Me. ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote: > Instead of jokes in the 50s about Ronald Reagan the actor being President > in the 80s, you'd have jokes in the 80s about Arnold Schwarzenegger being > Governor in the future. > > Zac Effron is as good as any other kid I suppose to play Marty. It's > bound to be some kid from the Disney Channel either way. So who would play > Doc Brown? > > > Shag > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Right now I am imagining a "Who the hell is Barack Obama?" joke as a >> callback to the original. >> >> On Apr 17, 9:57 am, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Actually, my 12 year old loves those movies. We watch them at least once >> > every year. And, it is funny for him to ask me questions about the 80's. >> > "What gas really that low back then?" "Who is Max Headroom?" Stuff like >> > that. >> > >> > ---------------------------------------- >> > Have a Better One, >> > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > The idea of remaking Back To The Future in 2015 is very funny to me. >> > > I imagine that to the kids of the 10's, the 80's would be as alien as >> > > the 50's were to the original audience. >> > >> > > On Apr 17, 9:42 am, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Did you all hear that? It sounded like Shag screaming and then it >> > > > just...stopped. Someone go check him for a pulese please. >> > >> > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Patrick Pence < >> > > [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > > > > I'm guessing it is a prerequisite that Zac Efron would star. >> Or, if >> > > he >> > > > > is getting too much of an edge to him, they could always throw the >> > > Bieb in >> > > > > there. >> > >> > > > > P >> > >> > > > > ______________________________ >> > > > > [email protected] >> > > > > *"You can be the captain, * >> > > > > * and I will draw the chart..."* >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------ >> > > > > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:17:59 -0700 >> > > > > From: [email protected] >> > > > > To: [email protected] >> > > > > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Movies Which Deserve Remakes >> > >> > > > > I really like Shag's idea! That would be fun. >> > >> > > > > On Monday, April 16, 2012 8:55:37 PM UTC-4, Shag wrote: >> > >> > > > > Back to the Future should be released in 2015 (as Part 2 took >> place in >> > > > > that year). The 2015 Marty could travel back in time to 1985. It >> > > would be >> > > > > fun! >> > >> > > > > The Irredeemable Shag >> > >> > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Dug B. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > > > Good call on Gargoyles. My vote is for The Black Hole. Yes, I >> know. >> > >> > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Luke Jaconetti < >> [email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > Poltergeist is a good one, although I must say that Poltergeist >> is one >> > > > > of the absolute best PG-13 horror films ever made. >> > >> > > > > Gargoyles is another good call. >> > >> > > > > Would you believe that I have never seen Logan's Run? >> > >> > > > > On Apr 16, 4:17 pm, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > > I believe a Logan's Run remake is in development stage. Or rumor >> > > stage. >> > >> > > > > > ------------------------------**---------- >> > > > > > Have a Better One, >> > > > > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/**edwardcrosby< >> > >http://about.me/edwardcrosby> >> > >> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Cary Preston < >> [email protected]> >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > > I can think of a few, if camp movies are going to be included. >> > > Destroy >> > > > > All >> > > > > > > Monsters (my personal favorite of all the giant city killing >> > > monster >> > > > > > > flicks), Gargoyles (I saw it on channel 30's Creature Feature >> > > decades >> > > > > ago >> > > > > > > and was fascinated by it, but it's a terrible flick now), >> Death >> > > Race >> > > > > 2000 >> > > > > > > (not the recent crappy adaption), Logan's Run, maybe even a >> > > modernized >> > > > > > > Poltergeist that takes advantage of cutting edge effects. >> > >> > > > > > > On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Luke Jaconetti < >> [email protected]> >> > > > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > > > > While reading that article which Cary posted about >> disappointing >> > > > > > > > movies, they list Judge Dredd and make the case for the new >> film, >> > > > > > > > Dredd, to be a big improvement. (All accounts point to this >> > > being >> > > > > the >> > > > > > > > case at this time.) So this got me thinking: what other >> genre >> > > films >> > > > > > > > deserve to get remade? >> > >> > > > > > > > Personally, the top of my list any time I think about this >> > > question >> > > > > is >> > > > > > > > King Kong vs Godzilla. Toho had wanted to make another film >> > > pitting >> > > > > > > > these monsters against each other in 1991 but the >> negotiations >> > > with >> > > > > > > > the Turner people proved insurmountable. But to imagine the >> > > fight >> > > > > > > > between Kong and Goji with Hesai-era (or beyond!) special >> effects >> > > > > > > > truly makes this daikaiju fanboy's eyes go all saucer-like. >> > > > > > > > Especially considering what had just been done in the way of >> > > close >> > > > > > > > ranged daikaiju combat in Godzilla vs Biollante, itself >> > > something of >> > > > > a >> > > > > > > > revelation. >> > >> > > > > > > > So what of it folks? 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