Do Not Resuscitate
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DNR #08: Best/Worst Reboots, Building Bridges With Non-Nerds, And Arm Fall of Boy Grows Up
56 minutes Posted Jul 8, 2013 at 5:52 pm.
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Best/Worst Reboots -

Reboots are the cinematic equivalent of a fatal car crash. You know you shouldn’t look, you know it’ll only make your skin crawl and your stomach turn, but you have to see it for yourself, every damn time. Which ones surprised us and which ones turned deadly?

Best:

Casino Royale, Martin Cambell, 2006Batman, Tim Burton, 1989

Worst:

Transformers, Michael Bay, 2007Conan the Barbarian, Marcus Nispel, 2011

Speaking the Language -

Our list of best places to start in games, movies, and fiction if you’re trying to bridge the gap between the nerdy genres you love and the non-nerds in your life.   

Zane’s Picks:

Stardust, 2007, Matthew Vaughn

Dragonsong, 1976, Anne McCaffery

Heroes Season 1, 2006

Ben’s Picks

The Gamers, 2002, Dead Gentleman (full movie)

Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, 1991, Takashi Tezuka/Shigeru Miyamoto

The Hedge Knight, 1998, George R. R. Martin

Last Week’s Homework, A-Lister -Take a terrible comic villain or hero and remake their origin story until they’re an A-lister.

Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/Helix Nebula, AnamanaguchiAirbrushed, AnamanaguchiUndercover Vampire Policeman, Chris Zabriskie