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Number 5 Is Still Alive!! The New SHORT CIRCUIT Movie Has A Director Now...
Merrick here...
A while back we heard The Powers That Be were working to bring Number 5 back to theater screens. Now we know the director who'll help get him there: Steve Carr (PAUL BLART: MALL COP).
Scripted by Dan Milano ("Robot Chicken"), the remake is a robot reboot that brings the iconic Johnny 5 into the 21st century. Built by the military to be a highly sophisticated weapon, Johnny 5 develops a conscience and personality after being hit by lightning. He befriends a lonely boy and his fractured family.
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"Short Circuit" fits into Dimension's priority of making franchise films, a list that includes "Scream 4," "Spy Kids 4," "Clive Barker's Hellraiser," "Scanners" and "An American Werewolf in London." The "Spy Kids" and "Hellraiser" films will be 3-D.
...says Variety HERE.
Back in 1986, the original SHORT CIRCUIT film was directed by John Badham (WARGAMES, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER).
Two years later, a sequel was helmed by Kenneth Johnson (the V and ALIEN NATION TV shows).
500 megabytes of memory?
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"Short Circuit" fits into Dimension's priority of making franchise films, a list that includes "Scream 4," "Spy Kids 4," "Clive Barker's Hellraiser," "Scanners" and "An American Werewolf in London." The "Spy Kids" and "Hellraiser" films will be 3-D.
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I wonder what sort of quasi-racist caricature will befriend Johnny this time.
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forward to the remake. And yes, Wall-E should have killed any further plans for this cinematic abortion.
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Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. I'm anticipating a MAC & ME remake within two years.
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It's not like this is a sacred property or anything. They can rape all they want.
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Do we really need a Spy Kids 4?
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...the Deadly Friend reboot. Or maybe a Small Wonder remake.
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Are there any films that Hollywood has unofficially made off-limits to remakes, reboots, or "re-imaginings" of any kind? CITIZEN KANE? JAWS? BAMBI? Or are those in the hopper somewhere?
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Anything but a Mac and Me remake! Especially one that maybe, in 3-D!
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Even though I saw it several times theatrically when I was a child.
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...vaporizes kids and their troubled families from five thousand feet.And talks to himself in the voice of John Wayne.
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they still have a Mac and Cheese movie on the back burner...
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Oh, wait, misread that, nevermind. ...MERV GRIFFIN!!!
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A movie following another (not r2 d2) astromech droid as you percieve the SW galaxy through the droids eys. It could be call N0J5.
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and put again denis hopper as the hippie teacher.and have that muscle car with the turbine scene,running down the highway to stop that electrical pulse.
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OOOOHHH, GOOD FOR YOU!!!!
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Oct 27, 2009 2:31:32 PM CDT
Hey, if they do get Steven G. back, I might just be interested..
by harrycalder
Also, where's the new Police Academy movie I thought I'd heard about? And what about the Cocoon remake?! That's GOT to be on some a-hole's project development list... Let the Guttenberg resurgence commence!
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Data Analysing Robot Youth Lifeform (DARYL) would be a cheap remake, so I'm suprised they haven't done it, or Flight of the Navigator.
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doesn't mean all the fucking movies from that decade need to be remade, rebooted and whatever else the fucking studios wanna call it!
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...top notch ironic career resuscitation I say.
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Take into a very dark place like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
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...it was a silver balloon craft this time.Lame ending though.
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Somebody's gotta be working on this right?
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The laughless and the artless! Simpatico!
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Speaking of batman, take a look at batman: vanishing on superhero hype. I found that an intriguing look into batmans psyche.
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I do like the writing on Robot Chicken so there is a possibility of me catching it on HBO down the road. It might work especially at the end a short circuit causes the robot to wipe out the family he had befriended. Then the military moves in at the end to retreve the robot and we see and hear and officer saying into a cell phone "Yes sir, it worked exactly as programmed.
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a remake/sequel to that movie,does have potential for greatness.
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and it's cool to rag on Guttenburg et al but it's a laugh, was original on it's on merits, has many quotable lines between 1&2 (as I'm sure this TB will testify), were deliciously non-pc and features that classic casual 80's PG swearing which subsequent removal for modern day kids films represents a lot more than the curse words being lost.
The remake will attempt to be a serious attempt to be a franchise of two dumb 'take them for what they are' cult movies. Jesus wept.
