November 25, 2013

What? Hollywood Remaking "Roadhouse"
— Ace

I don't know if people actually like Roadhouse or if it's just some kind of Nostalgic Ironic Pretend-Liking. I suspect the latter.

It's a piece of crap movie. I cannot imagine why anyone would even consider remaking it. It would be like choosing some trivial wrestling movie from 1938 -- yeah, they used to make movies about wrestling, that was a thing -- to remake.

Apparently, literally all movies and tv shows with the slightest amount of name recognition will be remade/rebooted.

I honestly don't know what the cut-off is, here. If Roadhouse is now a property ripe for exploitation, based upon the 400 people who liked Roadhouse, then what movie or TV wouldn't they remake?

Man from Atlantis? Manimal? Momma's Family? My Two Dads? Silver Spoons: The Movie?

What about BJ and the 7 Lady Truckers?

Obviously every successful movie will be remade. I'm sure a Top Gun sequel will be made the moment Hollywood decides we're in a time of peace so they may safely make a movie that shows the military in a good light.

But they're not making movies that didn't make a particularly large amount of money, and which were not good movies, and which people didn't really like very much.

Roadhouse? Roadhouse?

That's just obnoxious.

Here's the movie I hope they remake next. I don't think Competitive Underground Arm-Wrestling really got a fair shake, and I think Over the Top was very underrated.

Thanks to @benk84.


Update: Weird Science, the remake, is a go.


Posted by: Ace at 03:12 PM | Comments (566)
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1 The multi-decade long trend towards ironic liking over actual liking sucks.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 25, 2013 03:13 PM (ZPrif)

2 We need a Gymkata remake and we need it now!

Posted by: FART at November 25, 2013 03:13 PM (i14bS)

3 I'm working on that wrestling picture with Wallace Beery! It speaks to the common man.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 03:14 PM (7zeA4)

4 The only reason I watched Roadhouse was I thought Patrick Swayze would make it interesting. Didn't work that way. Didn't even rewind the bitch before taking it back.

Posted by: Lace Wigs & Chicken Gravy [/i] at November 25, 2013 03:14 PM (UL/Aj)

5 Hey, just wait 'til they remake 'Gymkata'.  Although, the fight with all the bad guys attacking the hero.... on his pommel horse... can probably never be re-done to true justice.

Posted by: Andrew X at November 25, 2013 03:15 PM (r/Dlx)

6 Thank you for reminding me I need to get Momma's Family on DVD.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 25, 2013 03:15 PM (hO8IJ)

7 In the age of hyper-criticism ironic-liking can't be mocked since "it's supposed to be stupid".

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 25, 2013 03:15 PM (ZPrif)

8 Dalton, I thought you would be bigger.

Does that get me a point on the deal?

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:16 PM (Pr6hk)

9 Roadhouse as a movie didn't even make sense.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:16 PM (KCvsd)

10 Hey, and no dissing "Manimal". Yeah, it sucked, but it had Melody Anderson.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 03:16 PM (7zeA4)

11 Geez... FART (#2), I tried to be fast enough here just once.... whatever, man!

I give up.

Posted by: Andrew X at November 25, 2013 03:16 PM (r/Dlx)

12 Ironic-liking is like a parasite that's killing host. That said, Gymkata vs Gunkata would be awesome.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 25, 2013 03:16 PM (ZPrif)

13 Cost to make CGI heavy, action blockbuster, millions and millions that may or may not get recouped. Cost to remake Roadhouse, $187.50 that will get paid back in one day.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 03:17 PM (g1DWB)

14 You think that's bad? They're remaking "Sharknado"!

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 03:17 PM (7zeA4)

15 It's time for Adam Sandler to do a Dirty Harry reboot

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:18 PM (Pr6hk)

16 Come on.... Two words.... Kelly Lynch....

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 25, 2013 03:18 PM (lZBBB)

17 Time for a remake of Eye of the Tiger.

Posted by: mr.feverhead at November 25, 2013 03:19 PM (6ahup)

18 It would be like choosing some trivial wrestling movie from 1938 They're remaking Racket Girls? Awesome.

Posted by: EnochF at November 25, 2013 03:20 PM (zJ7UQ)

19 Manimal would be a 'uge. Don't mock my childhood memories of awesomeness.

Posted by: california red at November 25, 2013 03:20 PM (7jrCM)

20 "Kelly Lynch" She didn't show anything in the film other than one scene shaking her booty getting drilled. Not worth watching when there were plenty of other booby flicks made in the 80s.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:20 PM (KCvsd)

21 How about Wes Anderson gets the Luke and Owen Wilson to do a reboot of The Sting

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:21 PM (Pr6hk)

22

Former co-worker of Mr. TiFW's  is the guy who wrote the book that  "Over the Top" is based on.

 

He also wrote the screenplay/book for "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" - a bunch of us went  to the premiere here in town; there were horses and cowboys  there for "scenery"  (not hard to find in these parts - they're all over the place).

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at November 25, 2013 03:21 PM (PZ6/M)

23 "Roadhouse!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOrk-stlRTI

Posted by: EP at November 25, 2013 03:21 PM (bSWzX)

24 I'm      remaking     'Bedknobs     and      Broomsticks'      but    the    setting  is     a    prison    and     the    cast    all    male.  Mmmm-mmmm-mmm.

Posted by: Tyler Perry at November 25, 2013 03:21 PM (/1ATA)

25 I like Roadhouse. It's no cinematic masterpiece by any means but it is a good popcorn movie.

Posted by: Shonuff at November 25, 2013 03:21 PM (gaxli)

26 Patrick Swayze can do no wrong in this household (except die).

Oddly when I told the wife, she seemed excited about the reboot, even though I tried to explain, Patrick Swayze will not be in it.

So you know. Those heartless studio execs aren't stupid. They sell to their customers. They don't give a shit about snark. They sell to their customers


Posted by: Mr Kook at November 25, 2013 03:22 PM (hemD9)

27 Remake every Russ Meyer film. Re-shoot Lifeforce with that blonde from Blurred Lines. Americanize "The Returned" (a non-silly suggestion, and Ace you should totally see the original since it's in French and you speak that non-Federalist language)

Posted by: CAC at November 25, 2013 03:22 PM (U1HQ+)

28 So where's that mega-million special effects palooza movie version of 'Pink Lady and Jeff' that I heard was tied up in development?  C'mon people, lets get that one onto the screen already! I can't believe it's taken this long as it is.

Posted by: Andrew X at November 25, 2013 03:23 PM (r/Dlx)

29 maybe they can get Chevy Chase to makes some more of those Fletch movies. Vacation, too. It will be nice to know that I'm not missing anything if I'm missing anything.
Hollywood had been suffering from creative bankruptcy for years.

Posted by: Mallfly at November 25, 2013 03:23 PM (bJm7W)

30

I have to think that remaking all the macho stuff from the 80s, but with a new multi-cultural appeal, and a lessening of the aggressive micro-traumatizing white male emphasis, will be good for humanity.

Conan was remade...this...Red Dawn.

This is Soviet stuff...but that's how it works.



Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Commissar at November 25, 2013 03:23 PM (HQml1)

31 Benghazi?  Loved him in Roadhouse

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at November 25, 2013 03:23 PM (Pr6hk)

32 I hear James Cameron just bought the rights to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 03:23 PM (lr3d7)

33 A remake of Smokey and the Bandit starring Ryan Reynolds and Mila Kunis Of course, drawing off Buford T. Justice in a Prius may not play as well.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2013 03:24 PM (DmNpO)

34 I know what we need. A ninja movie with ninjas from Ninja Warrior! Fighting on the Warped Wall!

Posted by: luagha at November 25, 2013 03:24 PM (rvNhV)

35 Sometimes you just gotta let it go, amigo hollywood.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 03:24 PM (gF7gm)

36 I Married Dora: The Movie

Who needs amnesty?

Posted by: Hollyweird at November 25, 2013 03:24 PM (xKK9v)

37 Very good friend of mine is involved in the next rendition of "Fletch." Suffice it to say that this project started in 2000 and it involved Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Smith. Mercifully, those two fuck-wits are out of the picture.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:24 PM (olDqf)

38 Roadhouse was awesome. I wanted to be Brad Westley when I was younger, and control a small town through extortion and fear.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 03:25 PM (JDIKC)

39 The new Robocop looks lame and coming soon,Logan's Run!

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 03:25 PM (zqvg6)

40 Nostalgic for Patrick Swayze and the simpler days when those movies were made, why yes, yes I am.     Do I have any desire to see any O-bot actor trying to pull off any of his cheesy characters from various movies - oh hell no. 

Posted by: palerider at November 25, 2013 03:25 PM (dkExz)

41 I totally had a thing for Jan Smithers.

Those super tight bluejeans did something for me.

WKRP baybee!

Posted by: Less Nessman at November 25, 2013 03:25 PM (nkPV9)

42 My big idea: "My Mother the Car, the Movie" It will be HUGE.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:25 PM (olDqf)

43 Hey, nobody has redone 'Brewster's Millions' in a long time

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:26 PM (Pr6hk)

44 I wanted to be Brad Westley when I was younger, and control a small town through extortion and fear.

I still do.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 03:26 PM (lr3d7)

45 I wouldn't get too worked up over the "coming soon" crap. Most of this stuff never gets made.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 03:26 PM (7zeA4)

46 How about a remake of Bonanza with the Jonas Bros playing the leads and, instead of the father raising the boys alone, it's a single mother. The mother will be played by Eva Longoria and instead of a ranch, they will run an organic veggie farm.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2013 03:27 PM (DmNpO)

47 A remake of the loose American Ninja trilogy?

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:27 PM (KCvsd)

48 Clearly time for a 'Wayne's World' reboot

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:27 PM (Pr6hk)

49 How many Hulk movies have we had recently?


Remember, The Player and Swimming With Sharks are documentaries. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 03:27 PM (Gk3SS)

50 They lost me when they cancelled My Mother the Car. Now, that was funny.

Posted by: VADM(Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at November 25, 2013 03:27 PM (O7OxF)

51 I think were ready for a remake of the remake of Bewitched by now.

Posted by: Hollyweird at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (xKK9v)

52 Mama's Family was funny. You take that back, Ace.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (kkbgQ)

53 Actually, I think missing thing for a remake is Swayze. Who's going to draw the women in for this?

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (7zeA4)

54 40 Posted by: Less Nessman at November 25, 2013 07:25 PM (nkPV9) Jan Smithers is out of show biz, by all accounts. Good for her. And I had a huge crush on her.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (olDqf)

55 Sequel Ideas:

Turk 183

The Motorcycle Kid: Shot Dead by Todd

Savage Streets II: A Box Full of Blood






Posted by: Mr Kook at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (hemD9)

56 Remember, The Player and Swimming With Sharks are documentaries. ** And a serious WTF? I was looking for a comedy movie and Swimming with Sharks was listed in the On-Demand guide for comedies.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (DmNpO)

57 I totally had a thing for Jan Smithers.
Those super tight bluejeans did something for me.
Posted by: Less Nessman

We all did, Less, we all did.

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (6TB1Z)

58 Reshoot Lifeforce with that blonde from Blurred Lines ----- There was a blonde in that video?!? Next you'll tell me there were dudes in it, too.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone but Likes The Blurred Lines Brunette at November 25, 2013 03:28 PM (lIDeP)

59 " I think were ready for a remake of the remake of Bewitched by now." They won't do that since the original Darren already was outed as teh Ghey.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:29 PM (KCvsd)

60 My sister and I used to watch Carol Burnett. It was generally hilarious, but those sketches made me cringe.

Posted by: fluffy at November 25, 2013 03:29 PM (Ua6T/)

61 Ok, this is my first post after at least a year of lurking. Roadhouse has some of the best REALITY based martial arts moves. 20 plus yrs cop 30 plus yrs various martial arts. I heart roadhouse.

Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 03:29 PM (hxVw8)

62 Clearly time for a 'Wayne's World' reboot *** Sure. Just sit back and let Jack Black have his hand at it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2013 03:29 PM (DmNpO)

63 btw, Jan Smithers was married to Mr. Barbara Streisand before he bailed in favor of being a kept man.  Way to trade up, dude. 

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 03:29 PM (6TB1Z)

64 How about a 'Cannonball Run' reboot with electric cars that die in the Mojave, and it turns into a horror story when they find Harry Reid's Cub Scout Bunker

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (Pr6hk)

65 Shit dying for a remake Megaforce, Attack Force Z, Ruckus, and The Park Is Mine.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (9jfyN)

66 Little known Hollywood fact.

In the spring of 82 a rep from Dow Chemical showed up on the set and repo'ed Loni Andersons boobs. Seems she had missed 6 payments in a row.

Sorry MP4 if I am trashing on your territory.


Posted by: Less Nessman at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (nkPV9)

67 I Hate Lucy. Starring Charlie Brown (sans Dildo)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (olDqf)

68 Wasn't Lemmonhead a professional arm wrestler? He was such a waste in Dextoer. Will never forget him playing air shotgun in The Shield.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (kkbgQ)

69 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2013 07:27 PM (DmNpO)

Brother Hoss will be cast as the green energy mechanic that tries to keep the windmills producing enough power to keep the  lights on.

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicare and DMV Administraitor) at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (XdnQT)

70 ...be nice...until its time to not be nice.

Best line of the movie.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (Xlbr8)

71 DeusRx-- That's true, except for that last silly scene where Swayze rips the guy's throat out. Worst form ever.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (7zeA4)

72 A remake of Turk 182 would be some fuckwit emo-hipster Obamabot douchebag hacker sticking it to a Richard Nixon style cartoon Republican in NYC. BOOOOORING!

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (KCvsd)

73 I think they need to remake Death Wish.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:30 PM (kkbgQ)

74 Swayze nostalgia. For 80s cheese Road House wasn't bad. Sam Elliot was kinda cool in it.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (dvRYt)

75 Someone said this years ago. (Decades)


"There is not an original idea left in Hollywood.  "

Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (XnALK)

76 Roadhouse was awesome.

I wanted to be Brad Westley when I was younger, and control a small town through extortion and fear. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 07:25 PM (JDIKC)


Great.   Now I want to watch Diggstown.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (Gk3SS)

77 I didn't hate Roadhouse.  But I hate to think about them pissing upon it's *COUGH* good name with a remake, which given past experience, will somehow manage to be even more shitty.

Posted by: davem at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (wmzCM)

78 I used to work for Al Ruddy and the last I heard he was trying to set up "Hogan's Heroes" as a movie. He made millions off the syndication rights on that show, and could've made millions more had he not sold it off the way he did.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (olDqf)

79

"Leonard: Part  Six"  was  only  the   beginning.   Parts  One   through  Five are  coming  soon.   Hey,hey,hey!

