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“More Input!! More Input!!’ ROBOT CHICKEN Writer To Script Dimension’s SHORT CIRCUIT Remake!!
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Dimension Films has hired “Greg The Bunny”/“Robert Chicken” writer-performer Dan Milano to script a remake of 1986’s robot action comedy “Short Circuit.”
I seem to remember liking the Steve Guttenberg/Ally Sheedy version of “Short Circuit,” but a look at the trailer has me second-guessing myself.
As for Milano, I’m not sure his TV work convinces me he’s ready for the leap to the big screen.
One wonders what Johnny Five will look like in the CGI era!
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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I hope it's in claymation cuz it's going to suck ass. Waste of time.
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not so much
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I loved this as a kid... I remember I cried my ass off during the sequel when that gang of people practically gang banged Johnny 5. How bad ass was that gold Johnny 5 though? Sounds like good times to me.
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Remember folks, Johnny Five was created to kill people. He even had a death laser. Maybe they are planning to dump the romcom aspect and play up the action.
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thanks for making my highschool life hell, stupid robot movie
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that being said, I really liked the sequel when I was a kid. must have seen it about 20 times in 3rd grade.
oh, and herc... robot chicken IS funny. c'mon man... "who jerked in my frakkin' coffee?!?" ?
that's gold, jerry. gold! -
so I can assassinate Steve Guttenberg
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Do not remake them, SEQUELIZE THEM! The world must finally see the gold-plated Johnny Five in his own full-length film.
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Soooooo '80s.
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Short Circuit was pure shit and unprofessional. Can't we spend the money on a kick ass "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" remake instead? Seriously...Short Circuit?? Ohhhh, goooood for you!!!
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I once knew a P Staynes and a J Hut also.
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i hope they don't fuck this up. i loved the first two.
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C'mon, sure it was crap but I remember finding it very VERY enjoyable as a kid. I've grown up to be a cynical movie goer who craps over the 'rubbish' kids are watching but between Short Circuit 1 and 2, hell add in Masters of the Universe and Flight of the Navigator, I had a ball.
Anyone who didn't cry adult or child at the brutal beating of Johnny 5 in SC2 has no soul!!
Karate Kid, this, Navigator - we are TEETERING on the edge of Jumpin Jack Flash, Stop of My Mom will shoot and Harry and the Hendersons remakes. -
I don't know.
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Jun 04, 2009 1:42:48 AM CDT
WALLE DOES WELL - DESIGN INSPIRED BY SHORT CIRCUIT - SHORT CIRCU
by mish87
Interesting.
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Don't let me down, Disney.
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will some douche bag producer out there please make this so. Thanks.
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They go from soft "PG" to hard "R" and make Johnny 5 a robot on the rampage. You know, "Killbots" style...Yeah...I'd pay to see that one. They hunt him down while he uses his lasers to cut the fuckers down, screaming "Johnny 5 is alive bitches!!!"
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Lets not forget to get McG to direct it...or Brett Ratner.
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Seriously, you embed three videos but you don't embed Bonnie Tyler's "I Need a Hero" blaring over the final scene in Short Circuit 2!? That shit was legendary, Herc!
Call me nostalgic but I loved that when I was a kid. And you will too when you see it again! The camera slowly zooming in on the digital clock ticking down to Johnny 5's death during the song is awesome as he's hot on Oscar's ass is the stuff of legends!
http://tinyurl.com/6cnr9u
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Before the lightning bolt (or whatever...wasn't really watching) zapped him, he actually had a cool Kraftwerk-y "Robots" voice. Then he turned into a whiny fuck.
Then Steve Guttenberg showed up, and shit got REALLY dire. -
wasn't that sort of a hard R version of Short Circuit? Don't remember too much about that one, except that it had that typical early 90' s feel.
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Or should I say Wall-E was a smaller Johnny 5?
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Danny Trejo as the voice? That would be super bitchen. Scare the shit nuggets out any child.
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Jun 04, 2009 2:44:14 AM CDT
The Ally Sheedy role criiiiies out for Zooey Deschanel
by gibsonusa returns
It really does...
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Remake that motherfuckers!!!
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With Jim Carrey?
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...contained one of the most violent scenes in film history as Johnny 5 got the beatdown with two guys with crowbars...while crying out that he is alive....(tears...)...
