December 13, 2013

Of Course: Hollywood Remaking Leslie Nielson Classic "The Naked Gun" with... Ed Helms
— Ace

Or at least they're "eyeing" Ed Helms.

I like Ed Helms, but this is just Healthcare.gov: The Movie.

First of all, this movie is going to be awful. Obviously. I won't elaborate.

Second of all, Leslie Nielson wasn't a comic actor. He was a character actor known for playing straight-faced authority figures in melodramas. They cast Leslie Nielson in Airplane because they wanted him to deliver lines in his usual melodramatic serious way, but saying ridiculous things.

And then the cast cheeseball "dramatic" actors like George Kennedy and Ricardo Montalban around him. Then they cast people who couldn't act, like O.J. Simpson and Priscilla Presley. Because a movie like this, if it were played straight, would have that sort of a cast.

Casting Ed Helms -- a comic actor -- in the role is just wrong. Helms plays comedy like a comedy actor. They should be going for a melodramatic serious actor like Bruce Greenwood, or a comic actor that plays comedy deadpan, like Gary Cole.*

But this is part of the Stupid of Hollywood. People don't know offhand, who those actors are (though they know them and like them). People have heard of Ed Helms, and they remember he was in a big comedy trilogy, The Hangover.

So even though Ed Helms isn't a box office draw, we'll cast him in this movie, because then people will know it's supposed to be funny. If we cast Gary Cole, people won't know it's supposed to be funny.

I like Ed Helms -- but he's not Frank Drebin.

Hey why not just cast Jim Carrey? He's wild and crazy and people know he's supposed to be funny. Oh wait, it's because no one likes Jim Carrey anymore. Forget I mentioned it.

Third of all, this movie is going to be awful, seriously. Obviously. Although The Naked Gun itself was very funny, the sequel was very disappointing, and the third one flat-out stunk.

This Airplane-style humor is hard to do. It does get repetitive. It's hard to sustain for 90 minutes. Even the Airplane guys themselves have struggled to make funny movies using this sort of joke -- for every decent Airplane-style movie they made, they turned out two or three clunkers.

And so now a bunch of people who aren't terribly funny -- like the sort of people who write the Scary Movie movies -- are going to ripoff a lot of old Airplane and Naked Gun jokes and add their own Naked Gun style jokes. And they'll all be awful.**

But they're now determined to remake every single movie that earned at least $50 million in the past 30 years, so of course, they had to dig up the corpse of The Naked Gun and violate it.

* Actually, Ben Affleck would make a much better Frank Drebin than he would a Bruce Wayne.

** Actually, the article names the writers:

The studio has hired the team behind Night At The Museum and Reno 911, Thomas Lennon and R Ben Garant, to pen a screenplay for the new movie.

Yeah okay, they're not bad, but they don't do Airplane jokes.

Posted by: Ace at 10:32 AM | Comments (303)
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1 Who will all the bubbly women be?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Done Christmas Shopping!!! at December 13, 2013 10:33 AM (IXrOn)

2 Ruined.

Posted by: dogfish at December 13, 2013 10:34 AM (nsOJa)

3 I'm still waiting for the Krull remake. 

Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 10:34 AM (HsJeN)

4 Surely, you can be frank.

Posted by: Roland THTG at December 13, 2013 10:34 AM (QM5S2)

5 Who plays OJ's character?

Posted by: dogfish at December 13, 2013 10:35 AM (nsOJa)

6 Was Robin Williams not available?

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 10:35 AM (evdj2)

7 Does OJ get out on work release?

Posted by: Tony253 at December 13, 2013 10:35 AM (PryWG)

8 "Naked" "Gun" What's missing?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Done Christmas Shopping!!! at December 13, 2013 10:36 AM (IXrOn)

9 Who plays OJ's character?

Ray Lewis?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 10:37 AM (wtvvX)

10 Will be worse the the remake of "the Inlaws" You don't fuck with perfection.

Posted by: mbruce at December 13, 2013 10:37 AM (Hx3jP)

11 They'll have to update the humor of course.

Like have a white guy rapping and mebbe include references to current events like Y2K and MySpace. You know funny stuff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 13, 2013 10:37 AM (B0gqn)

12 who's doing OJ's part? and OT: hey Kansas morons...they just arrested a fool who wanted to blow up your airport for jihad

Posted by: Queen Moochelle at December 13, 2013 10:38 AM (JFrBt)

13 Leslie Nielson once played a Mafia don in an episode of the classic 70s cop show S.W.A.T. Loved the show, but that there was some epic miscasting. Every bit as bad as it sounds.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 13, 2013 10:38 AM (7ObY1)

14 Yeah, a copy of a copy of a copy pretty much guarantees an illegible mess. Unless they do something sort of novel - like was done with the Keaton/Batman switchover to the Dark Knight - it almost has to suck. I just don't see how you do that with a comedy redo.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2013 10:39 AM (eHIJJ)

15 Harry Reid as The Pederast.

Posted by: Roland THTG at December 13, 2013 10:39 AM (QM5S2)

16 Funny people no longer make funny movies, Ace.

It is the money men running things now.

It used to be that Mel Brooks was behind funny movies.. or Harold Ramis..

Now, it is just a bunch of hacks without any ideas looking for whatever material they can "re-make".  Sad.. very sad.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 13, 2013 10:39 AM (f9c2L)

17 This has been my beef about Hollywood for the last tow decades: They CANNOT come up with original ideas on a consistent basis. Not even marginally original ideas.

Disney is the worst: "mining" all of their old classics (and not-so-old "hits") to create piles of cinematic dogshit.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 10:40 AM (wtvvX)

18 I'm just going to go watch the new Godzilla trailer on repeat. Oh, for those who don't like Tom Cruise, the trailer for Edge of Tomorrow is up. Think Groundhog Day but with an alien invasion and Tom Cruise dies every day. So you can watch Tom Cruise die a lot. Before the wtf why would you make Groundhog Day but with an alien invasion Hollywood has no creative ideas, you're right, but for a different reason. It's based on a Japanese book called All You Need Is Kill.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 10:40 AM (VtjlW)

19 Ed Helms played his character in the Hangover straight, didn't he?  

Posted by: Geraldine Ferraro at December 13, 2013 10:40 AM (epWQP)

20 Who was Ricardo Montalban in Airplane? Did he play Vicki Stubing?

Posted by: FART at December 13, 2013 10:40 AM (i14bS)

21 At least the movie pre-reviews are shorter than the reviews. Now I have more time to dedicate to destroying this country.  Or golf.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at December 13, 2013 10:40 AM (+H/11)

22 Even Jay Leno would be better than Ed Helms. Yuk.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Done Christmas Shopping!!! at December 13, 2013 10:40 AM (IXrOn)

23 and OT: hey Kansas morons...they just arrested a fool who wanted to blow up your airport for jihad White guy. Still a radicalized Muzzie. The MFM will do their best to say he's not. In newsrooms everywhere, people are saying "Thank heavens he has a Caucasian name."

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 13, 2013 10:41 AM (7ObY1)

24 *two*

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 10:41 AM (wtvvX)

25 This is a horrible idea.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at December 13, 2013 10:42 AM (n8eIW)

26 Ace retweeted a tweet from BO Booo

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:42 AM (zOTsN)

27 This has been my beef about Hollywood for the last tow decades: They CANNOT come up with original ideas on a consistent basis. Not even marginally original ideas. Disney is the worst: "mining" all of their old classics (and not-so-old "hits") to create piles of cinematic dogshit. Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 02:40 PM (wtvvX) They are too inbred.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Done Christmas Shopping!!! at December 13, 2013 10:42 AM (IXrOn)

28 Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes

Posted by: Enrico Pallazzo at December 13, 2013 10:42 AM (RBQss)

29 Every shitty remake has john goodman in it

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:43 AM (zOTsN)

30 He was a character actor known for playing straight-faced authority figures in melodramas.

This has been seriously confusing to me when I see older stuff with Leslie Nielson and am all like 'Why isn't he funny?'

Posted by: Methos at December 13, 2013 10:43 AM (hO9ad)

31

cheeseball "dramatic" actors like George Kennedy and Ricardo Montalban around him...

