The Rewinders Podcast

087 - Rebooting: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [1989]

Bill and Ted are two dufuses in high school that want to start their own band. They don't know how to play instruments - but have the heart. Little do they know, that in the future their music saves the world and makes it a better place. Instead of a Terminator - the future sends Rufus to the past to help keep Bill and Ted together and making music. What could break these two apart? History class - if they fail, Ted will be sent away to an Alaskan Military School - dooming the future to... something... we aren't quite sure what though - but it wouldn't be as awesome apparently. Listen as Joe, Ken, Andy, and Dan go over The first film in this trilogy - and a little bit of the second (to Dan's dismay), how it fit into their young lives, and determine if this film still stands up. Something IS strange afoot at the Rewinders Podcast!  

086 - Rebooting: Alien [1979]

Get ready for Space Smokey and the Bandit-Convoy. Where truckers, in space, have to deal with science - quarantine - and robits. Get ready for poking questionable space eggs - and the horror when Hugs leads to Bugs... bursting out of your chest. Alien breaks atmosphere with the Rewinders Podcast this week. Joe, Ken, Andy, and Dan review how it has affected their lives growing up - and if it still holds up.

085 - Rebooting: The Indiana Jones series, with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [part 2]

Its a late night... you have the stale flavor of an alcoholic beverage in your mouth (or non-alcoholic depending on your age/preference)... and you have this nagging feeling at the back of your mind.

"how hard did that Russian lady have to squeeze with her legs to obliterate that giant ant?" and then, the bad sexy thoughts start flowing - and now you know... you have put too much thought into the 2008 release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

(at least if you are into ladies)

I don't know... maybe you were thinking of crawling into Indiana Jones' extra baggy clothes as he was wearing them - and stuff... Or deciding who wore it better, Mutt or the Capuchin monkey. Either way... its sexy. Joe, Ken, Andy, and Dan continue their peril in part 2 - deciding if Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a worthy reboot of the loved series.

084 - Rebooting: The Indiana Jones Series, with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [Part 1]

How exciting is it to hear that one of your favorite series will return after around 19 years?! Its so exciting that anything the film can and could be end up being mediocre, just like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Joe, Ken, Andy, and Dan try to piece together emotions and reality with how one of their most revered series of their youth had returned to them in 2008. There isn't much of a guess at how they feel about the film, but - does it hold up as a reboot? Listen to Part 1, and see how it is all being laid out on the table - bare - naked - cold - and afraid... Natalie Imbruglia, is that you?

083 - Rebooting: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [1989]

Remember when this was the end of a memorable series of films? When, we were happy with how things wrapped up for the character Indiana? This episode clings to that time, and acknowledges what is yet to come - a full episode to discuss the Indiana Jones Reboot...

Join Joe, Ken, Andy, and Dan as they giggle, shout, and remind each other of their feelings for what SHOULD have been the capstone of a entertaining series of films. Then, decide if it still holds up.

082 - Rebooting: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [1984]

Where does a movie series go from opening the Ark of the Covenant and releasing death angels to kill Nazis?

 

INDIA - to pull hearts out of people for Kali!

 

Giant Vampire Bats, Mine Cart races, Forced Child Labor, and hungry elephants fill the screen in the second movie of the Indiana Jones trilogy.

 

Think of it as the Beyond the Thunderdome of the Indiana Jones series.

 

Come along as Joe, Ken, Andy, and Dan put their theoretical hands into a hole full of insects and goo to pull the lever of nostalgia and determine if the film still holds up.

081 - Rebooting: Unsolved Mysteries [1987]

True stories about everyday people who have been swept up in the most extraordinary and mysterious circumstances. Someone listening to this podcast could have that one clue that could help. So join us - you... may be able to... solve a mystery.

 

BBBBBBBWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNN -- WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN

dun dun dun - dun dun... dun dun dun - dun dun...

 

Joe, Ken, Andy, and Dan reach back to talk about their childhood experiences with the classic, Unsolved Mysteries TV show. Then explore the reboot that has been released on Netflix.

 

Can the show go on without Robert Stack?

Will there ever be more ghost stories?

Will the killer ever be caught?

 

UPDATE:

Yes. Maybe. Hopefully.

 

Crank that theme song and take a trip back to the days you were taken on a journey by a man in a trench coat walking around outside at night - talking to himself... or was it... you?

080 - Rebooting: Raiders of the Lost Ark [1981]

The Rewinders Podcast begins the review of the epic 80's trilogy for Indiana Jones. Come along as they discuss the particulars of the first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark - in all its good and bad glory.

 

Fawn over Marion, the character with the most potential and the most under utilized of all the secondary characters.

See Sallah, as the spy for England that he really is.

Learn that all monkeys are evil Nazis. YES - ALL.

 

Then, find out if the guys determined if the film still holds up.

079 - Rebooting: The Highlander [1986]

The guys at The Rewinders Podcast have finished traveling through time from 1536 to 1986 -- from the Scottish Highlands to the part of New York City that has so many metal pipes people use them for weapons. Along the way, a few people lost their head for whatever reason... but others kept their calm and remained to make it to The Gathering... sort of... but not really... it was more like a two person gig in the end.

 

Did the guys think that the movie should have its own head removed, or did they feel like it has withstood the test of time? AND, what of the talks of a reboot?! All of this a more in this episode of The Rewinders Podcast!

 

2:34 - The Rewinders Podcast episode begins.

 

PSA--

With the United States Citizen protesting the simple fact that their lives matter, and Pride Month in full swing during a pandemic, we at the Rewinders Podcast support you. We are not perfect, but we are allies for your cause.

 

To all people: live by the golden rule - Treat others how you would want them to treat you. This basic practice alone can make the world a more beautiful place if we just try.

078 - Rebooting: Robin Hood [1973]

"You cannot understand my disdain for this movie unless you know my anger about what happened to Star Wars" - Ken (one of the hosts of The Rewinders Podcast)

 

In one of the most meandering episodes of the The Rewinders Podcast, the hosts talk about this Disney animation gem - and what it meant to them as children... and how it feels today.

 

Within the "Reboot" theme of this part of season 3, Disney's Robin Hood is discussed over its Disney+ exclusive reboot plan.

 

This Robin Hood movie is not only animated, but has animals instead of people. Animals that think that they are people! This is what the world would look like if they just evolved with opposable thumbs, so they could use bows, swords, lutes, and choke their snakes.

 

(why does my browser insist the word opposable is spelled wrong? Its making me nervous!)

 

Anyway, its a movie most of the hosts have been watching for years, if not most of their lives. See if they think it still holds up!