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Spielberg Won't Be Hanging With HARVEY Anytime Soon...
Merrick here...
Steven Spileberg has withdrawn from Fox/Dreamwork's proposed remake of Henry Koster's 1950 film HARVEY - rather, a re-adaptation of its source material.
The project was to shoot early next year. Sounds like several factors contributed to the Spielberg jumping ship, primarily shenanigans surrounding casting - i.e. finding someone with the willingness, or chops, to follow in Jimmy Stewart's footsteps (Stewart starred in the 1950 iteration).
Spielberg’s first choice was Tom Hanks, but the actor who is often regarded as a modern day Stewart wanted no part of taking over a role played by the iconic star. Spielberg and Fox spent several months courting Robert Downey Jr. While the star didn’t commit, he made suggestions on rewrites of the Jonathan Tropper script. He and Spielberg never found themselves in creative sync on the script, and the director finally called the whole thing off.
...reveals THIS write-up in Variety.
At this time, HARVEY will continue development - which of course leaves the door open for many hellish possibilities to be visited upon this already unnecessary film. Just think about how the system works, and imagine how bad it could get.
Here's a sequence from the awesome 1950 adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer winning play of the same name. If you're not familiar with it, it's about a dude who says he has a six foot tall rabbit as a buddy...
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See what I did there?
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Total Fucking Bunny Destruction!
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but with Fox involved, I doubt it ... <p> <p>[shudder] <p>Oh and third bitches!
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Dec. 4, 2009, 11:29 a.m. CST
How many lost projects does SS have now in the ether?
by ZombieHeathLedger
Harvey, TinTin, I know there's a few others I can't think of right now.
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I think his Oldboy remake could be in there too...
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Note to Fox/Dreamworks: just stop it, fuckers.
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...was the one who purchased the rights a few years ago in the first place. And he made sure that nobody across the country could perform it, from high school up.
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Steven Spielberg just goes lower and lower..
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No wonder Hanks bailed.
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That's why Spielberg backed out. If he had made it, we would have actually seen Harvey in the first five minutes and would ruin the whole point of the movie.
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How do you figure Tin Tin is a "lost" project? It's been in production for months! He's directing it. We've seen production stills on the mocap soundstage. I don't get it.
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EXT. CEMETARY - DAY Two studio executives step up to the freshly opened grave of Jimmy Stewart, unzip their pants, and cut loose a steaming stream of piss. SMASH CUT to MAIN TITLES SEQUENCE.
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I stand corrected. There seems to be a Spielberg announcement similar to this every week now and I got confused. Maybe it was just wishful thinking on my part?
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Dec. 4, 2009, 11:49 a.m. CST
Spielberg "Nuked The Fridge" with........................
by jerry91748
Indy 4
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I was beginning to wonder... Hey Merrick, you ever realize you double-posted that PT Anderson religious story yet? Or do you never troll your own talkbacks anymore?
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How quaint.
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So let's see, Harvey down, Oldboy down... That just leaves the black-hole/sci-fi movie, the Bourne Identity-ish spy movie, the Lincoln biopic movie, the Indy V movie, and what else has he been attached to in the past year?
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I knew there was a bunch I was forgetting.
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Much like Oldboy.
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This will give Spielberg more time to deal with the other 50 projects he's reported to be connected with.
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Dec. 4, 2009, 12:32 p.m. CST
Using "Nuke The Fridge" in connection with Indy 4 is fine
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
Or do you not realise the origins of that phrase?
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I was dreading both Oldboy and Harvey. Hopefully Spielberg can finally get around to Lincoln and Interstellar sometime this century.
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Was dreading having the sublime Harvey fucked over.
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all motion captured by Zemeckis
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Dec. 4, 2009, 12:55 p.m. CST
GOOD!!! FUCK REMAKES!!! FUCK SPIELBERG!!! FUCK HANKS!!!
by TehCreepyThinMan
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seeing Battle Royale when it came out on Region 1, besides being blown away, I remember thinking Hollywood will never be able to touch this idea. And for some reason that makes me appreciate it that much more .
