Total Recall: Reboots, Remakes, and Sequels

About this episode

The episode discusses the prevalence of reboots, remakes, and sequels in storytelling and evaluates which ones surpass the originals.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that reboots, remakes, and sequels are an inevitable part of popular storytelling. You might think that these are everywhere, and you’d be right. But sometimes Hollywood gets it right and we’re here to tell you that some sequels and reboots can be even better than the original. We’ll sort the good from the terrible, and find out what makes a good sequel and what makes a remake surpass its source material. Here we go again… again. Tell us which sequels, remakes and reboots are better than the original! Send us your recs to thestorybuildingpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @thestorybuildingpod.

Topics covered

• reboots
• remakes
• sequels
• storytelling

Keywords

• Hollywood
• popular storytelling
• sequels better than originals

Mentioned in this episode

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