Recovered
Welcome to Recovered, where Dan and Keith dig into all films remade, rebooted, and redone. They say there are no new stories under the sun, and Hollywood's been taking that as an excuse to tell the same stories over and over since the silent era, so we dig into which movies warranted a remake, which remakes improved on the original, and how very often neither of those things are true.
Recovered
Episode 69: 21st Century Kongs
Dan and Keith are back into the Kings Kong, starting with Peter Jackson's 2005 remake. Fresh off Lord of the Rings, the future Sir Peter goes back to the 1930s in a lavish remake that references and homages the original while still adding a contemporary sensibility. Dan has some flowers for the filmmaking, while Keith thinks maybe Jackson put too much mustard on it. Then we return to the Monsterverse with Kong: Skull Island, a new take on Kong lore with a new story and a new way to make Man the real monster, as an all-star cast heads to Skull Island and finds out the massive gorilla isn't the biggest threat around. How do the 20th Century Kongs fare against the classics? Will Keith finally break Dan, or vice versa? Find out now!