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Jun 04, 2009 2:50:33 AM CDT
Hollywood: Bankrupt of ideas since1999.Imagination bailout neede
by billy batz
When they greenlight the F-Troop movie, I'm pullin' the plug!
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There she goes and knows I'm dying when she says "Who is Johnny?"
Games with names that girl is playing, all she says is "Who is Johnny?"
I tried to understand because I'm people too
And playing games is part of human nature
My heart's in overdrive, it's great to be alive
"Who's Johnny?" she said and smiled in her special way
"Johnny," she said, "you know I love you"
"Who's Johnny" she said and tried to look the other way
Her eyes gave her away
Alright, oh yeah
She makes sure I see her teasing, hear her say "Who is Johnny?"
There's no way today is easy, hear her say "Who is Johnny?"
I really couldn't help but fall in love with her
Her being there has made my life worth living
I knew it from the start, that I would lose my heart
"Who's Johnny?" She said and smiled in her special way
"Johnny," she said, "you know I love you"
"Who's Johnny" she said and tried to look the other way
still pretending
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
Wow-oooh, oh no
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
Oh no-no-no-no, i don't believe it
"Who's Johnny?" she said and tried to look the other way
Her eyes gave her away
(Girls like her) Are very special girls
(Girls like her) Don't rest
'Till'Till you too are a believer
'Till you too have caught their fever
Who-who-who-..
"Who is Johnny?"
There she goes and knows I'm dying when she says
"Who is-who-who is" "Who's Johnny?" She said and smiled in her special way
"Johnny," she says, "you know I love you"
"Who's Johnny" she says and tried to look the other way
Her eyes gave her away
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
That girl's pretending she can't remember my name
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
Oh, i can't believe it
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
I know this girl is only teasing
"Who's Johnny?"
she said, She walked at me with someone else
And left me standing there, ooo-oooh
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
It isn't love...
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
"Who's Johnny?"
Johnny come with me
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Jun 04, 2009 2:52:36 AM CDT
I agree, they should just make this Short Circuit 3.
by gibsonusa returns
Just make it a sequel. I know its been a long time...but they dont need to call it Short Circuit 3, just give it a subtitle...or call it "SHORT CIRCUIT-RY"...get it? Circuitry...circuit-three????
Hah! Hah! Hah! I made a funny!! -
They need to have Christian Bale play Johnny Five in a rubber suit and Michael eBay to direct.
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Working as a Cashier somewhere?
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That thing was catchy...
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... Hollywood has apparently decided to just roll the hard six and see how much money they can pry out of the public before even the most retarded, mouth-breathing Wal-Mart shopper gets wise enough to the situation to stop showing up opening day. Thanks, everybody who went to STAR TREK and who will likely be going to LAND OF THE LOST this weekend! This is YOUR FAULT!
I'm starting a Dead Pool now: I already have twenty on the EVILSPEAK, MANNEQUIN, KRAMER VS. KRAMER, AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, CHUTES AND LADDERS, WEIRD SCIENCE and SURREAL LIFE: THE MOTION PICTURE remakes /reboots /reimaginings /brand-name movie franchising being announced next week. Who's in? -
You heard it here first! :P
Thatd be awesome. -
Aside from that memorable five minute cameo he had on "Lost" in Season 4, I believe Fisher Stevens is currently playing Ashton Kutcher's prison bitch, and I'm sure he's giving Kutcher some well-needed pointers on what to do with your life after those fifteen minutes of fame are all used up.
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I sure wish I could laugh at that, but I have an awful feeling that one's probably even closer to reality than the ones I just mentioned.
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There was going to be a remake of that starring Raven Symone (sp). I think it was slated for a 2007 relase, or some shit.
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Just name the fucking movie something new and not name it after an old movie. "Burnt Processor" or "Too much RAM" or "Liquid Cooling Gone Wrong". Shyamalan needs to play the Indian guy. Next up is the remake of Citizen Kane.
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I don't think they need remaking, just make a 3rd one. Get Fisher Stevens back to do his very politically incorrect Indian character. Plus Sheedy, Guttenberg and GW Bailey can't be up to much these days either, so get them too.
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With a girl character thrown into the group, and the theme song by Miley Cyrus.
That would rock. Make it happen. -
was on Lost for ten minutes as a member of the freighter crew. I actually saw him tonight play an extra in an Ashton Kutcher camera commercial.
