Erika is right; Zac would not work. Unfortunately, as he has been overexposed already, I think Shia LeBouf or whatever his name is, could be a good Marty.
I think Shag just wants a good excuse to watch Zac Efron on the big screen. :-) Holly On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Erika <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like Zac Efron, but I think he is much to pretty to be Marty McFly. > Even though Michael J. Fox was a teen heartthrob by the time BttF came > out, he was also incredibly normal-seeming and accessible. I can't > think of very many young stars of this era who have that kind of > everyman appeal, because they're all polished to a high sheen. I think > you'd have to cast a relative unknown. Michael Richards is a good > choice for Dr. Brown, though — even though he'd have to spend the > entire press tour discussing his comedy-routine-gone-wrong. > > On Jul 6, 11:52 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > In six years, Back to the Future will be 30 years old. This is relevant > because in the original film, Marty McFly travels back in time 30 years. > When we first watched the film, 30 years ago seemed like a million years > ago. Kind of puts your age in perspective, doesn't it. > > I just watched this film with my 9 year old step-son tonight. Other than > a lot of foul language, the film was perfectly suited for his age. He loved > it! He was excited in all the right parts. He was thinking ahead and > figuring out some of the time travel subplots. He did me proud. > > It got me thinking... sooner or later someone is going to do a remake. > In fact, a remake in the year 2015 would make a lot of sense. So if you had > the chance to remake Back to the Future, how would you do it? > > Here are some of my thoughts... While I don't know that I would enjoy > the movie below, it does seem to be a logical extrapolation of the original > film...Marty McFly - Zack Efron (from High School Musical)Dr. Emmett Brown - > Michael Richards (Kramer from Seinfeld)Director - Don't know, but it's got > to be someone that gets comedy (physical & the kind that comes from > dialogue) as well as someone who can direct a good car chase.The car - Use a > Hummer this time around (or maybe a Smart Car if you're going for > humor)Marty travels back in time from 2015 to 1985. Marty has to get his > parents to kiss at the Cyndi Lauper Concert.Anyone else? > > The Irredeemable > Shaghttp://firestormfan.comhttp://onceuponageek.comhttp:// > twitter.com/onceuponageek > > > , --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