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Oct 27, 2009 2:41:22 PM CDT
Yeah, Tarantino could do some great things with "The Gute"
by harrycalder
A role like "Zed" from PF, but much, much more twisted... The Gute would shine in a role like that.
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. . . haven't seen it in years. Am I correct in remembering a pretty damn realistic T-Rex? Or was I just too impressionable? I know for a fact they blew the fuck out of it w/ machine guns.
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* YAWN *
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Los locos kick your ass, los locos kick your face, los locos kick your balls into uter space!!! i'll be happy
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Yeah, he's working on a little project you may have heard about. It's called THE HOBBIT.Now, do fuck off.
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...in Afghanistan or some place like that and befriends a local boy.I was kidding, but now I'm serious...that could be a good movie.
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That's all I really remember. Oh, and I was dating a chick named Stephanie shortly after it came out, so I often said 'Input, Stephanie, Input!' whenever I wanted a blowjob.
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Should be up for a remake about now. I don't believe the original was accurate or long enough.
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The Gutt and Lt Harris?
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I just went to IMDB to confirm that hack was the original's director and had TOTALLY FORGOTTEN he'd also directed SNF... Wow. That and "Stakeout" are actually pretty watchable. But almost everything else that guy has touched just reeks of mediocrity.
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He's been working on it for 2 plus years now, and there's still no casting, drawings for it yet? GOOD JOB DEL!
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what about doing a Cocoon remake, with Gutenberg playing one of the old guys?
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I mean, he has a friggen lazer.
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The funniest/cheesiest part of the sequel is at the end when the Indian dude is trying to re-vive Johnny 5, and he screams to the heavens "COME ON JOHNNY"! That shit is hilarious.
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BIG LOB!!!!!
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... why not do a remake of explorers. However, this time, the Tilt-A-Whirl car encounters hostile aliens! LOL
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...But The Gute could play a mean-spirited attendant at the old folks' home who gets beaten down pretty fiercely by one of our heros, maybe played by Doris Roberts, after she's taken a dip in the alien-egg-filled pool...
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Get it done!
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WHY? WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER ONE OF THESE? IM EMBARASSED TO HAVE LOVED THAT MOVIE AS A KID!!! BUT I DID GET ONE OF MY FIRST BONERS TO ALLY SHEEDY!!!
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...I'm not sure you can top Harry for non CG facial expressions.Granted, I haven't seen it in twenty years...and don't plan to re-visit anytime soon.
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I have the original on Blu-ray and although cheesy, it's still a cute little movie with an amazingly articulated robot.
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If that isn't a real word yet, it damn well should be.
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...sad...if played right it could be a huge hit all over the world.
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...and therefore better.
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For fuck's sake, what's wrong with hollywood? Where are the fucking new ideas?
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what's it gonna be? Oh wait, I just remembered, I don't really care. When is Ghostbusters 3 comming out?
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I can't believe that there hasn't been a single writer on this site to talk about/review Saw VI. I get that a lot of people are finding this series tired/tedious but to ignore it completely seems rude. Not only to readers of the site who would like to discuss/read about the film but to the phenomenon itself. This is a geek site and Saw is the most successful franchise in the history of film. Love it or loath it it deserved to be discussed. Doesn't it?
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Who the hell is greenlighting these projects tho???
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... can learn to trust and, just maybe, love each other once again through the powerful teachings of a zany and lovable robot friend. Fucking christ, are you kidding me?
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Cause they've been writing the script and developing the production. Del Toro has even commented on their initial designs for Smaug.What other B.S. do you have for us today?
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500Megs used to be a ton of RAM in 1986 and 1988. In 86 your average home PC probably had RAM measured in kilobytes, not megabytes. I think our 286 from the late 80s had 1 meg of RAM. That's part of the fun of science fiction, though...they will usually contain something that seems totally amazing 30+ years ago seems quaint and antiquidated today, but will also include something that still is not possible (ie, self-aware androids). As for the shoulder laser weapon, only top Pentagon Brass know for sure! Gotta love progress!
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...but only if the robot ends up joining a Pashtun tribe and the rest of the film is a studied, incisive look at that culture. The last shot: Johnny-5 trundling along a dusty, rutted road, rolls over an IED... and is obliterated. Not a dry eye in the house.
