Good call. Makes me think of another one -- Remo Williams! On Apr 17, 2:45 pm, "Dug B." <[email protected]> wrote: > Thought of another movie. Buckaroo Banzai. > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Jennifer Walker <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > Basically his Sorcerer's Apprentice role but with science instead of > > magic. Yup, I could see that working. > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I could see that as a real scenery-chewing role for Nicolas Cage. > >> Yes, I'm serious. Fits Biff's description from BttF2 of a "wild eyed > >> scientist." > > >> On Apr 17, 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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