Posted by: Bill Cosby at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (/1ATA)

80 I think they need a Godfather remake.  One that does not insist upon itself.

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (6TB1Z)

81 48 AlexTheChick, Swimming with sharks is a how to manual...

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:31 PM (9jfyN)

82 Animal House reboot where the fraternity is replace by lacrosse players

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:32 PM (Pr6hk)

83 Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 07:29 PM (hxVw

Welcome to the club!

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicare and DMV Administraitor) at November 25, 2013 03:32 PM (XdnQT)

84 Next up, the big screen versions of "The Baileys of Balboa", O.K. Crackerby" and "I Married Joan".

That last one could actually work with a zombie Joan Crawford playing the title role.


Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at November 25, 2013 03:32 PM (g4GX8)

85 I liked Roadhouse a helluva lot more than Red Dawn, which the latter seems to earn a lot of nostalgia points around here.
 
But I don't want to see the remade Dawn, as they PCed out and changed the invaders from Chinese to Norks?!??!! The only way the Norks would be dangerous in the US is if they invaded a Chinese buffet. There, I'm sure they could do a lot of damage.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 25, 2013 03:32 PM (wNF3N)

86 Space: 1999.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:32 PM (olDqf)

87 Uncle Henry (Mobile, AL radio host ) expressed some amazement that Gilligan's Island hasn't been remade. Is kind of odd given how often it has been referenced in pop culture in the last 45+ years.

Posted by: Baldy at November 25, 2013 03:33 PM (2bql3)

88 I blame the watered-down, politically correct, no original thought to be found among them hipster post-modernist douchebags for lacking the virtues to make anything original and successful by themselves... and the hordes of mindless offspring of mindless offspring who hand over their money to see polished turd after polished turd.

Posted by: weew at November 25, 2013 03:33 PM (0tmLY)

89 And it could be worse ace. From what I hear nobody is considering a remake of Red Sonja. Yet.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 25, 2013 03:33 PM (dvRYt)

90 If only Abe Vigoda were still alive, we could make a movie version of Barney Miller.

Posted by: Hollyweird at November 25, 2013 03:33 PM (xKK9v)

91 Remake that Tom Cruise thing with the bar and bottle flipping...

COCKTAIL 2

Boxoffice GOLD baby

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (Xlbr8)

92 I want a F Troop movie.

Posted by: Cpl R. Agarn at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (nkPV9)

93 Being John Malkovich, with Malkovich replaced with Obama, played by Eddy Murphy.

Posted by: davem at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (wmzCM)

94 I always liked Roadhouse.  It doesn't pretend to be anything but a cheesy action flick, and some of the dialogue is a HOOT, i.e....... http://tinyurl.com/khjogrp

Posted by: Reggie1971 at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (S11Oq)

95 I'm thinking CHUD, or anything from Golan Globus, aka the Bagel Boys or The Bad News JewsÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (olDqf)

96 Movies that NEVER should be re-made:

1. Red Dawn
2. Roadhouse
3. Smokey and the Bandit
4.  Ferris Beuhler
5.  Cannonball Run
6.  The Searchers
7.  Kelley's Heroes

You can't possibly re-make 'campiness'.  Not possible.  Hence, you will never ever match the original...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (Ss56U)

97 Diggstown was a great long con movie that could have been done just a wee bit better. I'd like to see a remake of that. James Woods was fucking awesome Gabriel Caine: He's bigger than you are. He's tougher. He's faster. He's younger thant you are. He hasn't fought 22 rounds today, but remember this... you are BLACK! Honey Roy Palmer: What the hell is that supposed to mean? Gabriel Caine: I don't know. I mean it's... I'm trying to inspire you. It's a Roots kinda thing. It's a motivation thing. Honey Roy Palmer: Well, you're shit at motivation.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (JDIKC)

98
Americanize "The Returned" (a non-silly suggestion, and Ace you should totally see the original since it's in French and you speak that non-Federalist language)

Posted by: CAC at November 25, 2013 07:22 PM (U1HQ+)



I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of many French films.  I would have to say that in general, I like them more than American movies.  They tend to be more cerebral, and less mindless explosions and shit.

Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 03:34 PM (XnALK)

99 90 I want a F Troop movie. Posted by: Cpl R. Agarn at November 25, 2013 07:34 PM (nkPV9) Joe Biden as Agarn. "Who says I'm dumb?!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:35 PM (olDqf)

100 84 JJ Sefton, Space 1899 the prequel.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:35 PM (9jfyN)

101 I dare them to try to remake "Blazing Saddles."  I double-dog dare them.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at November 25, 2013 03:35 PM (DMtT+)

102
"[Roadhouse is] a piece of crap movie"




Don't worry. HBO's Girls returns on Jan 14th, so you're all set for your TV night.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2013 03:35 PM (kdS6q)

103 Speaking of Smokey and the Bandit,the guys from Fast and Loud are doing a show on it with Burt Reynolds.Man,does he look bad.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 03:36 PM (zqvg6)

104 Miss Hathaway -- gay or not?

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:36 PM (kkbgQ)

105 Don Rickles:  "make him a deal-deal" (referring to the German tank commander).

*boom* bank doors get blown open

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 03:36 PM (Xlbr8)

106 I bought "Roadhouse". It was awesome for the first 30 minutes or so where Swayze is laying down the law. When they brought in the villain, who was basically Meyer Lansky, the movie collapsed faster than Fulgencio Batista.

Because if there's one place the Chicago mob really wants as an international money-maker, it's fucking Jasper, Texas.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 03:36 PM (Nsoq9)

107 I don't have the link handy, but Lynch did an interview where she said Bill Murray - and sometimes one of his brothers - call Lynch's husband (he directed the movie and several movies with Bill Murray) EVERY TIME it's on, right during the sex scene, telling him that Patrick is laying some serious wood on his wife.

She says they do it every time.  Once, Bill Murray called from Russia.

I'd provide a hyperlink but only one 'puter is working and others are clamoring for their access.

Google it and enjoy.

Posted by: MacGruber at November 25, 2013 03:36 PM (JOD5b)

108 Let me know when they remake THE BOATNIKS.

Posted by: soothsayer is connectin the dots at November 25, 2013 03:36 PM (39q3n)

109 Fuck HBO that is all.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (ad0Ft)

110 Ok, this is my first post after at least a year of lurking. Roadhouse has some of the best REALITY based martial arts moves. 20 plus yrs cop 30 plus yrs various martial arts. I heart roadhouse. Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 07:29 PM (hxVw


Bannion!  For to be fetching the welcome basket.   No, not that one, the other non-smallpoxed one. 


Roadhouse is just fun.   You want to know why Vin Diesel has himself a nice little Fed level printing press going with the Fast and Furious movies?   Because they're just ridiculous fun.  

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (Gk3SS)

111 I think they need to remake Death Wish.

Give the new mayor of NYC a couple of years first, just to set the mood.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (lr3d7)

112 Space 1899 would end up being steam punk with space locomotives.

...

proceed.

Posted by: davem at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (wmzCM)

113 Just pop a camera into The White House ... ... Choom and Mooch: Nice Dreams.

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (6/+vz)

114 95 He looks kinda mad. Did you tell him he was black too?

Posted by: Louis Gossett Jr at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (dvRYt)

115 >>But I don't want to see the remade Dawn, as they PCed out and changed the invaders from Chinese to Norks?!??! The invaders in the original weren't Chinese, they were Rooskies and their fellow comrades from Cuba.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (g1DWB)

116 Also happening: A remake of Annie. It was going to star Will Smith's daughter, but she was replaced with the little girl who was nominated for an Oscar last year and has a ridiculous name.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (lIDeP)

117 Brother Hoss will be cast as the green energy mechanic that tries to keep the windmills producing enough power to keep the lights on. *** Played by Kevin James.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2013 03:37 PM (DmNpO)

118 Brotherhood of the Wolf was pretty good.Of course they had to get some crap in their about giving the Indians Smallpox.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 03:38 PM (zqvg6)

119 Big Trouble In Little China

Posted by: manometer at November 25, 2013 03:38 PM (vjrgd)

120 I love Roadhouse...

...for all the same reasons the folks at Mystery Science Theater loved it.

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 03:38 PM (xuuOd)

121 'Rockford  Files'   movie.   I  got  the   car.

Posted by: Stuart Margolin at November 25, 2013 03:38 PM (/1ATA)

122 I have a male friend who watches Roadhouse every time he finds it on TV. Un-ironically. It's stupid fun, like Big Trouble in Little China (my weakness).

Also, Kelly Lynch mentioned in an excellent interview that the Murray brothers (Bill, Brian Doyle, etc.) leave messages on her husbands voicemail every time they see it on tv as a joke "I saw your wife naked!!!" Silly.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 03:38 PM (JRmiD)

123 re the remake of Weird Science: "This film will attempt to carve out its own identity by being redrawn as an edgier comedy"

You want edgy?  Remake it with Kelly LeBrock 2013.

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 03:38 PM (6TB1Z)

124 Screw you and your elitist tendencies ace. A lot of people want to find out what happened to Tinker after the stuffed polar bear fell on him, so I hope this remake delves into some of the unanswered questions left by the original.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at November 25, 2013 03:38 PM (+lsX1)

125 110 DaveM, Hell on boosters But yeah space western for the win.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (9jfyN)

126
Any movie with Ben Gazzara is terrible.

It's a Patrick Swayze movie, so I've watched it. Not that I'm a big Swayze fan. It's a classic bad movie.

You can't remake a classic bad movie. It has its special chemistry. Could you imagine a remake of Joe Dirt?

They're nuts. That's why I haven't gone to a movie in years.

Posted by: Ed Anger at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (tOkJB)

127 I'm not really saying Roadhouse was bad. Okay, I did say that. But what I meant was: It's obviously a b-movie. Further, it's not even a good b-movie. It's a formulaic Mean Guy Owns the Town b-movie. Plus, it really wasn't that successful. I think it was released in like February, which is when Hollywood releases movies not expected to do well. Because the weather's so bad. And it's easy to be #1 in that time period, because there's no competition. and even if you are #1, it doesn't mean much, because ticket sales are pretty low. It's not that it's *awful* but for crying out loud, what WON'T be remade if Roadhouse clears the "we can remake this" bar?

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (/FnUH)

128

I sure hope they don't try to remake The Blues Brothers.

 

Blues Brothers 2000 was bad enough.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (S11Oq)

129 Miss Hathaway -- gay or not?

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 07:36 PM (kkbgQ)



Anne Hathaway?

Straight, but insecure enough to go down on another woman if her boyfriend asks.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (lr3d7)

130 Reboot of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' with Sean Penn in the role of Mr. Hand

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (Pr6hk)

131 <<Time for a remake of Eye of the Tiger.>>

Only with the original cast...there is no teamup like Busey/Koto.

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (xuuOd)

132 117 Big Trouble In Little China Posted by: manometer at November 25, 2013 07:38 PM (vjrgd) Jack Burton says....

Posted by: Jack Burton at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (lZBBB)

133 Oh, I will be wicked pissed if they remake Big Trouble in Little China.

Kurt Russell rules.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (JRmiD)

134 OTOH, a remake of "Manos, Hands of Fate" may not be a bad thing.

Posted by: weew at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (0tmLY)

135 Just saw your Diggstown comment, AtC. I bet the Venn diagram of our movie collections is damn near a clean circle.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 03:39 PM (JDIKC)

136 Attack Force Z is awesome. I so wanted one of those guns with the huge silencers.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (oFCZn)

137 Weird Science? You know, I'm not a fan of any remakes. (Get off my lawn, ya little punks!) But Weird Science is starting to getting into sacred cow territory for me. I'll be praying for Zombie John Hughes to come and eat the brains of these.... Oh.... These current Hollywood types don't have brains.... Never mind. Oh, and remaking Roadhouse just shows how bankrupt the Hollywood Idea Vault has become. No one is creative, and the studios are scared that someone might try to get that way. Screw 'em. I'll live off the larder of old movies.

Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (Jzrec)

138 You want to see a weird movie? There's one with James Woods & IIRC, Leslie Anne Warren (?) as a feminist author or something. Very odd murder mystery with weird sexual posings of the dead bodies. Of course, I watched it with my mom ;( Helps explain why I ended up as damaged as I did/.

Posted by: Baldy at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (2bql3)

139 I reckon they'll remake COOL HAND LUKE soon too.

Posted by: soothsayer is connectin the dots at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (+oin+)

140 130 Who?

Posted by: Lo Pan at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (0tmLY)

141 Please no Hello Larry remakes. The first one was painful enough.

Posted by: LtC H. Blake at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (nkPV9)

142 <<I think Over the Top was very underrated.>>

I see what you did there.

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (xuuOd)

143 98 84 JJ Sefton, Space 1899 the prequel. Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 07:35 PM (9jfyN) That would be like a Georges Meliere silent film.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:40 PM (olDqf)

144 Posted by: Ed Anger at November 25, 2013 07:39 PM (tOkJB) Steel Justice....

Posted by: I rest my case... at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (lZBBB)

145 As I think about it ... that scene where they collect the shotguns as Tinker makes his classic quote might have been the inspiration for Operation Fast and Furious.

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (6/+vz)

146 I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of many French films. I would have to say that in general, I like them more than American movies. They tend to be more cerebral, and less mindless explosions and shit.
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 07:34 PM (XnALK)


*clutches District B13 to bosoms*


You take that back!



Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (Gk3SS)

147 127 Miss Hathaway -- gay or not? Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 07:36 PM (kkbgQ) Anne Hathaway? Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 07:39 PM (lr3d7) No! Miss Jane Hathaway.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (kkbgQ)

148 The invaders in the original weren't Chinese, they were Rooskies and their fellow comrades from Cuba.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 07:37 PM (g1DWB)



The remake originally planned to use the Chinese, but then they changed it to the Norks.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (lr3d7)

149 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (olDqf)

150 I reckon they'll remake COOL HAND LUKE soon too.

Posted by: soothsayer is connectin the dots at November 25, 2013 07:40 PM (+oin+)

 

Leave it alone

Posted by: The Jackhole at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (nTgAI)

151
But I don't want to see the remade Dawn, as they PCed out and changed the invaders from Chinese to Norks?!??!! The only way the Norks would be dangerous in the US is if they invaded a Chinese buffet. There, I'm sure they could do a lot of damage.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 25, 2013 07:32 PM (wNF3N)


The Nork decision was strictly a money thing.  They wanted to sell tickets in China too.  Chinese invaders would have made a lot more sense (and was the original plan) but it would have been a monetary hit had they done so. 


