Rebootleggers
148 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsRebootleggers is a comedy podcast where we come up with reboots for things that absolutely don't need rebooted. Hosted by Scott Owen, Frank Serra, and Rebecca Frost (most of the time).
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Episodes
Episode 146: The Parent Trap (again)
May 25, 2024 23:07 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBWe're back! We've got a new format. You could say we've rebooted ourselves. We rebooted the parent trap. Again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 145: Transformers
April 12, 2021 19:55 - 57 minutes - 106 MBThis week we reboot Transformers and also another surprise thing at the same time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 144: Space Jam
March 03, 2021 21:45 - 54 minutes - 99.6 MBThis week we reboot Space Jam by removing all the sports and adding way more jam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 143: Condorman
January 21, 2021 19:46 - 56 minutes - 103 MBIt's 2021 and we're trying to get back into a regular episode cadence! This week we reboot Condorman, a movie about a condor-themed superhero! We had some audio issues on this one, so we're sorry if it's less listenable than usual. Thanks for listening though! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 142: Clockstoppers
November 11, 2020 18:18 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis week we reboot Clockstoppers with a sequel featuring as many twins as we could think of! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 141: Indiana Jones
September 30, 2020 17:46 - 55 minutes - 102 MBIn this episode, we reboot Indiana Jones with a time-traveling romp through prehistoric dinosaur times, as he tangles with his most nefarious foe of all time: Chester Cheetah Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 140: The Man Who Knew Too Little
September 03, 2020 00:10 - 1 hour - 129 MBThis week we went in without a plan and came out with a Boba Fett movie and we won't apologize for it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 139: The Thing
August 05, 2020 17:43 - 57 minutes - 105 MBIn honor of the late Wilford Brimley, we reboot The Thing! Frank was sick this week, so it's just Scott and Rebecca so welcome to our most ADHD episode ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 138: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (feat. Josie DeJarnatt!)
July 15, 2020 20:04 - 1 hour - 134 MBJosie DeJarnatt is back again, helping us reboot The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! We mostly just keep adding pants the whole time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 137: Pirates of the Carribbean
July 02, 2020 22:58 - 1 hour - 131 MBThis week we reboot Pirates of the Carribbean with a bullshit prequel idea! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 136: The Last Dance (2000)
June 01, 2020 23:11 - 47 minutes - 87.5 MBThis week we reboot The Last Dance! Not the Michael Jordan documentary, but the made-for-TV movie of the same name that Rebecca was given after she asked a guy to download The Last Dance (the Michael Jordan documentary) for her. We'll do better next time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 135: Aliens
May 13, 2020 22:22 - 52 minutes - 96.5 MBIt's our Mother's Day episode! This year we reboot a movie about the ultimate mom: the Xenomorph Queen from Aliens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 134: Blackbeard's Ghost (feat. Brock Wilbur!)
April 29, 2020 16:39 - 1 hour - 138 MBBrock Wilbur is back to help us reboot a truly delightful movie that is impossible to describe well: Blackbeard's Ghost! Admittedly, this one is a bit directionless, and we blame that mostly on Brock's cats repeatedly delivering him dead mice throughout the episode. You can find Brock on twitter or at http://brockwilbur.com/. You can buy Brock's recent book about Postal here: https://bossfightbooks.com/products/postal-by-brock-wilbur-nathan-rabin! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Episode 133: Gone with the Wind
April 15, 2020 23:08 - 53 minutes - 98.1 MBThis week we reboot Gone with the Wind, a movie that seems so terrible and we don't fully understand why it's on all the lists! We make it better though, trust us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 132: Cats
March 26, 2020 21:58 - 1 hour - 120 MBWe're coming at you with a new socially-distant episode in which we reboot Cats! Again! That's right, it's our first-ever re-reboot. Is it better than last time? You decide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 131: Ranger in Time
March 04, 2020 15:01 - 1 hour - 118 MBThis week we're getting back into books by creating a TV adaptation of the Scholastic book series, Ranger in Time! It's a series about a time-traveling dog who seems to only visit great tragedies, and rescue a couple people. Tragedies in the original series include: Hurricane Katrina, slavery, the sinking of the Titanic, and 9/11. We add some more tragedies, and a greater purpose? Also Rebecca's dog gets in trouble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 130: Murder She Wrote
February 19, 2020 23:04 - 59 minutes - 109 MBWe're back and reboot Murder She Wrote! Set in 2005, a podcaster who performs audio mysteries helps police solve murders, but maybe she actually did them? She did. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 129: Uncut Gems
January 15, 2020 16:46 - 1 hour - 119 MBThis week we're rebooting Uncut Gems so that it features way more uncut gems and their powers, among other things. It's a weird one, team, we won't lie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 128: 2019 Year in Re(boot)view
January 01, 2020 00:52 - 1 hour - 135 MBThe year is over, which means it's time for another Year in Re(boot)view! We go through our list of what we thought were the best/most important reboots that came out this year. Thanks for another fun year, see you all in 2020! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 127: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (feat James Flenniken!)
