Oooo... I have a good one. How about Howard the Duck? ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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