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Last thing I saw that dude in was a camera commercial starring Aston Kuchner.
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Oct 27, 2009 3:20:06 PM CDT
Totally off-topic: isn't the "IT" animation on the upper left...
by harrycalder
...a repeater? Haven't I seen that one before? Have those animations ever shown up more than once? Am I that much of a noob not to have noticed?
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This is the only explanation I have for either this or "The Tooth Fairy."
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Short Circuit...one of THE most shameless product placement films of the 80's (along with Mac & Me)."It's alllllllllllll-RIGHTA!"
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The Bob Dylan Christmas album. Christmas is a-changin'. Satan, get thee back to the pit!
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But it's a damn cool one. "We FLOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!!!"
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Oct 27, 2009 3:22:17 PM CDT
...would it be better if Johhny-5 starts out as a combat...
by flickapoo
...model or an anti-IED model?Combat model gives you the charm/creeps of the boy hanging out with this dangerous robot.IED de-activation model telegraphs the ending and would have you on the edge of your seat.
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Are they going to remake American werewolf in London?
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...a timely gold mine.
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I like both directions. But the "ironic" ending set up right from the start is too hard to pass up. So I'd go with anti-IED.
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I'd pay good money to see Number 5 hump Tricia Helfer.
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I'm glad they're taking this serious and hired an A list director. Ugh............ This is going to be DOA.
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...sticky foam cannons...at least five solid masturbation jokes right there...
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If that aintcoolnews, I don't know what is.
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...I think if treated right a SHORT CIRCUIT type thing could be a classic contemporary kid's movie.Maybe a little more serious than THE IRON GIANT...and like IRON GIANT have it deal with some serious themes...war etc.Things are a lot different than they were in the 80's...robots really are used in war to kill people. This could be good. It won't be...but it should be.
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I used to joke about them remaking this; my gibes are prescient! Bring on the Space Camp reboot!
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this week..Ghostbusters, IT...I'm suprised there hasn't been a Paranormal Activity one by now...
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I assume it's a halloween theme
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Newton Crosby, PHD
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so very appropriate for this time of year. Well done, whoever you are who supplies these animations.
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Hollywood has become The Chicago Cubs of the film industry. Put a mediocre crappy product in an over-priced funhouse and fill the seats with drunk idiots. They dont NEED to try, "we" make it far too easy for them not to - minimal effort STILL = max profit. Shame shame.
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killing machines, as a kid-friendly piece, could be amazing. Iron Giant is probably about as close as we'll ever get to such a thing, at least from the U.S. film industry.
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Lonely boy finds runaway military robot, teaches it about rock and roll, video games and good 'ol fun. Kid brings "friend" to school, hijinks ensue. Becomes target of military search. Teaches family the importance of love and togetherness..fade out.
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Have they run out of dark film ideas so now they have to go ruin 80's films and make THEM dark?
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and tries to take over the world...
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"damaged" robot found in the field by young boy, who happens to be the son of major terrorist leader. brings robot home, robot teaches son that not all americans are bad by screening videos of relief efforts, etc. son tries to convince dad. gets sooo close, but then an errant bomb strike occurs and dad decides to attack america. cut to dark room where remote operators sit, watching this all unfold. they've been puppeting the "autonomous" robot the whole time, trying to get the terrorist to change his ways. "oh well, we tried," says the commander in charge of the operators. "go to plan b." johnny 5's eyes glow red and he sprouts guns and kills everyone in the whole place. it's basically a horror movie that terrorists would show their kids on terrorist halloween, i guess.
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This is genius! Why base a movie on a script! Or a book! Or an event! Base all movies on other movies! More remakes, please!
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josh0rama: “Saw is the most successful franchise in the history of film”
Dude, I’m usually on some pretty good shit but apparently I need to meet your fracking dealer. That, or you were trying to be funny…
OK, I know there is a great lack of talent in the bid'ness these days. But SC?! Really?!
even more disturbing... what was the Hellraiser bit? 1&2 were fanfuckingtastic (actually 4 wasn't all bad in a cheese kinda way). But all others have sucked golf balls through garden hoses! Come on hollywood! At least PRETEND to try!
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I'd actually have preferred it if you said the scriptwriter was an unknown 19 year old fuck you snatched from the Burger King cash register.