 

 

*****

 

 

Hey, hey, hey now.   I loved the multilayered textural nuance of Senor Montalban's presentation of "rich Corinthian leather."    And who can forget Fantasy, try as they might.   The man could flat out act.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 13, 2013 10:43 AM (N/Sup)

32 Surely everyone recognizes Leslie Nielson as a comic genius. They don't just grow on trees; you just don't fill his shoes. The character goes with him when he eventually dies.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2013 10:44 AM (eHIJJ)

33 They re make anything under the sun, but they won't call me about my pitch for "Twinkie the Kid: The Movie"

Posted by: fluffy at December 13, 2013 10:44 AM (pkkOV)

34 Crap-    Fantasy Island

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 13, 2013 10:44 AM (N/Sup)

35 thug: I have a message from Vincent Ludwig
(fires gun at Frank Drebin while yelling)

Drebin: You are going to have to say that again, I can't hear you over the gun fire!

that scene still makes me laugh all day

Posted by: chelsea danger at December 13, 2013 10:44 AM (KfDDN)

36 David Caruso.

Posted by: ronsfi at December 13, 2013 10:44 AM (/GmBs)

37 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 10:44 AM (PYAXX)

38 Steve carrel maybe

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:44 AM (zOTsN)

39 Every shitty remake has john goodman in it
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Not true.

Is the world ready for a sequel to Twins? Universal and Montecito Picture Co. are hoping to develop a doozy of a follow-up to the 1988 hit comedy that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito that would reunite the two stars. But wait, thereÂ’s a twist: In the new scenario, Eddie Murphy would act as a third brother. Titled Triplets, the story would see Schwarzenegger and DeVito as brothers Julius and Vincent, conceived experimentally, who discover they have third sibling.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (Hx5uv)

40 What was funny to me was seeing Robert Stack in "The Untouchables" reruns a decade after seein "Airplane".  The Untouchables was awesome...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (wtvvX)

41 And who can forget Fantasy, try as they might. The man could flat out act. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 13, 2013 02:43 PM (N/Sup) I liked the idea of rebooting Fantasy Island but making it Faustian. Apparently I was the only one on the planet who did.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (VtjlW)

42 If you like violating your corpse you can keep violating your corpse.

Posted by: Hollywood Obama at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (H0k3f)

43 Naked Gun 2 1/2 was hilarious. Arguably as funny as the first one. No argument from me on 33 1/3 though. That one was weak.

Posted by: Adam_ME at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (HL6nz)

44 I think I'll wait until the unrated Director's Cut (with teh boobies!) hits the DVD rack at Wal-mart.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (wTPGq)

45 Kahhhnnnnn

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (zOTsN)

46 Why don't they just set fire to a couple of pallets of cash instead?  It would save everyone's time and decrease the depth of the 5 dollar DVD bin at Wal-Mart.


Posted by: B at December 13, 2013 10:45 AM (Pson9)

47 WTF.

I can't wait for the Back to the Future remake that's sure to come out for the 30th anniversary in 2015. I imagine it'll feature Miley Clipclops.

Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (8b2sh)

48 What? Of course I like gladiator movies.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (NVvNk)

49 Did somebody say they were looking for someone to write corny jokes? 

Posted by: William Shatner at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (m2CN7)

50 1- Who is Ed Helms? I've never seen any of the Hangover movies. 2- Not only can they not write Airplane style jokes- they wouldn't if they could. Airplane style jokes are biting commentary about culture ("Stewardess, I speak Jive!") and waaaay to un-PC to use.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (PYAXX)

51 3 I'm still waiting for the Krull remake. Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 02:34 PM (HsJeN)
I would pay a hundred dollars for a ticket to a modern Krull that was faithful to the original.
I would actually wait in line for that movie.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (AdnS/)

52 Actually Leslie Nielson was a very funny guy off camera, he got his part in Airplane when he went to dinner with the Zucker Brothers and beat them in a farting contest

Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (aTXUx)

53 It's about time to reboot Song of the South.

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (evdj2)

54 Stagnant culture due to stagnant and indoctrinated youth. With no melting pot, no one honestly gains insight and an increased "toolkit" of human relationships. Just tribes with agitators and democrat enablers - no real cultural growth - just voluntary segregation.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (bB1P0)

55

Freaking Shatner.  Always stealing lines.

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (m2CN7)

56 Oh yeah? Blues Brothers 2000

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:46 AM (zOTsN)

57 49 Did somebody say they were looking for someone to write corny jokes? Posted by: William Shatner at December 13, 2013 02:46 PM

Actually The Shat would be the best actor for Frank Drebin, he's a master at saying hilarious stuff in a serious tone

Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 10:47 AM (aTXUx)

58 43 Naked Gun 2 1/2 was hilarious. Arguably as funny as the first one. No argument from me on 33 1/3 though. That one was weak. --- 2 1/2 certainly has its moments, mainly in the political jokes. "Do you know that, thanks to you, the city is being overrun by BABOONS?!?" "Isn't that the fault of the voters?" Still no "Sexual assault with a CONCRETE DILDO?!?", but very good.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 10:47 AM (/Crba)

59 * Actually, Ben Affleck would make a much better Frank Drebin Wonder Woman than he would a Bruce Wayne. FIFY, Ace.

Posted by: shredded chi at December 13, 2013 10:47 AM (1GNm3)

60

I was going to make a "let's remake Animal House" joke about horrible ideas, but that reminded me of a conversation with a teenage Bandersnatch the other day.

 

Dean Wormer was John Vernon, a genuine Westerns badass whom everyone knew as a serious badass.  Elmer Bernstein wrote the score for the actual Great Escape. 

 

If you start out saying "let's make hijinx" you get crappy flat hijinx. 

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 13, 2013 10:47 AM (A0sHn)

61 It's clear that the President is a big fan of Naked Gun: Frank Drebin: Wilma, I promise you; whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute until he's behind bars. Now, let's grab a bite to eat. BHO: I won't rest until we get to the bottom of Benghazi/IRS/Obamacare website. Now hand me my pitching wedge.

Posted by: duke at December 13, 2013 10:47 AM (d3clc)

62

Ben Affleck would actually be PERFECT as Frank Drebin.  Pure genius! 

 

11 They'll have to update the humor of course.

 Like have a white guy rapping and mebbe include references to current events like Y2K and MySpace. You know funny stuff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 13, 2013 02:37 PM (B0gqn)

 

Of course they will update the humor, it will be nonstop dick jokes. 

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 10:47 AM (NYnoe)

63 If not Ed Helms, then how about Ed Harris?  He's certainly melodramatic and serious enough, even intense.

On second thought, scratch that idea.  Ed Harris reciting Frank Drebin's lines wouldn't be funny at all... it would be as scary as hell.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at December 13, 2013 10:47 AM (9vZhT)

64 I can't process this yet.  I'm still trying to get over Afflect as Batman...

Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 10:48 AM (tVTLU)

65 I'm not a fan of Ed Helms. His character in the Office as a starry-eyed optimist who is actually filled with sweaty desperation made me dislike him. Like Hunter S Thompson in his later years, it's not funny. Maybe his work in the Hangover series redeems him. I haven't see it.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 13, 2013 10:48 AM (P7Wsr)

66 I liked the idea of rebooting Fantasy Island but making it Faustian. Apparently I was the only one on the planet who did.

Wasn't the pilot a bit dark?  "Welcome indeed. *chuckle*"

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 10:48 AM (evdj2)

67 So all they can do is cargo-cult dancing in hopes of money from the sky. All these remake are just braindamaged hippy-spawn pretending to "create" just like dad's old uncle had done in the '80's. Puff a pipe, drink a can of malt liquor, and redo what's been done. Magic and wishcasting. And stupid. That's all this is.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 13, 2013 10:49 AM (bB1P0)

68 As further evidence The Hangover, Part III

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:49 AM (zOTsN)

69 So they are remaking Terminator. Yeah, they got nothing left. I am thinking, how in the world can they do it? I know, it will have shitloads of no longer groundbreaking CGI. But then I thought - I've got it. The guy to play the Terminator should be Terry Crews. And he should play totally wacky, like President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. That would be awesome.

Posted by: blaster at December 13, 2013 10:49 AM (W6bkf)

70 2- Not only can they not write Airplane style jokes- they wouldn't if they could. Airplane style jokes are biting commentary about culture ("Stewardess, I speak Jive!") and waaaay to un-PC to use. --- Along those lines- The little girl telling the little boy "I take my coffee black, like my men." The "Air Iran" shuttle bus from the second movie bringing travelers to the airport blindfolded The slapping scene of the hysterical female passenger Ted's time in the Peace Corps, teaching the tribesmen to play basketball

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 10:49 AM (/Crba)

71 God, I forgot about those opening credits. I was peeing in my pants, trying to keep from LOLing in my cubicle...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 10:50 AM (wtvvX)

72 I am glad I am young enough that I should outlive some of the people making these decisions, and when I get old I am heading to LA and pissing all over their graves

fuck them

Posted by: chelsea danger at December 13, 2013 10:50 AM (KfDDN)

73 no idea who ed helms is.

Posted by: Bigby's Tiny Fists at December 13, 2013 10:50 AM (3ZtZW)

74 Who plays OJ's character?
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I saw an episode of Seinfeld the other day in which Elaine was concerned because her boyfriend had the same name as a famous murderer. She tried to get him to change it by suggesting certain sports stars and actors had nice names that would go well on him and one she suggested was OJ.  That was before OJ's troubles.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 13, 2013 10:50 AM (Hx5uv)

75 The Shat. That's the ticket

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:51 AM (zOTsN)

76 Are any new movies made? Seems like everything is a remake or a book or a comic book or a 60s TV show.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 13, 2013 10:51 AM (0LHZx)

77 Wasn't the pilot a bit dark? "Welcome indeed. *chuckle*" Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 02:48 PM (evdj2) Yup. I wasn't kidding, that's what the reboot was, you can have your fantasy, here you go. Oh. Did you think you got that for free? I think it's hilarious that ABC is rebooting Chuck but Serious You Guys. On the other hand, I get Josh Holloway shooting things so I'll allow it.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 10:52 AM (VtjlW)

78 Reached in France for comment, Roman Polanski pulled his dick out of his 13 year old "girlfriend's" butthole and said: "For the love of Moloch, is NOTHING sacred?"