Still, the movie was a lot better than I had assumed it would be.  I advise you to see it anyway.   (Norks have a secret Weapon that supposedly makes it possible, but not really.)

Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (XnALK)

152

 

Krull.. that's about Hollywood's speed

Posted by: The Jackhole at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (nTgAI)

153 <<It's not that it's *awful* but for crying out loud, what WON'T be remade if Roadhouse clears the "we can remake this" bar? >>

I'm hoping for the Leonard Part 7 I've been waiting so long for...

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 03:41 PM (xuuOd)

154 Ace, I don't think they ever actually made wrestling movies. I think that was a joke in a Coen brothers movie.

Posted by: Pastorius at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (gMAUH)

155 Just wait for the all gay remake of The Breakfast Club.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (lr3d7)

156 >>>Just saw your Diggstown comment, AtC. I bet the Venn diagram of our movie collections is damn near a clean circle. Diggstown is awesome. I watch it every time I cross it on cable, which is like every five or six months.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (/FnUH)

157 125 Ace, Every movie in the genre is good folk are tormented by thugs on ponies who are defended by a guy...on a pony...reformed perhaps but on a pony naytheless.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (9jfyN)

158 Kelly Lynch interview - she sounds fun:http://preview.tinyurl.com/9p4s6rz

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (JRmiD)

159 <<The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.>>

Yes, but not a remake...the promised sequel: Buckaroo Banzai Vs. The World Crime League!

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (xuuOd)

160 The invaders in the original weren't Chinese

That's not what he meant. He meant that the remake was going to have them as Chinese, being the only nation on Earth who might actually have a chance at pulling off an invasion here (provided they EMP us first I guess). But the thugs in charge over the Pacific demanded the script change.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (Nsoq9)

161 Justin Bieber in the Jeff Healy part, I volunteer to gouge his eyes out.

In other news, I failed to heed ace's warning and watched Man of Steel last night. Man was that bad.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (IV4od)

162 Roadhouse is on my very guilty pleasure list...Its sad I realize but its so bad, its good. Also, it has Jeff Healy (RIP) rocking the guitar on his lap... Also, the WKRP Jennifer vs. Bailey dilemma is the eternal Ginger vs. MaryAnn question of the 70's

Posted by: Tony253 at November 25, 2013 03:42 PM (3yMFT)

163 You're all overlooking the obvious, the movie that cries out for a remake. 
Zardoz 2013!

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (6TB1Z)

164 Anthony Michael Hall was a tour de force in Weird Science.

Posted by: Suicide Booths, Inc. at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (MMC8r)

165 124 -- whoa, Whoa, WHOA! there, big fella Mr. Gazzara played Jackie Treehorn in a little cinematic masterpiece called The Big Lebowski! Refuting your thesis and casting shame upon your ancestors.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (7zeA4)

166 I've always wanted to see a remake of Private School but with Phoebe Cates playing every role.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (+lsX1)

167 >>>Ace, I don't think they ever actually made wrestling movies. I think that was a joke in a Coen brothers movie. i think they did. I know, around that time, wrestling *stories* were a big genre. Robert E. Howard used to churn them out.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (/FnUH)

168 It's not that it's *awful* but for crying out loud, what WON'T be remade if Roadhouse clears the "we can remake this" bar? Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 07:39 PM (/FnUH) ----------------- I don't know, but if I was a producer, I'd be pushing a gritty reboot of "My Left Foot" like chocolate-dipped crack. Dig it: Each toe is a Different. Weapon.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (JDIKC)

169 A 2017 reboot of 'Any Which Way But Loose' starring the ex-presnit and Mooch

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (Pr6hk)

170 Sissy   Spaceck,  Lee   Marvin   and   I  star   in   super - cheesy  'Prime  Cut'.  I'll   kick  the   ass   of   anyone  who  thinks  of   doing   a   remake!

Posted by: Gene Hackman at November 25, 2013 03:43 PM (/1ATA)

171 Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius at November 25, 2013 07:40 PM (Jzrec) And yet... there are still many many classic Sci Fi books out there that have never been done... Starship Troopers (with Powered Armor this time)... Dorsai? Hammers Slammers? Hell... Honor Harrington?

Posted by: I rest my case... at November 25, 2013 03:44 PM (lZBBB)

172

Barrel.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 03:44 PM (lr3d7)

173 If they tried to remake North by Northwest in the modern era, nothing at all would make sense, and an angry mob of Hitchcock fans would storm the studio with torches.

Posted by: davem at November 25, 2013 03:44 PM (wmzCM)

174 <<Big Trouble In Little China>>

You can't remake perfection.

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 03:44 PM (xuuOd)

175 >>>Every movie in the genre is good folk are tormented by thugs on ponies who are defended by a guy...on a pony...reformed perhaps but on a pony naytheless. sure, but... I remember Roadhouse being sort of obvious about it. "Hey, here's a bad guy now for the hero to kill."

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:44 PM (/FnUH)

176 We're planning on a Hello Larry! remake but we're calling it Hello, Barry! About an ex-president whose wife leaves him and he moves to Portland to work in a radio station and he takes care of his two daughters.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 25, 2013 03:44 PM (oFCZn)

177 How about a remake of "Tommy Boy".

*runs*

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 03:44 PM (Nsoq9)

178 Diggstown is awesome. I watch it every time I cross it on cable, which is like every five or six months.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 07:42 PM (/FnUH)


It's in rotation right now on one of the movie channels so I've seen it probably four or five times in the last few weeks.


The Master is in heavy rotation on Showtime right now.   Every single time I see the listing on the guide I laugh and laugh and laugh.



Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 03:45 PM (Gk3SS)

179 District B-13.
Love that movie. Love both lead dudes.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 03:45 PM (JRmiD)

180 Yeah, a remake of North by Northwest but with Phoebe Cates.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at November 25, 2013 03:45 PM (+lsX1)

181 100 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix Thank you for saying that. I didn't have the stones to. True story that no one will care about: Went to work in New Orleans a few years back with a good friend (another Roadhouse/kitsch fan). One night, we ended up going for dinner at a local joint where you order at one window, wait, then pick-up at another. They just ask your name. Buddy tells the "Dalton." Trying not to giggle like a schoolgirl, I said "Wade. Waxe Garrett." "We just need your first name, Wade." When it came time to pick-up my jambalaya, the kid (younger than the movie) says, in a great Sam Elliot voice "Sometimes you just gotta let it go, amigo." That movie has a lot of appeal to a broad audience. And some dudes, too.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 03:45 PM (gF7gm)

182 >>>I don't know, but if I was a producer, I'd be pushing a gritty reboot of "My Left Foot" like chocolate-dipped crack. Dig it: Each toe is a Different. Weapon. like in Enter the Dragon, where he had different Weapon Plugs for each toe?

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:45 PM (/FnUH)

183 I've always wanted to see a remake of Private School but with Phoebe Cates playing every role. You'd get rid of Betsy Russell? WTF? That's crazy talk.

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 03:45 PM (MMC8r)

184 only place you're imperatin' is the barrel, fool

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 03:45 PM (Nsoq9)

185 I always liked Lesly Anne Warren in Choose Me. A weird love/sex/comedy with Keith Carradine and Genejieve Bujold. I don't think it has held up over time, tho. But it had Luthur Vandross and Teddy Pendergrass singing the score.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:46 PM (kkbgQ)

186 I try to watch a Man of Steel EVERY night.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 25, 2013 03:46 PM (6/+vz)

187 TFG stars in the reboot of Used Cars
 
If you like your car, you can keep your car.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 25, 2013 03:46 PM (wNF3N)

188 Tight jeans vs repo'ed boobs??

Might as well do a Differnt Strokes remake to entertain you while you are pondering that descion

Posted by: Less Nessman (redux) at November 25, 2013 03:46 PM (nkPV9)

189 I got it.

A remake of Stop or My Mom Will Shoot, where the mom is a right wing climate of hate indoctrinated Tea Partier.

Posted by: Hollyweird at November 25, 2013 03:46 PM (xKK9v)

190 I'd remake 'Career Opportunities,' but the only change would be me in the lead as the loser who gets to rollerskate through Target with Jennifer Connelly in a tight white top.

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 03:46 PM (MMC8r)

191 Bad movie that I like = The 5th Element

Posted by: The Jackhole at November 25, 2013 03:46 PM (nTgAI)

192 Also, the WKRP Jennifer vs. Bailey dilemma is the eternal Ginger vs. MaryAnn question of the 70's

No, there really isn't any dilemma.  I've honestly never met anyone who thought Loni Anderson was hot.  She was injection molded plastic. 

I'll bet you're a Ginger fan too.

**sneers dismissively**

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 03:47 PM (6TB1Z)

193 I  plan  to   remake  'Logjammin'.

Posted by: Jackie Treehorn at November 25, 2013 03:47 PM (/1ATA)

194 'Cabin Boy' All Lesbian.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 25, 2013 03:47 PM (vHRtU)

195 Remo Williams The Adventure Begins

Posted by: manometer at November 25, 2013 03:47 PM (vjrgd)

196
*clutches District B13 to bosoms*


You take that back!



Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 07:41 PM (Gk3SS)



Haven't seen it.  Perhaps I should reappraise the French after viewing it. 



Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 03:47 PM (XnALK)

197 One word: The Incredible Mr. Limpet.

Posted by: jakeman at November 25, 2013 03:47 PM (zHXv8)

198

They need to remake The Dark Crystal.

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 03:47 PM (GjprN)

199 EoJ-Barrel

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicare and DMV Administraitor) at November 25, 2013 03:48 PM (XdnQT)

200 "I used to fuck guys like you in prison."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 25, 2013 03:48 PM (oJ5Fd)

201 BJ and The Bear Snow White 7 Lady Truckers


Slim Pickens, Bill McKinney and Andre the Giant.  How did I miss this?

Note to Hollywood they're all dead to so no need to rehire.

Posted by: The McWeakShit Brothers[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 03:48 PM (DL2i+)

202 Honestly, one movie they COULD remake pretty well is 'Car Wash.' Ensemble cast you can fill with knowns and unknowns, open storyline, ethnic appeal, etc., etc., etc.

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 03:48 PM (MMC8r)

203 Posted by: I rest my case... at November 25, 2013 07:44 PM (lZBBB) That's certainly true. But would you trust modern-day Hollywood to produce films based on those great sci-fi works of old without utterly befouling and ruining them? I know I don't.

Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius at November 25, 2013 03:48 PM (Jzrec)

204 183 Francois Villon, Genevieve Bujod....three thumbs up

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:48 PM (9jfyN)

205 Movies that NEVER should be re-made: ALIEN You know how BADLY Hollywood would fuck that up today,

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:48 PM (KCvsd)

206 Ace: Tell me -- am I going to like Person of Interest season 3 without seeing seasons 1 & 2?

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:49 PM (kkbgQ)

207 Shit now I want to watch Zero Effect and it's not streaming on Netflix or Prime (Prrrriiiiiiimmmmmeeee).


District B-13.
Love that movie. Love both lead dudes.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 07:45 PM (JRmiD)


I love that the French decide that the solution to their wee immigrant problem is to wall them off and then nuke them.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 03:49 PM (Gk3SS)

208 Given the current economic climate, we're about ready for reboots of

'Emperor of the North'
'The Grapes of Wrath'
'They Shoot Horses Don't They'

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:49 PM (Pr6hk)

209 Convoy could be a good remake.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:49 PM (KCvsd)

210 More Alien Nation?  I sort of like the notion of aliens where neither side puts much effort into killing the other.

Posted by: davem at November 25, 2013 03:49 PM (wmzCM)

211 At least they won't remake the good movies, like Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.

Posted by: jarhall40@gmail.con at November 25, 2013 03:50 PM (VjL9S)

212 Possible choices for Kelly Lynch's role: -various blondes from the CW network

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 03:50 PM (doBIb)

213

This is why porn is better than cinema.

In porn you just make the same movie 100 or so times.

I don't even know what number 'Beaver Hunt' they're on right now!?

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 03:50 PM (GjprN)

214 .for all the same reasons the folks at Mystery Science Theater loved it.

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 07:38 PM (xuuOd)



Mitchell II: The Devouring

Manos: The Hands of Fate II: The Explanation

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 25, 2013 03:50 PM (JivuR)

215 You don't understand. I'm not locked in the barrel. The barrel's locked in with ME. ***removes pants***

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 03:50 PM (JDIKC)

216 Ace they made the effing Smurfs into a movie.  and Bewitched.   The bar on recycling old ideas in Hollyweird was already flat on the ground. 


But can you imagine the movie now? with Hollywood themes? --the bouncer will learn that the Roadhouse owner is really the villain,  depriving the town's police and fire department retirees of their pensions because too greedy to be willing to pay the taxes --and he doesn't provide health insurance either.  Sam Elliot's character dies of cancer because of the greedy capitalist and in the end the new bouncer must take him down so that the town can buy the business themselves and run it for the greater good. 

Posted by: palerider at November 25, 2013 03:50 PM (dkExz)

217 >>>Ace: Tell me -- am I going to like Person of Interest season 3 without seeing seasons 1 & 2? yeah. Just read Wikipedia for the basic backstory. I have a partial post in draft explaining the backstory, but I kind of think Wikipedia is just fine. I dont' knwo what I'm adding.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (/FnUH)

218 I think we're in a JJ Abrams reboot of "Enemy at the Gates" right now.

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (6/+vz)

219 How about a remake of the "one and a quarter million dollar man"?

That would be cool.

Posted by: S. Austin at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (nkPV9)

220     I'm actually amazed that a remake of "Blue Thunder" hasn't been trotted out yet.  That movie (with a nice assist from "Airwolf") convinced me that it was absolutely crucial that I fly helicopters for a living.  Which I did, and yes, I will name my son after Roy Schneider, if I ever have one.

   Who says cheesy movies (and tv shows) don't serve a higher purpose?

Posted by: Pave Low John at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (mhmeG)

221 203 Ridley Scott would fuck it up today,and oh,he's doing a Blade Runner sequel.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (zqvg6)

222 Ace: Tell me -- am I going to like Person of Interest season 3 without seeing seasons 1 & 2? I'm not Ace, but you really want to see the first two seasons to fully enjoy the 3rd. Similarly to LOST the earlier seasons provide a lot of depth to the characters which you'll miss out on if you jump right into the current season.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (KCvsd)

223 Barry White, Luther Vandross, and Teddy Pendergrass all died in their 50s. Apparently, theirs was a dangerous musical genre.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (kkbgQ)

224 OMG - Loved Zero Effect. Much darker than the knock-ff Monk.
Bill Pulman was great.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 03:51 PM (JRmiD)

225 MITCHEL!

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 03:52 PM (GjprN)

226 >>One word: The Incredible Mr. Limpet. Ha. I was just thinking of that one.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 03:52 PM (g1DWB)

227 Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 07:48 PM (MMC8r)

Strange to say, I think you are spot on.  Car Wash could be remade and be a pretty good flick.  I cannot remember why I ever started to watched it in the first place, but thought it (the original) was pretty good.