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...always all life affirming when they become conscious?My money says this thing gets struck by lightning, wakes up, and promptly starts drinking and sex offending.Sure, he loooooves the little boy...
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I like the creepy/charm angle. Never knowing when the robot might snap and go on a killing spree is the way to go.
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Pointless fucking remake.
On another ( happier )note, I just heard that crazy UK, bearded actor Brian Blessed ( Flash Gordon ) is thinking of re-locating to New Zealand for the next couple of years.
I'm thinking this has to be for a role in The Hobbit...?
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I think James Bond is the most successful film franchise ever. It has 22 movies! 22 fucking movies! Saw has SIX. Hell even Trek has more movies.
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Its going to be a kids, movie watch!!!
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Sript by the Robot Chicken guy, dirrect by the Paul Blart guy, a reboot of a subpar Steve Gutenberg vehicle? Who the hell would or would want to see this?
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After all, it's not like he has to render beautiful CGI worlds in high-definition at 30 frames per second. How much RAM do you need to figure out forward, reverse, left, right, comedy gold, right & wrong, etc.?
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"promptly starts drinking and sex offending"
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I hope Kal Penn gets the part for Ben. Anyone know anybody better? Doubtfull...
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...they're making your RED DAWN remake idea...
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Oct 27, 2009 4:43:10 PM CDT
"Saw is the most successful franchise in the history of film."
by the garbage man
By what metric, exactly? Because it's not by foreign, domestic, or total box office and it sure as hell isn't by critical reception. It's strange (but not unheard of) for AICN to completely ignore a major release though, I'll give you that.
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Screw Short Circuit.
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and get him to use a dubious stereotypical accent in this one. Fisher Stevens had a bit part in the last season of lost...
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I meant horror franchise. Sorry about that. I posted this same message last night on the talkback for the new Tron poster, an article which disappeared shortly after it was posted. When I re-typed it I left out the word horror by mistake. I'm just wondering why AICN would completely ignore a major release like this. Feels like sabotage.
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Infidels.
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It's bested by the Lecter movies, Jaws, Alien, and Friday the 13th. Personally I'd throw The Santa Clause franchise in there, too... oh, the horror... I'd guess less sabotage and more burnout on the Saw movies and the torture genre in general.
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And yet there's nothing about Damon and Brolin doing "TRUE GRIT" with the Cohen Bros'.
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Making fun of other cultures isn't racist. It's xenophobic. Sure, it's usually stupid, but it's only racist if you think that race and culture are the same... which is a racist belief in itself.
For instance, you could mock Middle Eastern countries without thinking that any of their craziness has any racial basis. That wouldn't be racism. Similarly, making fun of a foreign accent may be juvenile and stupid, but isn't racist. Bigoted, perhaps, but not necessarily racist.
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Oct 27, 2009 5:13:52 PM CDT
Scream 4, Spy Kids 4, Hellraiser, Scanners, An American Werewolf
by jedirob
What a list to be proud of. And now we add add Short Circuit to its ranks of unoriginality.
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I don't think it's anywhere near the most successful. It's just the most RECENT horror franchise. I don't know why aicn ignored it, but on the other hand, what is there to say about it?
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josh0rama: come on F13 or Elf street have got to be more successful. Unless you are talking unadjusted money makers then perhaps saw... but whatever...
A preqoot of SC is an asstacular idea.
Unless they have it center around someone as cute as young Ally Sheedy was at the time. And more software footage.
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Lightinging strikes again mid way thru and turns him back into a killing machine, taking out the family plus and ending with a Predator like detonation (complete with goofy laugh and screaming "number five is alive" upon explosion) then count my ass in.
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What, as they say, the fuck?
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Oct 27, 2009 5:22:55 PM CDT
"Saw is the most successful franchise in the history of film."
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
L-O-L
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Dimension Films announced today a planned remake of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone starring Zac Efron. A remake of the remake is planned for later this week, starring Cole Sprouse.
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from the director of Paul Blart Mall Cop? this is going to be God awful....
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Clash of the 80's titans. Fresh from his success in Rocky 7, Paulie's Robot could appear in the Short Circuit remake. Great opportunity for cross-franchise pollination. It could be like the Marvel Comics crossovers. Stallone missed a trick by by not capitalizing on the iconic nature of Paulie's Robot back in the 80's - there could have been a lot of great merchandising spin-offs. Now is the time to re-address this missed opportunity.Next up - Paulie's Robot Vs. Mega Shark.