Posted by: Sharkman at December 13, 2013 10:52 AM (AtRJ2)

79

"They cast Leslie Nielson in Airplane because they wanted him to deliver lines in his usual melodramatic serious way, but saying ridiculous things."

 

Then cast Barack Obama for teh role.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 13, 2013 10:52 AM (hLRSq)

80 Actually Leslie Nielson was a very funny guy off camera, he got his part in Airplane when he went to dinner with the Zucker Brothers and beat them in a farting contest
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So it really is what you know instead of who you know.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 13, 2013 10:53 AM (Hx5uv)

81 Who plays OJ's character?

Aaron Hernandez.

Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 10:53 AM (8b2sh)

82

#70 My absolute favorite dumb thing in Airplane!  is the El Al plane with the beard on the nose.  Saw the movie with my sister when I was still Jewish and we almost split our sides laughing over that. 

 

They would never do the whole pilot-with-the boy scene in a remake either.  Too offensive to the NAMBLA crowd in Hollywood now.

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 10:53 AM (Q4elb)

83 Are any new movies made? Seems like everything is a remake or a book or a comic book or a 60s TV show. We have a lovely collection with men who are filled with angst smoking cigarettes.

Posted by: The French[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 13, 2013 10:53 AM (P7Wsr)

84 He was a character actor known for playing straight-faced authority figures in melodramas.

So they should cast Jeff B then?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (MaP11)

85 I guess using rape, especially child rape (where beloved movies from childhood are concerned), as a metaphor for what Hollywood is doing with classic movies/franchises is okay as a metaphor, but it's more like incest. Or necrophilia.

Posted by: logprof at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (X3GkB)

86 Can't wait for the Dreams of My Father remake...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Done Christmas Shopping!!! at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (IXrOn)

87 73 no idea who ed helms is. --- The dentist in The Hangover who pulled out his own tooth and ended up married to stripper Heather Graham. He has straight-man potential but part of the reason Nielson killed so much at comedy was that he had good dramatic chops. Not so sure Helms has that but, hey, he could surprise me. After all, who would have thought that a crappy comedian like Anthony Anderson could be a total badass until he did a season of The Shield?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (/Crba)

88 I had to Bingle Ed Helms. Oh yeah he's that guy... And I love the Office. --------------- Am I the only one that hate hate hated The Hangover?

Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (Hy7dS)

89

The scene of OJ getting shot in the first Naked Gun is still a classic.

Posted by: Furious George at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (yFb77)

90 I think 30 years' worth of hookers, blow, ecstasy and AIDS have all taken their toll on "Hollywood".

A cautionary tale...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (wtvvX)

91 It's too reliant on non PC humor It'll never work

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 10:54 AM (zOTsN)

92 Actually The Shat would be the best actor for Frank Drebin, he's a master at saying hilarious stuff in a serious tone

Posted by: kbdabear
.........
Yeah.. Denny Crane!  That was a really good show if you ignored the PC libtard bullshit.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 13, 2013 10:55 AM (f9c2L)

93 I'm trying to imagine a remake of "The Naked Gun" with (1) no Leslie Nielsen, (2) no guns because of gun control, and (3) nobody getting naked.

And Ed Helms.

Wow, if you're going to miss just one movie this summer, make sure this is it.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at December 13, 2013 10:55 AM (DMtT+)

94 GSP (#1 PPV draw for UFC, undefeated champion since 2007) vacated his title, though he didn't retire. Says he has personal problems and being champion is too stressful. Some are suggesting GSP might be showing signs of brain damage. GSP, who is extremely bright and well-spoken, has said some odd things in the past, including talk of possible alien abductions and "missing time".

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 13, 2013 10:55 AM (ZPrif)

95 Hollywood has no capacity to understand humor anymore.

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 10:55 AM (MMC8r)

96 Nice Beaver Thanks, I just had it stuffed.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 13, 2013 10:55 AM (0LHZx)

97 GSP is French-Canadian, btw. Georges St. Pierre.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (ZPrif)

98 70 2- Not only can they not write Airplane style jokes- they wouldn't if they could. Airplane style jokes are biting commentary about culture ("Stewardess, I speak Jive!") and waaaay to un-PC to use.

***

BINGO!  And that's the major problem with 99% of comedy today.  If you made Airplane today, assuming it ever even got the go-ahead, it would be tied up in lawsuits until Hell froze over.

Mel Brooks would starve to death if he had to make movies today.


Posted by: B at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (Pson9)

99 Now I have to Bingle Anthony Anderson.

Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (Hy7dS)

100 53 It's about time to reboot Song of the South.

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 02:46 PM (evdj2)


The originals of which are buried so deep in Disney's vault that you need an underground nuke to pry it free.


(I remember seeing it in the theater when I was short and Lutheran. Charming, and utterly non-PC.)

Posted by: joncelli at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (RD7QR)

101 I watched a scottish film where a young woman repeated the beaver jokes. They were funny in the original and the were funny in this homage.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (h4eud)

102 I remember reading a "TV Guide" back in the '70s (yes there was such a thing) were they blamed the lack of quality programming on cocaine.

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (evdj2)

103 I think 30 years' worth of hookers, blow, ecstasy and AIDS have all taken their toll on "Hollywood". Don't forget me!

Posted by: Syphilis[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (P7Wsr)

104

Not to be a Debbie Downer or anything, but who the hell is Ed Helms?

 

You know what?  It doesn't matter.   Remaking "Naked Gun" is as stupid as remaking "Airplane!"   It cannot and will not work.   You can't capture lightning in a bottle twice.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (4df7R)

105 Am I the only one that hate hate hated The Hangover? Posted by: eleven
........
Yes.  or.. you didn't stay for the credits (the photos).  I have never laughed that hard in a movie before or since.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (f9c2L)

106 *does the Snoopy happy dance of OT-ness*

Went to lunch with a friend at a Chinese buffet place.  Good fun and fun chatting.  Then we got to the fortune cookies.  Mine read - "Your efforts in a critical area will soon be rewarded."

Told friend that I had to go buy Christmas presents and we parted ways.  So stop at Everyday Gourmet in Ridgeland.  Mom had wanted me to see if they had new Gail Pittman items.  So happy with food walk in say hi to the blond woman in the red sweater and go directly to where the Pittman ceramics are and pick out items for my Mom and SIL.

Go up to the cashier.  Chatting with her and another customer.  As she is ringing up my purchases she asks if I want Gail to sign them.  *pause*  I stutter out in a small voice 'please.'  So she calls out, "Gail can you sign these?"

So I turn to see who she is talking to, it's the blond woman I had walked past when entering the store.  Gail turns to us and says yes she can because I am smiling.  Its like totally wow and she asks for my Mom and SIL's names, I tell her, and she signs them with their names.  That is when I remember the fortune cookie and show it to her and cashier.  We all laugh.

As soon as I got out of the store called Mom.  She is absolutely tickled pink about the news and starts saying she will pay me for it.  I say you don't have to.  Usual tussle but I don't care if she does or doesn't.  I made her day and that is all that matters.  Even if I win the Mega Millions tonight, it will not equal how I am feeling right now.


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (5EPry)

107 Mel Brooks would starve to death if he had to make movies today. --- That's why he puts on Broadway shows and does two sets of books. If they succeed, he makes money. If they fail, he steals even more money and then flies to Rio.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 10:56 AM (/Crba)

108 Am I the only one that hate hate hated The Hangover?

Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2013 02:54 PM (Hy7dS)

 

I only one-hate hated it.  Saw on a softball team bus trip and was drunk enough to not triple hate it, but I still hated it.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 13, 2013 10:57 AM (A0sHn)

109 28 Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes

Posted by: Enrico Pallazzo at December 13, 2013

_________________

My father is in his late 70s, and I can still get him laughing by just mentioning Enrico Pallazzo.

Posted by: Furious George at December 13, 2013 10:57 AM (yFb77)

110 Leslie Nielson's brother Erik was a long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament in Canada.

Posted by: Northernlurker, getting grumpy at December 13, 2013 10:57 AM (Xmw9g)

111
OT - Breaking

Police arrested man for planning to pack car load of explosives and detonate them at the Wichita KS airport.

Supsect wanted to “to commit an act of violent jihad."

Authorities blame "right wing extremism".