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicare and DMV Administraitor) at November 25, 2013 03:52 PM (XdnQT)

228 173 Ace, Yeah only thing missing was a literal "go get em boy".... Ah the 80s a simpler, yet more creative time...it isnot like they were remaking Plan9 from Outer Space and Panic in Year Zero non stop....

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:52 PM (9jfyN)

229 Bronco Billy, with Russell Crowe as Billy and Gwyneth Paltrow in the Sondre Locke role.  Something to make her look a little more down to earth.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at November 25, 2013 03:52 PM (S11Oq)

230 You pick up Person of Interest fast. The Machine is now sentient. That's the major "backstory" part you need. IT was probably always sentient, but the Hacker/Sociopath "Root" began talking to it like a child (and subsequently worshipping it like a Goddess), and it began showing itself to be sentient/fully artificially intelligent. That's the Science Fiction plotline that pops up in between more straightforward detective/action plots.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:52 PM (/FnUH)

231

remake Mother, Juggs, and Speed.  or Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 25, 2013 03:52 PM (BAS5M)

232 I'm not Ace, but you really want to see the first two seasons to fully enjoy the 3rd. Similarly to LOST the earlier seasons provide a lot of depth to the characters which you'll miss out on if you jump right into the current season. Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 07:51 PM (KCvsd) Thanks.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 03:53 PM (kkbgQ)

233 Other movies that should never be remade: Any Which Way But Loose Convoy The Golden Child Rad Moon Over Paradour Toy Soldiers

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 25, 2013 03:53 PM (sByIH)

234 213 Empire of Jeff, Someone cue up the Barry White baby

Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 03:53 PM (9jfyN)

235 Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 07:51 PM (KCvsd)

Second that recommendation.  There are too much layered "back-stories" in PoI that help you to appreciate the characters.

Posted by: Hrothgar (Medicare and DMV Administraitor) at November 25, 2013 03:53 PM (XdnQT)

236 There's a whole stable of Police Academy movies just waiting to be resurrected from the crypt

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 03:53 PM (aTXUx)

237 And one of the best shit moves ever...."Eat And Run" watch it if you dare. With Murray Creature.

Posted by: manometer at November 25, 2013 03:53 PM (vjrgd)

238 Rebooting 'Hudson Hawk' would take balls, but someone will eventually do it.

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:54 PM (Pr6hk)

239 >>>I'm not Ace, but you really want to see the first two seasons to fully enjoy the 3rd. Similarly to LOST the earlier seasons provide a lot of depth to the characters which you'll miss out on if you jump right into the current season. but not necessary. Most of the show is episodic, Crime of the Week. There are backstory strands about The Machine, now revealed to be, as was suspected, a fully intelligent, sentient, willed being. "God was born in lower Manhattan on October 27th, 2002," The Machine's high priestess Root says about it.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 03:54 PM (/FnUH)

240 190 I'll bet you're a Ginger fan too. **sneers dismissively** MaryAnn and Bailey without question...Although, no need to get pissy...

Posted by: Tony253 at November 25, 2013 03:54 PM (3yMFT)

241 The people who don't take Roadhouse seriously are the same sort of people who don't understand the genius of Zardoz.

Posted by: Duran Duran at November 25, 2013 03:54 PM (KLy64)

242

The Groove Tube

 

Kentucky Fried Movie

Posted by: Reggie1971 at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (S11Oq)

243 IMDB's description: A tough bouncer is hired to tame a dirty bar. Perhaps, if they changed it up a bit to be more realistic: Community Organizer is hired to tarnish the White House.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (IXrOn)

244 193 Remo Williams The Adventure Begins

Posted by: manometer at November 25, 2013 07:47 PM (vjrgd)



Loved Remo Williams.  Wished they had made a sequel. He applied the 11th comandment.


"Thou shalt not get away with it. "

Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (XnALK)

245 Dragnet (the movie) screaming for a reboot

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (Pr6hk)

246 >>Ridley Scott would fuck it up today,and oh,he's doing a Blade Runner sequel. Nobody should ever do a remake of Blade Runner. No way it could ever be anything but worse. Rutger Hauers's death scene is perfect.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (g1DWB)

247 Evening, all.  *I be tired*

And what the fuck is up with the videos popping up on my lower right screen?  Be gone!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (lVPtV)

248 De  Niro   sucked   so    I'm     remaking    'Taxi    Driver'.    I   AM   Travis.

Posted by: Jodie Foster at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (/1ATA)

249 #195

Jim Carrey was supposedly doing that one but it hasn't been mentioned in a few years.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (bPxS6)

250 >>I love that the French decide that the solution to their wee immigrant problem is to wall them off and then nuke them.

Heh. And steal all of the drug kingpin's money first. Those French!

Loved how they set up every tired movie cliche, such as the cop pretends to be a fellow felon, and then immediately did a 180.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (JRmiD)

251 Hahaha!  Rad. Now, I'm singing Send Me an Angel.  They'd remake it now with the Xtreme Games.

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (HsJeN)

252 re 94: "Red Dawn" really needs to be remade showing how the progressive forces in America save the country after it's taken over by Tyrannical Ted Cruz and the Terrorizing Tea Party People. I am especially looking forward to the scenes in which the progressives learn how to fire a shotgun:  http://tinyurl.com/a76x6n7

Posted by: Mallfly at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (bJm7W)

253 Rumor has it that Last Vegas was a test to see how audiences would like DeNiro, Williams, Douglas, and Freeman in a remake of Cocoon

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (aTXUx)

254 Saved By the Bell: Blood in the Water

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 25, 2013 03:55 PM (oFCZn)

255 <<Mitchell II: The DevouringManos: The Hands of Fate II: The Explanation>>

Greenlight that ASAP!

Posted by: SGT. York at November 25, 2013 03:56 PM (xuuOd)

256 In the remake of Rain Man, Tom Cruise finds out his father left all the money to his autistic Scientologist brother

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 03:56 PM (aTXUx)

257 I honestly never saw this movie. I've never been a huge fan of Swayze - but, maybe he was a bit before my time.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 03:56 PM (IXrOn)

258 This weekend, watched Man of Steel and the Red Dawn remakes- gawd did those suck.  MoS was nothing but a hipster wet dream.  Lois Lane was more 'super' than that Super-wuss.  Hollywood has no idea what Superman or even Captain America is really all about.

Red Dawn remake?  Substitute France for the NorKs and it MIGHT have been believable.  Or made sense.  Nowhere near the level of the original.  No wonder it took sooo long to get the re-make completed (like, 2 years of filming??)

Posted by: Mr Wolf at November 25, 2013 03:56 PM (Ss56U)

259 Will someone reboot Costner's 'Waterworld' and 'The Postman'


If Val-jar has her way, there will be a reboot of Ishtar

Posted by: phreshone at November 25, 2013 03:57 PM (Pr6hk)

260 Remake Mannaquin. Only edgy. Sex bot edgy

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 03:57 PM (zOTsN)

261 160Also, the WKRP Jennifer vs. Bailey dilemma is the eternal Ginger vs. MaryAnn question of the 70's Posted by: Tony253 at November 25, 2013 07:42 PM (3yMFT) Bailey and Mary Ann. There is no debate.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 25, 2013 03:57 PM (AynrL)

262 How about a Steel Dawn remake?

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 03:57 PM (zqvg6)

263 Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 07:55 PM (XnALK)

You must be my brother or sister from another mother.

Posted by: manometer at November 25, 2013 03:58 PM (vjrgd)

264 "Dr. Strangelove 2" It takes place in the bomb shelter with a ratio of 10 women for every man, "selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature."

Posted by: rickl at November 25, 2013 03:58 PM (sdi6R)

265 How about a mockumentary about the Lawrence Welk Show, which reveals that the show was fueled by prostitutes, cocaine and violence, much like Hee-Haw.

Posted by: model_1066 at November 25, 2013 03:58 PM (lokJh)

266 #233

Stallone is doing another boxing movie in which he goes up against Robert De Niro. It might as well be Rocky vs. Jake LaMotta.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 25, 2013 03:58 PM (bPxS6)

267 235 There's a whole stable of Police Academy movies just waiting to be resurrected from the crypt

Tanned, rested and ready, baby.  Time for my comeback!

Posted by: Steve Guttenberg at November 25, 2013 03:58 PM (6TB1Z)

268 Space 1999 is getting a reboot.

http://tinyurl.com/85jt3xs

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at November 25, 2013 03:58 PM (azHfB)

269 How about a Six Pack remake?

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 03:58 PM (HsJeN)

270 I don't think Competitive Underground Arm-Wrestling really got a fair shake, and I think Over the Top was very underrated.

You see its funny cause that movie really sucked.

Posted by: Ben Rothliesburger at November 25, 2013 03:59 PM (iGPSR)

271 ace, I totally agree. What a fucking sophomoric movie. All I can think of is the young ones thing Road House is a franchise restaurant with bad music and red necks. Oh, wait that would be Texas Roadhouse. Never Mind.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2013 03:59 PM (0FSuD)

272 No one has mentioned Rebel Without a Cause?

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 03:59 PM (gF7gm)

273 Momma's Family was great. Don't ever disrespect Momma's Family.

Posted by: Boone at November 25, 2013 03:59 PM (3p8HS)

274

i think they did. I know, around that time, wrestling *stories* were a big genre. Robert E. Howard used to churn them out.

 

After 6 yrs must delurk...Roadhouse is teh awesome...Ace, pretty sure REH wrote boxing stories, not wrassling...unless I have the author incorrect...

Posted by: Solomon Kane at November 25, 2013 03:59 PM (8XAQc)

275 Person of Interest had a major, MAJOR shakeup last week. Nolan will and can kill anyone on the show.

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 03:59 PM (doBIb)

276 275 Yeah,boxing stories.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 03:59 PM (zqvg6)

277 Rutger Hauers's death scene is perfect. Posted by: JackStraw

Absolutely agree.  His lines are poetry.

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 04:00 PM (6TB1Z)

278 Need a Barbarella remake...with Nancy Pelosi playing Fonda's role.

...or Margaret Cho if your into Asian chics.

Posted by: Icedog at November 25, 2013 04:00 PM (uZ6Ul)

279 The only reason I watched Roadhouse was Sam Elliott.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:00 PM (Xh0Fj)

280 I Know -- Let's remake Batman for the eleventieth time!
 
I love all those dark scenes; the special effects cost practically nothing.

Posted by: Every producer in Hollywood at November 25, 2013 04:00 PM (wNF3N)

281 Now is the time on Sprockets where I start pimping Frailty and Session 9.


I was rewatching Identity the other day, mainly because I love Amanda Peet, and every time I watch it I remain amazed that they ended it the way they did. 


Yaaaaay Karl Urban time!   Oh Lili, be all the BAMF.   I know you can.  

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:01 PM (Gk3SS)

282 We really need a skateboard movie.  How about a Gleaming the Cube remake?  Only this time the adopted brother can be an illegal alien.

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 04:01 PM (HsJeN)

283 >>>After 6 yrs must delurk...Roadhouse is teh awesome...Ace, pretty sure REH wrote boxing stories, not wrassling...unless I have the author incorrect... both. and westerns, and pirate stories, and...

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 04:01 PM (/FnUH)

284 The Machine is now sentient. That's the major "backstory" part you need. IT was probably always sentient, but the Hacker/Sociopath "Root" began talking to it like a child (and subsequently worshipping it like a Goddess), and it began showing itself to be sentient/fully artificially intelligent. -------------- The "Root" girl is a fucking disaster. Probably the one discordant note on the show. It used to be Carter, but she grew on me. If I had to listen to this skinny broad flap her soup coolers every time I dropped off chow, she'd be sporting a fresh shiner daily. I don't buy her as a dangerous sociopath. Sarah Shahi - I buy her as a sociopath. I would also buy a lap dance from her and about 10 pounds of swarthy Persian knockerwurst from her Sweatermeat Deli.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 04:02 PM (JDIKC)

285 202 183 Francois Villon, Genevieve Bujod....three thumbs up Posted by: sven10077 at November 25, 2013 07:48 PM (9jfyN) Yeah, she exudes a certain sex appeal.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:02 PM (kkbgQ)

286 Mirko and Mindy - the film Only aliens stealing earth women for breeding. Dark and brooding. Shaazbot

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 04:02 PM (zOTsN)

287 Well, they are shooting "The Man From U.N.C.L.E". right now.

Hmmm, let me rephrase that.  They're *filming* the big screen version of the 1960s TV spy series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." right now in various foreign locations.  But I'm not very hopeful; just waiting to see how badly they screw it up.

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at November 25, 2013 04:02 PM (g4GX8)

288 "Don't ever disrespect Momma's Family."

Why do I get the feeling this poster is enjoying a "She's the Sheriff" marathon??

Posted by: S. Sommers at November 25, 2013 04:02 PM (nkPV9)

289 283 Frailty is awesome.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:02 PM (zqvg6)

290 277 And where is my sequel to "Any Given Sunday"? Am I the only one who wants to know how Pacino's stint with that New Mexico franchisee went? Posted by: Mallamutt at November 25, 2013 07:59 PM

Not so well. Steamin' Willie Beaman was pulled over by NM highway patrol and the 9th colonoscopy put him on Injured Reserve

Posted by: Tony D'Amato at November 25, 2013 04:02 PM (aTXUx)

291 am I going to like Person of Interest season 3 without seeing seasons 1 & 2?

They keep screwing this up but it's still interesting.

If The Machine is controlling Root now can it function as the conscience she lacks well enough to turn her loose?

Posted by: The McWeakShit Brothers[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 04:03 PM (DL2i+)

292 "At Closer Range"?? In case you miss the first time

Posted by: C. Walken at November 25, 2013 04:03 PM (nkPV9)

293 See how awesome Roadhouse , Ace? You've already outted two or three lurkers.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 04:04 PM (gF7gm)

294 Re wrestling movies: http://www.imdb.com/keyword/wrestling/?sort=release_date This is probably not all of them since it relies on users to tag the movies with the right keywords, and the older movies get short shrift. But yeah, wrestling movies were a "thing". Like Ma & Pa Kettle and Andy Hardy.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 04:04 PM (7zeA4)

295 I would also buy a lap dance from her and about 10 pounds of swarthy Persian knockerwurst from her Sweatermeat Deli. She and her husband are conservatives. Another reason to love her. She also used to be an NFL cheerleader.

