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Sean Astin on GOONIES 2 plus an epic film he is to direct about the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. History!

Published at:  Feb 22, 2003 8:07:58 PM CST

Hey folks, Harry here... The following is a fantastic report on Sean Astin's appearance down at Texas A&M earlier today. This is exactly what I expected from Sean's appearance. He really is one of the nicest guys on the planet. And that part where he answered the little girl's question, what's better, is how Sean can talk to anyone and make them feel not only special, but like a little kid again, but then shift modes and be as serious as they come. Wish I could have made it, but I was hosting the Saturday Morning Kid's Club screening of EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS - and teaching kids proper about Flying Saucer and U.F.O. hysteria of the 1950's and the 3 greatest Flying Saucer films from the 1950's. What a great fun event! Here's what was going on at the same time in College Station...





Hey Harry and the gang, Ted Smith here and I just got back from the great Sean Astin tribute here in College Station at the Texas Film Festival.  The event started at noon today, lasted about two hours, and attracted a crowd of probably 150 - 200, maybe more.  All in all, really quite an amazing experience. 

First off, let me just say that Sean Astin is quite possibly one of the most courteous, funniest, and down-to-earth people, not even actors, but people I've ever had the opportunity of listening to.  Everything he had to say was of interest and he seems like a very caring, very smart, very politically intellectual individual.  Just an all around great guy.   

The setting was in a somewhat small theater, very personal, and the format was pretty standard.  It started out with an "actors studio" type setting with two student "hosts" in the Texas A&M Film Society sitting on either side of Sean, on stage, asking him the typical questions they had obviously rehearsed to ask him.  Even though the two hosts were kind of nervous, Sean seemed like one of the most comfortable, relaxed, and happiest guys in the world.  This guy's enthusiasm was great.  I can't compliment his attitude enough.  Sean would talk for a bit, then they would show him and the audience a clip from one of his classic films.  Scenes from "The Goonies," "Memphis Bell," "Encino Man," "Rudy," and of course "The Fellowship of the Ring" were all shown, with Sean commenting and giving us behind-the-scenes type stories between each clip.  Sean also talked about growing up in the film and TV industry (his mother is Patty Duke), his first role in an after-school special about child abuse (in a funny story where Sean's mother actually played his abusive mother in the special), and even talked about the post 9-11 film industry and how proud he is to be a part of Lord of the Rings, which he believes is one of the most relevant films inadvertently dealing with our condition and how we should deal with the post 9-11 era.  Most interesting was Sean's insight into how his three most popular characters - Mikey, Rudy, and Sam - have become almost milestone, somewhat iconic characters to certain generations.  He said it was a great honor to be a part of those films and was almost in awe that he was actually having a tribute today because of those characters.  You could tell he is extremely great full and truly thank full for his place in cinema history.      

Then Sean presented, or rather didn't present his short film, "The Long And The Short Of It."  One of the hosts asked if Sean would like to say a few words before they showed it, but he humbly replied with a smile, "Nah, just show the thing."  Since the screen was to the left and behind Sean and the hosts, to get a better viewing angle, Sean got out of his seat and sat Indian-style a ways in front of the screen on the stage, just like a little kid.  I was in the front row and there was Mikey, not even 15 feet away from me, sitting Indian-style on the ground, looking up at the screen.  It was classic.  Anyway, I won't go into detail about the film since most everyone has either seen it or heard about it, but needless to say it was a great little piece of work and the audience really seemed to love it, laughing at all the right moments and very enthusiastic, almost to Sean's surprise.  After the screening he talked about all the behind-the-scenes work involved in getting his short made.  The most interesting things he noted was that he shot the entire thing in six hours during a three-week reshoot period for LOTR in New Zealand.  And he actually used one of the actual physical HD Digital cameras that Lucas used to shoot "Attack of the Clones."  Sean said that the guys from Lucas Film were on set for a few days of those reshoots, attempting to show Peter Jackson the quality of the cameras.  He said they would set up a digital camera next to the film camera PJ was using for a shot, then compare the images side by side.  Anyway, Sean asked the Lucas Film guys if they could stay an extra day so he could use one of the HD cameras to shoot his short.  Needless to say, they were more than happy to.       

