Shia LeBouf does have that "everyman" quality. But like Pat mentioned, he's overexposed already.
And you know it, Zac is my hearthrob! :) The Irredeemable Shag http://onceuponageek.com http://firestormfan.com On Jul 7, 1:59 pm, Holly Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
