[Closed] 80's reboots

CaptainFlashheart

An all female Ghostbusters reboot

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Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones seems like good fit. Infinitely preferable to what was foreshadowed in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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A porn version of flash Gordon.

"A porn version of flash Gordon."

That's been done 8)

Apparently one of my favourite films has a remake on the way: Near Dark.

It'll be shit.

That's been done

That was the joke 🙄

I'm amazed no-one's remade E.T. yet. Or Goonies

DezB - Member

Apparently one of my favourite films has a remake on the way: Near Dark.

It'll be shit.

Near Dark is a brilliant film. Far from perfect but brilliant all the same. There's no reason why it necessarily has to be shit, but based on recent remakes, yeah, it'll be shit.

woody2000

I'm amazed no-one's remade E.T. yet. Or Goonies

Oh I'd say they'll get around to it, but my guess would be that studios are looking to remake films they can turn into power house franchises with numerous sequels. E.T. and The Goonies had fully realised stories and didn't spawn sequels.

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E.T. could easily have a sequel, after all he just flew off into space at the end.

"E.T. - The Revenge" - E.T. returns to Earth to exact his bloody revenge on those who tormented him on his first visit.

🙂

Ahem... [url= http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-goonies-sequel-in-the-works-20140422 ]Goonies sequel[/url]

Pratt wanted to do Ghostbusters with Channing Tatum apparently.

What they've got lined-up should be good though - talented, funny people involved.

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Metal Mickey?

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century IIRC. biddy biddy biddy

speaking of BSG, how about this:
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vs this:
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As a kid I just couldn't figure out what Face was doing in space.

An all female Ghostbusters reboot, Chris Pratt as the nnew Indiana Jones. What next?

Can't see a problem with either of these, apart from the lack of imagination implicit in a reboot.

An all female Ghostbusters reboot

I reckon a Paul Feig Ghostbusters with Kristin Wiig, Melissa Mccarthy and Kate Mckinnon* has the potential to be awesome to be honest and t least you can be pretty confident it's going to be something different rather than a dodgy aping of the original..

*and Leslie Jones but I know nothing about her

biddy biddy biddy

I always though it was Beely Beely Beely ?

Can't see a problem with the new BSG and the new Starbuck - she was every bit the cigar-chomping voracious horizontalist with a healthy disrespect for authority that Dirk Benedict was, plus she managed to not come across as a bit off a smug bellsniff. I strongly suspect that if old and new Starbucks had a punch up, new Starbuck would win.

As for the others, I sat through the reboots of Total Recall and Robocop. Neither brought anything new to the story that the originals lacked, aside from a massively increased SFX budget.

Buck Rogers? Hmm...no living woman today will ever come close to the perfection (in my seven year old eyes at least) of Wilma Deering.

In the back pages of a lads mag there was a classic remake of Saving Private Ryan.
It was called Shaving Ryan's Privates.

I love the quote on the BBC website about the Ghostbusters film

Plans for a follow-up have been mooted ever since, but appeared to have been scuppered by Murray's reluctance to sign up for it.

Harold Ramis's death last year appeared to make it an even unlikelier prospect.

I'd kinda say impossible, seeing as he's dead!

If they could get Harold Ramis back as an actual ghost, they could write their own pay cheques 🙂

MSP - Member
What next?
A porn version of flash Gordon.

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As long as it still has Mings daughter in it i'd watch it!

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[i]It was called Shaving Ryan's Privates.[/i]

Indeed, when I watched the film (the Spielberg one) with my son I kept calling it that. He was amused.

Not all reboots are bad. Ok Sly's Dredd was awful but Karl Urban's was pretty good. Fairly low budget as well.

As long as they don't try to resurrect past their prime sitcoms like Open all hours or Birds of a feather we should be OK.

Regarding BSG - Starbuck and Facebuck are both...well, y'know...a bit phwoar!

As are both incarnations of the bots, obviously.

oh yeah, Boomer's a woman too. and a Cylon to boot. oops did I put a spoiler in there?

Twiki was voiced by Mel Blanc who also did Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck. Erin Grey (wilma deering) was my boyhood crush/fantasy....rrrrrrrowser!

original Boomer:
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he's clearly unimpressed

vs reboot Boomer:
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80's

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90's
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00's
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[i]As long as they don't try to resurrect past their prime sitcoms like Open all hours or Birds of a feather we should be OK.
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Birds of a Feather had a [i]prime[/i]? musta missed that!

Can't see a problem with the new BSG and the new Starbuck - she was every bit the cigar-chomping voracious horizontalist with a healthy disrespect for authority that Dirk Benedict was, plus she managed to not come across as a bit off a smug bellsniff. I strongly suspect that if old and new Starbucks had a punch up, new Starbuck would win.

I never watched TMGTNMT in the 80s, but cartoon April exceeds the nork/head size ratio by quite some margin.

[i]I'm amazed no-one's remade E.T. yet.[/i]

Super 8

Buck Rogers? Hmm...no living woman today will ever come close to the perfection (in my seven year old eyes at least) of Wilma Deering.