During the audience Q&A session following the screening, most of the questions were directed toward LOTR and Sean's thoughts on his favorite moments on set, how they made the Hobbits looks small, etc.  Someone even asked him about all the helicopter traffic directing he did shown in the LOTR DVD.  He laughed and joked that yes, he is indeed a control freak.  But perhaps the most amazing thing about the Q&A session that I noticed was the way Sean answered one young girl's question.  I don't even remember the question, but a young girl, maybe 10 or 12 years old, walked up to the microphone and asked a question and Sean answered the question as if that little girl was the only person in the entire audience.  It's hard to explain, but he almost softened his voice and slightly hunched over and talked to this girl in a very fatherly way.  Again it's hard to explain and it may sound a little cheesy, but it was just a little thing I noticed that he did to make that girl feel important.  I guess it came from having a young daughter of his own.  I just thought it was another nice gesture from Sean.  

As far as any "news worthy" tidbits that came from the tribute, we got a couple things, but not much.  In the Q&A session toward the end someone asked a little two-part question concerning "The Goonies" and a possible sequel.  The first part had to do with whether or not a four-hour cut of the original Goonies exists or existed at one point (according to some rumor this kid had heard).  Sean said he didn't know about a four-hour cut, but he said of course there were many scenes he knew of that didn't make the final cut - one having to do with a car chase where a car spins out of control and falls off the side of the road or hill or whatever and lands on top of a boat.  He also said there was a scene where the whole gang goes to a grocery store right before their journey.  Those two scenes were off the top of his head, but he assured us there was, indeed, a ton of cut footage.  As for a "director's cut" or special edition DVD with all the extras, nothing was mentioned.  Then Sean went on to answer the question about a possible Goonies sequel, but really didn't have much to say about it simply because he doesn't know much at this point.  Sean mentioned that Spielberg approached him at the Golden Globes last year and said that he had a script in development that was near completion, but Sean didn't think that "Dick" Donner was interested in making a sequel - at least he didn't seem interested the last time he spoke with Donner, he said. 

What really piqued my interest and what was probably the most important news of the tribute was Sean's "official" announcement that he is planning and has been developing a movie for the past two years about the Galveston storm of 1900.  Supposedly (and I may be wrong), Sean picked this event today in front of this audience and many cameras at the festival to officially announce his intentions to direct this epic picture.  To give a little history lesson for those who don't know … On September 8, 1900, a hurricane struck Galveston, Texas. Winds estimated at 140 mph swept over the island, leaving devastation in their wake.  After the storm surge of 15.7 feet subsided, Galvestonians left their shelters to find 6,000 of the city's 37,000 residents dead and more than 3,600 buildings totally destroyed.  The 1900 Storm is still considered to be the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.  So yeah, a pretty big project for Mr. Astin.  He mentioned that a woman he is friends with has thoroughly researched and written a screen play concerning the events of 1900 and he then announced that his company, Lava Entertainment, has just bought the rights to "Isaac's Storm," a recently-published non-fiction book covering the events of 1900, as well.  Although Sean didn't directly say this, it was somewhat implied that the script and the book will be combined in some way for the movie (at least that's what I gathered).  As for the actual plot of the film, all Sean said was that it dealt with the story two lovers, both fictional characters, set against the occurrence of the storm - he said somewhat in the vein of James Cameron's "Titanic."  Sean seemed extremely enthusiastic about this project and you could tell that he desperately wants to get this picture made.  What impressed me the most was his desire and expression to want to make this film as epic as possible - "… in the vein of an old John Ford movie."  Overall, he's already sold me in film, as he did most of the audience - especially when he insisted that it be shot in Texas, which got a great reaction out of the crowd.       

Eventually, toward the end of the tribute, Sean was presented with an award for the best short film or something to that effect.  I was surprised at his reaction to this.  He seemed genuinely moved by this award and even began to slightly tear up just before the audience Q&A session.          

And finally, as time was becoming scarce, Sean answered one last question from the audience and then headed out.  But before he left he made a promise to return in the near future - obviously referring to his desire to come back to Texas to film his Galveston Strom epic.  As he began to exit the stage he turned to the audience and goes, "And you know how I am about promises …" Then, in quite possibly the most surreal moment of the entire event, Sean transformed into Samwise Gamgee, and in that familiar Hobbit accent, he left with … "I made a promise Mr. Frodo.  A promise.  Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee.  And I don't mean to."  Everyone went absolutely crazy.  And with that, Sean Astin smiled and was gone. 