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Has anyone seen these episodes? A foul-mouthed robot? They're hilarious.
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He has no legs ?
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the originals sucked but if they do a hard R remake with really vulgar comedy it could become a new classic. That would be the ONLY way to make this work in the 21st century IMO. Do they have the balls to do it though?
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Am I mistaken or did they already remake "American Werewolf"? Wasnt it called an "American Werewolf in Paris"? And please everyone here, stop giving Hollywood ideas
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They'll probably get Faran Tahir to be the voice. He has an actual Indian accent.
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He had a little multi-tool thingy that popped out the front, I believe he used that to operate the pedals after ripping the seat out.
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Thanks man, that vid is quality.
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Oh lord. What else is to be remade? Monchichis?
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you think you're joking, but American Werewolf and Weird Science are certainties now that Alien has fallen. Next up, The Exorcist and The Shining.
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"Hey, ese, what the fuck're you doin' here?! LEAVE HER ALONE, CABRON!"
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Stephen King already had the Shining remade as a TV movie. Weird Science was made into a TV series.
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Jason Biggs = This decade's Steve Guttenberg.
Blassy, out. -
That tune cradled the balls...stroked the shaft...worked the pipe...swallowed the gravy.
Get it over here Debarge and let’s do this! -
his Me and My Monster script kicks arse...
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...was 5's comment to Ally: "nice software!" I had no problem after that believing Johnny 5 WAS ALIVE!! The cinema I went to gave out "Number 5 is Alive" buttons. Good Times.
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When will Hollywood stop feeding upon itself?
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when they remake something good you people say "sacrilege! remake some piece of shit that can be improved upon!!". when they remake a shitty movie you people say "They're remaking this piece of crap? they should do a remake of touch of evil with more action!" or something equally idiotic...
not sure what i am going for here except
fuck all you guys, just stop watching hollywood's product and stop pretending this stuff is any more satisfying as entertainment than watching mad about you reruns (or whatever the fuck that show was called) -
Yes, Fisher Stevens is doing camera commercials with Ashton Kutcher. Fisher Stevens life deserves a Lifetime TV movie of the week treatment at some point. The guy was banging Michelle Pfeiffer when she was the hottest thing on the planet, for crying out loud. (Brian Austin Green will also merit a Lifetime movie in ten year, btw).
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I watched Short Cicuit within the last year and still enjoyed it. Remaking it will simply turn Johnny # 5 into a fucking CGI turd and with modern movie making it will lose the heart of the original. I wish some of these Hollywood executives would just die.
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...cause losing the heart of the original Short Curcuit would be SUCH a tragedy...
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Jun 04, 2009 7:29:42 AM CDT
Well, Wall-E did well, so what treaded robot movie do we have?!
by jedirob
Hey don't we own the rights to a movie with a similar looking robot? Well let's roll out the remake!
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you broke my combo!
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No shit!
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BURN NOTICE!
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and will Seth Green provide the voice for Johnny 5?
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GIANT PIG!!!
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I'm really sick to death of the saturation of remakes and reboots that creatively braindead producers are planning now.
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Wouldn't CGI ruin the whole point of looking at what is actually possible with modern robotics? I mean, there really are armed robots out there on battlefields. The only part that's even sci-fi any more is the amount of AI actually used - just look at a military robot like the "Talon" and the only thing its lacking is a cute face.
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ha, hows that for a Short Circuit/Robot Chicken/Dan Milano pop culture cross referance?
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ROBOT CHICKEN? Are you fucking kidding me? Bill Hicks, I fucking miss you.
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There's our Short Circuit for this generation. Let's get back to brainstorming Hollywood. (hand gesture) "You don't need to do more remakes." Aw! Shit! Who put Toydarians in charge!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAyjdeEu7FA&feature=channel_page
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Jun 04, 2009 8:46:34 AM CDT
Maybe I should have read the entire talkback first
by kevin_costners_recycled_piss
theoyboy seems to have beaten me to it.
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We need to update this for modern times. Get me a multicultural cast and someone who can write fart jokes! I still can't tell. Is Megan Fox latina? No? Well... we'll call her "Maria." Close enough. The script needs to have several scenes where the male lead stares at her goofy fake tits. We'll get Will Smith's kid. Can he say "Dayum!" like his dad? Oh, my god - this is going to make a shitload of money!
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Without a fuckin' cool robot, there is zero point to a Short Circuit remake.
The best way that I can think of for designing a new Short Circuit robot would be to make the thing look really evil and menacing, and then give it a silly voice and mannerisms after it has its personality meltdown.
After all, it's supposed to be a piece of military hardware, right? So base the visual design on something you might actually see the US Army using.
I think it could be a winner, if the producers "get" what makes Short Circuit such a neat idea (Guttenberg notwithstanding). -
...c'mon! The bit making fun of BSG curse words is comedy gold!
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Short Circuit: the most SHAMELESS product placement movie of ALL TIME. Even by 80's standards, it was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
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This has gone far enough.
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...they avoided showing the robot as much as possible. I wish more trailers these days followed that philosophy.
The trailer also gave me more thoughts about how to make this movie really cool. Allow the full-size robot to do all it's own acting.
By that, I mean don't use any cheap "fake robot arms" for shots like when Johnny steals the truck.
In other words, don't fake any of the robots' performances.
Toyota has a robot that plays the violin, so there's no reason to fake a robot arm playing the piano.
Go to the engineers at Honda, Toyota, and elsewhere that are busy making anthropomorphic robots and get them to help make the ultimate prop robot that can do all its own acting.
As for the voice, I vote for an updated version of Macintalk (or is that AppleSpeak? I dunno). Get Steve Jobs to kick some underperforming software nerds at 1 Infinite Loop to do a text-to-speech program that's good enough to do the voice for Johnny Five.
After all, it's a good bet the writing and directing will have been better if left to a computer, so why not the acting as well! ;-) -
Okay, first off, Short Circuit was a hilarious film. Between Johnny Five's lines and Benjamin's lines, we all had a bunch of one-liners to drop in everyday conversation. So to me, remaking this is like GM buying Hummer in name only, taking a couple of recognizable elements and sticking it on a Suburban chassis. To quote Syndrome "LAME! LAME! LAME! LAME! LAME!" okay, so I mixed my metaphors.
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Some suggestions Hollywood: Revenge of the Nerds, Police Academy, Maniac Cop, Evil Dead, Batteries Not Included, Munchies, Goulies, 976-Evil, Phantasm, Neverending Story, D.A.R.R.Y.L., War Games, Cloak & Dagger, Splash, Weird Science, Starman, Gremlins, Waxwork, Debbie Does Dallas - just a few ideas because Hollywood is creatively bankrupt.
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I'm waiting for the Matrix to be remade. It's been 10 years since the first one.
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Unrelated, but RIP David Carradine
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The trailer was infinitely more gay than the movie turned out to me. Hated it. Liked the movie.
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Not that I had any interest in this to begin with but hiring anyone involved in the creation of the total crap that is Robot Chicken seals the deal.
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I love the original and the second was watchable. I am not too sure though that a remake of the first is necessary.. it could actually be downright scarey considering all that can be done now with robotics and artificial intelligence.
The only things I ask for are:
roles for Fisher Stevens and Steve Guttenberg
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THEN I will see it.
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"Oscar, you will not get away! I am really PISSED OFF! "
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That is all.
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Jun 04, 2009 10:41:23 AM CDT
There's new films being made all the time.
by kevin_costners_recycled_piss
You just don't hear about them because they're original ideas that carry no hype. For example nobody knew or gave a fuck about The Matrix back when it was in preproduction.
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had better get his lawyers ready. but he is too rich to care. and he is in retirement. wih the exception legend all 1980s movies will get remade. Even though Supergirl flew on to the small screens via smallville. and was written out along with a whole host of others in the smallvilles writers massacre. That film will be remade. cause every film from the 1980s will be marks my words. including quest of the comet by vill vinton. as long as clint is alive they wont touch his stuff. they will have to wait untill he is dead. but they will start on Marty S's stuff first. or maybe woody allen. Woody who?..... I caught I glimpse of Helen Slater on Smallville a couple of weeks ago. still hot.
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had better get his lawyers ready. but he is too rich to care. and he is in retirement. wih the exception legend all 1980s movies will get remade. Even though Supergirl flew on to the small screens via smallville. and was written out along with a whole host of others in the smallvilles writers massacre. That film will be remade. cause every film from the 1980s will be marks my words. including quest of the comet by vill vinton. as long as clint is alive they wont touch his stuff. they will have to wait untill he is dead. but they will start on Marty S's stuff first. or maybe woody allen. Woody who?..... I caught I glimpse of Helen Slater on Smallville a couple of weeks ago. still hot.
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We got REAL fu*$ing robots now, i better not see any cgi in here. remember...johnny five is ALIVE!!!
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Los Lobos kick your balls into Outer Spaaaaaaaace!
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Making barbie dolls shoot each other is no longer hilarious.
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By "no longer," I assume you meant "never."
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Of him getting beaten and then chasing down Oscar... man those brought tears to my eyes.
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No remakes! Come on you fags be original for once... and stop raping my friggin childhood.
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Starring Hannah Montana and Justin Timberlake, set 200 years into the future with cgi nazi robots. That is how I feel about all of these remakes....
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remake Johnny 5? bad idea, Hollywood. But, then, that's par for your course these days, isn't it?
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Johnny 5, the only robot gayer than C3PO. Yeah, I want a remake starring that, definitely. Holy crap, Hollywood's creative output is getting even worse than its politics. That's why I go to the movies maybe twice a year, tops. And even then I often cringe at the waste of time and money. I blame Hollywood's stupidity on California. Coddling criminals and perverts has finally taken its toll and rotted every mind and dick in the state. I hope it sinks completely into its financial black hole and never emerges again. Only then will my childhood memories be safe. It's a price I'm willing to pay.
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i guess, they used it b/c Sheedy thinks at first Johhny 5 is from outer space?
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The original films were well loved enough in their time, but don't hold up today. I can see them improve upon the films. This honestly is precisely the type of film I'd select for a reboot.
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That got sent as I put my laptop down to mop up teh booze! Was going to be really funny too, but the moment has passed.
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Was once funny and inspired, now looks made by 12 year olds inspired by youtube clips. Why would DC give them the rights to show the Joker shitting on Batman? Yep, that's some of that RB brilliance on display now. Hey, it's GI Joe! Oh no, he sliced open a Barbie! Then he shit his pants! Rinse Wash Repeat.
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Jun 04, 2009 5:52:28 PM CDT
Yeah, this should be a SEQUEL, not some kind of remake......
by gibsonusa returns
I feel like delivering my thought process in numbered format.
1. I understand why they would want to go with a remake. Short Circuit 2 came out in 1988...and there's a whole new movie audience to tap into. Remaking allows this audience to see Johnny 5 being built and escaping, etc.
2. But the thing is...do we NEED an origin story all the time? Wall-E started centuries after he was built. Star Wars started with Episode 4.
It's okay to start in the middle. A sequel can serve the dual purpose of continuing the franchise while introducing itself to a whole new generation. Look at Rambo.
3. With that said, the next Short Circuit should take place in the late 80s/early 90s, with that 3-2-1 Contact sense of technological wonder. Bringing Johnny 5 in the iPod age seems less special, when we have actual Wall-E robots rolling around.
4. With THAT said, a CG robot should be avoided. There's too much of that stuff these days. Watch the intro to Short Circuit 2 with the tiny toy Johnny 5 wandering through the department store. It's awesome knowing that its an ACTUAL robot running around doing that, instead of a computer graphic put in later.
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You forgot Howard The Duck!
Oh and Ally Sheedy made my dingle tingle when I was 15
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Holy Crap. I forgot all about that. Cool.
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Johnny 5 is ALIVE!!!!!! Seriously though, I like the fact that the second ended with him earning his American Citizenship. For those of you who have experienced that, you know how great a feeling that is.
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Jun 04, 2009 9:28:15 PM CDT
they should have an east indian playing a white guy here
by gibsonusa returns
balance of the forrce
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For whatever reason that movie works for me. Fisher is ridiculously corny and it is a blast to watch. LOL! "We are . . . samurai!" I'm afraid to watch it sober.
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Jun 05, 2009 11:23:13 AM CDT
Next in the remake pipeline: Man Getting Hit By Football
by royston lodge
You know you want it.
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- "The Horse in Motion"
- "Blacksmith Scene"
- "Record of a Sneeze"
- "Dickson Experimental Sound Film"
- "The Kiss"
After all, can you imagine how amazing these pre-1900 films could be realized using today's equipment? They simply didn't have the technology in 1896 to REALLY capture the essence of a guy kissing his wife. -
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