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No so much with Downey, though I so like the guy. But even saying that, Hanks made the right choice, and now that both he and Spielberg are out this project ought to just fall by the wayside. Spielberg did his remake with WotW (which, unlike many here, I actually enjoyed), he should shake off this itch. I think Spielberg still has lots of good movies in him, but I remakes and sequels aren't going to be the route to those movies.
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invent a new story or something you hacks....
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maybe Spielberg will make Interstellar. (if it would be as good as AI, don't bother)
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Harry Anderson's version. The only thing that would have made it better would be magic, and lots of it.
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Dec. 4, 2009, 1:17 p.m. CST
How about 1941 2! CG Belushi! Practical John Candy!
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
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is the new "jump the shark". I think it was about time to update this phrase. I feel like the only one here who has enjoyed some of Spielberg's more recent sci fi. AI, Minority Report, and War of the Worlds are all excellent films.
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Because I'm rational enough to accept that Temple of Doom and Last Crusade both had retarded, ridiculous, unrealistic shit in them, but I love them anyway.
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And uh, yeah, more Indy... PLEASE!
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I wonder if that would ever happen? "Our laser canons are showing the invisible monster! It's.. a six foot tall biped rabbit!" Or there could be a four-way crossover. Forbidden Planet, Harvey, the original Outer Limits episode called The Man With the Power, and Silent Hill 3, so the rabbit can look like Robbie when it's visible.
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If it had to be remade.
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...As it jumps the shark.<p> Tom Hanks just jumped 100% on my respect barometer for trying to stop this travesty from happening...<p> "But Tom...we own-n-n-n-n-n the righ-h-h-h-hts!!!"
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...like the popcorn movies which made him as that's where his best works lies. All these other projects never quite work & or end in total failure! </p> Indy5 & Interstellar are the only 2 movies he should develop right now with a view to directing both in the next 2 years.
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Speilberg should know better than to remake this. It is a senseless remake of a perfect movie. I'm glad he is passing completely. He'd have been cursed if he had made it.
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If they MUST do it — please take the time to get it right. An unnecessary remake, I think.
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Exactly. Someone mentioned it earlier. Why the fuck is it taking so long to do that film but he put out War of the Worlds in a flash? Why because he doesn't want it to suck-ass like WOTW did? I'm surprised there's not a Jurassic Park 3D yet.
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Remake is out, Perfect flim already. The only i never got about it is why did the main character cut his tounge off, was it becuase he spread the rumor?
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Remake is out, Perfect flim already. The only i never got about it is why did the main character cut his tounge off, was it becuase he spread the rumor?
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I think........ Tin-Tin is in post production, and he's producer on the next two. Maybe even co-director on 3rd with PJ<p>Old Boy and Harvey now off, so he's probably now looking for something else. Also dont forget the dreaded Indy 5 with The Beef. I think they''re still arsing around with that in script developmenmt shite
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Dec. 4, 2009, 2:33 p.m. CST
"Using "Nuke The Fridge" in connection with Indy 4 is fine"
by togmeister
Let's leave aside the fact that a man surviving a relatively low-yield atomic blast more than two miles away by sealing themselves in a lead-lined casket is, in fact, not only plausible, but even likely. There were survivors of the Hiroshima blast less than a mile from ground zero who received only mild burns thanks to being protected by a WOODEN FENCE. Yes really. But hey, let's not bother to think for ourselves, let's just run with a popular myth created on movie internet forums.
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Perfect remake, hands down.
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you are retarded...the impact when the fridge landed is what would have killed him if not the blast.
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If Indy had landed in a giant pillow factory, that would have saved the scene.
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Then I'm sure the studio will do their best to find someone with the gravitas to handle such an iconic role. .... COMING NEXT SPRING "HARVEY" Starring: Seth Rogan Written by: Akiva Goldsman Directed by: Brett Ratner Music by: Coolio
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A MAN AND HIS 8FT CELTIC DEMON FRIEND (A PUKA) RIGHT?