I hope this is all of some interest.

Thanks,

Ted



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  • Feb 22, 2003 8:25:02 PM CST

    FIRST...

    by robertpaulson

    Oh dear. 10 seconds after losing my talkback cherry I have secomed to the "First" compulsion.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 8:27:56 PM CST

    In the vein of a nice report

    by the colonel

    Astin seems like a good guy. Dunno if I'd see a new Goonies, but it'd be alright if they made it. Nice to see someone so humble, anyway. Not sure why so many people think "The Long and Short of It" is so brilliant and funny, though. But hey, up here it's our time, and over there it was Sean's, SEAN'S TIME!!!!

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  • Feb 22, 2003 8:28:42 PM CST

    ... Damn etc....

    by robertpaulson

    ...I'm a loser. I admit it. I haven't changed my Y-fronts in a month and I live with my parents (who are cooler than I am). But at least I'm third.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 8:30:25 PM CST

    Goonies2

    by psychonaut

    One Goonies film was one too many. The idea of a sequel does conjure up some interesting ideas, but I doubt any of them would feature in the film.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 8:33:12 PM CST

    seanyg...

    by monkey lover

    You can't be all bad. You're at Oxford Uni for Christ's sake!

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  • Feb 22, 2003 8:41:48 PM CST

    I remember the night Sean Astin bombed at the Laugh Factory

    by robert k s

    "I really don't have anything prepared," he said as he jumped up on the stage. "Somebody just told me that I was funny and I should do stand-up comedy. But I really don't know what to do. Hm. Let's see. Let me think." "Do Rudy," came a shout from the audience. Sean chuckled, rearranged the chair on the stage, and uttered a few unintelligible lines of dialogue from that film in the manner of "Motor Mouth" from the Micro Machines commercials. "I don't really know what to do. I thought it would just come to me, but I guess it isn't coming to me." "Get off the stage," came the next suggestion from the crowd. "Boo," came another. Then he left and Bob Saget got his chance to talk dirty and Norm MacDonald got his chance to tell bad jokes about cancer victims. All the best, Robert K S

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  • Feb 22, 2003 8:42:28 PM CST

    I love Sean Astin's movies

    by reignman79

    and when I hear about what a nice guy he is, I love'em even more.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 9:24:37 PM CST

    Film about a hurricane?

    by gheorghe zamfir

    Hmm, I guess it might be effects fun, but what exactly are we gonna be watching, people boarding up their windows and sitting in the basement?

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  • "Helwo, bwuvver."

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:00:37 PM CST

    Sean is the man.

    by alcamaeon

    I'm so happy he's back. That's all I have to say.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:01:49 PM CST

    seanyg

    by dog of mystery

    Hey...congratulations on losing your TalkBack cherry. Really. Too bad you weren't first. We all feel your pain. It's also too bad that you had nothing of worth to say. Moron. You'll be receiving another special present shortly, as a couple of rough customers who look remarkably like Vinnie Jones and Diamond Dallas Page arrive at your door to relieve you of your anal cherry. Fuck first posters. Fuck them up their stupid asses.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:05:13 PM CST

    No one asked about a possible DISH DOGS 2, why not?

    by dolemite_fan

    The Texas project sounds good, but it wouldve sounded even better if the movie wasn't going to be based around two lovers, at least for me anyway. My favorite part was obviously when Peter Jackson thumbed his nose at the use of Lucas' digital bullshit. Good report.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:22:22 PM CST

    Who would win in a battle between Harry and Fat Bastard?

    by roach motel

  • I just saw this movie tonight, and I'm telling you, if the Academy dares to pass this one up, there is going to be blood on the floor in Los Angeles. Nmts.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:39:20 PM CST

    Astin

    by hiperaktiv

    Astin needs more experience in directing before he can go off and direct a multi million dollar epic. I dont like the sound of the love story in the backdrop idea either - thats been done to death.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:52:12 PM CST

