Sequels, Prequels, Reboots, Adapatations

TheCentralScrutinizer · 21 Jul 09 :: 15:26

Damn, I missed the Amber ep! Didn't even know she did one. I'll have to keep an eye on those repeats. The Linda Cardellini one turned out to be incredibly depressing. Kinda wish I hadn't watched it.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 22 Jul 09 :: 08:32

Look what I found on youtube, Deb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGID9MMnLo

TheCentralScrutinizer · 22 Jul 09 :: 15:34

Cool! I'll watch it when I get home tonight.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:05

The important thing is Kato and everyone they've thought they had lined up has dropped out. The latest was Stephen Chow. That's unfortunate. Watch them cast an unknown. Yawn. And then I really won't have any compelling reason to see it. So far, Seth is just not enough of a draw for me. The series was really pretty silly and only has any kind of following at all because of Bruce Lee. And I say that as someone who has it and the original Batman eps on tape because I am a hardcore Bruce Lee fan, since I was 12.

Simon · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:19

Seth Rogen has been losing weight though, and there is a huge difference in his apparence in recent pics.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:24

It's not his appearance. It's his shtick. He'd have to leave at least some of that behind. And I don't know if he can. Guess we'll see because he's in it and there's no changing that, unless it falls apart again.

Warbee · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:25

*shrug* I think he can pull it off. I do think they will go for a more over-the-top show for comedy rather than action. But you are right Deb. I do think it will rest on who they cast as Kato

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:26

I wouldn't avoid it because of Seth. I used to be quite a fan, but I'm just getting bored with him doing the same old thing too much. I just wouldn't rush out to see it if he ends up being the only draw.

therealshell · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:31

I am looking forward to Seth, James Franco, Linda Cardellini, et al to star in Freaks and Geeks: The Motion Picture. That I would pay to see :dancing:

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:39

I'm down with that. My God, have you seen John Francis Daley on Bones? He's such an adorable man now! Seems like only yesterday that show was on...

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:40

JFD...

John+Francis+Daley-Sweets-Bones.jpg

Warbee · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:41

Freaks and Geeks was always one of my favourite TV shows!

Warbee · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:44

Yeah i always just think of him from Freaks and Geeks when i am watching him on Bones. I cant help it. I am sure he does an amazing job but i just cant buy his character because all i see is "Sam"

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 02:58

I saw him in some other stuff as he grew up so I got past that. But he just blossomed in that first season on Bones. He's very pretty and I like his character too.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 23 Jul 09 :: 08:32

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

I wouldn't avoid it because of Seth. I used to be quite a fan, but I'm just getting bored with him doing the same old thing too much. I just wouldn't rush out to see it if he ends up being the only draw.

In my opinion the only work of Seth's I'm a fan of is Seth as Ken on Freaks And Geeks.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 15:36

I never liked that show. And The Battle of Los Angeles sounds like a better movie. Isn't it interesting that we have 3 alien invasion TV series coming up, one of them from Steve Spielberg? And how many UFO/alien-related movies? Like a dozen? Man, my Synchromysticism blogger guy that I love is in heaven right now. So much to talk about!

http://secretsun.blogspot.com/

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 22:30

From Marshall Fine's blog, this rocks...