Preferred the baddie princess. I'm a sucker for dark hair and non-boss eyes 😀

"A porn version of *whatever*"

That's been done

R34

Also - NO FRACKING SPOILERS!

jimjam - Member

E.T. and The Goonies had fully realised stories and didn't spawn sequels.

Speilberg wrote a pitch for an ET sequel, William Kotzwinkle did a (different) follow-on novel which I don't remember much about but seemed to be mostly about stockholm syndrome, PTSD, and the crushing disappointment of normal life.

Forget about old reboots, they're rebooting the fantastic 4, the last film in that series was only 7 years ago.

Having just watched the Fantastic Four trailer, my excitement level has hit 'meh'

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The A-team remake wasn't too bad but I didn't get more than 20 minutes into the new Knight rider, maybe that's more to do with the fact that I'm not 11 anymore so who knows.
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I sae the Total Recall remake and loved it. The odd reference to the original and of course Kate Beckinsale at her hottest.

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New Total Recal has Kate Beckinwhatnow?

Why wasn't I informed of this already? Words will be had...

Liking the fact the new Ghostbusters is another SNL lineup, if they have the same chemistry as the original cast and don't try too hard to be carbon copies I reckon it'll work.

F4 reboot is still further apart than The Hulk and Incredible Hulk IIRC

Also original Adama wouldn't have pulled off a New Caprica, he was too busy talking new age balls...

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Surely it's about time for

There already is a 'new' Airwolf, not bad too for a DIY effort:

part 1

part 2

Starbuck and Starbuck"

How did I not know that there's also a remake of Point Break coming out this year.

Kate Beckinsale at her hottest.

You've never watched Underworld, then?

I'm surprised they never made a follow up to Dr No.

9 1/2 Weeks => 11 1/2 Greeks

Cougar - Moderator
Kate Beckinsale at her hottest.
You've never watched Underworld, then?

Yes. But then I made the mistake of watching Underworld 2,3 and 4 or 5. Anyway, I prefer the jeans and sweatshirt look of the older Kate.

I preferred Jessica Biel. Shocking film, despite the hotties.

A Goonies remake was confirmed last year*
http://www.****/tvshowbiz/article-2597793/Never-say-die-Director-Richard-Donner-announces-Goonies-sequel-plans-bring-cast.html

*according to Daily Wail so liable to be absolute bo11ocks.

Donner is 84, just saying.

Hm.

http://www.gamesradar.com/first-set-images-arrive-poltergeist-reboot/

they're heeeeeerrrrrreeeeeee
[wets pants]

Neither brought anything new to the story that the originals lacked

What? New Robocop was a completely different film!

I thought the new Robocop was better.

brakes
I thought the new Robocop was better.

Jesus wept. Not that I will ever agree with you on any level, but I must ask what makes you say that?

... but only in the New Testament reboot.

I thought the new Robocop was better.

Please justify that statement.

Also apparently there's a reboot of Escape From New York on the way

Oh Sam Rockwell is in it? Actually keen...

Beaten to it.

Actually that doesn't look too bad.

Also apparently there's a reboot of Escape From New York on the way

In true John Carpenter style that was done with Escape from LA.

This:

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To:

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Not complaining.

New Mad Max looks promising. Highlander is supposed to be on the cards too.

Who's that between Trish Helfer and Grace Park?

Number 3. Lucy Lawless, Xena Warrior Princess iirc

That Mad Max looks proper, proper good

I confess that I too preferred the remakes of Robocop and Total Recall

I confess that I too preferred the remakes of Robocop and Total Recall

Please explain? Both of these remakes were boring & overly glossy compared to Paul Verhoeven's originals in my opinion...

john_drummer - Member

Number 3. Lucy Lawless, Xena Warrior Princess iirc

Hah- watched the whole thing, I had no idea.

I just thought the remakes were much better. The original Robocop was like a bad comedy. I really didn't want to watch the remake but the wife put it on Lovefilm. I watched and really enjoyed it. We watched the original a few weeks ago. The wife had never seen it before and was that impressed she fell asleep.

"Ferris Beuller Comes Out",is all I got at the mo....(Shave Ferris!).... 😕

Also apparently there's a reboot of Escape From New York on the way

AS one of my favourite films of all time, I have mixed feelings about that.

WOULD like to see reboots of

Sapphire and Steel
Blakes 7

Actually liked rebooted A Team 😳

john_drummer - Member
Number 3. Lucy Lawless, Xena Warrior Princess iirc

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005128/
She keeps popping up, last time was on an Aussie TV drama.

and not to be a pedant

A Goonies remake was confirmed last year*
http://www.****/tvshowbiz/article-2597793/Never-say-die-Director-Richard-Donner-announces-Goonies-sequel-plans-bring-cast.html

*according to Daily Wail so liable to be absolute bo11ocks.

There's going to be a remake of Scarface.

Not good.

Noooo.

As an aside, with a 3yr old Fireman Sam has rceently become a favourite of his. The new ones are just utter garbage compared to the old ones. Handily found the first series of the old ones on Amazon Prime so I can relive being a kid and not have to put up with CGI shite.

There's going to be a remake of Scarface.

I've been mourning all day since I heard.

I can understand some remakes but not that. It was set, created and filmed in the very era when Cocaine wars were at it's worst.