    Goonies 2: Treasure Planet

    by osmosis jones

    "Down on Earth, it's THEIR time. But up here is space it's OUR time. It's our TIME...up HERE." Maybe if Pirates Of The Caribbean hits big at the box office, there will an audience for pirate movies again, and Goonies 2 will actually be greenlit.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:52:50 PM CST

    The bus driver.

    by general sarcasm

    You know who I'm talkin' about, the guy who played the bus driver in The Long and Short of it. He seemed pretty cool, they should get him to direct Star Wars Episode III.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:53:44 PM CST

    Of course he had to talk simply:

    by burlivesleftnut

    He was talking to a bunch of idiot Aggies. If he didn't talk simply they wouldn't understand his big words. The 10-12 year old girl was probably the Dean of Humanities who was brought to the lecture by her cousin/mother/son.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 10:59:09 PM CST

    I think ManFrmUncleFucka should do a sequel to Rudy called Twody

    by mookiedood

    "Fuck first posters, brother. Fuck them up their stupid asses. Brother." I'm just saying.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 11:01:51 PM CST

    I read the book

    by worst geek ever

    A movie about a hurricane might sound lame, but I found the book "Isaac's Storm" to be a compelling story. Of course, I am the Worst Geek Ever, esp. when it comes to natural disasters.

    That being said, having the plot center around two made-up lovebird characters is a TERRIBLE idea. The book is about a weatherman (at a time when weathermen were just getting established and weren't really trusted) poo-pooing the signs of the impending storm. In true tragedic style, he loses most of his family in the storm. While depressing, this kind of story stands on its own merits. Hell, if Marky Mark and George Clooney can pack them in the theaters playing doomed fishermen, Isaac's Storm can be told as is. No lame kissy-face crap necessary.

    P.S. before the storm, Galveston was competing with Houston to be the urban hub of the Texas gulf coast. Since Galveston is actually on the coast, it seemed inevitable it would become the big city while Houston would remain a cowtown and (literally) a backwater. Well, we all know how that story ended up.

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  • Feb 22, 2003 11:39:37 PM CST

    Not A Good Idea

    by khovias

    Let The Goonies rest in peace. The world does not need a Goonines II. Willies Revenge

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  • Feb 22, 2003 11:45:14 PM CST

    Y'know after watchin Corey Feldman get married and be good with

    by t-mack 1.01

    No. Anyway, don't fuck with a classic. Goonies 2 is bad news, Dr. Jones!!!!!

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  • Feb 22, 2003 11:54:06 PM CST

    Sean Aston may be too old for a Goonies sequel...

    by bright cucumber

    ...but they could always make a cartoon, since todays cartoons are mostly rehases from other franchises anyway... Imagine this: It could be called, "Li'l Goonies"...the adventures of the goonies kids when they were even younger! Okay?......nevermind.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 12:13:13 AM CST

    I was just curious . . . .

    by meathook

    do any of you fucking losers ever get laid??? Its saturday night, why don't you fucking go out and try to get laid instead of sitting in your parents basement jerking off while talking about Sean Astin or buffy or some stupid fantasy piece of shit that may or may not get made or any of the other horseshit you talk about??


    fucking losers, i hate you all

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  • Feb 23, 2003 12:32:31 AM CST

    i'm not getting laid because...

    by danceswithwerewolves

    ...i don't have the time to. I have too many design projects to worry about women right now and i'm on a break as i write this as i wait for paint to dry. No Goonies 2. I love the first one, but I agree it'd be a bad idea simply because it's too late for a sequal, kinda like Ferris Bueller's Other Day Off.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 12:34:28 AM CST

    shit man

    by meathook

    i had more design projects than you can imagine during my four years as a chemical engineer and still had time to get laid, especially on a saturday night. You fucking loser, thats no excuse

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  • Feb 23, 2003 1:43:02 AM CST

    meathook

    by bigstonemonkey

    Dude, what are YOU doing on a Saturday night? Sitting in your parents basement lamenting your lack of pussy by bashing the other guys sitting in their parents basements. If you were any better, wouldn't your ass be out right now doing shooters off a naked sorority chicks asscheeks or something? Calm down and have some dip, Assnugget.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 2:06:45 AM CST

    Samwise!