(OK .... last line I made up)



Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/12/13/3176861/wichita-news-conference-set-friday.html#storylink=cpy

Posted by: fixerupper at December 13, 2013 10:57 AM (nELVU)

112 You know, really, if you wanted someone to write this (and it have any chance of being good) you need the writers for the Jay and Silent Bob movies. Seriously, if anyone can do Airplane style humor (thought they can't keep it up for long without going straight to dick jokes), it's them.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 10:57 AM (PYAXX)

113 The PTSD skit alone in Airplane! would end it if it were to be made today. 

Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 10:57 AM (HsJeN)

114 Who plays OJ's character?

Posted by: dogfish at December 13, 2013 02:35 PM (nsOJa)

 

How about Ray Lewis.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 10:57 AM (4df7R)

115 Which one of the Naked Gun movies had OJ in a wheelchair, rolling down the steps of the Rose Bowl? That was funny...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 10:58 AM (wtvvX)

116
Don't be harshin' on George Kennedy. Dude was hip.

http://tinyurl.com/cscr2zz



Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 13, 2013 10:58 AM (TIIx5)

117 38 Steve carrel maybe Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 02:44 PM (zOTsN) --He's already been Maxwell Smart in a remake. Even Hollywood is not ready to double-dip *that* quickly.

Posted by: logprof at December 13, 2013 10:58 AM (X3GkB)

118 99 Now I have to Bingle Anthony Anderson. --- Shitty comedian who became the big bad Antoine Mitchell on The Shield during the season where Glenn Close was the captain. His immortal line when getting corrupt cop Shane Vendrell (Walt Goggins) under his thumb was "From now on, when I say 'SUCK MY DICK!', you say 'Want me to lick your balls too, daddy?'"

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 10:58 AM (/Crba)

119

Kind of in this same vein...

 

The first episode of Sledge Hammer! worked because they got John Vernon to replay the Mayor character he did in Dirty Harry.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 13, 2013 10:58 AM (PFy0L)

120

A  funny cop sitcom on now that I really enjoy is Brooklyn  Nine  Nine. 

 

 

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 10:58 AM (m2CN7)

121 I guess using rape, especially child rape (where beloved movies from childhood are concerned), as a metaphor for what Hollywood is doing with classic movies/franchises is okay as a metaphor, but it's more like incest. Or necrophilia. Posted by: logprof at December 13, 2013 02:54 PM (X3GkB) Underneath Netflix's regular movie and tv lineup are a lot of indie, foreign, and many spiritual or "enlightenment" films. It's nice to peruse movies from "outside the Hollywood box." I watched a sweet little movie called The Letter Writer the other day. A little Christmas treat.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Done Christmas Shopping!!! at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (IXrOn)

122 I like Ed Norton's 48 Hours tv commercial.

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (evdj2)

123 Cool story Anna!  My mom loves that Gail Pittman stuff too.

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (Q4elb)

124 112 You know, really, if you wanted someone to write this (and it have any chance of being good) you need the writers for the Jay and Silent Bob movies. Seriously, if anyone can do Airplane style humor (thought they can't keep it up for long without going straight to dick jokes), it's them. --- "We have an 82-12!" "Dammit, Ben..." "HA! You're wrong! I didn't even HAVE a hooker in my trailer today!"

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (/Crba)

125 Police Squad should come back, but I don't think anyone could do it. You couldn't just *copy* it, you'd have to take the core idea and make it anew. It's sad that it only made it six episodes the first time. Sledge Hammer had two seasons for crying out loud!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (qyfb5)

126 92 Actually The Shat would be the best actor for Frank Drebin, he's a master at saying hilarious stuff in a serious tone

***

:-)  Shatner already did that. He was in Airplane 2 chewing up the scenery.

Posted by: B at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (Pson9)

127 Anna P, what a great story!   

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (4df7R)

128 I must be getting old, because I don't have the faintest clue who Ed Helms is.

Posted by: Gran at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (mw0FO)

129

OOOH! OOOH!  Mr Kotter!  Mr. Kotter!!!!

 

I know!   Let's make the movie with an all Black cast or an all Hispanic cast!!!  Everyone loves funny minorities.  We all laugh at the antics of Epstein and Washington.

Posted by: Arnold Horshack at December 13, 2013 10:59 AM (D+lxs)

130

>>>The dentist in The Hangover who pulled out his own tooth and ended up married to stripper Heather Graham.

 

Oh! Ye-ah, that guy!

 

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Posted by: Bigby's Tiny Fists at December 13, 2013 11:00 AM (3ZtZW)

131 But they're now determined to remake every single movie that earned at least $50 million in the past 30 years Yay! Blazing Saddles II.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 11:00 AM (CRyse)

132 129 OOOH! OOOH! Mr Kotter! Mr. Kotter!!!! I know! Let's make the movie with an all Black cast or an all Hispanic cast!!! Everyone loves funny minorities. We all laugh at the antics of Epstein and Washington. --- It's cool, I'll jerk you off!

Posted by: Vinnie Barbarino, Sweathog Teacher at December 13, 2013 11:00 AM (/Crba)

133 Actually that "Get Smart" movie was good.  But Steve Carell pretty much walks on water to me.  I don't think he has made a bad movie.  But I am not holding my breath for "Anchorman 2."

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 11:01 AM (Q4elb)

134 Yay! Blazing Saddles II. That was more than 30 years ago, you fossil. And yeah, I think I'll watch Airplane on Netflix this weekend.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 13, 2013 11:02 AM (659DL)

135 So, while we're talking about movies.... What're people's thoughts about 47 Ronin? And how many times will Keanu say "woah?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:02 AM (PYAXX)

136

>>>Am I the only one that hate hate hated The Hangover?

 

How could you either way? Entirely forgettable movie.

Posted by: Bigby's Tiny Fists at December 13, 2013 11:02 AM (3ZtZW)

137 Ed Harris would work much better in that role than Ed Helms.

Posted by: Ricardo at December 13, 2013 11:02 AM (L8r/r)

138 Actually, Healthcare.gov: The Desolation of Smug might be the comedy smash of the year.

Posted by: spd rdr at December 13, 2013 11:02 AM (+fXXA)

139 133 Actually that "Get Smart" movie was good. But Steve Carell pretty much walks on water to me. I don't think he has made a bad movie. But I am not holding my breath for "Anchorman 2." --- HEY MAXI! Let's play Dog Show! I'll put a collar on you and make you my bitch! *gets shot in crotch*

Posted by: Larrity at December 13, 2013 11:02 AM (/Crba)

140 Off, sock!

Posted by: Country Singer at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (L8r/r)

141 If Mel Gibson doesn't have a role in it I won't see it. He would be perfect as Drebin.

Posted by: Daybrother at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (TN7Wo)

142 Nielson's role should be given to Joe Biden, who does have a natural flair for that sort of comedy.

Posted by: Mallfly at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (bJm7W)

143 Ed Harris would work much better in that role than Ed Helms. That he would. Actually, if they did an updated Naked Gun with Ed Harris (and kept the VERY un-PC nature of the movie), I'd watch it.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (PYAXX)

144 Yay! Blazing Saddles II. That was more than 30 years ago, you fossil. And yeah, I think I'll watch Airplane on Netflix this weekend. Posted by: Circa Not on my lawn you won't!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (CRyse)

145 Pop pop!

Posted by: Magnitude at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (+H/11)

146 They will get over the inability to make fun of non PC topics by substituting them with tea party jokes, Palin, Cruz, and Christian jokes

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (zOTsN)

147 Do any of you all remember that they tried a sit com called Police Squad for a season? http://tinyurl.com/yk8qggu Remake of Naked Gun? The Stupid is Strong.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 11:03 AM (0FSuD)

148 What're people's thoughts about 47 Ronin?

And how many times will Keanu say "woah?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 03:02 PM (PYAXX)

 

I dunno.   I'm not banking on  it being much good.   Though to be fair to Keanu, when he's given a good script and direction he can turn in a very nice performance.   You just have to try and get past the whole "I know kung-fu" thing.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:04 AM (4df7R)

149 By the time they finished pulling out all the un-PC stuff from Blazing Saddles, you'd be left with, well...nothing.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 13, 2013 11:04 AM (7ObY1)

150 I actually want to see 47 Ronin, but I have to wait until it comes out on DVD.  I can't sit in the theater for that long without having severe back pain.  Hopefully, my surgery in January will rectify it. 

Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 11:04 AM (HsJeN)

151 149 By the time they finished pulling out all the un-PC stuff from Blazing Saddles, you'd be left with, well...nothing. --- Maybe the scene where Waco and Bart are smoking the joint and that's about it.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 11:04 AM (/Crba)

152 I liked the idea of rebooting Fantasy Island but making it Faustian. I think that they did that in the original series with a multi-episode arc involving Roarke's being immersed in a fantasy.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 13, 2013 11:04 AM (V3kRK)

153 The character goes with him when he eventually dies.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2013 02:44 PM (eHIJJ)

 

 

-----------------------------------------

 

 

He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2013 11:04 AM (Tx68O)

154 In the year 2020, you'll have your choice of three blockbuster movies:

J.R.R Tolkien's "Shit I Wrote in the Margins of This Notebook on Norse Mythology"

J.K. Rowling's "Preliminary Ideas on a Book About a Kid's Story"

Jane Austin's "Random Diary Entries in the Fall of 1895"

Posted by: B at December 13, 2013 11:05 AM (Pson9)

155  Actually that "Get Smart" movie was good. But Steve Carell pretty much walks on water to me. I don't think he has made a bad movie. But I am not holding my breath for "Anchorman 2."

