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Is Kilmer going around saying a REAL GENIUS 2 is a moral imperative?!?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I know that the holidays delayed the posting of this story by about 18 hours or so, but I couldn't let this pass without a mention. AICN was sent a heads-up of a story on movienews.virgin.net, the Virgin megastore/airlines/everything website that has a rumor that Val Kilmer is set to play Chris Knight again in a sequel to his '80s masterpiece REAL GENIUS.

This had me doing a double take. I fuckin' love REAL GENIUS. It stands head and shoulders with ANY '80s comedy in my book. John Hughes, Mel Brooks, John Cusack, Steve Guttenberg (yes, I'm serious... go back and watch the first 2 POLICE ACADEMY movies)... all these guys are on the same level with REAL GENIUS, which has the 2nd best '80s usage of William Atherton as a huge dickhead (First being GHOSTBUSTERS and 3rd being DIE HARD).

Kilmer has been saying he wants to take on more comedic roles, which is nothing but good news. His comedy work is top notch. TOP SECRET, REAL GENIUS... I think the reason I liked KISS KISS BANG BANG so much was because Kilmer reminded me of his earliest comedy work.

While I'm not sure it's a great idea to sequelize REAL GENIUS, I'm thinking the risk of an unneeded and shitty sequel is worth taking if it means we see Kilmer in top form again. What are your thoughts?