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:04 PM (doBIb)

296 I know! a remake of "Taxi Driver" with Ellen DeGeneris and Miley Cyrus! Guaranteed hit.

Posted by: Mallfly at November 25, 2013 04:04 PM (bJm7W)

297 >>>The "Root" girl is a fucking disaster. Probably the one discordant note on the show. It used to be Carter, but she grew on me. If I had to listen to this skinny broad flap her soup coolers every time I dropped off chow, she'd be sporting a fresh shiner daily. I don't buy her as a dangerous sociopath. Sarah Shahi - I buy her as a sociopath. i think you're wrong. Root is a great female villain. She acts like a woman would, if she were evil-- manipulative, flirty, girlish, motherly by turn; and then she shows she's a horrible sociopath. She's a plausible psychopath. Very often women play "tough" characters by simply acting like men, which doesn't work, or seems false, to me. Root plays a female villain like a real woman. I think that character is great. I think she's kind of scary.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 04:04 PM (/FnUH)

298 How about Wes Anderson gets the Luke and Owen Wilson to do a reboot of The Sting
Update the location to a 2014 Obamacare Navigator building.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 25, 2013 04:05 PM (JlX6q)

299 John Fuckin' McCain. That is all.

Posted by: Icedog at November 25, 2013 04:05 PM (uZ6Ul)

300 The barrel's locked in with ME.

Now I've got wood.

Posted by: The Barrel at November 25, 2013 04:05 PM (DL2i+)

301 A remake of Amadeus would sit well until the producers decided to cast Russell Brand as Mozart

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 04:05 PM (aTXUx)

302

285

 

Sweet, thought I had read everything REH put out... Yep, best are the worms of the earth and variations thereof...now that would be a decent flick. As others pint out, no originality left.

Posted by: Solomon Kane at November 25, 2013 04:05 PM (8XAQc)

303 The simple answer: Hollywood is stuffed full of cowards who want the easy dollar.

Why Roadhouse? The studio owns the rights to it, lock, stock, and barrel. There's no author to negotiate the rights with, there's no writer to pay to convert a novel into a screenplay, and the studio doesn't have to hire any expensive talent to draw the audience to an unknown quantity.

No army of lawyers to wrangle with, quick and easy calculations for the studio bookkeepers, and minimal headaches for the studio execs.

THIS is why the endless parade of 'remakes' is being inflicted on the movie-viewing public. The enterprising, ground-breaking, creative movie-smith is a very rare bird... you don't see the likes of Peter Jackson growing on trees, do ya?

It takes money, and courage, to buck the studio system, and a creative drive that studios would rather tame (break), or crush, rather than having to deal with it. That's what risk-averse, moral cowards do best; scoop up the easy dollar, and bow to anybody that can fatten their bank accounts.

And that's why I don't give one thin dime to 99.998% of the product Hollywood cranks out.

The studio system can die in a ditch for all I care...

Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 25, 2013 04:05 PM (lJaja)

304 Insomnia with Sarah Palin as the psycho killer

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 04:05 PM (zOTsN)

305 >>>If The Machine is controlling Root now can it function as the conscience she lacks well enough to turn her loose? well it doesn't *control* her. It hectors her.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 04:06 PM (/FnUH)

306 Sarah Shahi - I buy her as a sociopath.

I would also buy a lap dance from her and about 10 pounds of swarthy Persian knockerwurst from her Sweatermeat Deli. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 08:02 PM (JDIKC)


Annnnnd now I have to watch Life.

I'm a little bit attached to this car. 


Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:06 PM (Gk3SS)

307 and yeah I think they're turning Root into a villain-turned-antihero, the Evil Person who is acting good (because The Machine is telling her to stop killing people).

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 04:06 PM (/FnUH)

308 let's do a TV remake of "The Odd Couple" with Rosie O'Donnell and Meghan McCain. After the first thirteen weeks, viewers can vote which one can play Oscar better.

Posted by: Mallfly at November 25, 2013 04:06 PM (bJm7W)

309 Remember when Hollywood would actually make a movie like "Oh, God?"

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 04:07 PM (MMC8r)

310 305 I was interested in seeing the Solomon Kane movie and than I found out they gave Kane a stupid backstory to explain his motivation.Totally unnecessary crap.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:07 PM (zqvg6)

311
They should remake the "Roots" mini-series.  But this time with Scandis.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 25, 2013 04:07 PM (iGPSR)

312 Evening everyone.  I'm in a Mood.

*sheathes claws*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:07 PM (lVPtV)

313 So Simmns is a dead man walking. I thought that Fusco would buy it but I'm glad that he's not a goner. He's the comic relief and Shaw is now stepping up as the female lead. I wonder what will happen to Root?

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:07 PM (doBIb)

314 And just think, the new roadhouse remake won't even have that bit of knowledge that when it is playing on tv and the love scene comes on bill Murray is calling up the husband of the actress saying "dude I'm watching swayze bang your wife!" http://minx.cc/?post=333895

Posted by: Buzzion at November 25, 2013 04:07 PM (BZSoy)

315 Peter Jackson is your shining example of creativity? The guy whose major projects are two series of movies based on books by the same author and a remake of a far superior 1933 flick? Really? Jackson's biggest contribution to cinema is his ability to make you wish the popcorn had a third free refill.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 04:07 PM (7zeA4)

316 The only thing rebooted more often than Batman is a computer running Windows ME.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 25, 2013 04:08 PM (wNF3N)

317 293 Maybe Hollywood could reboot "My Dinner With Andre" as "My Thanksgiving With Ignorant Red Necks" where a brave, young OFA volunter goes back to Mussissippi for Thanksgiving Dinner and to enlighten the rubes on the advantages of Obamacare. Posted by: Mallamutt at November 25, 2013 08:03 PM (OWjjx) To spice things up, the OFA oaf is made to squeal like a pig 'Deliverance' style...for at least an hour.

Posted by: model_1066 at November 25, 2013 04:08 PM (lokJh)

318 Evening everyone. I'm in a Mood.

*sheathes claws*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 08:07 PM (lVPtV)


Here.   Have all the Val U Rite. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:08 PM (Gk3SS)

319 I didn't care for "Worms of the Earth" much either, as a REH fan. Or maybe I'm just cranky.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 04:08 PM (7zeA4)

320 Would a remake of  Dirty Harry be "Dirtier Harry" or "Filthy Harry"?

Posted by: C. Eastwood at November 25, 2013 04:08 PM (nkPV9)

321 Any Jan Michael Vincent movie.

Posted by: BignJames at November 25, 2013 04:09 PM (j7iSn)

322 Can Hollywood make a movie where Russell Brand is disemboweled? 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:09 PM (lVPtV)

323 How about a fucking proper remake of Dune? Do it justice.

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:09 PM (doBIb)

324 279 Rutger Hauers's death scene is perfect. Posted by: JackStraw Absolutely agree. His lines are poetry. Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 08:00 PM (6TB1Z) I thought Sean Young looked perfect. I like those big brown eyes and brown hair look.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:09 PM (kkbgQ)

325 @94- Mr Wolf, You forgot Hudson Hawk. I own that and roadhouse. The $5 bin at Walmart has its uses. And yes Deuce Rx, some pretty decently choreographed scenes. As far as the throat technique mentioned, I probably couldn't get behind the wind pipe without shooting a spearhand in next to it. That doesn't mean someone else couldn't. I got around enough to run across some pretty amazing abilities.

Posted by: teej at November 25, 2013 04:09 PM (xhr2b)

326 Jersey Shore: The Movie

Posted by: model_1066 at November 25, 2013 04:09 PM (lokJh)

327 315 Evening everyone. I'm in a Mood Lucky for you, we've scheduled a video ad to appear in your lower right hand corner for Paxil®!

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 04:10 PM (gF7gm)

328 Here. Have all the Val U Rite.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 08:08 PM (Gk3SS)




Wait.  Where's the lime?  *fumes*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:10 PM (lVPtV)

329 How about The Man From M.I.L.F.?

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:10 PM (kkbgQ)

330

The movie "Short Eyes" is being remade:

guru.psu.edu

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2013 04:10 PM (kdS6q)

331 I read somewhere that Hauer's final death scene lines were ad libbed? If true, it was pure genius.

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:10 PM (doBIb)

332

'Runaway' could be remade.

Although I am not sure anyone in Hollywood has the womb broom to pull it off.

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 04:10 PM (GjprN)

333 304 A remake of Amadeus would sit well until the producers decided to cast Russell Brand as Mozart

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 08:05 PM

Worse nightmare; Brand actually plays Mozart very well, the movie is a huge hit, and all the songs of The Magic Flute are performed on Glee

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 04:10 PM (aTXUx)

334 Ooooooooo! Manimal! Good choice!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 25, 2013 04:11 PM (HsTG8)

335 >>Any Jan Michael Vincent movie. Airwolf: The Movie.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 04:11 PM (g1DWB)

336 326 Can Hollywood make a movie where Russell Brand is disemboweled? Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 08:09 PM (lVPtV) But then people would be reminded of Russel Brand...

Posted by: model_1066 at November 25, 2013 04:11 PM (lokJh)

337 335 The tears in the rain part was ad libbed.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:11 PM (zqvg6)

338 A Deliverance remake was already done...they renamed it Brokeback Mountain...

Posted by: Icedog at November 25, 2013 04:11 PM (uZ6Ul)

339 327 How about a fucking proper remake of Dune?


Do it justice.


Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 08:09 PM (doBIb)




Seriously, THIS. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:11 PM (lVPtV)

340
I look forward to the remake of "Stoning the Ho's!" staring Jenna Jameson

Posted by: Oscar Fox of 20th Century at November 25, 2013 04:12 PM (pJF+c)

341 Roadhouse is a classic, I don't think it can be improved.

Posted by: Chris Vaughn at November 25, 2013 04:12 PM (h+2SD)

342 Jane, do tell!

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:12 PM (Xh0Fj)

343 I have made a personal home remake of "Lord of the Flies" with some minor tweaks.

Posted by: Harry Reid at November 25, 2013 04:12 PM (DUGve)

344 C'mon, Knightboat!

Posted by: Homer S. at November 25, 2013 04:12 PM (eHIJJ)

345 How about a movie version of Gary Gygax, "Tomb of Horrors"?

The audience would be lucky even to take their seats at the cinema

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 04:12 PM (Nsoq9)

346 I thought Sean Young looked perfect. I like those big brown eyes and brown hair look.

Agree with that as well.  I was kind of surprised that look didn't become a thing, because she was stunning.  She didn't age well, though. 

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 04:12 PM (6TB1Z)

347 The Final  Countdown.    In 2028  America's last seaworthy  (sort of) carrier gets thrown through a mysterious storm back in time to 1988 and returns  to the present with a complete air wing complement to fight the ruling Conqueror of the Seas - China.

Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 25, 2013 04:13 PM (BAS5M)

348 Wait. Where's the lime? *fumes*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 08:10 PM (lVPtV)


They're next to the brownies.   You know.   The good brownies. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:13 PM (Gk3SS)

349 342 A Deliverance remake was already done...they renamed it Brokeback Mountain... Posted by: Icedog at November 25, 2013 08:11 PM (uZ6Ul) Oh, you mean the flix where Ace was Allahpundit's date?

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:13 PM (kkbgQ)

350 I have made a personal home remake of "Lord of the Flies" with some minors twerking.

Posted by: Harry Reid at November 25, 2013 08:12 PM (DUGve)

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 04:13 PM (GjprN)

351 350 I thought Sean Young looked perfect. I like those big brown eyes and brown hair look.

Agree with that as well. I was kind of surprised that look didn't become a thing, because she was stunning. She didn't age well, though.

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 08:12 PM (6TB1Z)




Plus, she ended up being a bat shit crazy stalker.  Bat. Shit. Crazy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:14 PM (lVPtV)

352 Harrison Ford hated Sean Young.The crew called the love scene the " hate scene".

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:14 PM (zqvg6)

353 Swamp Thing but I have no suggestions regarding the replacement for Adrienne Barbeau's boobs.

Posted by: Northernlurker at November 25, 2013 04:14 PM (Xmw9g)

354
And it could be worse ace. From what I hear nobody is considering a remake of Red Sonja. Yet.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 25, 2013 07:33 PM (dvRYt)











Robert Rodriguez was working on a remake a few years ago with Rose McGowan before they both dropped out. Then it went to Simon West and Amber Heard in 2011 and then development hell.

http://tinyurl.com/l66ga6j

http://tinyurl.com/mv6hpye

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 25, 2013 04:14 PM (TIIx5)

355 The Machine is now sentient.

That's pretty far to go based on just hearing a Loonies side of the conversation although it did plan her escape and keep her from just killing the shrink.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 04:14 PM (DL2i+)

356
The best coming out of Hollywood next year will be the remake of Full Metal Jacket staring our manly hero, Sgt. Barack Obama.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at November 25, 2013 04:14 PM (pJF+c)

357 'ROOTS' with the skin color exactly reversed in every role...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 25, 2013 04:14 PM (vHRtU)

358 I think that character is great. I think she's kind of scary. ---------------- I dunno. It seems that every character is uber-competent in their own way, and yet she somehow manages to catch them all slipping. That's why her parts seem a bit contrived. Even the solo episode villains usually have a pretty clever scheme going. It just seems to me like they dropped her in there as a uber-competent baddie because you don't have to show super haXX0r skillz, you just have to say "she is teh super haXX0r" and you put her on a level playing field with out heroes who demonstrate their competence in plain view. She seems like a lazy choice for an antagonist.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 04:15 PM (JDIKC)

359 >>Agree with that as well. I was kind of surprised that look didn't become a thing, because she was stunning. She didn't age well, though. The crazy can do that to a person.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 04:15 PM (g1DWB)

360 They're next to the brownies. You know. The good brownies.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 08:13 PM (Gk3SS)




Thnx.  Fumes less. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:15 PM (lVPtV)

361 Movies ripe for remake : Ishtar and Heaven's Gate

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 04:15 PM (aDwsi)

362 Since I had a part time job as a bouncer at the time Roadhouse came out I sort of enjoyed it. It is an accurate depiction of being a bouncer - in the sense that Night Shift is an accurate depiction of being a pimp.

