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Being a film critic is not that hard, but writing a script for a quality sequel is a real challenge. Join our hosts, Nolan and Chad, as they discuss cinema’s most beloved and hated franchises, analyzing each installment from a screenwriting perspective, before finally…
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Remakeables vol. 1 (opens the original)
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In the payoff to their last episode, our hosts serve up an extra-long helping of their new series, Remakeables! Join them as they nominate 6 movie titles for remaking, share their reasons as to why and how they should be polished up, and then hold these films up to the rules they previously set forth to see if they deserve a second pass. Too many franchise spin-offs is a bad thing, yet so many movie remakes don’t have to be!!
Making the Remake Rules (opens the original)
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Which qualities should a studio look for when evaluating a film for a potential remake? Are there any traits that should eliminate a film from being remade? Our hosts set out to come up with a checklist that can be applied to any movie out there, and see if they can reliably determine the viability of a movie’s remakeability.
Police Academy 8 (opens the original)
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How do you manage an ensemble cast throughout the course of a comedic series? Our hosts examine a trove of evidence when they enlist in the much-ridiculed Police Academy franchise. Across seven installments, they try and determine the correct number of characters, the proper amount of development, the best ways to incorporate an antagonist, the right and wrong ways of introducing new characters, and figure out which ones, if any, are irreplaceable. They look for even further insight from the fra
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