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FIRST
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
01:59:26 PM
Now to read the article.
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
02:00:07 PM
I'd see it.
by Nordling
Dec 27th, 2006
02:01:58 PM
More Popcorn
by strongbadmonkey
Dec 27th, 2006
02:02:26 PM
I say go for it.
by OGREISHERE
Dec 27th, 2006
02:03:17 PM
TOO SOON!
by Blanket-Man
Dec 27th, 2006
02:03:22 PM
"Real Genius II"
by Venkie007
Dec 27th, 2006
02:03:56 PM
Let's just take a step back...
by Fawst
Dec 27th, 2006
02:03:57 PM
OK. Read it.
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
02:04:14 PM
Best '80s comedy
by YackBacker
Dec 27th, 2006
02:05:25 PM
Venkie007
by Fawst
Dec 27th, 2006
02:05:29 PM
Best 80's Comedies
by Fawst
Dec 27th, 2006
02:08:06 PM
VAL KILMER GOTTA EAT
by Pound Sand
Dec 27th, 2006
02:12:40 PM
"Knight, i want to see more of you in the lab".
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
02:13:30 PM
Love the movie, hate the idea of a sequel
by Gorrister
Dec 27th, 2006
02:19:54 PM
Do you mind if I name my first child after you?
by Ricky Henderson
Dec 27th, 2006
02:22:43 PM
This could absolutely work...
by Childe Roland
Dec 27th, 2006
02:23:44 PM
God let it be true
by PwnedByStallone
Dec 27th, 2006
02:24:57 PM
why?
by Evil_Imp
Dec 27th, 2006
02:25:42 PM
Better Off Dead and Real Men ....
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
02:26:01 PM
Already posted but man I'm already pumped.
by PwnedByStallone
Dec 27th, 2006
02:32:36 PM
Lazlo was a Werewolf in Monster Squad
by holidill
Dec 27th, 2006
02:40:32 PM
Real Genius is Genius
by holidill
Dec 27th, 2006
02:41:01 PM
ANYTHING to stop Christmas movies with Danny DeVito
by myspoonistoobig
Dec 27th, 2006
02:46:34 PM
They should only do this if...
by RenoNevada2000
Dec 27th, 2006
02:48:05 PM
HOLIDILL
by Frijole
Dec 27th, 2006
02:49:42 PM
FRIJOLE he was in both
by holidill
Dec 27th, 2006
02:56:58 PM
Police Academy 4 was the best one!!!
by Neo Zeed
Dec 27th, 2006
02:58:50 PM
Porky's !!!!!
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
02:58:58 PM
IMDB has Wolman in Monster Squad...
by Frijole
Dec 27th, 2006
03:00:18 PM
Oh no...
by phaedrus007
Dec 27th, 2006
03:01:58 PM
Real Genius was like many 80's movies
by Photoman
Dec 27th, 2006
03:03:07 PM
Funny damn movie.
by zacdilone
Dec 27th, 2006
03:05:37 PM
Wolfman
by holidill
Dec 27th, 2006
03:10:16 PM
Lazlo's got nards
by Quint
Dec 27th, 2006
03:19:52 PM
PERFECT! WHY IT WORKS!
by stlfilmwire
Dec 27th, 2006
03:21:58 PM
Yep, he's the guy laying on the ground
by Fawst
Dec 27th, 2006
03:25:55 PM
So Kilmer saw "Pirates of the Carribbean," I take it?
by LlGHTST0RMER
Dec 27th, 2006
03:30:22 PM
Lazlo was Napolean Dynamite's uncle.
by Nice Marmot
Dec 27th, 2006
03:39:32 PM
I'm sorry, but...
by Fawst
Dec 27th, 2006
03:43:50 PM
I thought his best comedy was Batman.
by mrfan
Dec 27th, 2006
03:54:06 PM
"You'll rue the day!"
by dastickboy
Dec 27th, 2006
04:00:02 PM
Jon Gries in MS
by Gislef_crow
Dec 27th, 2006
04:05:56 PM
Lottery Tickets ????
by meCPS
Dec 27th, 2006
04:13:03 PM
Somewhere...
by bodiless
Dec 27th, 2006
04:20:32 PM
I just want liquid nitrogen quarters...
by oscarbait
Dec 27th, 2006
04:25:05 PM
Val's always been my favorite actor
by CherryValance
Dec 27th, 2006
04:26:14 PM
I talk like that...
by zacdilone
Dec 27th, 2006
04:30:00 PM
meCPS - my bad.
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
04:54:06 PM
All the 80's hair teen comedies ....
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 27th, 2006
04:59:00 PM
Chris Knight Cal Tech Professor
by jegoing74
Dec 27th, 2006
05:05:41 PM
They should let...
by mr. brownstone
Dec 27th, 2006
05:10:20 PM
Jon Gries was also a vampire in Fright Night 2
by Logo Lou
Dec 27th, 2006
05:13:09 PM
Real Genius
by Volstaff
Dec 27th, 2006
05:17:58 PM
Real Genius 2: The Dark Knight
by Stringer Bell
Dec 27th, 2006
05:22:24 PM
Im on a losing streak here, but I have to go with "no"
by JRKerr
Dec 27th, 2006
05:27:26 PM
...that time I found you naked with a bowl of jello?
by So-Crates
Dec 27th, 2006
05:32:32 PM
Revisiting 80s Characters; Hollywood is Officially Dead
by rudyrusso
Dec 27th, 2006
05:37:01 PM
could the same person
by So-Crates
Dec 27th, 2006
05:46:36 PM
luckily
by So-Crates
Dec 27th, 2006
05:49:28 PM
Real Genius 2=Flames on Optimus
by TheRealDilbert27
Dec 27th, 2006
05:53:39 PM
CherryValance...
by zombieslayer
Dec 27th, 2006
05:56:03 PM
I'll echo the above:
by Orbots Commander
Dec 27th, 2006
06:00:17 PM
That's funny. I've had...
by beamish13
Dec 27th, 2006
06:47:09 PM
The Pretender
by Venkie007
Dec 27th, 2006
06:56:59 PM
Dilbert27...
by LlGHTST0RMER
Dec 27th, 2006
06:57:33 PM
Sounds like greatness
by dejectedgeek
Dec 27th, 2006
07:09:05 PM
zombieslayer
by CherryValance
Dec 27th, 2006
07:23:26 PM
WHY NOT?!?
by Malebolgia
Dec 27th, 2006
07:27:01 PM
Y'all forgettin' Tombstone!?!
by 5_day_forecast
Dec 27th, 2006
07:32:46 PM
It should take place one week after the first film...
by tonagan
Dec 27th, 2006
07:41:28 PM
"War Games vs. Real Genius"!
by JackPumpkinhead
Dec 27th, 2006
08:21:42 PM
Rue the day?
by Zarles
Dec 27th, 2006