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at November 25, 2013 04:15 PM (ylhEn)

363 I just can't respect a gal who has been bedded by Russel Brand.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:15 PM (kkbgQ)

364 299 I know! a remake of "Taxi Driver" with Ellen DeGeneris and Miley Cyrus! Guaranteed hit. Posted by: Mallfly at November 25, 2013 08:04 PM (bJm7W) There was talk years ago of remaking Oh God with DeGeneris as God.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 25, 2013 04:15 PM (oFCZn)

365 It's a wonderful life Only edgy where the angel shows George how the world would be better off if he had never been born Oh, wait They are doing that

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 04:16 PM (zOTsN)

366 Whoa, Sean Young is nuts. Just googled.

You won't find a lot of that on her Wiki page

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 04:16 PM (Nsoq9)

367

Krull?

 

Have they remade Krull yet?

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 04:16 PM (GjprN)

368 Sean Young, Ace Ventura. Panties. BRB

Posted by: Icedog at November 25, 2013 04:16 PM (uZ6Ul)

369 TFG stars in the reboot of Used Cars If you like your car, you can keep your car. Posted by: GnuBreed Obamacare? TOO FUCKING MUCH! BOOOM!!! (blows out the teleprompter with a shotgun)

Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at November 25, 2013 04:16 PM (v6hyJ)

370 Wow.   They're just killing everyone on Almost Human.


I'm not entirely sure I'm comfortable with this being an 8:00 p.m. show.  

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:16 PM (Gk3SS)

371 How about a fucking proper remake of Dune?


Do it justice.

Just picture this: Young Paul Atreides, played by that Cousin Oliver kid from the Brady Bunch, is found by the Fremen in the drum sands and he's taught to race these cool Speeder-jets and it turns out, he's like, a fookin genius at it.  Then there's a big race where the wealth of the entire Guild turns on the outcome.  The worms come, but there not terrifying; they're KNOCK-DEAD DARLING and they'd look great in high-quality licensed plush toys.  We make that Baron Harkonnen dude a black guy to get the urban demo; it'll be box office DYNAMITE!!

Posted by: George Lucas at November 25, 2013 04:17 PM (8ZskC)

372

]i]Swamp Thing but I have no suggestions regarding the replacement for Adrienne Barbeau's boobs.

 

 

Easy.  Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 25, 2013 04:17 PM (BAS5M)

373 - Pain Don't Hurt. _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at November 25, 2013 04:17 PM (19AvL)

374 >>>That's pretty far to go based on just hearing a Loonies side of the conversation although it did plan her escape and keep her from just killing the shrink. dude, the Machine falsified orders from the Joint Chiefs to have itself physically moved and hidden. There was a neat episode where it had set up a company, with 100 workers typing this crap into computers: (8^JKX222xwjghoI all day long -- it set up a company to make humans enter its lost memories (which had been purged by its controllers) back into its brain. One of the cooler Sci-Fi concepts I thought, by the way: The Machine had reversed the usual relationship between computer and man. It had set up a company to make people into its circuits, its drudges, its doers-of-routine tasks. It was clearly sentient through most of last season. Root merely confirms it. And she's obviously telling the truth -- the Machine has given her detailed plans of escape and its own orders as far as saving people (defying the orders of her human operators).

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 04:17 PM (/FnUH)

375 Well, when the remake of "It's a Wonderful Life" comes out, I'm sure the atheists and such will be thrilled. 

Including, sadly, my only sibling, my sister.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:18 PM (lVPtV)

376 'ROOTS' with the skin color exactly reversed in every role...

Which is pretty much "The History Of The Balkans, 1389-1909". Or maybe Sicily

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 04:18 PM (Nsoq9)

377 They all seem to go crazy at some point.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:18 PM (Xh0Fj)

378 All these ideas for 80s movies remakes and no love for Porky's II ?

It's like I don't know you people anymore

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 04:18 PM (aTXUx)

379

313 305 I was interested in seeing the Solomon Kane movie and than I found out they gave Kane a stupid backstory to explain his motivation.Totally unnecessary crap.

 

It did suck. Movie way off base from REH portrayal. But no surprise there, eh. Couldn't even do Conan a solid back in the day.

Posted by: Solomon Kane at November 25, 2013 04:18 PM (8XAQc)

380 How can you NOT like a movie with the following line? " This place has a sign hangin' over the urinal that says, "Don't eat the big white mint""

Posted by: Calvin Dodge at November 25, 2013 04:18 PM (JTaw8)

381 re 359: I can maybe almost see her as Satan (not meant as an insult) in some new version, but as God? Nah... they could just as well give the part of God to Joe Biden.

Posted by: Mallfly at November 25, 2013 04:19 PM (bJm7W)

382 Obama working on a remake of Doctor Strangelove

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 04:19 PM (aDwsi)

383 The only thing rebooted more often than Batman is a computer running Windows ME. Hi there.

Posted by: Dracula[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 25, 2013 04:19 PM (sByIH)

384 The only thing rebooted more often than Batman is a computer running Windows ME. Don't forget me!

Posted by: Santa Claus[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 25, 2013 04:19 PM (sByIH)

385 If they remake Roadhouse where will the main character get the disposable cars? Cash for clunkers kinda dried up that market.

Posted by: The Hickster at November 25, 2013 04:20 PM (DUGve)

386 Hi there. Posted by: Dracula at November 25, 2013 08:19 PM (sByIH)


Amateur. 

Posted by: Holmes, Sherlock Holmes at November 25, 2013 04:20 PM (Gk3SS)

387 How about Car Wash with Barky as the star.  It will be the first physical labor he's ever done.  Even if he doesn't have the moves.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:20 PM (Xh0Fj)

388 Herbert West and ReAnimator

Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 25, 2013 04:20 PM (BAS5M)

389 How about another Dredd movie? Because THAT remake was all manner of awesome, despite it being all in Javanese.

I kid, I kid.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 04:20 PM (Nsoq9)

390 In other, non-topic news, looking forward to the movie "Lone Survivor."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:21 PM (lVPtV)

391 383 All these ideas for 80s movies remakes and no love for Porky's II ?

It's like I don't know you people anymore

Posted by: kbdabear

Oh, so it's like that is it?  Okay, I see your Porky's and raise you a Billy Jack, the absolute epicenter of 70's cinematic suck. 

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 04:21 PM (6TB1Z)

392 Roadhouse had that blind guy who played the lap guitar standing up,or did he play a regular guitar like a lap guitar?

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:21 PM (zqvg6)

393
I will be staring with Kate Upton in the remake of Deep Throat!

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at November 25, 2013 04:21 PM (pJF+c)

394 Bless the beasts and the children......

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 04:21 PM (zOTsN)

395 Ah hell, I know it has been remade before, but a EPIC movie like that deserves another remake. I give you "I spit on your grave"

Posted by: Ma Bell at November 25, 2013 04:22 PM (RLdcX)

396

In other, non-topic news, looking forward to the movie "Lone Survivor."

 

Me too, the book was great.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:22 PM (Xh0Fj)

397 380 Well, when the remake of "It's a Wonderful Life" comes out, I'm sure the atheists and such will be thrilled.

Including, sadly, my only sibling, my sister.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 08:18 PM

Most likely the plot would be remade through a Dr Who Christmas Special

Posted by: kbdabear at November 25, 2013 04:22 PM (aTXUx)

398

Roadhouse had that blind guy who played the lap guitar standing up,or did he play a regular guitar like a lap guitar?

 

 

Jeff Healey.  Regular Guitar, sitting down.

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 04:22 PM (GjprN)

399 Marcus Luttrell said that "Lone Survivor" was as real as when he was enduring it.

Can't wait to see it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:22 PM (lVPtV)

400 The Car Wash song is a classic.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:22 PM (kkbgQ)

401 'My Mother, The Alien' Not a nice uncle My Favorite Martian, but an utter gore infused organ raping dismembered agonal scream... "Ho mom this is my new friend NO MOM NO" "NOOOOOOOO..........."

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (vHRtU)

402 How about another Dredd movie? Because THAT remake was all manner of awesome, despite it being all in Javanese. ----------- Judge Anderson: Rookie Year Blonde Olivia Thirlby ... pretty much that's the plot. --------

Posted by: BumperStickerist at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (19AvL)

403 Posted by: Solomon Kane at November 25, 2013 08:18 PM (8XAQc) Yeah.... Hollywood has not figured out that the greatest stories didn't have a backstory... There was no need. Hell.... Robert Howard did not even write the Conan stories in any kind of chronological order... that came long after his death...

Posted by: I rest my case... at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (lZBBB)

404 Over the Top? But they can't get Demi Moore to play his kid, she's too old now. (I seriously clicked the link and thought... that's a 10 year old Demi Moore... looks just like her.) The under rated Stallone movie was "Oscar".

Posted by: Synova at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (7/PU+)

405 320 The only thing rebooted more often than Batman is a computer running Windows ME. I got you beat by a mile.

Posted by: Windows Vista at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (0FSuD)

406 Old news.

Posted by: WOW at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (6j8ke)

407 Night Court:  The Movie

Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (BAS5M)

408 Oh, gawd! They brought Dana back. For once I thought the writers listened to the viewers and wrote her out of the story but noooooo!

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (kkbgQ)

409 Star Wars Christmas Special

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 04:23 PM (zOTsN)

410 Remake 2001?

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 04:24 PM (KCvsd)

411 Bikini Car Wash Company reboot starring Kate Upton. Let's light this candle.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 04:24 PM (JDIKC)

412 Oh, so it's like that is it? Okay, I see your Porky's and raise you a Billy Jack, the absolute epicenter of 70's cinematic suck. I can't kick them all in the head, but I can get hippies to line up alongside the road.

Posted by: Billy Jack[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 25, 2013 04:24 PM (sByIH)

413 Jeff Healey won't be available for a cameo.  He may be watching you fap though. 

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 04:24 PM (HsJeN)

414 Night Court: The Movie

Do not taunt Happy Fun Radish.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 25, 2013 04:24 PM (hO8IJ)

415 #357

Supposedly the reason Frasier Crane on 'Cheers' became a regular character instead of just appearing for a handful of episodes was that the writers hated Shelly Long and she hated Kelsey Grammer. So keeping him around was a way to get at her.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 25, 2013 04:25 PM (bPxS6)

416 Mulholland Drive with Kate Upton and Salma Hayek. "Hello? Yes, I'd like to buy ten thousand shares of Jergens please!"

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:25 PM (doBIb)

417

A Stallone movie to remake?

 

Rhinestone of course.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (S11Oq)

418 I thought the move was one of Finch's fallback plans.

The daily reboot dodge save via re-typing was cool but so absurd technically that I really didn't credit it being a smart thing til you re-mentioned it.

I'm probably waiting for it to talk to Finch too much.

And there was way too much standing around waiting for the Krazed Killer Kop last week.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (DL2i+)

419 "Foul Play" -- the bad guys were radical atheists out to destroy the Catholic Church by killing the Pope. Hollywood wouldn't touch that plot nowadays.

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (MMC8r)

420 WKRP in Cincinatti..... Night of the Phone Cops... Dr. Johnny Fever vs. the NSA?

Posted by: I rest my case... at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (lZBBB)

421 I know you're joking, but remaking Night Court or making a film at least makes some sense. It premiered before I was even born. That should be the standard: over 25 years before you can retouch anything.

Posted by: CAC at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (U1HQ+)

422 380 Well, when the remake of "It's a Wonderful Life" comes out, I'm sure the atheists and such will be thrilled. Peel back that sap, and "It's a wonderful life" is a socialist propaganda flick. The evil capitalist would ruin everything if it wasn't for the small capitalist that is so fucking stupid he can not get his daily receipts deposited. Jimmie Stewart is great, the movie sucks.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (0FSuD)

423 I'm going to remake Gigli

The only reason the movie failed before was because it was underfunded

Posted by: Ben Affleck at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (aTXUx)

424 Abe Vigoda still gets wood?  I am not surprised.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (jucos)

425 "How about another Dredd movie? Because THAT remake was all manner of awesome, despite it being all in Javanese." I liked Dredd. It supposedly has done well enough in DVD/streaming sales to offset the box office failure and warrant a fan funded sequel.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 04:26 PM (KCvsd)

426

Didn't the actor in Lone Survivor diss Cruise on his soldier comment?  Can't remember his name.

 

Cracked ribs not good.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:27 PM (Xh0Fj)

427 Night Court: The Movie

Do not taunt Happy Fun Radish.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 25, 2013 08:24 PM (hO8IJ)


I love that one of the primary reasons that they cast Richard Moll is because they needed someone who was taller than both Harry Anderson and John Larroquette.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:27 PM (Gk3SS)

428 A Man Called Horse was very 70s. I saw it at the drive in. It was pretty good or at least mini me thought so. I didn't appreciate Loongmire ripping it off. Seriously, ripping your pecs to experience some mystic shit -- for realsies?

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:27 PM (kkbgQ)

429 Can't remember his name.

Mark Wahlberg

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 04:27 PM (HsJeN)

430 Actually, I'm surprised Ghostbusters or the Goonies haven't been remade yet. Hollywood has a knack for ruining people's childhoods and either of those could easily do it.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 04:27 PM (KCvsd)

431 They should remake the "Roots" mini-series. But this time with Scandis.
Your name is "Chad"!!!
My name is "Svend"!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at November 25, 2013 04:27 PM (JlX6q)

432 Night Court: The Movie Endless rehashes of stupid unfunny lines, like "What's your point?" The comedy stylings of Yakov Smirnov. And Markie Post's boobs. And more!

Posted by: Billy Jack[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (sByIH)

433 Any movie featuring an Olivia Newton John reboot in a crotchless WAC uniform rollerblading down a railroad track in July...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (vHRtU)

434 Jimmie Stewart is great, the movie sucks.

They both stink on ice.  Stewart's acting is painfully bad.  I can't stand to be in the same room when that movie is playing.  His wife (Donna Reed) was fairly hot, though.

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (6TB1Z)

435 A movie that doesn't need a remake so much as a redone soundtrack is "Nighthawks" The Keith Emerson soundtrack is a bit much. And I say this as one of three people that own ELP's AquaTarkus.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (19AvL)

436 431 Didn't the actor in Lone Survivor diss Cruise on his soldier comment? Can't remember his name.



Yep.  Tommy Cruise was complaining that being on set was "like being in Aftghanistan."

Stupid fuck. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (lVPtV)

437

Yeah.... Hollywood has not figured out that the greatest stories didn't have a backstory...

There was no need.

Hell.... Robert Howard did not even write the Conan stories in any kind of chronological order... that came long after his death...