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Dick In Ass.
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If they CG this instead building a real robot, at least make it a physically possible design with current technology. Number 5 should be a real machine and the only magic is his mind.
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How dare they rip off a Pixar movie 20 years before it was made!!
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hehe ... That line still cracks me up.
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Should be a continuation not a reboot, but I'll take a Short Circuit film any way I can get it!
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Maybe in 3, he can be Obama's bodyguard, or a Mall cop?
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I don't see what can be gained by this. The originals hold a special place in my heart because they captured a time when I was still young, and now I can look back at them with fondness for my youth. Also, the story didn't leave anything left to tell as far as I'm concerned. If its intended for the younger generation I have doubts that they will buy in to the Johnny 5 I remember. And if they modernize it then why even bother keeping the name? All I can see is an attempt to cash in here, but perhaps I'm just short sighted. I guess I'll have to wait for more input.
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I mean, I guess she did. I've never actually seen "Psyche", but IMDB lists her as playing a character named Mr. Yang. Which raises a few more questions. Anyway, it looks like she's getting steady work. Good for her, I thought she was cute in War Games.
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They're going to rule the world sooner or later anyway, the USA coming completely apart would only speed the process.
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Sorry.
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Since I can't post in the Herc thread I'm posting here.
The Plan is fairly shallow and obvious, we get a retread of all the stuff we already liked about bsg that they mess up with their new stuff, and they already messed the series up and they can't heal the terrible rift no matter what. Olmos thinks there is gonna be more BSG but I really hope he's wrong, they're just twisting the knife in our back with more force. Let this version of BSG die. Bryan Singer makes a terrible movie that makes us nostalgic for the second original and we'll all rent the seasons up until it starts to unravel after the boxing episode and say, "My what a show that was." Past tense. -
Yeah i Said it
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Damn it, just make it a sequel!!! It's 20 years later, he got rid of the gold plating for some reason, got a wifi connection, amassed all the knowledge of the internet, became Skynet, conquered the world and screams "KNEEL BEFORE NUMBER FIVE! OR NUMBER FIVE DISASSEMBLE!!!!!"
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Oct 27, 2009 7:02:08 PM CDT
Even shit from the 80's is being milked? Wow. Just wow.
by onin solstice
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Jonnie five is alive. And pissed.
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Starring Miley Cyrus. Fast track it.
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With Scarlett Johannson.
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is a remake of The Passion of the Christ with more flogging.
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Dies of AIDS.
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She said and tried to look the other way... Who they gonna get to remix the theme song? Oh for the sake of pete this is bad!
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Rene Belloq 12 inch figure!
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I nominate myself as the obligatory jew in mudface
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They don't REALLY wanna do this though, do they?? really? WHY?
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The 21st century, The new 80's.
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SHIT? WHERE SEE SHIT? OH!
...THIS REBOOT IDEA SUCKS
YHERE SEE SHIT....
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Hell as long as Lenny from Laverne and Shirley is in it. Count my ass in!
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It's well known that the Saw franchise is the most profitable horror franchise in unadjusted dollars. It's a yearly event that people can't seem to get enough of. I went to the midnight screening and it was full of cheers and applause. I think it's worth talking about. I'm just surprised AICN has not mentioned the movie at all since it's release. Yes, many other franchises are better films and more beloved. I'm a fan of the Saw series but it's certainly not the best franchise ever. Just thought I'd spark some talk.
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it's still alive...even without using a pill!
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The first one was ok...the 2nd was horrible. Why reboot this? Today's generation will automatically compare it to Wall*E so it will flop.
I agree with whoever mentioned doing a Last Starfighter movie. The original was great. The CGI may look horrible today, but at the time it was awesome! They could easily make a new one OR make a sequel to the original...then again, Stargate Universe just used their idea of a video game to find the person they need.... -
First movie. So dated. Second movie - abysmal.
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Oct 27, 2009 8:54:40 PM CDT
WE WANT 'THE DIRT BIKE KID' REMAKE NOW!!!
by the gospel according to bastardface
Come on, someone needs to remake that! It was amazing! And 'THE BOY WHO COULD FLY!' And 'BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED' And 'HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS!"