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Of playing the part in a production a few months back. It is such a fantastic part to play. I have to say, you really don't have to play it like Stewart for it to work - it's really a part that you can sort of ease into as an actor. The funny thing is, I went in and only read once and they said "thank you" and I figured "well, I blew that..." It's actually a hard part to audition for because, usually when you audition you want to "show off" and that part is so subtle you have to underplay it - and that can be death in an audition. Anyway, they called me within an hour and said I had the part. What a blast. Whereas I think Hanks would be great in the role, part of me has to think - "why bother"
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For the record, supposedly Mary Chase wanted the audience to see Harvey at the end of the second act. The director talked her out of it, instead opting for doors opening and closing.
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And btw... I always felt sorry for Frank Fay. How was he? The original Elwood in Harvey. And supposedly he was amazing. Oh well...
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He was in ground Zero and thrown 3 miles away, then looks straight at the blast without going blind. Very lame!
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from night court....awesome film!
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Professional!
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This is not a film that needs a remake.
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Dec. 4, 2009, 3:37 p.m. CST
I wish Spielberg would go back to making quality films on small
by SithMenace
Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, Raiders, all made on small budgets and arguably his best work. I would love to see the Lincoln biopic, but I'm starting to get the feeling it will never get made. <p>What I would really like to see from Spielberg is another original idea, a character as new and fascinating as Indiana Jones or a film (it can be based on a book) as fun as Jurassic Park, but unfortunately I just don't think he has it in him anymore.
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http://www.filmociraptor.com/
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to Indy V and Interstellar. They are right up his alley.
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was a huge berg fan. not anymore. being a european, I am very interested to see his take on tin tin.
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I did not know tha. None the less, I doubt Mary Chase has envisioned a film that Spielberg would most likely turn into Roger Rabbit 2.
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Then do not remake this film. He is the only living actor who would have a shot at making it work.
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http://bit.ly/4oNx88
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"Harvey" does not need a remake! Hopefully Spielberg's departure will kill this project.
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I hope he gets it back. The amount of his projects that are not getting done alone show he's lost some clout. Whatever, he's still made a gang of quality films, so I'll always give him a chance. But like others I'm definitely hoping he can crank out a few winners in the near future.
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The explosion sent the fridge flying through the air for what appeared to be at least a mile. It then hit the ground and bounced repeatedly. Indy would've been pulverized on impact. I would've been more forgiving of that scene had the blast simply knocked the fridge over and covered it in debris, and the government guys later dug Indy out of it or something.
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Can Spielberg go make INTERSTELLAR now, please?
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...McG when you need him....he could bring some much needed magic to this project....<ahem> that's sarcasm if you couldn't tell....hope this project dies a quick death...it's not needed....what's next? A shot for shot remake of PSYCHO? --G
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That CGI'd or animated the rabbit in, to show how stupid it would be to make him real. Wish I could find that short.
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At least he had the decency to turn it down.
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Turn Interstellar into "The Dig;" it easily works together with similar concepts, such as the asteroid/spaceship that travels through a wormhole to a planet with a machine capable of traveling between space-time and phases of existence. No need to remake Harvey, which is a great little film; nothing flashy but Stewart, his sister Vita and the rest of the gang make the movie.
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<p>And no matter how much you may try to make it so, it never will be.</p> <p>I now return you to your regularly scheduled talkback.</p>
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The blinding flash lasts only a few seconds. In the movie you can hear the PA warning not to remove goggles till 10 seconds after detonation. He wasn't at ground zero, the bomb was on a tower that appeared to be miles away from the fake town. togmeister is right. The force Indy experienced when the fridge was thrown and landed is the main issue. Indy had previously fallen from a plane onto a mountain in just an inflatable raft with two other people in it so I don't know why people are complaining now.
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I couldn't be bothered to read it.. You can't remake Harvey. Full stop. You won't update it, improve it, modernize it. It can't be made better! Please, please please leave it alone! Some films need nothing, re-release it on blu, give it the extras it deserves, but other than that? fuck off
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Indy survived falling from a plane, drinking poison, getting run over by a truck, crashing a plane, falling over a cliff, falling from a bridge over a cliff, stepping off a cliff, swimming through flames (with his eyes open I must add), a runnaway mine car, 10,000 giant ants.... you get my point, yet the damn fridge really went too far huh?
