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yet another Batman reboot? Really?

Yes. They’re very popular and make the company millions which is what they want.

I loved the Bale and Affleck Batmen but that hasn't stopped me watching Ruby Rose as Batwoman.


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 9:09 am
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Oh.
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a862077/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-joss-whedon/ /blockquote>
Should be fine. Whedon involved and the buffyverse's internal logic allows different slayers. As long as it's a 'new' Buffy and not a straight reboot I'll be watching.


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 9:39 am
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Whedon involved and the buffyverse’s internal logic allows different slayers. As long as it’s a ‘new’ Buffy and not a straight reboot I’ll be watching.
exactly. But then it's not a [b]reboot[/b]. Although I fully accept the "journalist" may just be thick & not really understand what a reboot actually is. See also: [b]staycation[/b]. 😉


 
Posted : 25/08/2020 9:59 am
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Ahem

I love the book & the original film, but that looks interesting


 
Posted : 09/09/2020 11:16 pm
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57267069

"We're looking forward to reimagining and developing the deep catalogue of MGM," Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday.

"The acquisition's thesis here is really very simple. MGM has a vast, deep catalogue of much-loved intellectual property. With the talented people at MGM and Amazon Studios, we can reimagine and develop that IP for the 21st Century."


 
Posted : 28/05/2021 8:33 pm
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Normally I’d agree with you but in the case of Robin Hood, I’m happy for them to keep trying until they make one good one

How about this then ?
NSFW. The Jim Davidson take...


 
Posted : 28/05/2021 10:24 pm
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OK its not a remake as such but

Owlbear & a Gelatinous Cube

Im actually totally up for this


 
Posted : 22/07/2022 4:17 pm
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I'll just leave this here - the batmobile still looks good.


 
Posted : 22/07/2022 4:43 pm
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Thought this had been revived & was going to mention the Quantum Leap remake/sequel currently underway


 
Posted : 22/07/2022 4:48 pm
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A reboot? What is it?

https://collider.com/naked-gun-reboot-liam-neeson-comments/


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 9:28 am
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Nice beaver...


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 10:45 am
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Neeson has been making increasingly ridiculous parodies of Taken for years.


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 10:47 am
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Thought this had been revived & was going to mention the Quantum Leap remake/sequel currently underway

I just started watching that, it's decent popcorn tv, technically a sequel using the same template as the original.


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 11:03 am
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A reboot? What is it?

https://collider.com/naked-gun-reboot-liam-neeson-comments//blockquote >

The 'Taken' star says the production is currently waiting on a script.

Apart from a script, a cast, and a budget, all set to start shooting.


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 11:06 am
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Neeson has been making increasingly ridiculous parodies of Taken for years

I thought Taken was a parody


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 11:10 am
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I would like to see them try to do a remake of Pulp Fiction . My favourit film of all time .


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 8:59 pm
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Big trouble in little China, starring Dwayne Johnson

A ‘continuation’ apparently, not a remake. Still sounds shite though

Oh god I thought this was a joke


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 9:03 pm
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I wonder what happened to the Dambusters remake?


 
Posted : 20/01/2023 9:08 pm
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Big trouble in little China, starring Dwayne Johnson

Ok, have to admit, as a fan of the original, I'd quiet like to see a sequel.😁


 
Posted : 21/01/2023 6:56 am
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OK its not a remake as such but

Owlbear & a Gelatinous Cube

Im actually totally up for this

When they filmed up here the costume department was based behind my house, there was lot and I mean a lot of costumes. Yeah, that’s about all I’ve got.


 
Posted : 21/01/2023 8:49 am
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because black or people from outside the UK or even Europe would be very very uncommon in the 12th or 13th century.

You can walk from the uk to Africa (with a boat trip or 2) in a couple of months

Trade routes from Europe to Africa were established by the bronze age, romans & then vikings had extensive trade with North africa, slaves as well as goods, tho you shouldn't assume black person = slave.
By the middle ages pilgrimages, war & trade with middle East and beyond was not uncommon

Anyway back to dreadful remaking...
https://movieweb.com/liam-neeson-naked-gun-reboot-update/


 
Posted : 21/01/2023 9:20 am
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Does this count as remake post?


 
Posted : 21/01/2023 9:26 am
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To be fair most of Liam Neesons films over the last few years just feel like parodies anyway so he may as well make on deliberately.


 
Posted : 21/01/2023 1:17 pm
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Plane flight I was on yesterday offered three versions of “Father of the Bride” which I thought was quite funny.


 
Posted : 21/01/2023 1:24 pm
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Just watched the Corridor edit of Batman in Batman. I would pay real money to see a full length version of that film.


 
Posted : 21/01/2023 3:17 pm
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I love what we do in the shadows so normally a new effort by them (Watiti &  Clement) would be great, but this time, no

Who can anyone guess what film this travesty of a series coming to Apple is a remake of.....

Yes that's Lisa kudrow time-bandits-051724-1-f40687319ab844aeaa90cb1acba18304


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:03 am
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The one on the left? I thought that was Bill Bailey.

Errrrr, fim-wise, no idea. D&D?


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:14 am
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Yeah, I happen to know what film they're re-making there...

If there was ever a film that doesn't need to be remade, it's that.


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:18 am
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Who can anyone guess what film this travesty of a series coming to Apple is a remake of…..

Had no clue, so did a quick search... [url= https://ew.com/time-bandits-tv-show-first-look-taika-waititi-jemaine-clement-lisa-kudrow-exclusive-8650465 ]Noooooooooooooo (spoiler)[/url]


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:19 am
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I had to look it up... madness! Looking forward to it though... they've done no wrong yet (in my eyes)... bring it on.


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:20 am
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Yeah, I mean if I had to suggest some people that would do a decent job of it, then those two would near the top, but really, it's perfect (the original) leave it the **** alone.


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:33 am
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is it a "remake" though? being a tv series 😕


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:40 am
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is it a “remake” though? being a tv series 😕

You're right I think technically it's a spin off even 43 odd years after the original.


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 9:47 am
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It will be fine,as long as they get someone good to voice the trailer 😆

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h27sUJtngq4


 
Posted : 21/05/2024 12:32 pm
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Not strictly a "remake", but **** me, they can't leave anything alone. One I most certainly will be avoiding.

 

Blimey, just noticed kimbers posted it in January 2023! They've just got brave enough to release the shite then!


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 9:59 am
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Not strictly a "remake", but **** me, they can't leave anything alone. One I most certainly will be avoiding.

could be really good though! Remember when Liam Neeson used to be a good actor? It'll be nice to see him doing something other than shite action movies. I think he might be pretty funny. I also really like Akiva Schaffer and Seth MacFarlane's work, they've done some very funny stuff in the past! Actually quite looking forward to this one 😂


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 11:45 am
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...Seth MacFarlane's work

One for you, not for me then! Most of his stuff leaves me cold 😛

(Plus, I watched the trailer)


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 12:10 pm
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It'll be nice to see him doing something other than shite action movies.

Going by the trailer, he's diversifying into shite action comedies


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 12:40 pm
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Well, coming up this year we have a 'Lilo and Stitch' movie, a remake of 'How to Train Your Dragon' (just why?), another Superman, Highlander, The Running Man, Blade...

Sat through a whole bunch of trailers the other day and not one was for an original story.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 1:35 pm
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Saw "The Running Man" in your list there and got very sad, despite the Arnie one being terrible. The I looked at IMDB and saw that the new one has Edgar Wright directing and a different synopsis than the classic version and a _tiny_ glimmer of hope came back.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 1:41 pm
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Highlander & Blade are not coming out this year, don't think they've even started filming yet? The "trailers" available online are just fan made using AI. 

The Running Man makes more sense as I believe it's an adaptation of the book, which the Arnie original (as great as it is!) wasn't.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 1:51 pm
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@martinhutch The dead hand of venture capital strikes again - studios under huge pressure from VC shareholders not to take risks and to only greenlight projects that are guaranteed to generate a return.

Unfortunately it doesn’t quite work like that.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 2:00 pm
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Posted by: zilog6128

Highlander & Blade are not coming out this year,

Cavil's Highlander starts filming in September, aiming for a 2027 release.

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The Running Man makes more sense as I believe it's an adaptation of the book, which the Arnie original (as great as it is!) wasn't.

Indeed.  The Running Man film bears little to no resemblance to the book.  There's a film called Series 7 which is closer.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 2:38 pm
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"Cavil's Highlander starts filming in September, aiming for a 2027 release."

Oh please no... I mean the original highlander was an objectively terrible film that somehow turned out awesome...
I mean.. Queen sound track, Sean Connery playing a camp Spanish mentor with an ancient katana, the crazy scarey goth/psycho villain.. Even Lamberts wooden performance worked somehow.

The planets must have aligned for that one.

Some things should just be left in the past.


 
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There can be only Juan! 😛 


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 4:52 pm
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Sean Connery playing a camp Spanish mentor

Despite being chief metallurgist to King Charles the 5th of Spain, Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez was Egyptian.

Yes, I've watched this film far too many times.  It's one of my all-time favourites.  I've done the "I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod" speech in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel, though it was not 1518 and whilst time will tell I'm reasonably sure I'm not immortal.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 6:38 pm
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Ramirez was Egyptian.

So not Japanise then...one can only assume he 'procured' the 'priceless' katana from a previous beheading, further back in time.

Then the silly so-and-so managed to get decapitated by a drunk cyber-goth with a meth addiction, how unfortunate!


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 7:16 pm
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a remake of 'How to Train Your Dragon' (just why?),

It's a live action version but it looks basically like a shot-for-shot remake of the animated version.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 7:21 pm
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So not Japanise then...one can only assume he 'procured' the 'priceless' katana from a previous beheading, further back in time.

Nope.  It was a wedding gift from a Japanese swordmaker when Ramirez married his daughter.

The "priceless" sword you're probably referring to was the Toledo Salamanca, which belonged to Fasil at the start of the film and was worth "only about a million bucks."

Did I mention that I've seen this film far too often? 😁


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 7:22 pm
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So not Japanise then...one can only assume he 'procured' the 'priceless' katana from a previous beheading, further back in time.

Nope.  It was a wedding gift from a Japanese swordmaker when Ramirez married his daughter.

The "priceless" sword you're probably referring to was the Toledo Salamanca, which belonged to Fasil at the start of the film and was worth "only about a million bucks."

Did I mention that I've seen this film far too often? 😁

 

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Posted : 12/05/2025 7:41 pm
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I stand corrected! 😀 

I've actually got a replica of that sword in the loft somewhere...it's sharp but it's no katana, it's basicaly a katana shaped very big kitchen knife...

 

I can tell it's a replica, as the dragon head handle is made from composite plastic rather than ivory, and the blade isn't full tang 🤣 

 

16 year old me had good taste though, it's a cool thing to have, I think I paid about £100 for it back in the day.

 


 
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Doesn't really belong in this thread, but for anyone that likes Highlander (and presumably other bonkers 80's movies) - this is very much worth 10 minutes of your time!

Kung Fury 2 trailer

Contains lot of plot spoilers, but it does seem like the full movie may never see the light of day anyway... 🙁


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 8:11 pm
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Kung Fury was stupid.  But it was AWESOMELY stupid.


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 8:48 pm
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On that note, If you haven't seen 'Ong Bak 2" yet... it's the best martial arts movie ever.

Watch it with subtitles though as the dubbed version just ruins the vibe.

 

 


 
Posted : 12/05/2025 9:04 pm
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Posted by: mattyfez

it's a cool thing to have

Oh yeah, you must get all the girls ....


 
Posted : 13/05/2025 6:26 am
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Ong Bak was brilliant...wasn't aware there was a second (and I appear to be 16 years late with that discovery)!

I've been trying to find Police Academy on streaming services and it is only the Naked Gun films I can find. I want the TV series as it was ridiculously daft and funny. Annoyingly, I'm laughing at the new Naked Gun trailer...


 
Posted : 13/05/2025 3:37 pm
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I've been trying to find Police Academy on streaming services and it is only the Naked Gun films I can find

Think you mean Police Squad, not academy 🙂


 
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Posted by: kimbers

because black or people from outside the UK or even Europe would be very very uncommon in the 12th or 13th century.

3000 years ago, Europeans were Black, with blue eyes. In Henry VIII time, he had a Black senior member of his crew on the Mary Rose, effectively a member of his security, and in Elizabeth London there were Black business owners. 


 
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Posted by: n0b0dy0ftheg0at

There can be only Juan!

Well, I saw what you did there! 👌🏻👍🏼🎩


 
Posted : 15/05/2025 12:17 am
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though it was not 1518 and whilst time will tell

Couldn't you have just checked your watch?


 
Posted : 15/05/2025 6:41 am
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Posted by: kimbers

because black or people from outside the UK or even Europe would be very very uncommon in the 12th or 13th century.

There was an African Roman legion on Hadrian's Wall. This is an interesting watch:

BBC Two - Black and British: A Forgotten History - Available now


 
Posted : 15/05/2025 8:48 am
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Posted by: Rich_s

Couldn't you have just checked your watch?

Curses, I wish I'd thought of that!


 
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