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I include myself in this comment. I admit, I was disgusted about learning of this remake and even commented about it. But now that I have had time to think about it, who gives a shit? I don't care about this movie! I saw it once or twice as a kid and then forgot about it. It was a mediocre film at the time and it is basically unknown now. Go ahead, remake it, let a whole new generation enjoy an unoriginal yet touching story. Come on now, are you really that upset they are remaking this film? All in all, it was a throw away story to begin with, I say take the ball and run with it!
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we are making remaking... Why don't they remake Baby...The Last Dinosaur...?
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And will accuse it to be a WALL-E ripoff.
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the original french movie to which Paul Blart was a remake of was much superior. Yet, the novel was superior to both.
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http://www.latinoreview.com/news/and-the-villian-for-spider-man-4-is-8374
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Ally's still one hot milf!
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Oct 27, 2009 9:59:36 PM CDT
The Fall of the Republic The Presidency of Barack H. Obama
by spazatronik2000
http://tinyurl.com/yl8wc8z
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And change the title to "Dawn of the Red" ^_^
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Mr. Yang was the alias of the killer. The police didn't know it was really a woman doing it all. It was all part of her deception.
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Oct 27, 2009 10:37:50 PM CDT
Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2 are childhood favorites
by soylentmean
I'm not sure we need to see them remade, but whatever, I've got the original films. Here's hoping for the super deluxe special double decker insano awesome edition Blu-rays for the original films!
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Oct 27, 2009 10:42:58 PM CDT
Do a shot-for-shot remake of Hurt Locker but with Johnny-5.
by flim springfield
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He was on Veronica Mars for a season and the dude seriously had no eyebrows...i've been wondering ever since what the hell happened to them...kinda freaky lookin...
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I've read a lot of media articles over the past few years that have stated that given Saw's meager 11 million dollar budgets and their ability to churn out a sequel every year and continue to generate big returns it's been called hollywoods most successful horror franchise. The point of bringing this up was not how much money the films have made but why there hasn't been a single article or review about the movie this weekend on this website. The fact that they make one of these every year and that they are popular deserves discussion for film fanatics whether they like the movies or not. Am I wrong? Isn't their anyone on here who thinks these movies are fun?
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Remake My Science Project too. Both movies had Fisher Stevens. Bring Vinnie back from Brooklyn.
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Go and get it. I'm three songs into it, it's ok so for, hopefully it's as good as The Con.
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I was so excited to see Paranormal activity, and it was trash. Then I did my yearly ritual of seeing another saw movie. I know they are stupid and nonsensical, but I still enjoy them for what they are. Then all of the suddend, Part 6 actually made sense of everything in parts 1 - 5 and was FAR better than expected. Not perfect, but better than expected. And yes, it is the best Part six since Jason Lives!
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Paranormal Activity definitely had it's part to play for sure. Saw movies are gross and can definitely be goofy. But the fact that they are around every year is interesting. They depict such crazy unbelievable violence, their plots are convoluted and bug nuts for sure. But people love themselves some Saw and it's quite the fun little franchise to just sit back and enjoy. They are so serialized and I think that is a blast to watch the absurdity and let yourself get into the to be continued ha ha ha atmosphere of the whole phenomenon. It just seems like people aren't allowing themselves that pleasure.
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A weapon that befriends a lonely boy and his fractured family.
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The mysterious feud continues!!!
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Oct 28, 2009 12:11:47 AM CDT
Cute boy robot plugs his cord into cute girl robot's outlet
by feralangel
...and that's how sequels are born, kids.
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Cooler than Jason Lives
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Which was actually a fun movie. Sucks that it bombed in the states. At least it's number one in China. Don't know why the hell I'm rambling like this. Anyhoo, I saw Short Circuit on DVD or something years ago...and it was a pretty stupid movie. So I don't get why it's getting a remake. Have film-makers found a way to do a BETTER stupid movie or something? For christ sakes, there are unused properties all over the place that would make great original movies - A Wrinkle In Time, Scott McCloud's comic masterpiece Zot!, and what about Cerebus the Aardvark? Great stuff out there, and yet, instead of adapting any of *them* for the screen, Hollywood prefers to stick its long-dead dead brainchildren back up its collective uterus and abort them again. It's less risky, I suppose. Well, screw them, I'll not support such creative laziness and cowardice. I'll stay home and watch my Walt-era Disney DVDs instead. Walt took risks and his opinion of sequels was: "You can't top pigs with pigs." I can't imagine what he'd say about remakes. Probably something about pigs. Aannnnnnd I'm rambling and sucking up bandwidth, so I shall quaff a beer and stack up some Zs. Good night, all.