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 03:01 PM (Q4elb)

 

Date Night,  Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Dinner for Schmucks were not very good to me,  but I too like Carell and will see his movies  by chance they will be what I expect from him.  

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 11:05 AM (m2CN7)

156 What's next, a remake of "The In-Laws"? On second thought, nevermind.

Posted by: dantesed at December 13, 2013 11:05 AM (88xKn)

157 Police Squad --- Damn that show had some funny shit.

Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2013 11:05 AM (Hy7dS)

158 J.R.R Tolkien's "Shit I Wrote in the Margins of This Notebook on Norse Mythology" --- Ah, so they'll be doing Unfinished Tales - The Movie then.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (/Crba)

159 Hollywood should be put down and replaced with the people who do the cable television series. it's bad enough that they are drug addled liberal child molesters, but now they can't even think of something plausible to remake, much less come up with a good original idea.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (h9hHf)

160
If not Ed Helms, then how about Ed Harris? He's certainly melodramatic and serious enough, even intense.

On second thought, scratch that idea. Ed Harris reciting Frank Drebin's lines wouldn't be funny at all... it would be as scary as hell.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at December 13, 2013 02:47 PM (9vZhT)










Ed Harris is too much of an elitist cocksucking douchebag stick-up-his-bunghole pussy to do broad comedy. He'd think it was beneath him.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (TIIx5)

161 So, "Father of the Bride" remake?  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (4df7R)

162 115 Which one of the Naked Gun movies had OJ in a wheelchair, rolling down the steps of the Rose Bowl? That was funny... Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 02:58 PM (wtvvX) --The first one, right at the end. And it was Dodger Stadium.

Posted by: logprof at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (X3GkB)

163 Congrats! What a shopping triumph!

Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (GRLuN)

164 You know who would make a good Frank Drebin?

Fred Thompson.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (mYm3B)

165 And how many times will Keanu say "woah?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 03:02 PM (PYAXX)


He probably says "dude-san" a lot too.

Posted by: joncelli at December 13, 2013 11:06 AM (RD7QR)

166 I play spades with my naked gun.

Posted by: Reggie Love at December 13, 2013 11:07 AM (hpgw1)

167 163 that was meant for Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 02:56 PM (5EPry)

Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 11:07 AM (GRLuN)

168 --The first one, right at the end. And it was Dodger Stadium.

Thanks, logprof! I knew it was a stadium in LA...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 11:07 AM (wtvvX)

169 133 Actually that "Get Smart" movie was good. But Steve Carell pretty much walks on water to me. I don't think he has made a bad movie. But I am not holding my breath for "Anchorman 2." Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 03:01 PM (Q4elb) --I thought it was funny too, although the plot device of having 99 do a complete face transplant to justify casting Anne Hathaway was a touch creepy.

Posted by: logprof at December 13, 2013 11:08 AM (X3GkB)

170 Rockmom and MWR, yeah I am totally stoked about that. 


AllenG, 47 Ronin looks more like the anime Samurai 7 than the real story of the 47 ronin.  The ronin who plotted revenge for their fallen lord.  For years they waited.  Some selling their daughters into prostitution to keep their plans going.  Then they killed the man who betrayed their lord.  And knowing what they did was wrong, they killed themselves to atone.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 11:08 AM (5EPry)

171
Do any of you all remember that they tried a sit com called Police Squad for a season?

http://tinyurl.com/yk8qggu

Remake of Naked Gun? The Stupid is Strong.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 03:03 PM (0FSuD)








The Naked Gun movie series is actually a spinoff from the Police Squad TV show.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 13, 2013 11:08 AM (TIIx5)

172 Hollyweird: We're totally void of any ideas, creativity or brains, but we're going to lecture you all night and day on how to live and vote.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 13, 2013 11:08 AM (1Jaio)

173

This has been my beef about Hollywood for the last tow decades: They CANNOT come up with original ideas on a consistent basis. Not even marginally original ideas.

 

To coin a phrase: Let. It. Burn. The faster George Lucas' prediction of a series of multimillion dollar movies flopping and causing Hollywood to implode comes true, the better movies will be creatively.

Posted by: Armando at December 13, 2013 11:08 AM (5iuEW)

174 I dunno. I'm not banking on it being much good. Though to be fair to Keanu, when he's given a good script and direction he can turn in a very nice performance. You just have to try and get past the whole "I know kung-fu" thing.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 13, 2013 03:04 PM (4df7R)

 

I've said it before but the boy can pick a script whether  you think he can act or not.   Really only one movie of his that I did not enjoy and that was the stupid remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

 

Street Kings was on a couple of days ago.   I have to watch it everytime its on  like Man On Fire. 

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 11:08 AM (m2CN7)

175 Throw out your hands Stick out your tush Hands on your hips Give 'em a push You'll be surprised You're doing the French Mistake! Voila!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (7ObY1)

176 I loved those Leslie Neilsen movies growing up but as time went on he kept playing his characters more goofy, which kind of hurt the movies.

Posted by: Shoot Me at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (qiXMt)

177 @165

Kanichi-whoa!

Posted by: Gran at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (mw0FO)

178 166 I play with a spades with my naked gun. Posted by: Reggie Love at December 13, 2013 03:07 PM (hpgw1) FIFY

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (0FSuD)

179 Best gag from the Naked Gun movies, bar none: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMRo5XCKddQ

Posted by: Weirddave at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (N/cFh)

180 They never did a movie of "Barney Miller," did they?   I wonder why. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (4df7R)

181 Can anyone think of any old movies where we can surprise you by having the villains be neo-Nazi teabaggers instead of unjustly-maligned peaceful Muslims?

Posted by: Hollywood at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (+H/11)

182 I think I might have to deal violently with the responsible parties if there were to be a remake of The Princess Bride. That's one IP that needs to stay as is, in all its pristine glory.
Now that I've said that, there will probably be a raunchy-as-all-hell remake with Westley being a drunkard, Buttercup being a whore, and Inigo Montoya talking like 50 Cent.
*buries face in hands and weeps*

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (AdnS/)

183 The real problem with Hollywood is summed up by my brother's critique of any creative endeavor I've ever undertaken (and the reason he's not a beta reader for my book, despite him being the best resource I'd have)- "It's derivative." Now, his point is this (and it's a good one): EVERYTHING is "derivative." You didn't come up with that idea in a vacuum. So *since* it's derivative, you have two (good) choices you can make. Embrace the fact it's derivative, and pepper liberally with "fan-service" jokes, or go about still telling the best story you can, ignoring that you're derivative (as best you can) and hope to be judged on your own merits. Hollywood takes the two opposite options- they either accept that they're derivative (remakes) but try to "put their own spin" (which is to say- change things to the point they may as well not be the same story) on it, or they reject that they're "derivative" and make stupid choices just to prove how "original" they are.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (PYAXX)

184 very interesting idea, Ben Affleck as Frank Drebin. But you know, he does wink at the camera a bit. Too bad his brother Casey is too diminuitive for the role

Posted by: oejay44cday at December 13, 2013 11:09 AM (3RFv9)

185 The faster George Lucas' prediction of a series of multimillion dollar movies flopping and causing Hollywood to implode comes true, the bettermovies will be creatively. --- George may have been onto something, but he doesn't have a lot of room to talk. Movie theater employees had to deal with enough of his prima-donna bullshit when the prequel trilogy came out that he has lost the ability to trash anyone in Hollywood for out-of-touch bullshit.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 11:10 AM (/Crba)

186 Anyone else see The Way Way Back this year? Steve Carrell played the heavy in that.

It was a nice little movie...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 11:10 AM (wtvvX)

187 The Naked Gun movie series is actually a spinoff from the Police Squad TV show.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 13, 2013 03:08 PM (TIIx5)

 

And the Police Squad series was a parody of Lee Marvin's TV show,  M Squad. 

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 11:10 AM (m2CN7)

188 Will the setting be the Wichita, KS airport?
blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2013/12/breaking-feds-say-they-disrupted.html

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 11:10 AM (PDhMJ)

189 Actually that "Get Smart" movie was good. But Steve Carell pretty much walks on water to me. I don't think he has made a bad movie. But I am not holding my breath for "Anchorman 2."

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 03:01 PM (Q4elb)




5 minutes into that abomination and I was ready to call Col. Kilgore and tell him to fire up the choppers and Wagner on that movie. And if they missed anything call in the napalm strike

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 13, 2013 11:10 AM (1Jaio)

190 181 Can anyone think of any old movies where we can surprise you by having the villains be neo-Nazi teabaggers instead of unjustly-maligned peaceful Muslims? --- "Not Without My Daughter"?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 11:10 AM (/Crba)

191 Anyone else see The Way Way Back this year? Steve Carrell played the heavy in that.

It was a nice little movie...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 03:10 PM (wtvvX)

 

I liked it.  Yeah Carrell played a dick. 