December 18, 2019 18:51 - 55 minutes - 101 MBThis week we're joined by special guest James Flenniken to reboot Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a movie James considers a Christmas movie because "there is snow in it." We take an already great movie and make it better by asking "what if he was an actual Pilgrim, and time travel was involved?" You can find James on twitter @evilsuperpowers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 126: You've Got Mail
November 27, 2019 20:24 - 59 minutes - 108 MBIt's just Rebecca and Scott this week because Frank's head was full of juices. Since it's Thanksgiving time, we rebooted the first Thanksgiving-related movie that Rebecca could think of: You've Got Mail! It's only barely related to Thanksgiving too, I think it just takes place around Thanksgiving? There are not a lot of Thanksgiving movies, you guys. Anyway, we rebooted the movie to be about two very rich people who are insufferable but fall in love anyway! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Episode 125: Halloweentown (feat. Josie DeJarnatt!)
November 20, 2019 21:16 - 1 hour - 123 MBThis week we're joined by special guest Josie DeJarnatt, and she chose to reboot the Disney Channel Oriignal Movie series Halloweentown. Rebecca and Frank decide to get rid of everything Halloween and town related, and it just gets worse from there. You can find Josie on her two podcasts: Pettycoat Lane and Our Dark Materials! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 124: Sahara
November 06, 2019 19:34 - 51 minutes - 94.1 MBThis week we reboot Sahara, a movie that really wanted to be Indiana Jones, but we took it and made it part of The Mummy instead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 123: Titanic
October 16, 2019 22:32 - 46 minutes - 85.1 MBThis week we reboot the former highest-grossing movie of all time, Titanic! Now it's a teen road trip movie about terraforming Mars! Please forgive Rebecca's audio issues, she used the wrong mic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Goose Game: A Rebootleggers Experiment
October 09, 2019 20:35 - 1 hour - 107 MBScott and Rebecca recorded themselves playing Untitled Goose Game (Rebecca played, Scott watched), but the video didn't record correctly. So we're giving you 2 hours of audio-only game-streaming, because for some reason you asked for this. We're definitely going to try more games in the future, and will definitely get the video to work correctly! Future videos will go up on the Rebootleggers YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 122: Sandra Bullock Speedboot
October 02, 2019 18:21 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBThis week we bring you another exciting Rebootleggers Speedboot™! We pick one actor and move through their movie history, coming up with quick reboots for each, until we reach the present. This week our subject is Sandra Bullock, and boy do we have a lot of ideas about The Lake House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 121: Ready or Not
September 18, 2019 19:01 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBThis week Rebecca's back, and we reboot Ready or Not, a movie about if Hide and Seek was a DEADLY DEMON DEAL. Our reboot, Ready or Not 2 Deluxe Edition, extends the demon-deal-through-games universe with a movie about a demon who makes deals through The Sims. You remember The Sims? It's still a thing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 120: The Matrix 4 Pre-boot
August 28, 2019 16:17 - 43 minutes - 59.2 MBWe heard they were making a 4th Matrix movie, so we beat them to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 119: The Social Network
August 14, 2019 16:20 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MBThis week we reboot The Social Network as an Avengers-style sequel that brings together the team of internet chat applications (that each definitely got their own solo movie before) to defeat Facebook and its cadre of social media villains! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 118: Hamlet
July 31, 2019 18:00 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBThis week we're joined by special guest Sarah Everett, and we reboot Hamlet! Sarah has never seen or read Hamlet and also just kind of hates Shakespeare in general, so the three of us created a Shakespeare play she would watch! You can find Sarah on twitter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 117: Sailor Moon
July 17, 2019 16:22 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBThis week we reboot Sailor Moon by asking the obvious: what if the Sailor Scouts were actual sailors? In other big news, Rebootleggers is now part of the Hello Sweetie Podcast Network! They're a great little network with a bunch of other fun shows, so go check them out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 116: Rise of the Guardians
July 03, 2019 16:13 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBThis week we're rebooting Rise of the Guardians since we kept getting it confused with Legend of the Guardians! It's 10 years later, and Jack Frost and the gang are tangled up in yet another sinister plot involving teeth, but this time with even more teeth. Big news! Rebecca Frost has officially joined us as our occasional co-host! She'll basically be on any time we don't have other guests, so get used to the sound of her voice, and her hilarious jokes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Episode 115: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (feat. Rebecca Frost)
June 19, 2019 15:16 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBRebecca Frost joins us AGAIN, this time to reboot Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, a movie about owls who wear helmets and fight with swords, directed by Zack Snyder. Our version is better, because there's no way it couldn't be. Go see Rebecca on Twitter! She's real funny. https://twitter.com/josswheelin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 114: Harold and Maude (feat. Rebecca Frost!)
May 29, 2019 14:27 - 1 hour - 113 MBThis week Rebecca Frost joins us in rebooting her grandfather's favorite movie, Harold and Maude, a 1971 film that's basically the original Garden State if you just replace Natalie Portman with 79 year-old Ruth Gordon. You can find Rebecca on twitter: https://twitter.com/josswheelin! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 113: Detective Pikachu (feat. B.J. Mendelson!)