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... like, for real.
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AND fail.
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will we get between now and Dec?
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SHORT CIRCUIT 1 and 2 were my favorite movies as a kid and I will only go take my very large family to see this film if it is a SEQUEL! Why reboot it and wipe out the previous films? Johnny 5 is a ROBOT. It's not like you're doing a T.J. HOOKER movie and need to recast William Shatner with someone that's not 80 years old. Johnny 5 doesn't age. Let's see oldschool Johnny 5 get into a new adventure, not do another "origin" film that'll bore the older folks in the audience.
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surely it will be made.
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And I really like how the trailer didn't give away the look of No. 5.
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That said, I like the idea of a remake...it follows my maxim that they should only remake crappy or dated movies, and you can't get much more dated than a Guttenberg/Sheedy flick.
Plus, the plot is highly relevant to this era, given the prevalence of drones and the military's desire for more...just don't give the robot a cheerleader name and a voice like a male prostitute. -
You know they won't have a white guy play Ben this time cause it would be too un P.C. So they'll get Kal Penn or the guy who plays Abed in Community. But Bill Hader would make an awesome Ben.
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Oct 28, 2009 5:02:44 AM CDT
I remember McWeeny vehemently denying the design rip off
by zombieheathledger
of WALL E from Johnny 5. Nice to see common sense surface in this talkback from people not paid to shill.
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If they make it closer to the book upon which it was based, ¨Hellbound Heart,¨I am all for a re-make. The book was way darker and much more sexual and Barker had to dilute his own work to Hollywoodize it. But the book was wayyy better.
And someone needs to make an AICN screen-name of DarthGuttenburg stat! -
-and I quothe-Kevin Smith-is Duckshit. Truer words never before spoken.
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It's Bloody OBVIOUS Wall-E is Johnny Fives nephew. Good gawd. Drew da nerve.
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Now there's an idea for a new franchise.
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Most successful franchise ever is Emmanuelle. Hehehehehehe. I'm only half joking with that- it's made billions.
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Oct 28, 2009 6:56:51 AM CDT
Re: Freedy's Dead is cooler than Jason Lives
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Jason Lives must suck more than Linda Lovelace because Freddy's Dead is easily the weakest of the Nightmares. I'd even take the wierd No.2 with all of is homosexual overtones any day over that piece of excrement. I recently got all Nightmares in a great box set and No.6 is woeful.
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Oct 28, 2009 6:58:30 AM CDT
Also, though enjoyed these films as a child
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
they weren't perfect by any standard. However, they were highly quotable.
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The original was amusing. The sequel, not so much. Now they want to do a remake? I'll pass.
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Wow, it's not April 1st is it?
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why not just make We3 into a movie instead of rehashing this old, nd perfectly fine, film?
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Reading your posts, is like that scene from 'The Thing' when everyone's tied to the couch. Undoubtedly, on the internet, especially in talkbacks and on boards, there are folks who are paid to develop personas and type 'opinions' that sound like PR but because they've been around so long, people think it's a heartfelt opinion from a trusted source.This post is like lighting the coat hanger and touching the blood.Josh, you sound like a PR guy, rather than a fan.
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yep...here in toronto..cab scene in china town.
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Oh, I am supporting a TREMENDOUS WOODY here...!
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Waaaaaaaaaallllllllll-Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Oct 28, 2009 10:14:13 AM CDT
Now McWeeny's vehemently denying Cameron swiped AVATAR...
by burnhollywood
http://tinyurl.com/yljq9ea
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...if it ever tried to make a movie out of Cerebus the Aardvark. It'd have to focus on the comic's early years, maybe stop around the time of High Society, ending the film with Cerebus breaking free of his dictatorship and hitting the road again as a mercenary. No Pope stuff, and sure as hell none of the misogynistic claptrap Dave Sim descended into near the end of the comic's run. But meh, you're probably right. America has rejected Astro Boy, which is an established (if old) property, so something as quirky as Cerebus probably wouldn't catch on. But Zot!...now, THAT comic would make an excellent movie. Has all the right ingredients. Can't think why Hollywood hasn't snapped it up yet. Scott McCloud needs a new agent.