    by brtick

    sean astin= cool
    goonies 2= not cool
    let's hope to god this doesn't happen.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 2:07:21 AM CST

    fucking loser?

    by danceswithwerewolves

    for the record, i have four projects to do right now by monday. We're not talking just some craptastic logo that takes less than two hours to do. I'm talking about full on illustraitions where the pencils alone take at least four hours to do if you want quality, another three for inks, then at least eight to color in photoshop. I'm just easing you in. I have to chug out 2 fully printed out Book covers (another one in three weeks) and finish my roughs for a boardgame. My work is detail intensive and i'm proud of that, so don't give me this shit about "more design projects than i can imagine in the past four years." I can imagine a lot. I have a Graphic Design and Fine Art Major, and just working for those was a bitch. How does this make me a loser? I don't work a "monday thru friday" schedule like most do. Actually, I have sundays thru Tuesdays off...but i still have to be working on stuff i couldn't get finished at work. most of the time. As a matter of fact, i'm going to a Drunken-binge girly party tommorrow night. Why? Because I can and because I know at least three beautiful girls that will be there. How's that into a step into my life. I may not have time to get laid Saturday nights, but every once in a while, i have the time to Sunday thru Tuesday. P.S. i have my own apartment and my parents are on the other side of the country.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 2:11:53 AM CST

    wow

    by danceswithwerewolves

    i really shouldn't let clients give me due-dates on days i techinically don't have to show up.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 2:56:52 AM CST

    back on topic...

    by danceswithwerewolves

    does anyone else know what happened to Data/Short-round?

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  • Feb 23, 2003 2:57:52 AM CST

    back on topic...

    by danceswithwerewolves

    does anyone else know what happened to Data/Short-round?

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  • Feb 23, 2003 4:28:52 AM CST

    Indian-style?

    by zarles

    Words cannot describe how much I hate that phrase. What, are we in kindergarten? It's CROSS-LEGGED, you bonehead...

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  • Feb 23, 2003 5:00:33 AM CST

    Zarles ...

    by darth yddet

    That was the whole point of why I said "Indian-style" ... I was trying to show in words that he looked like a little kid sitting there ... "Indian-style." Grow up, man.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 10:39:56 AM CST

    well...

    by polyesterrage

    there could NEVER be a goonies 2. some lines should just never be crossed, and this is one of them.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 11:40:27 AM CST

    I think man from his uncle-fucked sister should finally abandon

    by the_nemesis

    Or should I say his parents basement. This self-proclaimed 'talkback lord' or whatever title he has given himself to alleviate the pain of reality needs to be fucked up his own ass with his own stupid posts. Of course, as much as his posts are laced with references to anal penetration, that wouldn't be punishment to this delusional 16 year old zit faced Dungeons and Dragons fan club 'lord' (also self proclaimed) with too much time and not enough social interaction.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 12:01:17 PM CST

    I clicked on this expecting to read about an Exxon Valdez flick!

    by salem hanna

    Never heard of that hurricane. Sounds like heavy stuff.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 12:03:32 PM CST

    Indian style?

    by nakedmonk

  • Feb 23, 2003 12:25:51 PM CST

    Astin directing a film of the 1900 is a BAD IDEA

    by vegas

    That film needs to be made, but shouldn't something about the largest hurricane in recorded history be handled by someone of Cameron/Speilberg/Zemeckis/Jackson caliber? Should something that effects-intensive be handed off to a guy who's biggest directing credit is a tv episode for the WB? This just sounds like a BAD FUCKING IDEA.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 12:35:26 PM CST

    Who's Sean Austin?

    by themanwithnoname

    Really who is he? That guy that played rudy? I didn't bother seeing any of those lord of the rings movies after i fell asleep in the first one. yawn yawn yawn yawn yawn yawn yawn.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 1:51:12 PM CST

    hey u guuuuuuuuuysss !

    by chestercopperpot

    theres something universally magical about the goonies !

    do some justice to the sequel pls. and chunk needs to put on some weight !

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  • Feb 23, 2003 2:23:36 PM CST

    All I can think of is these kids raised on ID4, Star Wars and th

    by theginger twit

    But then maybe I'm just out of touch.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 3:38:00 PM CST

    Seans father is John Astin.

    by jack ryder

    you know Gomez Adams.
    Just wanted to mention it.
    What really amazes me is that any story here, no matter how simple and uncontroversial still manages to attract people who have nothing to do but hop from one thread to another, even if their not at all interested in the subject, just to bitch about things they say they could care less about and to call every one else basement dwelling( how original) sexless losers.
    you only make yourselves look sad,bitter and frustrated.
    even to basement dwelling sexless losers.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 3:59:27 PM CST

    Actually, John Astin is Sean's step-father.

    by rain_dog

    I think. Don't fuckin' savage me if I'm wrong, because frankly I don't really care enough, and I've just finished a twelve hour shift so I'm beginning to hallucinate. Also, to the knob-jockey who said Astin is too old for a Goonies sequel, do you think perhaps they'd be depicting the characters as being *gasp* the age the actors are now, you dipshit? Christ, I don't want to be harsh, but simple logic shouldn't be as alien a concept to human beings as it seems to be to some of the mongoloids who inhabit these talkbacks.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 4:30:41 PM CST

    " Sean Astin tribute "

    by eugene o

    They musta been beating down the doors to get into that.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 4:54:39 PM CST

    Don't Forget

    by labrat

    Goonies II already exists...on the Nintendo Entertainment System. R.O.B. the robot was fucking useless.

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  • Feb 23, 2003 5:47:40 PM CST

    "A la Titanic?"

    by joe cool

    I thought that movie could have done without the over-the-top romantic dreck. Let's hope Sean tones that down if he makes this Galveston movie, and makes what Titanic could and should have been - a gripping and detailed look at a very tragic event in history. (And if Celine Dion sings on this soundtrack, I'm not going anywhere near the damn thing.)

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  • Feb 23, 2003 5:57:47 PM CST

    Rudy

    by jackbristow

    Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

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  • Feb 23, 2003 9:08:57 PM CST

    the hell?

    by cake or death?

    what is the deal with this whole "first" nonsense? why exactly is it such a big deal who posts first? anyway, i think sean would do well with the galveston project. every great director has to start somewhere and it's not like pj had done anything especially effects-laden before rings. anything effects-laden done well, anyway. i support ya sean!

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  • Feb 23, 2003 11:05:07 PM CST

    Sean Astin Tribute=One of the best days of my life

    by shan12478

    My roommate and I were at the tribute. We drove down from Waco, and it was well worth the drive! I agree with the reporter in that he is one of the nicest guys ever. We got there two hours early and got to chat with him for nearly 15 min. Our accounts of what happened are at www.sionnain.net/sean and www.much-ado.net/sean He is not only super nicer in person than on screen, but he asked for OUR pic to put on his website. It was beyond words!

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  • Feb 23, 2003 11:06:14 PM CST

    btw

    by shan12478

    BTW, the question the little girl asked was "How did it make you feel to see yourself transformed as a hobbit?"

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  • Feb 24, 2003 12:44:05 AM CST

    my buddy's review of Sean in LOTR: TT

    by tall_boy

    "I wish they hadn't cast Sean Astin as Sam. Stupid freakin Rudy . . ."

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  • Feb 24, 2003 4:50:23 AM CST

    The Grocery Store Scene in Goonies

    by btwr

    Isn't The Grocery Store Scene in Goonies on the DVD? Check out deleted scenes. There's one in a sort of Kwik-E-Mart that didnt make the cut. Is that what he's talking about?

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  • Feb 24, 2003 5:38:51 AM CST

    Stupid fat Hobbit!!

    by jamestct

    The Goonies is classic. Dont mess.

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  • Feb 24, 2003 6:58:56 AM CST

    octopus scene

    by thegoldencalf

    has anyone seen the octopus scene, is it on the region 1 dvd? that would be the shit. i guess it comes between coming out of the waterchutes and getting on the ship cos there is a big jump. anyway, after years and years of only ever seeing it on tv and video i just saw the goonies at the cinema for the first time last week at my otherwise bullshit main release only theatre which was having a special student 80's week, kick ass. the print was super old but it was still by far my favourite cinema experience ever. theoreticlly they shouldn't make a sequel but every one else does these days so why not. andi better be in it. isn't it strange, she was one of my biggest crushes ever but seeing her last week was weird, she wasn't half as nice as i remember.

