186. 📰 Nostalgia Test News! The Oncoming Onslaught of Reboots, Remakes, Legacy Sequels, & William Shatner's Metal Album

Dan, Manny, & Billy give their honest opinions on the slew of reboot, remake, and legacy sequel slop and rumors, and they put it all to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

 

“I feel like as a society, we just went back in time anyway, and [...] should we be happy about it? Like there's so many things that are happening that are like from our era, like, Brittany Spears got arrested for DUI [we’re] back at war with the Middle East. I mean, like, we're in the nineties. Even the government wanted to be nostalgic. I think what I'm going  to say, I wanna blame us for this.”
-Manny Coelho

 

If you’ve been a longtime listener to the pod then you know the boys’ opinion on reboots, and they really don’t veer away from their absolute hatred and confusion of the reboot craze and legacy sequels that aren’t Top Gun 2: Maverick. They react to the news of reboots for Starship Troopers and Faces of Death, and then Billy gives a brief and honest breakdown of the 2025 reboot of Youngbloods. They comes the endless legacy sequel rumors and news. They question the logic for a Demolition Man 2, Face/Off 2, Heat 2, Riddick 4, Toy Story 5, another Conan the Barbarian, Predator w/ Schwarzenegger, and why not do a legacy sequel for one of the most unhinged 80s action movies ever made Commando.

Days of Thunder legacy sequel anyone? This one causes the guys to pause and think about what Tom Cruise would be able to do in this film, what’s the big stunt, and Dan has a suggestion for Mr. Cruise.

Then the guys try to figure out how William Shatner got so famous being so mediocre, Dan gives an energetic F-you monologue to Gene Simmons and then graces everyone with his rendition of the Different World theme song because, that’s right, they’re producing a sequel series! Why not, right.

And while we’re at it, let’s make a confusing to figure out when it would start Man on Fire Series. If Hollywood is listening (or is interested at all) Billy is ready to help write and produce the Ghost Rider movie we all deserved.

So, grab your nerdiest friends to debate this bucket of reboot vomit, make a pitcher of Long Island Iced Teas (oh, it’s that sort of episode), and rage with The Nostalgia Test Podcast!

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Approximate Rundown

00:00 Dan & Billy Remember Snot

01:17 Nostalgia Test Returns

03:37 Kids These Days’ Music

04:25 Arnold Sequel Rumors

06:43 Commando vs Conan Debate

09:59 Days of Thunder Sequel

15:04 Franchise Kings Talk

18:11 Starship Troopers Reboot

21:34 Ghost Rider Redemption

23:05 Face/Off 2 Why

25:02 Demolition Man 2 Talk

29:08 Heat 2 Casting News

31:09 Long Movies Need Breaks

32:01 Heat Two Backlash

32:57 Jackass and Social Media

35:56 Youngblood Reboot Debate

38:33 Scary Movie Returns

40:44 Faces of Death Remake

43:38 Riddick Four and Fast

48:25 Shatner Goes Metal

50:23 Different World Sequel

52:02 Man on Fire Series

54:25 Rock Hall Gatekeeping

55:55 Toy Story Five Tablet

01:03:06 Wrap Up and Goodbye

 

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The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic.

The Lithology Brewing ad music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected