The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[XCV330]

I'm a fan of Forbidden Planet, and a remake could be interesting, but you have the "John Carter of Mars" problem. Which is to say, later works have already redone everything unique about the original. What does a new Forbidden Planet bring to the table that Star Trek hasn't already done multiple times?

Just guessing. If it ever happened, it gives Amazon their own star-trek franchise. These are the people that paid 1 Billion for what essentially amounts to well done Tolkein fanfic. Same reason Lost In Space keeps getting revived.. it's there and it seems like a competitive product. The original movie itself is a good story, being built on the bones of The Tempest, so a remake, if they did not screw it up, might succeed. It's been suggested at least a couple of times. At one point J. Michael Straczynski was working on a script.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Sly Stallone is to return for, no, not another Rambo, not another Rocky, not even another Creed or Judge Dredd, but a Cliffhanger 2. I’d rather he’d done a sequel to his other 1993 hit, Demolition Man, but nobody listens to me
https://deadline.com/2023/05/sylves...oot-from-director-ric-roman-waugh-1235351858/

Shit, the video game was better than the movie. And the video game was terrible. And it had Lithgow as a baddie, which is like an automatic free point-and-a-half on a 1en-point scale.

 

[UssGlenn]

Just guessing. If it ever happened, it gives Amazon their own star-trek franchise. These are the people that paid 1 Billion for what essentially amounts to well done Tolkein fanfic. Same reason Lost In Space keeps getting revived.. it's there and it seems like a competitive product. The original movie itself is a good story, being built on the bones of The Tempest, so a remake, if they did not screw it up, might succeed. It's been suggested at least a couple of times. At one point J. Michael Straczynski was working on a script.

I'm having trouble picturing the ongoing story. With lost in space you have the "Family traveling together, having new adventures" premise. We see one adventure in Forbidden Planet, and once that is resolved at the end of the movie, what are we left with? "Earth military space ship patrolling and exploring the galaxy" and that's just Star Trek.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Shit, the video game was better than the movie. And the video game was terrible. And it had Lithgow as a baddie, which is like an automatic free point-and-a-half on a 1en-point scale.

I remember the Empire review noting that Stallone had rewritten the script - “and you, sir, are no Shane Black.” Lithgow was definitely the best thing in it. Maybe in the tradition of the original cliffhanger serials, they can show a flashback showing that he actually cheated death.

 

[XCV330]

I'm having trouble picturing the ongoing story. With lost in space you have the "Family traveling together, having new adventures" premise. We see one adventure in Forbidden Planet, and once that is resolved at the end of the movie, what are we left with? "Earth military space ship patrolling and exploring the galaxy" and that's just Star Trek.

somehow Galaxy Quest and, one assumes, The Orville managed to make money doing startrek. In this case Forbidden Planet is doing forbidden planet. It gives them a chance to do it without some of the silly stuff (the aliens all look like humans, everyone is at the same basic level of tech, esp, transporters, etc). Since it would be a reboot, anyway, it isn't filled with those constraints or the need to please a calcified fandom.

and THEIR Robbie the Robot can be WAY better than that creepy thing from from Netflix LIS

 

[Jayson1]

I'm a fan of Forbidden Planet, and a remake could be interesting, but you have the "John Carter of Mars" problem. Which is to say, later works have already redone everything unique about the original. What does a new Forbidden Planet bring to the table that Star Trek hasn't already done multiple times?

I'm a fan of Forbidden Planet, and a remake could be interesting, but you have the "John Carter of Mars" problem. Which is to say, later works have already redone everything unique about the original. What does a new Forbidden Planet bring to the table that Star Trek hasn't already done multiple times?

Instead of the space crew you focus on Dr Morbius and the people who use to live on the colony as they explore the alien stuff before getting killed. The spaceship landing is when the movie actually ends.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Denzel Washington may be joining the Gladiator sequel https://deadline.com/2023/03/denzel...uel-cast-paul-mescal-ridley-scott-1235302321/

Edit: it also looks like Barry Keoghan is to play the baddie, meaning that both films will feature a bad guy who’s also played the Joker. Jared Leto unavailable for comment.

Pedro Pascal has joined the cast, as has Connie Nielsen from the original (presumably in the same role) https://deadline.com/2023/05/pedro-pascal-ridley-scotts-gladiator-paramount-1235352214/

 

[CorporalClegg]

Anyone remember when the Scotts didn't like sequels?

 

[Captaindemotion]

Anyone remember when the Scotts didn't like sequels?

Well Tony did make Beverly Hills Cop 2. I really wish we’d gotten The Second Last Boy Scout, though

 

[CorporalClegg]

I often forget about the second BHC film. Sure, the third one was absolute trash, but it was that 'so bat it's good'. Also, Theresa Randle. But I genuinely can't remember a thing about the second one.

Though I agree a second Boy Scout movie would have been great.

 

[marillion]

I just kind of blew my own mind realizing that The Last Boy Scout came out in 1991.

I could see it come back as series, kind of like they did with Lethal Weapon. The first season of that wasn't bad. Mostly...

 

[Captaindemotion]

I just kind of blew my own mind realizing that The Last Boy Scout came out in 1991.

I could see it come back as series, kind of like they did with Lethal Weapon. The first season of that wasn't bad. Mostly...

I always thought that they might have made a series of it, more so than LW, because it wasn’t as iconic (or as Die Hard), but just as rife for an ongoing series. Back in the day, the late Jerry Doyle might have been an obvious replacement for Bruce.

 

[Aragorn]

Stallone is doing a Cliffhanger sequel. Or is it a reboot? The news outlets sure love to use the word reboot to mean anything.

Michael Rooker kidnaps the brother mountain of the mountain where his girlfriend fell to her death and only Sly can stop him.

 

[JesterFace]

Has this already been mentioned?
I guess this would be a reboot in a way but not a complete reboot.
OZ ended in 2003. Now 20 years later would a "where are they now reboot" be interesting?
Perhaps some familiar actors could make appearances.
The series ended in a way that could be called a cliffhanger but it wasn't a cliffhanger....

 

[Jayson1]

I would like to see a OZ reboot. Lots of popular characters are dead but we could see Ryan O'Reily, Beecher, Alvarez and most of the staff to name a few. Then fill the prison with new characters.

 

[Aragorn]

CW renews Walker, who will now run security for LIV Golf tournaments while a camera crew follows him around to film a reality series.

 

[Aragorn]

The upcoming Matlock series on CBS has nothing to do with Matlock. Character is a lawyer who just happens to have the same last name. She even acknowledges the TV show.

 

[Aragorn]

Which will only serve to make the redo even lazier than its source material. Until now, I didn't think it possible.

I was joking about the plot. Making fun of the company that bought the CW who wants less scripted programming and more reality TV. They're also the only station that would air LIV Golf.

 

[Finn]

I just saw something online, that made a reference to BIG, making me think of this thread.

If they remade BIG and Josh was a fan of one of the crime procedurals, he'd somehow grab his toothbrush and get someone to do a DNA test on him to show he's the same guy...

 

[Jayson1]

I just saw something online, that made a reference to BIG, making me think of this thread.

If they remade BIG and Josh was a fan of one of the crime procedurals, he'd somehow grab his toothbrush and get someone to do a DNA test on him to show he's the same guy...

Would the DNA prove he is the same guy or just show he is related somehow? I would maybe think they wold think he is a uncle or something or even a older brother.