May 22, 2019 18:55 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBThis week we're joined once again by B.J. Mendelson! Together we reboot Detective Pikachu as Pikachu Noir: a dark gritty film noir set in 1940s Los Angeles, starring Danny DeVito as Pikachu, and Idris Elba as a Psyduck! B.J. is an author and comic book writer, and you can find more of his work on his website: https://bjmendelson.com/ You can also follow B.J. on Twitter if you want to see good tweets about professional wrestling: https://twitter.com/bjmendelson Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Episode 112: Ronald: A Star Wars Story
May 08, 2019 21:36 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBThis week we create a new Star Wars story, and end up kind of rebooting The Craft as a Star Wars movie that then makes an abrupt pivot near the end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 111: Limitless
April 24, 2019 14:52 - 44 minutes - 60.4 MBThis week we're rebooting Limitless, the movie that Bradley Cooper did while he was still just "That Guy from The Hangover!" The original movie only dealt with breaking the limits of the mind, so our reboot asks, "what other limits can we break with a magic pill?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 110: Postal (feat. Brock Wilbur!)
April 03, 2019 17:43 - 1 hour - 100 MBBrock Wilbur returns to help us reboot the movie Postal, a very problematic movie based on a very problematic game! We decided on this reboot to tie into the book Brock wrote about Postal for Boss Fight Books. Come join us as we try to navigate how to reboot this movie in a way that addresses the issues of toxic masculinity and gun violence, and attempts to fix them rather than glorify them. It's a bit heavier than most, but it's a really good one guys. You can find Brock on twitter or at h...
Episode 109: Teen Witch
March 07, 2019 16:02 - 34 minutes - 46.7 MBThis week we reboot Teen Witch! Mostly we just take this one weird rap battle scene and craft an entirely new movie around it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxxBXpnn2Jw Also triangles feature prominently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 108: Bio-Dome
February 27, 2019 16:38 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBWe reboot Bio-Dome, the 1996 stoner comedy! It turns out the original movie didn't have much worth keeping, so we got rid of everything except the dome. Now it's called Biomes-Dome. Okay we also kept the weed stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 107: Stuart Little
February 20, 2019 17:55 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBWe reboot Stuart Little by teaming him up with other rodents living in human worlds! Featuring Stuart Little, Ralph (from The Mouse and the Motorcycle), Roddy (from Flushed Away), and Rataouille! It's like the Avengers, if they were rats and mice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 106: Little Giants
February 06, 2019 19:56 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBIt's the big American Football time again, so that apparently means we reboot something American Football-y! So we rebooted Little Giants, a movie based on a McDonald's commercial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 105: Shrek
January 23, 2019 21:50 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBYou knew it was only a matter of time before we rebooted Shrek. Come listen as we reimagine Shrek as a Warriors-esque story, where the big green man lives in an irradiated area of a gang-infested city, and must help the rival gangs come together to defeat the evil Mayor Farquad! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 104: The Mummy
January 16, 2019 19:07 - 41 minutes - 57 MBThis week we reboot The Mummy! The 1999 one with America's sweetheart, Brendan Fraser. Not the 1932 one with Boris Karloff. We bring it into the modern and marvel over the fact that no one has thought to do this yet! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 103: 2019 Preboot Speedboot
January 09, 2019 21:22 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBWe're back in 2019! To kick off the new year, we're starting a special new episode type, where we preemptively reboot all of the planned Hollywood reboots for the coming year, in one single speedboot episode. Welcome to the 2019 Preboot Speedboot! Buckle up for the following reboots: What Men Want Chaos Walking Dumbo Pet Sematary Aladdin The Lion King Artemis Fowl The Addams Family Charlie’s Angels Little Women Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 102: The Year in Re(boot)view 2018
December 19, 2018 17:30 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MB2018 is almost over, which means it's time for us to talk about our favorite reboots that came out this year! Thank you all so much for listening and staying with us, and we'll see you in 2019! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 101: Kim Possible
December 13, 2018 15:52 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MBWe're back to the regular format this week, trying to get out ahead of Disney's new live-action Kim Possible with a pre-boot of our own. We think it's safe to say we'll be hearing from Disney any day now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 100: Retrobootspective
December 04, 2018 22:13 - 29 minutes - 41 MBEPISODE 100! We did it! In celebration of this milestone, we've compiled our favorite memories from previous episodes, as we remember how far we've come. Don't call it a clipshow, because it's different. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 99: The Shaggy Dog
November 13, 2018 22:38 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBThis week we reboot The Shaggy Dog, a movie starring Tim Allen and Robert Downy Jr., where Tim is turned into a dog and learns a lesson about family. Join us as we embark on a tale of danger and excitement, chronicling one man’s journey as the Chosen Fifth Member of elite interstellar space warriors: KISS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 98: Mars Attacks! (feat. Brock Wilbur!)
November 06, 2018 23:27 - 1 hour - 107 MBBrock Wilbur returns, helping us reboot Mars Attacks!, a movie that disappointed him as a child but we all love as adults. Except Frank, who didn't bother to watch the movie before the episode. Learn more about Brock at brockwilbur.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.