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 11:11 AM (m2CN7)

192 Keanu was awesome in 'Much Ado About Nothing.' If you've ever wanted to see Ted "Theodore" Logan as a Shakespeare character, that is.

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 11:11 AM (MMC8r)

193 "We have an 82-12!" "Dammit, Ben..." "HA! You're wrong! I didn't even HAVE a hooker in my trailer today!" Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 02:59 PM (/Crba) Best part of that scene is Gus van Sant counting his money. Kevin "Red State" Smith can get beset by rabid wolverines though.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 11:11 AM (VtjlW)

194

I know for a while Mel   Brooks was considering doing a sequel to "Spaceballs" based on the prequel trilogy.  I    don't think it'll ever happen,   and even if it did it probably wouldn't be terribly good.  The prequels are laughably bad on their own -- the Rifftrak for "Attack of the Clones" is hands down one of   my favorite ways to wile away a boring Saturday afternoon.   lol!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:11 AM (4df7R)

195 So, "Father of the Bride" remake? You mean a remake of the original, or a remake of the remake, or a remake of the sequel to the remake?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:11 AM (PYAXX)

196 I like Keanu. I think he's a good actor. He's made a bunch of my favorite movies. Really don't think that happens by accident. Matrix, Bill & Ted, Point Break, Speed

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 13, 2013 11:12 AM (ZPrif)

197 You know who I think would be a neat Frank Drebin?   Kevin Sorbo.   No really!   He's got a great deadpan delivery, but a comic streak, too.   And he's not so well known that his star power would overshadow the ensemble.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (4df7R)

198

#135 I forgot about "Burt Wonderstone."  I didn't see that, but the trailer looked awful.  I loved "Date Night" and "Dinner for Schmucks" though.  My favorite Carell movies are "Dan In Real Life" and "Crazy Stupid Love." 

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (aBlZ1)

199 180 They never did a movie of "Barney Miller," did they? I wonder why.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 13, 2013 03:09 PM (4df7R)


It was actually very slow-paced, and basically a one-act play repeated on a weekly basis.

Posted by: joncelli at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (RD7QR)

200 Father of the bride. Only she's a gay, one legged, hispanic

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (zOTsN)

201 Inigo Montoya talking like 50 Cent. Yo. You iced mah daddy. prepare to check out.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (7ObY1)

202 Leslie Nielsen should rise from the dear and show up at a theater playing the remake crying, "There's nothing to see here! Please disperse!"

Posted by: logprof at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (X3GkB)

203 'The Matrix' bored me.

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (MMC8r)

204 Anyone who mentions Casey Affleck without hatred has never sat through 'Gerry'.

Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 11:13 AM (OIl4c)

205 Also thought Scanner Darkly, Constantine, and Private Idaho were interesting movies. Haven't watched any of his romantic type movies for chicks.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 13, 2013 11:14 AM (ZPrif)

206 [iI like Keanu. I think he's a good actor. He's made a bunch of my favorite movies. Really don't think that happens by accident.

Matrix, Bill & Ted, Point Break, Speed

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 13, 2013 03:12 PM (ZPrif) [/i]

 

Speed is one of my Top 5 movies of all time.     Probably Top 3,  especially if I    count    all three LotR movies    as a single film.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:14 AM (4df7R)

207 Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue!

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 11:15 AM (zOTsN)

208 @194

Re: Kevin Smith - indeed...

http://youtu.be/_SzQBfzJsY0?t=6m59s

Posted by: Gran at December 13, 2013 11:15 AM (mw0FO)

209 "Father of the Bride" remake? There's a scene in that movie where Steve Martin throws a basketball over his shoulder and it never lands. Always irked me.

Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 11:15 AM (OIl4c)

210 We're sorry to bother you at such a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then. hah

Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2013 11:15 AM (Hy7dS)

211 lol, never saw Gerry. But that Boston movie was gud

Posted by: oejay44cday at December 13, 2013 11:15 AM (3RFv9)

212 I like Keanu. I think he's a good actor. He's made a bunch of my favorite movies. Really don't think that happens by accident. I disagree on "Point Break" but agree on the others. And, yes, he's actually a pretty good actor (so it's said). He's one of those who saw incredible success early (Bill & Ted, notably) and decided to "make sure" he was that good- by acting in stage theater for several years before doing another movie. Apparently he won awards in Canada.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:15 AM (PYAXX)

213 Leslie Nielsen in Dracula: Dead and Loving It by Mel Brooks.

http://youtu.be/YKZC50ghRkk

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (5EPry)

214 "Oh yeah? I'm taller!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (PYAXX)

215

The problem is that TNG, Police Squad and Airplane had something that Hollywood sorely lacks: a brain.


 

Posted by: Mega at December 13, 2013 03:14 PM (uvaJ1)

 

 


Brains, and the ability to laugh at sacred cows.   Same with Mel Brooks' really early stuff, like "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (4df7R)

216 Burt Wonderstone was good. It helps if you ever were a geeky, delusional 12 year old with a magic kit, spending hours mastering tricks and imagining how impressed all the girls would be.

Posted by: Franch Dressing at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (ZPrif)

217 Anyone who mentions Casey Affleck without hatred has never sat through 'Gerry'.

Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 03:13 PM (OIl4c)

 

You need to watch The Killer Inside Me.

 

Disturbing is not  a  strong enough  word  but you won't be able to turn it off. 

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (m2CN7)

218 Keanu also really good in Parenthood and Something's Gotta Give

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (zOTsN)

219 This holiday season, come see our remake of It's A Wonderful Life.  Warm your heart with this tale of a gay pedophile with a heart of gold.

Posted by: Hollywood at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (+H/11)

220

.I think the time is coming and soon where we won't be depending on Hollywood and the  moviehouse moguls for good movies.  I think we're already moving away from that  devil's pact.  I think it's one of the reasons they seem so desparate because of the fact that they can't  seem to be able to hold back on pushing  even more perversion and souless stories.

 

Some in Hollywood see this, hence the rash of remakes from more innocent times.  Hollywood is a slowly dying entity, and they know.

 

 

 

 

Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2013 11:16 AM (Tx68O)

221 I think I might have to deal violently with the responsible parties if there were to be a remake of The Princess Bride. That's one IP that needs to stay as is, in all its pristine glory. Now that I've said that, there will probably be a raunchy-as-all-hell remake with Westley being a drunkard, Buttercup being a whore, and Inigo Montoya talking like 50 Cent. *buries face in hands and weeps* Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 13, 2013 03:09 PM (AdnS/) Ummmm. Have you ever read the book on which it's based? Yeah. I like Keanu Reeves. Hell, Constantine has one of the best discussions of faith I've seen on screen. "You don't believe, you know and that's not the same thing."

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 11:17 AM (VtjlW)

222 207 The problem is that TNG, Police Squad and Airplane had something that Hollywood sorely lacks: a brain. Posted by: Mega at December 13, 2013 03:14 PM (uvaJ1) Also only Zuckerman and crew would have the balls to make un PC movies. Now? Not a chance.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 11:17 AM (0FSuD)

223 "Oh yeah? I'm taller!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 03:16 PM (PYAXX)

 

 

"Because I'm smaaaarter than you.   I'm smaaaaaaarter than you!"

 

WHAM!

 

"Oh yeah?   Well I'm taller!"

 

*HEARTS*

 

Seriously, I've got that movie memorized.  lol!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:17 AM (4df7R)

224 This holiday season, come see our remake of It's A Wonderful Life. Warm your heart with this tale of a gay pedophile with a heart of gold. Harry Reid gives it Two Thumbs Up!

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 11:17 AM (MMC8r)

225 And, yes, he's actually a pretty good actor (so it's said). He's one of those who saw incredible success early (Bill & Ted, notably) and decided to "make sure" he was that good- by acting in stage theater for several years before doing another movie. Apparently he won awards in Canada. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 03:15 PM (PYAXX) --He was in The River's Edge (great movie, BTW) a couple years before he was Ted.

Posted by: logprof at December 13, 2013 11:18 AM (X3GkB)

226 "Who are you?  And how did you get in here?"

"I'm a locksmith...and I'm a locksmith."

Posted by: Shoot Me at December 13, 2013 11:18 AM (qiXMt)

227 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 03:17 PM (VtjlW) He was pretty good in Devil's Advocate, too.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:18 AM (PYAXX)

228 AllenG: "And how many times will Keanu say 'woah?'"

As many times as it takes.

Still liked him in The Matrix. He didn't need to speak much. And the premise of the movie was captivating. A perfect blend of CGI and reality for a pseudo-setting.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2013 11:18 AM (eHIJJ)

229 So let me get this straight because I'm new here. This is a review of a movie that hasn't been made yet? How does Ace feel about the cinematography?