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Oct 28, 2009 10:36:30 AM CDT
I wanna see what happens after he's gold and an American citizen
by meadowe
Just like a lot of people (myself included) would rather see Mad Max how he is in his old age, I'd like to see a continuation of the two movies. Maybe they can get Kal "kumar" Penn to be Benjamin's son/relative, because having Fisher Stevens as an Indian is sure to piss off in these pc times. Btw, I love that "I need A hero" song they play in part 2, very cheesy yet epic in only a way the 80s can produce.
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Just like the ending of Who's Harry Crumb? Pissed off hero, battered but not beaten, fuels up for a right-royal arse kicking. Pure epic cheese in the way that only the 80s could do it.
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Please don't.
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No thank you.
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Seriously. And now they have their own franchises! Burger and fries, please! Plus, he's got makeup like The Crow! Like the comic book the Crow. Not like a real crow. Makeup wouldn't work anyway; hello?!?! Beak??!?! Sheesh!
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Your ENTIRE slate of upcoming films is made up of nothing but remakes and rehashes. Go with something original you fucking cowardly hacks.
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In Afghanistan, going off Flicka and HarryCalder's great ideas.
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DAMN! I'm too late.
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However, keep the original Johnny 5 design but update the actual robot so it can do much more of its own acting, rather than using robot parts for close ups (like the shot in the original where Johnny 5 sticks his arm out the van window), or robot-puppets for scenes where the full-scale robot didn't fit (like when J5 climbs into the van, IIRC).
I think it would be really neat to shoot a whole movie with only one robot, with a self-contained power source, no wires, partial AI, etc. Get Honda's Asimo team to engineer the thing.
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A period adventure film about an almost washed up prizefighter who gets one more chance when he stumbles across a rocket-pack. Starring Timothy Dalton as Apollo Creed. oops wrong talkback
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And anyone who says differently is just a mean green weenie!
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Oct 28, 2009 4:40:06 PM CDT
How could anyone not feel a twinge of emotion
by judge dredds fresh undies
when J5 gets beaten by the thugs in the second film.
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PR guy? As if these meager posts could have the slightest effect on Saw VI financial success or failure. I can't even get anyone to just talk about the fucking movie. It's become a stupid debate as to whether or not the franchise is successful. I just love me some Saw man. Jesus it's not like I'm trying to say it's the Citizen Kane of horror. Just that it's a fun way to spend two hours of my year. You people are boring. And CYNICAL.
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Freddy's Dead is funny. Dream Warriors is my favorite Nightmare sequel. Tell me you wouldn't want to crossover into your friends dreams and kick some ass together. FUCKING FUN!!!! Y'all need to relax.
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so help me i will kick someone in the nuts.
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Big fat cats. Those really fluffy ones that don't do sheeeit!
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Seriously. At first I laughed and then I thought, you could totally do that... or set it in Iraq actually... be a symbol of how Iraqis see Americans ( the military robot ) etc. Interesting.
But inevitably, there will be a robot fart joke that will ruin the whole thing.
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Or Encore or something. I laughed my ass off at that 500 mb line. However, I really have no desire to see this. Especially BECAUSE they will no doubt "update" Johnny 5. His look, movement and voice was part of the charm. Don't want to see a super techy lookin' robot in place of the old design.
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"How much RAM do you need to figure out ... comedy gold ...?" Judging by Hollywood's recent attempts at 'comedy gold' (see such crap as ALL ABOUT STEVE and so on) it's more than 30Kb equivalent on an early model Apple II.
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"I think James Bond is the most successful film franchise ever. It has 22 movies! 22 fucking movies! Saw has SIX. Hell even Trek has more movies." Try GODZILLA with at least 26 (not counting the American abomination). And even that's blow out of the water by Japan's wildly successful OTOKO WA TSURAI YO (IT'S TOUGH BEING A MAN) comedy franchise which saw 48 films done in about a 25 year period, all starring the same actors/actresses in the major roles.
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Well, I had much fun with the two original Movies, but unfortunately, I think a remake can't reproduce the charm of it.
Thinking about it, It was quite an outstanding representation of a "living" Robot, that ended with Johnny 5 becoming a US-Citizen in the Sequel.
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