July 23, 2009
Johnny, get off the hook on 'Limpet'
Dear Johnny Depp,
Has it really come to this?
An article in Tuesday's Hollywood Reporter talked about the fact that, while you've got "Public Enemies" in theaters and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" in the can (along with "The Rum Diaries" and "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"), none of your other prospective projects was coming together.
Then it started listing them – and the first title on the list was a remake of "The Incredible Mr. Limpet," a 1964 movie in which Don Knotts played a man who was transformed into a talking fish.
And a new "Lone Ranger" film – in which you would play Tonto. And a remake of the vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows." And "Pirates of the Caribbean 4."
I recognize that Hollywood ran out of original ideas years ago – and that it's suffering some sort of massive brain bleed this summer with "Transformers 2" and "Land of the Lost."
But I always assumed that you, Johnny Depp, had a little more integrity – and taste – than this.
OK, "Pirates 4" makes a certain financial sense, even though the series ran out of steam after the first one. An eight-figure paycheck – and infinite residuals – are hard to pass up.
But "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"? This was a movie that stank on ice when it was fresh.
Is this what you now aspire to? Remaking the Don Knotts oeuvre? What's next: teaming up with, oh, I don't know, Nicolas Cage to reboot "The Apple Dumpling Gang"?
Look, I understand you doing the "Pirates" movies. You can never own too many Caribbean islands or villas in France and you've got to pay for them somehow.
But "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"?
That's not just sad – that's pathetic. It's disgusting that anyone would consider remaking this POS – but that you would consider starring? Even having your name mentioned in the same sentence with a movie like that puts you squarely in Nicolas Cage country: as an outstandingly adventurous actor who has abandoned interesting work for the mega-million-dollar payday.
Dollars? Try dolor.
C'mon, Johnny – those first three "Pirates" movies will pay your way for the rest of your life – and the last one flat-out sucked. You've got more money at this point – assuming you're not as idiotic with your finances as Eddy Curry of the Knicks – than you (or your children) could spend in a lifetime. Now is the time to take chances and put your weight behind those great little indy films that otherwise would never get made – or seen – without someone like you coming in and doing them for scale.
And I'm not talking about "Shantaram," a film I'd dearly love to see (Mira Nair was set to direct, before it fell apart because of the writers' strike). But I'll bet you could get that project back on track if you wanted to. It would certainly be a more worthwhile use of your time than "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."
I mention Cage for a reason. Before he became Jerry Bruckheimer's bitch, Cage was an odd, daring actor who made his share of big-budget bombs ("Trapped in Paradise," "Amos and Andrew") but mixed it up with smaller, riskier movies ("Red Rock West," "Wild at Heart"). He won his Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas," as much of an outsider movie as you'll find. But once he had the Oscar in his hands, it was time to cash in, doing one crappy, high-concept action film after another.
At this point, Cage is a punchline for jokes about bad movies. He's an actor whose presence in a film almost guarantees that it lacks credibility – sort of like Michael Caine in his prolific mid-1970s/mid-1980s period. Remember "The Swarm"? "The Hand"? "Blame It On Rio"?
Yes, Johnny, we forgave you for "Secret Window" and "Nick of Time" and the last two "Pirates" movies – because you also did "Ed Wood" and "Sweeney Todd" and "Donnie Brasco." That's where you belong. You're better than this.
Let Nicolas Cage play "The Incredible Mr.Limpet." I'm sure he will if it's offered to him.
You've got bigger fish to fry.

Marshall, I officially love you!

Source: http://hollywoodandfine.com/fineblog/?p=307

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jul 09 :: 23:44

I have no opinion of the original. I saw it as a kid, but I was kinda bored and I never tried to watch it again. But I totally agree that of all the movies one could remake, that is ONE HELL of a bizarre choice. As another poster pointed out though, Johnny has about 20 "upcoming" projectes listed on IMDb. He obviously will not be in all of them. Some will no doubt fall apart, as these things do. Some will have to be recast dued to scheduling. I don't want to step into the old IMDb cliche of saying "I can't see" so-so and in a role, but I honestly cannot envision a Limpet remake with JD. Just can't. And as a long time Depp fan (more than 20 years now), I don't want to.

I never cared for the Lone Ranger either, but I can totally understand why Johnny would enjoy playing Tonto, so I support him in that one if he does it.

But I do agree with Marshall that his talent and clout could be put to much better use helping to get some smaller movies made. It's definitely time for him to do another What's Eating Gilbert Grape? or Benny & Joon or Ed Wood or Don Juan Demarco.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 24 Jul 09 :: 16:03

Some stuff from Tron 2.0 (apparently now called Tron Legacy)...

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41791

Gotta say, looks pretty cool.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Jul 09 :: 16:58

More from SDCC on Tron Legacy. There's actual conceptual footage here and it's pretty eye-popping...

http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx

therealshell · 27 Jul 09 :: 17:00

I will usually see anything that Jeff Bridges is in. He is bizarrely under-rated.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Jul 09 :: 17:17

I feel exactly the same way. One of our all-time best actors, but never a superstar, never a big award winner. It's very weird.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Jul 09 :: 16:44

They showed a very long preview of the new TV version of The Prisoner at ComiCon...

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41840

I never liked the original. I was too young to understand it so I just found it irritating. This one looks pretty cool thought and I'm a big Ian McKellan fan so I'll probably give it a chance.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 29 Jul 09 :: 16:07

And now for more NIMH...

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41850

TheCentralScrutinizer · 31 Jul 09 :: 22:39

I love the original. But I don't have a problem with them updating it for modern audiences. They've been doing that onstage for years. In fact, the way I got turned on to JCS in the first place was in 1994 when a bunch of Atlanta musicians recorded their own version of the album and then staged it as a play (kind of). It featured Amy Ray and Emily Saliers (of Indigo Girls) as Jesus and Mary Magdelene, respectively. That in itself was awesome. The version from the early 2000zies that was on PBS was weeeeeeird though. I wasn't crazy about that one, but maybe it turned new people on to the amazing music. And that's all that really matters. Just hope they're careful with the casting.

Wish Chris was more confident in his singing voice. He'd make a very pretty Jesus.

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