we made the most anti-union movie I've ever enjoyed into something a little more palatable!
The poster for The Replacements (2000). Keanu Reeves, dressed in red football pads, embraces a cheerleader in a red uniform. Behind them, Gene Hackman in a suit and panama hat.
November 26, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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ICYMI, last week we rebooted Romeo Must Die! Give it a listen if you're interested in Oakland get screwed sports-wise and having two Tybalts with None Prince. #PodernFamily
The poster to Romeo Must Die, with Jet Li striking a fighting pose in front of a red background, and a translucent image of Aaliyah behind him. Jet Li and Aaliyah preparing to sneak into a night club. Jet Li's wearing a backwards baseball hat to fit in (on her suggestion).
November 11, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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Our latest episode (which went up a week and a half ago but I forgot to skeet about it) is a reboot of the 2000 Australian Slasher film Cut! Check that out below, and then tune in Monday where we go meta from another angle with an adaptation of the novel Silver Nitrate.
Molly RIngwald in Cut (2000). She's dressed like a Hollywood starlet, with leopard print and furs, and looks rather put out as she stands in front of an airport arrivals gate. Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. A harsh red novel with it's title in silver, the only image being a pair of frightened eyes beneath a spiralling filter.
October 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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Seven Years ago we started this podcast with a reboot of Once Upon a Time season 2, and on every anniversary we rebooted another season of it. Two years ago we finished it, and now we need a new annual, seasonal, public domain show to reboot. Listeners, we present...PENNY DREADFUL.
A poster for Penny Dreadful, starring (left to right) Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Eva Green, Harry Treadaway, and Josh Hartnett. They are all staring at the camera and wearing somewhat gothic Victorian outfits (except for Reeve Carney who, as Dorian Grey, looks like he's in a boyband).
September 23, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,489,439! The cool half!
An image celebrating 10 million Bluesky users, and we're #5,489,439!
September 17, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Y'all it's been THREE YEARS since we did a Q&A on this podcast and it was so great catching up and talking about our future hopes, dreams, breakfasts, and the expected parameters of absolute power corrupting absolutely. Check it out below!
A platter with some square waffles on the left and round pancakes on the right. The waffles have a swirl of cream on top, the pancakes a square of melting butter. Various berries are scattered over them, and a pitcher of syrup is in the background.
September 9, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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Have you been enjoying the Duskmourne storyline for Magic the Gathering? Doesn't matter either way, because @samgasch.bsky.social is wiping the slate clean and starting from scratch. Let's go on an adventure! Let's go exploring on a skyship that's not a breeding program! Let's tell a magical story!
The cover of "Invasion" by J. Robert King, a Magic the Gathering tie-in novel. Sisay and Gerard wield blades and prepare for battle. A white and red minotaur is behind them. A promotional image for the Magic the Gathering expansion "March of the Machine". Teferi, Quintorius, and Thalia wield weapons and spells against an approaching enemy, while Elesh Norn looms in the background.
August 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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It's Mahvel Baybee! Forget about Infinite (or don't), because @hauntedthevagabond.bsky.social is here to help us assemble a roster for Marvel vs Capcom 4! Old favourites, new hotness, and a decent story await us as we learn that making a fighting game...is really hard, y'all 😅
A poster for the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection. Cyclops and Ryu clasp hands in the foreground; Chun-Li and Psylocke stand back to back; Captains America and Commando face off; Morrigan flirts with Spidey; Iron Man and Wolverine leap at Mega Man and Tron Bonne; Zangief and Venom come to blows; the silhouettes of Bison, Akuma, Thanos, and Doom fill the background.
August 12, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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What ARRR you doing? You should be listening to our newest episode, where we reboot Pirates of the Caribbean! Though to avoid the original film's elephants, and to stand out from all the other pirates, it's almost it's own thing aside from a few jokes. Still, check it out!
Hector Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean. A grizzled man in his 50s or 60s wearing pirate garb. Robin Wright as Antiope from Wonder Woman. A muscular blond woman in the midst of throwing a powerful punch. Antiope isn't in our Pirate movie. Robin on the other hand... The cryptogram of Olivier Levasseur, allegedly leading to his massive treasure worth 4 BILLION DOLLARS. This was part of the inspiration for One Piece.
July 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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In our latest episode, special guest Kit invites you to dinner...and a murder! But who will solve this murder? How about a crew of characters parodying famous detectives from the past 30 years? And an offputting long-term cannibal boyfriend? And a dog or two? And Sam Lake? Listen to find out!
A poster for Murder By Death (1976). The cast pictured, clockwise from bottom left: James Coco, David Niven, Peter Sellers (in terrible yellowface), Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness. Peter Falk is in the centre. Hannibal Lecter in a straight jacket, strapped to a loading dolley, wearing a mask over his mouth. A husky/wolf hybrid looking up at it's owner. Very cute. Sam Lake looks directly at you. He's wearing a bow tie and probably knows something you don't.
July 15, 2024 at 12:36 PM