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 13, 2013 11:19 AM (LsF5M)

230 Harry Reid gives it Two Thumbs Up!

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 03:17 PM (MMC8r)


That's not a thumb.

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 13, 2013 11:19 AM (+H/11)

231 I like Keanu Reeves. Hell, Constantine has one of the best discussions of faith I've seen on screen. "You don't believe, you know and that's not the same thing." --- Peter Stormare does one of the better performances of Satan / Lucifer / whatever I've seen this side of De Niro or Pacino in that one.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 11:19 AM (/Crba)

232 He was pretty good in Devil's Advocate, too. Brian Dennehy carried him through Bill and Ted, though.

Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 11:19 AM (OIl4c)

233 Guarantee they remake Princess Bride. Or reboot it. Or make a sequel. Within a decade. An aging Big Show as the The Giant.

Posted by: Franch Dressing at December 13, 2013 11:20 AM (ZPrif)

234 231 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 03:17 PM (VtjlW) He was pretty good in Devil's Advocate, too. --- Devil's Advocate played to his strengths, IMHO. He's pretty much the straight man the whole film while Al Pacino gnaws on the scenery as Milton.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 11:20 AM (/Crba)

235 Mindy, thanks. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 11:20 AM (5EPry)

236 I'm looking forward to the reboot of Crocodile Dundee.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 13, 2013 11:20 AM (PFy0L)

237

I loved Leslie Nielsen in "Due South," too.     He played Benton's father's partner (say that five times fast)   in the RCMP.     One of my all-time favorite shows.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:20 AM (4df7R)

238 Still liked him in The Matrix. He didn't need to speak much. And the premise of the movie was captivating. A perfect blend of CGI and reality for a pseudo-setting. The Matrix was good. Reloaded was... meh. And I'm still ambivalent about Revolution. I *think* I liked it. Mostly. At the very least it wasn't afraid to end with everyone dying (which is something more movies should do, if you ask me).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:20 AM (PYAXX)

239 Armand Assante was pretty good in Fatal Instinct.

Posted by: irright at December 13, 2013 11:20 AM (8GKDa)

240

I think I might have to deal violently with the responsible parties if there were to be a remake of The Princess Bride. That's one IP that needs to stay as is, in all its pristine glory.


Now that I've said that, there will probably be a raunchy-as-all-hell remake with Westley being a drunkard, Buttercup being a whore, and Inigo Montoya talking like 50 Cent.


*buries face in hands and weeps*
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 13, 2013 03:09 PM (AdnS/)


You do know they are making it into a Broadway musical, don't you?  If that is successful, I can guarantee a movie in a few years. 

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 11:21 AM (aBlZ1)

241 Of course, to say that Hollywood doesn't know anything about comedy any more isn't to say they know anything about drama, either.

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 11:21 AM (MMC8r)

242 Crazy bomber dude: "I am a radicalized muslim". MSM: "Whit guy. That damned Tea Party is at it again."

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 13, 2013 11:21 AM (ZsGM2)

243 And Matt Damon!!!

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at December 13, 2013 11:21 AM (dvRYt)

244 The Matrix was good. Reloaded was... meh. And I'm still ambivalent about Revolution. I *think* I liked it. Mostly. At the very least it wasn't afraid to end with everyone dying (which is something more movies should do, if you ask me). --- Reloaded had good setpieces but had plot problems. Revolutions was godawful in that it started stillborn, with Neo trapped in Trainman's domain, and never really recovered.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 11:21 AM (/Crba)

245 @#160

Ed Harris also has a rep for transforming himself into the characters he's playing, and doesn't "break character" off camera. There's a YouTube outtake from "The Rock" (in which he played the leader of a rogue U.S.Marine force turned terrorist) that shows him absolutely going ballistic after blowing a line.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at December 13, 2013 11:21 AM (9vZhT)

246 Anybody for Patrick Warburton (king of deadpan) as Drebin? Or have him play Drebin as The Tick.

Posted by: TheSev at December 13, 2013 11:22 AM (iHeMr)

247 250 @#160 Ed Harris also has a rep for transforming himself into the characters he's playing, and doesn't "break character" off camera. There's a YouTube outtake from "The Rock" (in which he played the leader of a rogue U.S.Marine force turned terrorist) that shows him absolutely going ballistic after blowing a line. --- I don't break character 'till the commentary's done, motherfucker!

Posted by: Osiris Lincoln at December 13, 2013 11:22 AM (/Crba)

248 Mel Brooks, the last Jew that got rich off vaudeville comedy and was proud of it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 11:22 AM (0FSuD)

249 Saw Matrix in the theater when it came out and I knew nothing about it. Hadn't seen a trailer. Hadn't heard a word. Blew me away. One of the most enjoyable movie experiences of my life. That opening scene is incredible. Wish I had more movie experiences like that. Hard to avoid information these days.

Posted by: Franch Dressing at December 13, 2013 11:22 AM (ZPrif)

250 Soona: "He's dead, Jim."

Oh, man. I guess I missed it. Or it didn't register. Or I'm losing brain.

Probably the latter.

Loved his acting. Seemed like a genuinely decent person, too.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2013 11:23 AM (eHIJJ)

251 Second look at Robby Benson?

Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 11:23 AM (OIl4c)

252 Posted by: TheSev at December 13, 2013 03:22 PM (iHeMr) I would totally watch a Live Action Tick movie with Patrick Warburton as The Tick.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:23 AM (PYAXX)

253 Keanu also really good in Parenthood and Something's Gotta Give

Posted by: Thunderb at December 13, 2013 03:16 PM (zOTsN)

 

He has two good chick flicks that I  really like.   A Walk In The Clouds and Sweet November.  

Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 11:23 AM (m2CN7)

254 @251: Warburton would be awesome.  He actually plays only one character in all his roles, but that character is funny as hell.

Which reminds me, I should go watch The Venture Bros...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 11:24 AM (wtvvX)

255 Remake of Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  Adam Levine plays Jeff Spicoli, an underachiever who is abused by his politically conservative father.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 13, 2013 11:24 AM (PFy0L)

256 >>> the Rifftrak for "Attack of the Clones" is hands down one of my favorite ways to wile away a boring Saturday afternoon. lol!<<<<

If you like that kind of thing, there is one of the DVD editions of C.H.U.D. that has a commentary track with John Herd, Daniel Stern, Chris Curry,and Shepard Abbott that is hysterical.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 13, 2013 11:24 AM (P/gm7)

257 Peter Stormare does one of the better performances of Satan / Lucifer / whatever I've seen this side of De Niro or Pacino in that one. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 13, 2013 03:19 PM (/Crba) I love how he portrayed Satan in that. The whistling as he's dragging Keanu off is grand. Tilda's little broken "Father" right before s/he gets blown into bits is great too. Having Gavin Rossdale play Balthazar was fantastic casting. Both Keanu and Sandra Bullock are great in The Lake House. I love that movie because, yes, I am a chick but also because they are both grown ups in it and they're kind of tired and worn out and just trying to make it through life. It's also one of the few movies where the rift between a child and a parent doesn't get wrapped up in a nice little bow.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 11:24 AM (VtjlW)

258 Live Action Tick movie with Patrick Warburton as The Tick. Who would play Little Wooden Boy?

Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 11:24 AM (OIl4c)

259 257 Posted by: TheSev at December 13, 2013 03:22 PM (iHeMr) I would totally watch a Live Action Tick movie with Patrick Warburton as The Tick. --- Do not forget about Batmanuel... even if he is too busy chasing down a soccer mommy.

Posted by: Batmanuel at December 13, 2013 11:24 AM (/Crba)

260 Of course, to say that Hollywood doesn't know anything about comedy any more isn't to say they know anything about drama, either.

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 03:21 PM (MMC8r)

 

This is why    my    film    library   is almost entirely action movies.      Any good action movie is going to have elements of comedy and elements of drama to give it some heart and soul (in addition to the 'splodey and T and A).   Same with fantasy and/or sci-fi, though the latter    is    usually dripping with so much leftwing propaganda that I can't stand    it.   See "Avatar" for exhibit A.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 13, 2013 11:24 AM (4df7R)

261 Actually, Ben Affleck would make a much better Frank Drebin than he would a Bruce Wayne.

And he wouldn't even understand why.


Now I think I know how the old people felt when they heard Tiffany cover Tommy James and the Shondells when I was kid.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ BEAT IOWA at December 13, 2013 11:25 AM (ZKzrr)

262 Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 03:24 PM (OIl4c) I'm still trying to figure out who would play Arthur and who would play DeflatorMouse.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:26 AM (PYAXX)

263 Who would play Little Wooden Boy? Keanu.

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 11:26 AM (MMC8r)

264 I would totally watch a Live Action Tick movie with Patrick Warburton as The Tick. Perfect.

Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2013 11:26 AM (Hy7dS)

265 What made  "Airplane" so funny was talking about it after seeing it.  There were so many one-liners and  back-staging humor that it was always fun to either see it again, or try to re-create it from memory.  "Airplane" in it's original  filming is a classic that  will never be able to be re-made  with the same  affect.

Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2013 11:26 AM (Tx68O)

266 Now I think I know how the old people felt when they heard Tiffany cover Tommy James and the Shondells when I was kid. --- I think I'm a clone now... Always another one of me Just hangin' arooooound

Posted by: Alfred Yankovic at December 13, 2013 11:26 AM (/Crba)

267 Apparently he won awards in Canada.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 03:15 PM (PYAXX)

 

*****

 

 

So did Wayne Gretzky.   Doesn't mean I want to see him in a movie.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 13, 2013 11:26 AM (N/Sup)

268 Who would play Little Wooden Boy? Keanu. Wait! No! Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at December 13, 2013 11:27 AM (PYAXX)

269 The live-action Tick TV show was OK, but the cartoon was much funnier to me.

It's a shame that it lasted only one or two seasons; that, Reboot, and Beast Wars were the only cartoons worth a damn in the 90's...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 11:27 AM (wtvvX)

270 267 Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 03:24 PM (OIl4c) I'm still trying to figure out who would play Arthur and who would play DeflatorMouse. --- Reuse the cast from the live-action TV show with Warburton. Der Fliedermaus and American Maid are Batmanuel and Captain Liberty in that version, IIRC, due to copyright issues.

Posted by: Alfred Yankovic at December 13, 2013 11:28 AM (/Crba)

271 Krusty the Clown sums it up nicely: Free comedy tip, slick: the pie gag's only funny when the sap's got dignity

Posted by: PunchAHippie at December 13, 2013 11:28 AM (Gpsrk)

272 It's time to reboot a dark and terrifying version of Blackbeard's Ghost.

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 11:30 AM (evdj2)

273 And don't forget Sewer Urchin; you could have Dustin Hoffman playing Rainman playing Urchin...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 13, 2013 11:31 AM (wtvvX)

274 Haven't had a chance to read very far into the comments, but has anyone mentioned that The Naked Gun was a continuation of a much, much funnier TV show called Police Squad!? It was a parody of all the previous cop shows, most pointedly M Squad, but with a Quinn Martin-type structure and opening. The theme was in fact a sideways version of M Squad's.

One running gag was that the Special Guest Star got killed in the opening credits. John Belushi was one of these guests, but his opening never ran, because he died (as I recall) the day before it was to air.

Another funny thing about the opening credits: Abe Lincoln is shown at Ford's Theater getting shot at. He stands up, wheels around, takes a stance and fires back!

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at December 13, 2013 11:31 AM (IlZPo)

275 I'm thinking that now Tom Cruise has matured a little that he would make a delightful Frank Drebin. 

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 13, 2013 11:31 AM (N/Sup)

276 "Spoon!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 11:31 AM (5EPry)

277 270 What made "Airplane" so funny was talking about it after seeing it. There were so many one-liners and back-staging humor that it was always fun to either see it again, or try to re-create it from memory. "Airplane" in it's original filming is a classic that will never be able to be re-made with the same affect.

 

Posted by: Soona at December 13, 2013 03:26 PM (Tx68O)

 

I had to go see it again because the theater was packed the first time, and the laughter was so loud I missed half the dialogue.  I've never seen an audience reaction like that to a comedy, before or since.  Just raucous, sustained laughter. 

Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 11:32 AM (aBlZ1)

278 The iPad wore tennis shoes.

Posted by: toby928© still banned in Boston at December 13, 2013 11:32 AM (evdj2)

279 I loved Leslie Nielsen in "Due South," too. He played Benton's father's partner (say that five times fast) in the RCMP. One of my all-time favorite shows. I liked the wolf.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 11:32 AM (CRyse)

280 noobie

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 13, 2013 11:33 AM (N/Sup)

281 Another funny thing about the opening credits: Abe Lincoln is shown at Ford's Theater getting shot at. He stands up, wheels around, takes a stance and fires back! With REX HAMILTON as ABRAHAM LINCOLN!

Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 11:33 AM (MMC8r)

282 They've rebooted The Amazing Spiderman twice in the past decade. Gonna haveta start changing that adjective: "The Dyslexic Spiderman" "The Alternative Lifestyle Spiderman"

Posted by: Oschisms at December 13, 2013 11:33 AM (y9dfJ)

283

@182 I think I might have to deal violently with the responsible parties if there were to be a remake of The Princess Bride. That's one IP that needs to stay as is, in all its pristine glory.


Now that I've said that, there will probably be a raunchy-as-all-hell remake with Westley being a drunkard, Buttercup being a whore, and Inigo Montoya talking like 50 Cent.
---------------

 

That one's based on a book (by William Goldman), so any remake would probably stay at least marginally true to the original...

 

Posted by: junior at December 13, 2013 11:39 AM (UWFpX)

284 AtC: "I love how he portrayed Satan in that. The whistling as he's dragging Keanu off is grand."

Yep. Fantastic take. I've never seen Satan as all quirky, cocksure, reticent, and freaking evil in the same scene. Brilliantly done. Whenever I think of Satan, it's no longer a deviled ham silhouette. It's a tattooed orderly with tarry feet.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2013 11:40 AM (eHIJJ)

285 You'll never hear me say this again and if you try to pin this quote on me I will declare jihad on you, but Alec Baldwin does a good deadpan. He'd actually be perfect for the role. Or maybe the guy who plays Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman.

Posted by: Awar al-Awlaki at December 13, 2013 11:40 AM (8R8gK)

286 They should cast Jay Carney.  He's also great at delivering ridiculous lines in a serious way.

Posted by: yinzer at December 13, 2013 11:42 AM (/Mla1)

287 That wouldn't work yinzer, too many people actually believe him.

Posted by: TheSev at December 13, 2013 11:44 AM (iHeMr)

288 Hollywood is remaking these movies for a couple of basic reasons
1: They're terrified of anything new because they aren't making the money they used to.
2: The market is international now, so they are recycling old blockbusters made to get them to places like Bangkok and South Africa.
And yeah, I liked the Constantine movie, even if it had virtually nothing to do with the comic book.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 13, 2013 11:45 AM (zfY+H)

289 from Police Squad too, the title was always different between what the narrator said it was and what was printed on the screen

so silly and lame but still makes me laugh thinking about it

Posted by: chelsea danger at December 13, 2013 11:49 AM (KfDDN)

290 Unfortunately, he just passed away, but Dennis Farina would have made a great Drebin. He was after all a real Chicago detective before turning to acting.

Posted by: Eric at December 13, 2013 11:49 AM (IAXFB)

291 How about Steve Buscemi?

Posted by: ChrisValentine at December 13, 2013 12:00 PM (42vqa)

292 Tommy Lee Jones made "Men in Black" work because, as the director said, "The flatter he was, the funnier he was."

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at December 13, 2013 12:05 PM (PMZF4)

293 They're going to end up with tape on their faces.

Posted by: Bud Norton at December 13, 2013 12:06 PM (6cOMd)

294 As much as it pains me to say it, Alec may be the one. I'm a really big Buscemi fan...not sure here though.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 13, 2013 12:07 PM (ZsGM2)

295 You know who would KILL as Frank Drebin? Kanye West. I'm not even joking.

Posted by: Phelps at December 13, 2013 12:14 PM (1xfHM)

296 doesn't matter who they pick to star, or who writes the script: i'm not paying to see this crap.

F Hollyweird... let it burn.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 13, 2013 12:46 PM (q+fqH)

297 Baldwin is hilarious, he's entertaining enough I can ignore his politics. As opposed to, say, Tim Robbins who is just not entertaining enough.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 13, 2013 01:04 PM (zfY+H)

298 I'm thinking Frank Drebin should be played by Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation).

Posted by: Elinor at December 13, 2013 01:16 PM (TCqhy)

299 "I'm thinking that now Tom Cruise has matured a little that he would make a delightful Frank Drebin." Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 13, 2013 03:31 PM (N/Sup) ****************** Yes, but only if he plays it as his Les Grossman character from "Tropic Thunder".

Posted by: Elinor at December 13, 2013 01:20 PM (TCqhy)

300 This Airplane-style humor is hard to do. The first time I saw Airplane! and that "No Smoking/Fasten Seat Belts" sign (El No A You Smoko/Putana da Seatbeltz) I couldn't stop laughing.

Posted by: Chuba at December 13, 2013 06:11 PM (hBdnt)

301 Who is Ed Helms?  Even after looking up the name I still don't know him.

Posted by: burt at December 14, 2013 03:15 AM (1+kJ5)

302 This is awful! Worst than Ben Affleck as Batman. Somebody must stop them!

Posted by: zaius at December 14, 2013 04:03 AM (5J5dH)

303 Sorry, but I can't stand Ed Helms. In anything. Having said that ... another remake? Really?! Have you just completely run out of ideas and given up? If it's not a remake (or a reboot, or a "re-imagining"), then it's a sequel or an old TV show brought to the big screen. It's rare that I can find even one movie per year that I'd pay to see in a theater.

Posted by: RobinGoodfellow at December 15, 2013 03:51 PM (/JDQw)

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