 

Yep..even when they did in REH stories...Kull, Valusia, Bran Mak Morn, etc, they have ruin it, just like these ridiculous remakes.

Posted by: Solomon Kane at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (8XAQc)

438 Rambo, First Blood Part 1, Part Deaux.  Dennehy reprises his role as Will Teasle and Carrot Top takes on the role of a slightly wacky John Rambo.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (jucos)

439 Apartment Zero is a pretty good creepy film.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (kkbgQ)

440 Well, I saw this movie when it hit the theaters. I was a young lad, then, and my ability to critically analyze and recognize a shit movie based on my own lights was pretty damn weak, then. Plus, I saw it (TWICE!!!) with my then girlfriend, younger than me, and she loved it, plus she had the hots for Swayze, so let's say I got a lot of mileage out of that movie. Of course, in retrospect I realize the movie was shit, but, hey, them's was the days. In a completely unrelated note, when Basic Instinct came out I was not with the same girl and was dating around. I went to that movie with three different ladies, and oh lord, there was a lot of broken furniture and rug burns as a result. REMAKE BASIC INSTINCT!!!

Posted by: RomneyBot since 2007 at November 25, 2013 04:28 PM (4uMU0)

441 >>> I thought the move was one of Finch's fallback plans. I may be wrong but I don't think so-- I think that was The Machine's plan. I think Finch was surprised by it. >>>The daily reboot dodge save via re-typing was cool but so absurd technically that I really didn't credit it being a smart thing til you re-mentioned it. The silliness of hand entry of data is excusable because the visual was so cool. The idea isn't silly. Very cool, I thought. >>>I'm probably waiting for it to talk to Finch too much. Yeah I think Root is on the level: The Machine acts like a machine with Finch because he treats it like a machine and thinks of it that way. Root treats it like a living being.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 04:29 PM (/FnUH)

442 406 'My Mother, The Alien'

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 25, 2013 08:23 PM

My Mother The Car

Starring Brian Dennehy as The Car

Posted by: Ben Affleck at November 25, 2013 04:29 PM (aTXUx)

443

Mark Wahlberg

 

Yep, that's it.  thx, no good deed.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:29 PM (Xh0Fj)

444 Remake Planet of the Apes.  Thoughts?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:30 PM (lVPtV)

445 Mayor Ford on BOR w/Watters.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:30 PM (Xh0Fj)

446 Space Hunter II: Adventures in Molly's Forbidden Zone.

C'mon guys, I... uh, I mean - you- know you want to make it.

Posted by: Peter Strauss at November 25, 2013 04:30 PM (KLy64)

447 A Man Called Horse was very 70s. I saw it at the drive in. It was pretty good or at least mini me thought so. I didn't appreciate Loongmire ripping it off. Seriously, ripping your pecs to experience some mystic shit -- for realsies? Posted by: François Villon That was a great movie, and the sequel, "Return of a Man Called Horse" was good too.

Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (v6hyJ)

448

Night Court:  The Movie.

 

Starring Kate Upton in the  unfettered,  unrestrained   role that   Markie Post played as Public Defender Christine Sullivan.

 

Ron White  as Judge  Harry T. Stone

 

Suggestions for Dan Fielding?

Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (BAS5M)

449 And Markie Post's boobs. You need nothing else.

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (MMC8r)

450 I love that one of the primary reasons that they cast Richard Moll is because they needed someone who was taller than both Harry Anderson and John Larroquette.

And he's not that much taller than they are.

Hrm, now I know what I will be up all night watching instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (hO8IJ)

451 Do a remake of Barney Miller while there's still time!

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (aTXUx)

452 Has Cherry 2000 been nominated yet?

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (HsJeN)

453 Labyrinth ... But with all CGI creatures. And a soundtrack with the Black Eyed Peas instead of David Bowie. The Princess Bride ... Danby Devito plays the Sicilian, and it stars Shia Labeouief. With a CGI Andre the Giant.

Posted by: wooga at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (VMuSC)

454 bv440 A movie that doesn't need a remake so much as a redone soundtrack is "Nighthawks" The Keith Emerson soundtrack is a bit much. And I say this as one of three people that own ELP's AquaTarkus. Posted by: BumperStickerist at November 25, 2013 08:28 PM (19AvL)\\ Same with Funeral In Berlin. I love that brassy 60s sound but they need to tone it down and make it less obvious.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:31 PM (kkbgQ)

455 Didn't the actor in Lone Survivor diss Cruise on his soldier comment? Can't remember his name. ---------------- Mark Wahlberg, who previously said thay if he had been on one of the planes that hit the WTC on 9/11, he wouldn't have let shit go down like that. Fuck both of these elevator shoe wearing halfling dipshits.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (JDIKC)

456

'Shane'.  They should remake 'Shane' just to make it more annoying.

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (GjprN)

457 Star Trek-The Last Generation the absolute final Movie

Posted by: J. T. Kirk at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (nkPV9)

458 Yeah I think Root is on the level: The Machine acts like a machine with Finch because he treats it like a machine and thinks of it that way. The Machine can't talk to Finch except through the pay phones. However, it talks to Root through any wireless device. I think that was hard coded by Finch himself. Plus, the Machine selected Root itself to act as an agent of the Machine. We don't know why yet.

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (doBIb)

459 Foul Play was great. Just saw it again on cable.
Bring your umbrella!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (JRmiD)

460 "Yeah I think Root is on the level: The Machine acts like a machine with Finch because he treats it like a machine and thinks of it that way. " I think that's why Root made her comment about Finch's relationship with the machine being something "she" was ok with and that "she" understood that was what Finch wanted it to be. The machine may very well talk to Finch when he gets over treating it like a machine.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (KCvsd)

461 Fun fact: My first name was Nostradamus.

Posted by: Bull from Night Court[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (sByIH)

462 The Razor's Edge.  I don't know about you, but when I think Bill Murray, I think a deep, depressing Somerset Maugham novel.  This time with Pauly Shore.

Posted by: pep at November 25, 2013 04:32 PM (6TB1Z)

463
Nanu nanu.

Posted by: Mork at November 25, 2013 04:33 PM (iGPSR)

464 Come on guys, you KNOW you want me to play Doc Brown in the remake of Back to the Future!

Posted by: Jeff Goldblum at November 25, 2013 04:33 PM (aTXUx)

465 Silverado with all the original actors, except Danny Glover and of course bring Brian Dennehy back from the dead.

Posted by: concrete girl at November 25, 2013 04:33 PM (+vtub)

466 SPACE HERPES!!!!! Now replaced with SPACE HIV... imagine the infection scenes....

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 25, 2013 04:33 PM (vHRtU)

467 "Under the Rainbow" _ The Pearl is in the Liver. _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at November 25, 2013 04:33 PM (19AvL)

468 Yep. Tommy Cruise was complaining that being on set was "like being in Aftghanistan."

Stupid fuck.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 08:28 PM (lVPtV)


No, he did not.  In point of fact, he ridiculed the comparison.  TMZ are lying pieces of shit.


http://usat.ly/1htI0t7


Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:34 PM (Gk3SS)

469 Goonies was ruined by the villains being upper-class fratboys, who bring "Guns and Ammo" magazines with them to the john. That is, Republicans, in Spielberg's imagination.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 04:34 PM (Nsoq9)

470 Remake CHUD as a serious horror movie?

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 04:34 PM (KCvsd)

471 Dennehy  isn't dead.   He's just that good an actor.

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 04:34 PM (GjprN)

472 This time with Pauly Shore.

The cheese is old and moldy.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 25, 2013 04:35 PM (hO8IJ)

473 Right now I've got an 80s movie called 'Electric Dreams' with Lenny Van Dohlen and Virginia Madsen on...

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 04:35 PM (MMC8r)

474 Pam Dawber looked good in tight jordaches too. I'd do'er

Posted by: J. Smithers at November 25, 2013 04:35 PM (nkPV9)

475 Imagine remaking Being John Malkovich... Being Gary Busey.

Posted by: CAC at November 25, 2013 04:35 PM (U1HQ+)

476

The Pearl is in the Liver.

 

The Groove is in the Heart.

Posted by: Dee-Lite at November 25, 2013 04:35 PM (GjprN)

477 Falcon And The Snowman. Except this time it's called "Falcon And The Snowden".

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:35 PM (doBIb)

478 The Razor's Edge. I don't know about you, but when I think Bill Murray, I think a deep, depressing Somerset Maugham novel. This time with Pauly Shore. Posted by: pep Bill Murray's movie was actually a remake of the original with Tyrone Power in the starring role. I think Murray's version is better, but it is different, too.

Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at November 25, 2013 04:36 PM (v6hyJ)

479 And a soundtrack with the Black Eyed Peas instead of David Bowie.

Okay, now I'm starting to get pissed off.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 25, 2013 04:36 PM (Nsoq9)

480 Marcus Luttrel gives his full support to "Lone Survivor."  Said it was as accurate as could be.

God bless him, and relieve him of the memories that still live with him.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2013 04:36 PM (lVPtV)

481 >>Labyrinth ... But with all CGI creatures. And a soundtrack with the Black Eyed Peas instead of David Bowie. How about Pan's Labyrinth but this time in English. Great movie but I don't go to movies to read.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2013 04:36 PM (g1DWB)

482 461 The novel is way better.

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:36 PM (zqvg6)

483 WKRP in Cincinnati would be cool.

Posted by: wooga at November 25, 2013 04:36 PM (VMuSC)

484 Right now I've got an 80s movie called 'Electric Dreams' with Lenny Van Dohlen and Virginia Madsen on... "What happens if we like each other?" "One of us moves."

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 04:36 PM (doBIb)

485 Bull was teh Bomb.

Posted by: Infidel at November 25, 2013 04:37 PM (Xh0Fj)

486 Real Genius

With laser drone strikes and embiggened Val Kilmer as the doddering old professor.



Posted by: noone, really at November 25, 2013 04:37 PM (5ikDv)

487 Pam Dawber looked good in tight jordaches too. I'd do'er And Marcia Strassman from 'Welcome Back Kotter.'

Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 04:37 PM (MMC8r)

488 Murry tried to remake for modern angst ridden shitheads. Would have worked until the studio destroyed it, yet again....

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 25, 2013 04:38 PM (vHRtU)

489 Remake SNEAKERS?

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 04:38 PM (KCvsd)

490 I think that's why Root made her comment about Finch's relationship with the machine being something "she" was ok with and that "she" understood that was what Finch wanted it to be. The machine may very well talk to Finch when he gets over treating it like a machine. Or maybe she's talking out of her ass and knows less than she claims. Maybe the machine lures her right into a spinning propeller and kills her. A boy can dream.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 04:38 PM (JDIKC)

491 215 >>>Ace: Tell me -- am I going to like Person of Interest season 3 without seeing seasons 1 & 2?

yeah. Just read Wikipedia for the basic backstory.

I have a partial post in draft explaining the backstory, but I kind of think Wikipedia is just fine. I dont' knwo what I'm adding.

Posted by: ace at November 25, 2013 07:51 PM

I only started watching PoI because I went to high school with James Caveizel. Yes, I went to Catholic school with Jesus Christ. But the show was surprisingly good, considering the premise.

Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 25, 2013 04:38 PM (Nk6GS)

492 461 'Shane'. They should remake 'Shane' just to make it more annoying. Can you whoop him pa? Can you whoop Shane?

Posted by: Insolent little bastard at November 25, 2013 04:39 PM (VMuSC)

493 Right now I've got an 80s movie called 'Electric Dreams'

I remember the song from the movie by The Human League. 

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 04:39 PM (HsJeN)

494 Convoy 2020

Brings back the whole CB radio craze. With Bluetooth. The Rock in place of Kris Kristofferson.

Or...

Cannonball Run 2020

Brings back the whole CB radio craze. With Bluetooth. Johnny Knoxville in place of Burt Reynolds.

Or...

BJ and the Bear

Brings back the whole CB radio craze. With Bluetooth. Justin Timberlake in place of Greg Evigan.

Posted by: Civenti Tu Vergens at November 25, 2013 04:40 PM (g4fjO)

495

Wouldn't it be much cooler the remake a movie but change the main characters to minor ones?  You know, alter the perspective.

 

Like remake 'Gremlins' but from Ace's perspective instead of that annoying kid who never got the cute chick to take her top off?

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 04:40 PM (GjprN)

496 As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 25, 2013 04:40 PM (HsTG8)

497 Remake SNEAKERS? Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 08:38 PM (KCvsd)


I like Sneakers a lot. 


You know what's great?  The first part of Three Days of the Condor, you know right up through when everyone gets killed. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 25, 2013 04:40 PM (Gk3SS)

498 Xanadu, the roller skating musical

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 04:41 PM (zOTsN)

499 Ron White on "Roadhouse" http://tinyurl.com/lee9seg

Posted by: Dave in Texas at November 25, 2013 04:41 PM (l7DqC)

500 Cry, Cry Again

Posted by: george costanza at November 25, 2013 04:42 PM (JlX6q)

501 Sorry about the ribs Infidel. Trust me, I know the feeling. Known it a couple of times in fact. If it'll make ya feel any better it took longer for seperated rib cartilage to heal. Have you tried an ace wrap? They make em for ribs. Start below the injury and overlap working your way up past the injury. Make it snug. Bonus-it makes you breathe properly. Dropping your diaphragm instead of expanding your chest. Other than that... Don't laugh and keep it in the rear when sparring. Don't think I'll put up with fighting my way back in past the white screens so... Love each other fellow babies.

Posted by: teej at November 25, 2013 04:42 PM (SFZtG)

502 Rochele, Rochele

Posted by: Jerry at November 25, 2013 04:42 PM (GjprN)

503 Disney's 'Song of the South' just to fuck with everybody. Eddy Murray as Uncle Remus. Tyler Perry as Medea as Aunty Tempy. Meryl Streep as the grandmother. .

Posted by: BumperStickerist at November 25, 2013 04:42 PM (19AvL)

504 I gots ta go in a few minutes... Almost Human is on tonight.

Posted by: Synova at November 25, 2013 04:42 PM (7/PU+)

505 Or... Rochelle, Rochelle

Posted by: george costanza at November 25, 2013 04:42 PM (JlX6q)

506 I was going to say remake Rollerball,but they already did.With fucking LL Cool J!

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:43 PM (zqvg6)

507 Wow. A Man Called Horse. Forgot about that. Was it Return of A Man Called Horse? I saw it when I was a boy scout. We had a special viewing set up for us on a ship down at the base in Norfolk. I was what, ten? Freaked me out. And the cars in Roadhouse - he drive two different Buick Rivieras. First was a 63 ("What am I, a valet?") and the second was a 65 (hideaway, clamshell headlights).

