The writer for Flash Gordon was the same guy who created the 1960s Batman series.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Tom Scola - Mar 16, 2012 2:52:08 am PDT #18771 of 30000
hwæt
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2012 4:03:10 am PDT #18772 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
21 Jump Street is getting WAY better reviews than I ever imagined. 87 on Rotten Tomatoes? Really?
tiggy - Mar 16, 2012 4:22:19 am PDT #18773 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
they must be grading on a curve where they pretend the show never existed.
Jesse - Mar 16, 2012 4:32:45 am PDT #18774 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I was going to say, speaking of comedic remakes, the 21 Jump Street reviews look shockingly positive.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2012 4:37:21 am PDT #18775 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The gist of the reviews I've read so far is that the subtext of most bromance movies rapidly becomes text. And that Channing Tatum plays "dumber than a sack of hammers" brilliantly (if he's playing).
tommyrot - Mar 16, 2012 5:33:13 am PDT #18776 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, anyone else intrigued by Iron Sky?
Iron Sky’s Moon Nazis: Shock Troops in Nordic Genre-Film Invasion
AUSTIN, Texas — Iron Sky is a movie about moon Nazis. The hook is brilliant — they had us at “moon Nazis” — but given that outrageous premise, the resulting film could easily have wound up as B-movie nonsense. Surprisingly, Iron Sky succeeds as a wickedly fun adventure comedy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 16, 2012 5:37:00 am PDT #18777 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And that Channing Tatum plays "dumber than a sack of hammers" brilliantly (if he's playing).
I'm guessing the critics haven't seen any of his other movies, in which he also played "dumber than a sack of hammers" quite convincingly...
bon bon - Mar 16, 2012 6:10:50 am PDT #18778 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The guys who made 21 Jump Street also made Clone High, so give them a little credit.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 6:23:54 am PDT #18779 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think the trailers are funny, and I don't think I would even if they replaced Hill and Tatum with actors I thought were funny. It's a whole lot of "oh, okay?" and "what's the title for, again?" as far as I'm concerned.
Messing with Starsky & Hutch made much more sense to me, and I am a far bigger S&H fan than a 21 Jump St fan.
Amy - Mar 16, 2012 6:26:18 am PDT #18780 of 30000
Because books.
I didn't see the remake of Starsky and Hutch, because Ben Stiller annoys me most of the time, but I really wished it hadn't been a comedy. I don't know how you remake it and hold onto the original tone, but that's what I loved about the show.