It might be enjoyable, if you're in the right frame of mind. And don't have a headache to start with.
And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2006 10:55:42 am PDT #5805 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2006 10:55:59 am PDT #5806 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
why are they making movies based on old TV shows? most of them just don't work ....
I remain convinced that there's nothing inherently wrong with this idea, yet...
No, some work. Maverick was fun, as was Starsky & Hutch though I see quite perfectly why some people didn't like it. They're wrong, though. Snoop as Huggie!
Beverly - Jul 07, 2006 10:57:26 am PDT #5807 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Running Scared was just sad. How can you improve on Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, and Joey Pants with a parakeet on his head? You can't. They shouldn't have tried.
ETA: And, really, they didn't try. They made an entirely different movie. So why do they feel compelled to recycle titles, then? Anybody?
Fred Pete - Jul 07, 2006 10:59:59 am PDT #5808 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I agree with ita that there's nothing inherently wrong with the idea, but execution is so often crap. The Brady Bunch comes to mind -- they wore those weird '70s fashions because they were fashionable when the show was made, so there's no reason to keep them in bell bottoms in the early '90s.
That said, HGWT will be a test of whether Eminem can actually act, as opposed to being a personality.
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2006 11:00:21 am PDT #5809 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Running Scared was just sad. How can you improve on Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, and Joey Pants with a parakeet on his head? You can't. They shouldn't have tried.
They tried? When? Wait...it wasn't a TV show.
Kalshane - Jul 07, 2006 11:00:54 am PDT #5810 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Running Scared was just sad. How can you improve on Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, and Joey Pants with a parakeet on his head? You can't. They shouldn't have tried.
Sadly, the only part about that movie I remember is when they park their car in a bad neighborhood and come back to discover someone has spray-painted "Undercover Cop Car" on it. (If I'm even remembering the right movie). Though it still makes me laugh.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2006 11:04:54 am PDT #5811 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Yes, it (making old TV shows into movies) CAN work, but they seem to keep missing what about the show made it good, or at least popular, when it was on. And they keep "reinventing" it until it's unrecognizable, so that it'll have only a thin, superficial, resemblance to the original.
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2006 11:05:03 am PDT #5812 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think they recycle because there are only so many to go around. IMDB finds me dupes on searches way more often than I expect.
Running Scared, a la Hines/Crystal is a great great movie. Huh. Now I'm looking at that slash there.
I think Eminem looks like he has decent chops. I don't know the source material though, and would be startled if he could pull off what's been described here.
Though, hey, I was startled to like 8 Mile, so there you go.
P.M. Marc - Jul 07, 2006 11:05:53 am PDT #5813 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
They must be planning a complete "revisioning."
IIRC, yes. And it actually sounds interesting.
Also, while there's the head-start on account of the semi-autobiographical nature of the movie, the boy kicked all kinds of ass in 8 Mile.
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2006 11:07:03 am PDT #5814 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking of--from today's IMDB:
The BBC's comedy unit and its movie unit are reportedly working together to produce theatrical motion pictures based on the publicly supported broadcaster's hit sitcoms. The BBC website said today that Kenton Allen, creative head of BBC Comedy Talent, is heading up a scheme that, in Allen's words, would allow its comedy stars "to paint on a bigger canvas." Among the shows reportedly being considered for a big-screen version is The Office, starring Ricky Gervais. An American version of the show, starring Steve Carell in the Gervais role, currently airs on NBC. The BBC has a long history of producing theatrical films, but most have not been distributed outside the U.K.