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  • Feb 24, 2003 9:25:20 AM CST

    A FOUR HOUR cut of "Goonies"?

    by rev_skarekroe

    I think would head would explode from all the noise of children yelling. Say, did anybody ask Mr. Astin about the episode of "Angel" he directed? It was pretty good. sk

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  • Feb 24, 2003 6:52:23 PM CST

    The 'octopus scene' and 'grocery-store scene' are both on the DV

    by elgyn6655321

    "Goonies II" would`ve been great.....like maybe ten/twelve years ago. It`s just too late now folks, unless someone comes up with a GREAT screenplay involving a new group of young 'Goonies' AND the older gang together. If it`s JUST the new kids, or JUST the old gang, it won`t work. Because no one wants to watch a bunch of all-new characters with no relation to the original movie, AND no one wants to just watch Sean Astin, Corey Feldman etc. bumbling around caves for two hours at thier age now. Face it folks, that would be kinda stupid. I actually had an idea for a sequel involving a haunted house in the middle of the woods that the 'new Goonies' investigate, with the 'old Goonies' going in after them. This way the movie would have an original story (not a rehash of pirate caves) that has a quasi-supernatural element like the original. Also, a sequel MUST use the original music themes by Dave Grusin.

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  • Feb 24, 2003 6:53:30 PM CST

    An actual script for "Goonies II: Willy`s Revenge" existed at so

    by elgyn6655321

  • Feb 24, 2003 11:10:03 PM CST

    I'm with Osmosis Jones...

    by dru

    If 'Pirates of the Caribbean' does well, then Goonies 2 will probably happen.Bad idea; bad, BAD idea! + what about 'Toy Soldiers?' That was the 1 man- THAT was the movie that sold Sean Astin as a bona fide movie star to me. Later, it was 'Memphis Belle,' a sadly under-rated film. Talk about the 'Toy Soldiers' Sean! Out.

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  • Feb 25, 2003 4:56:57 AM CST

    Data/Short Round

    by mrglory

    http://us.imdb.com/Name?Quan,%20Jonathan%20Ke

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  • Feb 25, 2003 10:19:51 PM CST

    he did mention it...

    by shan12478

    as he began, he mentioned leaving for a few days from the set of "jeremiah"? and that he had directed an ep of "angel" ...but that was about it...

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  • Mar 26, 2003 5:45:23 AM CST

    **What if ..we start a petition....?? Save the Goonies 2!**

    by andygirl

    Hi everyone,

    I was thinking about the storyline for the upcoming sequel to the Goonies, and I really think that most fans of the film are against the idea of the central focus of the new adventure being around the original Goonies kids.

    I am sure that Spielberg and Donner will still have the opportunity of reading scripts with other storylines, but this Ancient Indian Rocky adventure idea for the kids sounds to me to be too much.

    If your thoughts are similar to mine, you will also understand the need of the sequel to not be written intent for a third chapter.

    This usually ruins the film in my opinion,(E.G BTTF3 - only appealed to fans, but was a cop out in my opinion and couldn't have held it's own without being part of a tilogy).

    It would seem to me to be that those with the power might just be trying to aim the film at a younger audience with money making in mind- Though this is not actually definate, it could well be a possibilty.

    I do not want the film to be a cop out, nor do I assume that Speilberg or Donner do, but do they really know or understand their Goonies fanbase???

    If they do I am surprised by the current pitching of the possible sequel idea that are floating around on the net.

    Though many pople who will watch the sequel having maybe never seen the first, will possibly enjoy the current ideas, I think that it will not outweigh the interest of the fans of the first film.

    Also, can the film survive if all the Goonies do not return? Do we think that the film can be a success if the Fratelli's are not involved?
    They may say that right now all the actors have agreed to come back, but at this undecided rate, the film still has time to collapse or poeple to give up interest in it, what with the lack of information about it.

    These are just some of my thoughts, but I think we have an opportunity to possibly voice our opinions and stop the film maybe going straight to video, or bomb out at the cinema.

    If anyone has any suggestions on how you think we can have our voice heard, lets please discuss this and weigh up the pros and cons of the impending sequel storylines.

    theoriginalgoonie xx

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