08:27:39 PM
I wanna see Top Gun 2: Electric Boogaloo
by Doc_Strange
Dec 27th, 2006
08:32:25 PM
Is he like the dean in this one?
by carpemundus
Dec 27th, 2006
08:53:26 PM
Oh, Evil_Imp...and we were going to make you--
by Bob Cryptonight
Dec 27th, 2006
09:27:57 PM
Bigger Trouble In Little China
by shellfishh
Dec 27th, 2006
09:29:29 PM
Best 80's Comedies:
by future help
Dec 27th, 2006
09:30:01 PM
No, No, No! The Doors 2!
by Kirbymanly
Dec 27th, 2006
09:41:21 PM
bring it on!
by reckni
Dec 27th, 2006
09:41:26 PM
I also liked the popcorn.
by oscarbait
Dec 27th, 2006
09:45:08 PM
But only if...
by kafka07
Dec 27th, 2006
09:50:00 PM
The plot...
by oscarbait
Dec 27th, 2006
10:04:29 PM
Popcorn!
by uss cygnus
Dec 27th, 2006
10:30:26 PM
"Betcha I could throw a football over them mountains"
by Billyeveryteen
Dec 27th, 2006
10:39:13 PM
kinghenryVIII
by Sir Loin
Dec 27th, 2006
11:23:55 PM
Agreed, they have to get back the original cast
by Sir Loin
Dec 27th, 2006
11:37:47 PM
Planes, Trains & Automobiles says HELLO
by Colonel Kane
Dec 28th, 2006
12:08:19 AM
agreed
by wanna_bannana
Dec 28th, 2006
12:13:00 AM
Moviehole.Net Owned this Scoop, Didn't they???
by BillyRosewood
Dec 28th, 2006
02:15:37 AM
Just Say No!
by Alice Cooper Stalker
Dec 28th, 2006
04:06:16 AM
This is the best news I've ever heard.
by Dick Nicely
Dec 28th, 2006
06:39:22 AM
Get Kilmer's ass into the talkback and we'll let him...
by Dazzler69
Dec 28th, 2006
06:52:29 AM
Future Help...
by Tom Arnold
Dec 28th, 2006
06:53:58 AM
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Work...
by Dick Nicely
Dec 28th, 2006
07:04:57 AM
I'll see this if..
by Diagnostic
Dec 28th, 2006
07:20:11 AM
5_day_forecast hit it on the head...
by just pillow talk
Dec 28th, 2006
07:55:03 AM
This sequel must be made!
by JAGUART
Dec 28th, 2006
08:51:03 AM
Why not BATMAN FOREVER STILL?
by President Evil
Dec 28th, 2006
09:10:34 AM
Well done SIR LOIN
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 28th, 2006
09:10:58 AM
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 28th, 2006
09:17:24 AM
I didn't realize this until Deja Vu but I actually like
by Cotton McKnight
Dec 28th, 2006
09:27:03 AM
and yes, I like that movie red planet too.
by Cotton McKnight
Dec 28th, 2006
09:27:54 AM
Re: Ferris Bueller's Day off work, and 'Heathers'
by Bobo_Vision
Dec 28th, 2006
09:30:32 AM
Kilmer a world class drunk
by skydog
Dec 28th, 2006
10:10:35 AM
It would seem Val Kilmer has become, how do you say,...
by StovetopStuffin'
Dec 28th, 2006
10:22:10 AM
Do you ever have that dream. .
by skydog
Dec 28th, 2006
10:29:22 AM
"Have you ever seen a more fabulous body in your life?"
by pokadoo
Dec 28th, 2006
10:45:23 AM
I have seen ferris more than any other and
by emeraldboy
Dec 28th, 2006
10:56:32 AM
its strange the way hollywood seems to predict things
by emeraldboy
Dec 28th, 2006
11:10:45 AM
Ahhhh, Ruprick the Monkey Boy
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 28th, 2006
11:47:02 AM
"Are you Chris Knight?"
by kwisatzhaderach
Dec 28th, 2006
11:52:28 AM
Dirty rotten Scoundrels
by emeraldboy
Dec 28th, 2006
12:21:42 PM
Ferris Bueller: Welfare Recipient
by Spandau Belly
Dec 28th, 2006
12:36:06 PM
If this sequel does tank...
by ByTor
Dec 28th, 2006
12:45:17 PM
BringingSexyBack...
by just pillow talk
Dec 28th, 2006
12:51:41 PM
well, prepare to shed more tears from all...
by just pillow talk
Dec 28th, 2006
12:57:07 PM
Genius, all right
by ByTor
Dec 28th, 2006
01:05:50 PM
Lazlo was in Monster Squad and Fright Night 2
by Dominic
Dec 28th, 2006
01:24:52 PM
kinghenryVIII
by Sir Loin
Dec 28th, 2006
01:55:02 PM
BSB - nukes
by Sir Loin
Dec 28th, 2006
02:03:26 PM
HEY SIR LOIN!
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 28th, 2006
03:16:03 PM
FUCKING SWEET! Bring on Jon Gries!
by Supercoolmanchu
Dec 28th, 2006
04:35:54 PM
Stop Playing With Yourself, Kent/A Girl's Gotta Have...
by tensticks
Dec 28th, 2006
04:48:15 PM
kinghenryVIII
by Sir Loin
Dec 28th, 2006
06:43:31 PM
on the plus side, to attract a wider audience
by hktelemacher
Dec 28th, 2006
09:45:41 PM
Come on now
by Jaka
Dec 28th, 2006
09:56:43 PM
I went to the premiere!
by Regis Travolta
Dec 29th, 2006
01:59:08 AM
Sir Loin - Best buy had The Descent for $16.99
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 29th, 2006
07:18:26 AM
hktelemacher
by DarthRicker
Dec 29th, 2006
10:12:57 AM
Sarah Jessica Parker = Mitch / Lionel Ritchie
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 29th, 2006
12:31:35 PM
More quotes ....
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 29th, 2006
12:44:35 PM
Best 80's Comedy Hands Down
by Itchy
Dec 29th, 2006
02:33:17 PM
Some Love for the 80's babes
by shellfishh
Dec 29th, 2006
03:32:48 PM
And Valley Girl Zombies
by shellfishh
Dec 29th, 2006
03:44:37 PM
they need to make CHRIS KNIGHT vs FERRIS BUELLER
by Sir Loin
Dec 29th, 2006
05:37:32 PM
Breakfast Club
by PeteBogs
Dec 29th, 2006
06:13:00 PM
Mia Sara!
by Jaka
Dec 29th, 2006
08:58:00 PM
My Real Weird Science Project(ile) part IV:
by TomBodet
Dec 30th, 2006
10:17:37 AM
80s
by Madmartigan
Dec 31st, 2006
06:52:21 PM

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