Yeah, I was going to say, speaking of comedic remakes, the 21 Jump Street reviews look shockingly positive.
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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Jesse - Mar 16, 2012 4:32:45 am PDT #18774 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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?
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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.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 6:42:44 am PDT #18781 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought it was comedic in a way that was explicitly parodic of the original, as well as affectionate. I enjoyed it, and I was a devout Starsky fan back in the day. It felt like a variant on the franchise. Related, if not an extension.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 7:35:25 am PDT #18782 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't believe someone got paid to write this sentence in a movie review (or anywhere):
If you've seen the first 12 minutes of The FP, you know how the movie begins.
Now, I like IO9, but I do not like all of its authors. This one is particularly...pointless. But she's been asked to write a review of the Dance Dance Revolution (or whatever) movie, so she had a hard task ahead of her.
Still, she does a really lousy job.
Jessica - Mar 16, 2012 7:37:45 am PDT #18783 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If you've seen the first 12 minutes of The FP, you know how the movie begins.
Well you can't fault her accuracy.