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 04:43 PM (gF7gm)

508 TEEJ & Moviegique. Thanx. If people just look at the knee shots fercrysaxe! Sure the throat shot is something I haven't tried but have been tought. Does it work? Dunno and prob will never know. The technique in this movie is still better than many i have seen. Eye of the beholder I guess, little MA experience may help appreciate it.

Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 04:44 PM (hxVw8)

509 In the spring of 82 a rep from Dow Chemical showed up on the set and repo'ed Loni Andersons boobs. Seems she had missed 6 payments in a row. You lie, "Less" (if that even is your real name)! It would have been Dow Corning, not Dow Chemical...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 25, 2013 04:44 PM (HsTG8)

510 Has anyone mentioned a remake of "Being There" but as a documentary of you-know-who?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 04:46 PM (JRmiD)

511
The classic Winchester 73 staring Wayne LaPierre!

Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 25, 2013 04:47 PM (pJF+c)

512

Ace:

I think you're generally ok.

But you're pretty much a schmuck when it comes to the Roadhouse remake.

Us old people (1960's) grew up admiring good vs evil (John Wayne, etc.). then the 70's came along and it sucked hard.

Roadhouse came out in the 80's and it was good vs evil.

The reason we watched movies like that was because TV sucked and still continues to suck.

But I guess you and your peeps enjoy the Halcyon Days of Nickelodeon.

Tom

 

 

Posted by: Tom at November 25, 2013 04:48 PM (KT0Wn)

513 You guys talking about the fighting techniques makes me want to go to YouTube a find the fight scene from They Live.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 04:49 PM (gF7gm)

514
The remake of Nerds and Return of the Nerds staring Dennis Kucinich.  Candy Crowley as Booger!

Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 25, 2013 04:49 PM (pJF+c)

515 The remade Red Dawn was horrible. One scene was pure product placement. Acting was better than the original (the original's main weakness) but the rest was pathetic. As I've aged, I've found that the original has a lot of nuances that make it a much better film than people give it credit.

Posted by: Chris at November 25, 2013 04:50 PM (crkWb)

516 Manchurian Candidate

Posted by: Thunderb at November 25, 2013 04:51 PM (zOTsN)

517 Avenge my Pepsi Cola!!!

Posted by: tom eckert at November 25, 2013 04:53 PM (JlX6q)

518 Shredded chi not familiar w/ they liver but lemme chk it out mow

Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 04:53 PM (hxVw8)

519 521 They did it,was awful.Evil Corporations,don't ya know..

Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:54 PM (zqvg6)

520 Oh Roddy Piper and bubblegum kick ass gotcha. Roadhouse is better

Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 04:56 PM (hxVw8)

521 Since 2014 is the 100th anniversary of WW1, I'm waiting for the leftys to rewrite it. With as crazy as the world was then especilly with all the commies, socialists, and anarchists killing everybody, I'm surprised no one has written a movie about it or a televisions series. Maybe, I'll write a series about anarchism in America. Boardwalk Empire hasd done well combining history and boobs. See, that's the key to success: history and boobs.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 04:56 PM (kkbgQ)

522 Any movie with Ben Gazzara is terrible "Anatomy of a Murder" begs to disagree.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 25, 2013 04:59 PM (HsTG8)

523 Red Dawn gave me nightmares for years. Yes... it had *nuances.* (I just about had combat flashbacks riding a school bus through the black hills when I was 20.) Yes, it was sort of stupid, but I was just *exactly* the right age when I saw it and have an overabundant imagination, too. I haven't been able to make myself watch the new version.

Posted by: Synova at November 25, 2013 05:00 PM (7/PU+)

524 "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the First Dimension" Just a dot on the screen, stationary, with spoken dialogue from a cast of dozens... "It's not my singularity, Monkey Boy!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 25, 2013 05:01 PM (HsTG8)

525 I want to remake a Highlander TV series... I even have the fanfic write up all ready to go, characters and basic set up... It would be awesome. It's also entirely pointless and totally frustrating, because even if I'm brilliant it's impossible on account of someone else owns it. Bah.

Posted by: Synova at November 25, 2013 05:01 PM (7/PU+)

526 Yeah - I just had to go watch that fight scene with him and Keith David. It's like what, eight minutes of alley fighting.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 25, 2013 05:02 PM (gF7gm)

527 Ok, this is my first post after at least a year of lurking. Roadhouse has some of the best REALITY based martial arts moves. 20 plus yrs cop 30 plus yrs various martial arts. I heart roadhouse.

Swayze did years of Kung Fu in Houston before he went to Hollywood.

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at November 25, 2013 05:05 PM (ylhEn)

528 Stroker Ace

Posted by: Chico Esquela at November 25, 2013 05:06 PM (/o5YZ)

529 How about a remake of Hard Times. Set in New Orleans, post Katrina. Part fight club part hunger games. Ron Perlman instead of James Coburn. Gerard Butler as Charles Bronson. , have Vin Diesel as Robert Tessier (the skinhead fighter). Gary Oldman as LeBeau. The script practically writes itself.

Posted by: Robert Mashburn at November 25, 2013 05:07 PM (NVkR3)

530 Loved BoatNik's Man From Nowhere is a good Korean movie.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 25, 2013 05:08 PM (b6koZ)

531 Another movie that should never be remade Saturday Night Fever.

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at November 25, 2013 05:11 PM (ylhEn)

532

Any movie with Ben Gazzara is terrible

Er, the Big Lebowski?

Posted by: Reggie1971 at November 25, 2013 05:12 PM (S11Oq)

533 You know what needs to be remade? Three O'Clock High. It was a near-miss, which is what remakes are for. Buddy Revell needs to be menacing but more 3-dimensional. There needs to be a better setup for the tension with the girlfriend and the other women competing for the hero at the end. But the surrealism of being stuck in school for a whole day, with a total psycho just waiting to pound you at the end of the day? It's High Noon for teens. The premise is awesome, but they just didn't execute.

Posted by: Phinn at November 25, 2013 05:12 PM (kTopm)

534

They should remake "Roots".

 

I wonder why they never show it anymore. Must be racism.

Posted by: Kunta Kinte at November 25, 2013 05:12 PM (fVRTJ)

535 DeusRx-- The problem is not with the throat-ripping per se, but with the execution. In a real scenario, you'd basically be striking the throat, then grabbing on the recoil. In the movie, Swayze (who had been doing okay up till then) took this big lumbering roundabout step in, arced his arm in, managed to land his hand on the throat, then arced his whole body out again. It looked silly. I presume because the reality would've been too fast for people to process what had happened. It would not be a slow/strength move, just a lot like a punch.

Posted by: moviegique at November 25, 2013 05:13 PM (i7eJs)

536 Cross Beckett with Tolkien: "Waiting for Gollum"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 25, 2013 05:14 PM (HsTG8)

537 Disneys BlackHole?

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 25, 2013 05:15 PM (b6koZ)

538 An Observation I didn't know that, thought he was a dancer like David Carradine. Still, the MA techniques make Roadhouse even worth a mention in. "Fists, Wits and a Wicked Right". Remake? Maybe. Hopefully with a decent cast and choreography

Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 05:16 PM (hxVw8)

539 #539

There is the small problem of Alex Haley losing a plagiarism suit and it turning out most of the stuff he was told in Africa was made up on the spot.

Even as a child it struck me as unbelievable that people without a written language had kept oral records about a teenager who went missing over a century earlier. The number of young men who went missing for various reasons, including kidnapping by slavers, had to be a bit too high to easily link Haley to his ancestor.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 25, 2013 05:17 PM (bPxS6)

540 Moviegiquie Probably right Bud. If people can't see it they can't appreciate it: I'll still never know if it works Roadhouse is waaaayyy underrrratted.

Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 05:21 PM (hxVw8)

541 Gah, now I'm playing catch-up. 

One of the reasons that I like The Whole Nine Yards was Amanda Peet nekkid.

And I second EoJ's comments regarding Sarah Shahi.  Persian women are mmmmmmm...

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 25, 2013 05:22 PM (lr3d7)

542 The only reason I watched Roadhouse was Sam Elliott He's the only reason to watch a lot of movies, honestly. Ghost Rider, too.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 25, 2013 05:26 PM (DV4pp)

543 The problem is not with the throat-ripping per se, but with the execution. In a real scenario, you'd basically be striking the throat, then grabbing on the recoil.

In the movie, Swayze (who had been doing okay up till then) took this big lumbering roundabout step in, arced his arm in, managed to land his hand on the throat, then arced his whole body out again.

It looked silly. I presume because the reality would've been too fast for people to process what had happened.

It would not be a slow/strength move, just a lot like a punch.

There are liability problems with doing techniques the way they're actually done - in movies. If Steven Seagal had done the arm break in Above the Law the way it is actually done every idiot kid in the country would have been breaking people's arms.  As it was shown it won't work - which is good since I'm sure idiot kids were trying to break people's arms with the movie move.

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at November 25, 2013 05:26 PM (ylhEn)

544 Ladyhawk would have been orders of magnitude better with an orchestral score instead of that 80s synth crap

Posted by: Chico Esquela at November 25, 2013 05:27 PM (/o5YZ)

545
Posted by: Solomon Kane at November 25, 2013 08:18 PM (8XAQc)

Yeah.... Hollywood has not figured out that the greatest stories didn't have a backstory...

There was no need.

Hell.... Robert Howard did not even write the Conan stories in any kind of chronological order... that came long after his death...

Posted by: I rest my case... at November 25, 2013 08:23 PM (lZBBB)










In one of his books on screenwriting, William Goldman has a great writeup on backstories and how they ruin films. WG relates how Michael Douglas insisted on a backstory for his character in The Ghost And The Darkness, and it turned him into a putz. WG goes on to talk about how a backstory for Rick would have absolutely tanked Casablanca.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 25, 2013 05:37 PM (MBqvE)

546 What was that about 7 Lady Truckers and a BJ?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at November 25, 2013 05:40 PM (2jQGY)

547 An Observation I didn't know that, thought he was a dancer like David Carradine. Still, the MA techniques make Roadhouse even worth a mention in. "Fists, Wits and a Wicked Right". Remake? Maybe. Hopefully with a decent cast and choreography

He also - IIRC - studied Ballet. I think he took  Kung Fu as a physical answer for the  people who mocked him for taking Ballet.

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at November 25, 2013 05:40 PM (ylhEn)

548 The Blackhole would be a perfect film to remake. The original is a great concept with horrible execution. Those are the types of films to remake.

Posted by: Chris at November 25, 2013 05:47 PM (crkWb)

549

Sheesh.

Really?

A Ron White video?

He still sucks.

Later.

Posted by: Tom at November 25, 2013 05:52 PM (KT0Wn)

550

Sheesh.

Really?

A Ron White video?

He still sucks.

Later.

Posted by: Tom at November 25, 2013 05:52 PM (KT0Wn)

551

Sheesh.

Really?

A Ron White video?

He still sucks.

Later.

Posted by: Tom at November 25, 2013 05:52 PM (KT0Wn)

552 An Obsefvtion. Bruce Lee studied ballet goo or so I have read

Posted by: DeusRx at November 25, 2013 06:02 PM (hxVw8)

553 Roadhouse, Better Off Dead, Beastmaster and the like are what I call "guilty pleasure" movies. They're movies that have all sorts of problems and have no business being liked by the viewers, but are likeable/loveable, nonetheless. Hollywood raping our minds in order to make another buck remaking movies like that should be considered treason.

Posted by: Just A Guy at November 25, 2013 06:31 PM (5v7zJ)

554 Other candidates for remake/reboot: Atragon Alakazam the Great Invasion of the Neptune Men Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Posted by: Calvin Dodge at November 25, 2013 06:32 PM (JTaw8)

555 Apparently there really were Wrestling stories: http://bishsbeat.blogspot.com/2013/10/fight-fiction-3-wrestling-pulp-stories.html Learn something new every day.

Posted by: Pastorius at November 25, 2013 06:56 PM (gMAUH)

556 This website purports to have a list of ALL movies about Wrestling: http://www.sportsinmovies.com/wrestling-movies.asp

Posted by: Pastorius at November 25, 2013 06:57 PM (gMAUH)

557 Anyway, it doesn't matter, but I was attached to the idea that the Coen Brothers were hip enough to have thought of a genre of movie, which didn't really exist, something that Hollywood had never thought to make. If that weren't supposed to be a hip joke, part of my world would crumble. ;-)

Posted by: Pastorius at November 25, 2013 06:58 PM (gMAUH)

558 #535 I watched Man From Nowhere on Hulu last week. Excellent action movie.

Posted by: Synova at November 25, 2013 07:19 PM (7/PU+)

559 I'm holding out for the remake of Zapped!  There have been HUGE breakthroughs in boob technology since then...

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 25, 2013 07:28 PM (XO6WW)

560 One of the best lines from the original Roadhouse came from a villain. "I used to fuck guys like you in prison." That's a powerful line on several levels; I was really impressed with it.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at November 25, 2013 08:30 PM (ghENB)

561 Zardoz!

Posted by: West at November 26, 2013 09:06 AM (1Rgee)

562 I'd like to point out that the big award winning movie in Idiocracy, Ass, wasn't a remake. So they had that going for them

Posted by: Not Sure at November 26, 2013 11:16 AM (E1MhK)

563

Ace, be nice until it's time to not be nice. Because nobody puts Baby in a corner!

 

(Some say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one. <<<  That's going into heavy rotation this Thanksgiving.)

Posted by: Minuteman at November 26, 2013 11:22 AM (E1MhK)

564   How about "Saved By The Bell"?  The back story is Screech sells a tape he made through a hole in the wall to the girl's locker room.  

Posted by: Minuteman at November 26, 2013 11:26 AM (E1MhK)

565 I think one more re-boot of "The Hulk" would be just the thing.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 26, 2013 11:28 AM (E1MhK)

566 Hollywood is remaking Roadhouse as another posthumous punishment to the memory of Patrick Swayze. Swayze was also one of the leads in Red Dawn, and he was a quiet but confirmed conservative person and family man. Nevertheless he was a heartthrob and stand-up leading man whose movies could entertain men and women alike. But the Hollywood Left cannot tolerate conservative success, so they will remake the movie with some properly credentialed liberal twit. Look for them to remake all of Stallone & Schwarzenegger's hit movies within the next 20 years. (Clint Eastwood is safe since most of his movies were Westerns to be consigned to cable-channel oblivion with the rest of their ilk.)
 

Posted by: exdem13 at November 26, 2013 02:42 PM (lJaja)

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