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It automatically redirects you to Jump the Shark.
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when the mine cars going through the tunnel, and there's a space in the tracks, so the mine car flies off the track and lands on the other side? And people are complaining about Indy IV?
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he survived the wrath of God by closing his eyes!
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Vin stars as a dude marooned on a hellish, mutant infested volcanic prison planet who says he has a six foot tall rabbit as a buddy.
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Thank you, Tom Hanks, for your stamp of disapproval of this entire project.<p>Spielberg gets no credit, as he was still trying to do this--this demonstrates his desperation to be "in play" when he has no creative, original ideas whatsoever.... Sad, really. <p>Just Sad.
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Dec. 4, 2009, 7:14 p.m. CST
Lock that actually worked because the mine cars weren't CG...
by Darth_Inedible
...Just like the gopher and monkey scenes wouldn't have been so offensive if Spiels had been using old school trained animals. Someone actually had to find a way to do that miniature stunt with little models and that was cool. There's just something about labored CGI slapstick that never feels right.
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I can tell you, when i saw that movie in the theater and the mine car jump the tracks the WHOLE audience let out a collective and quite vocal "Aw, c'mon".
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Google Returns for "Nuke The Fridge" is over 250,000. Jump the Shark is 259,000. NTF is only 2 years old. JTS is 40.
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Dec. 4, 2009, 7:40 p.m. CST
Spielberg's mad he didn't diarrhea dump another classic
by Onin Solstice
First Old Boy and now this, he must be getting angrier. He's got a massive load steaming in his colon. Beware the next film he makes. He'll unload everything.
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This could be his first major Hollywood starring role. Make it a love story between a man and a rabbit and it has hit written all over it! What do ye all think?
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A hack is someone who doesn't give a shit and has no style of his own (Ratner). Spielberg's made a few bad films, but has several masterpieces under his belt. And even his bad movies are beautifully shot and choreographed.
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The man has integrity.
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than remake Old Boy with Will Smith
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C'mon Speil. If you really want to do something to capture people's interest again go with the adult, intelectual sci-fi film. The Speilberg of 20 years ago would have fast tracked that one ahead of anything else. It's the one idea that stands out from all his other developement projects. Original, smart, not based on another existing property or film. That Linocln bio is right behind it. They would make the perfect 1 2 punch, much like Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.
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fuck with this movie..it's a classic and doesn't need to be remade..
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Because he never really seemed like a remake kinda director to me to begin with. Hook, aside - and that's really his take on it anyway. Not so much a remake.
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Dec. 4, 2009, 9:14 p.m. CST
If it must be done, here are some possibly viable names;
by The_Genteel_Gentile
DIRECTORS: <p> PT Anderson [Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love] <p> Frank Darabont [The Majestic, The Green Mile] <p> The Coen Bros. [Hudsucker Proxy, The Man Who Wasn't There] <p> Sam Mendes [American Beauty, Road To Perditon, Away We Go] <p> Gary Ross [Pleasantville] <p> The Polish Bros. [Northfork, Twin Falls Idaho] <p> Gore Verbinski [Mouse Hunt, Weatherman] <p> Spike Jonze [Being John Malkovich, Adaptation] <p> Jason Reitman [Thank You For Smoking, Up In The Air] <p> Wes Anderson [Rushmore, Fantastic Mr. Fox] <p> Alexander Payne [About Schmidt, Election] <p> Cameron Crowe [Say Anything, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky] <p> Andrew Niccol [Gattica, Lord Of War, Simone] <p> Mike Nichols [The Graduate, Regarding Henry, Closer] <p> Peter Weir [The Truman Show, Green Card] <p> Harold Ramis [Groundhog Day, Multiplicity, The Ice Harvest]<p> Ben Stiller [Reality Bites, The Cable Guy] <p> Jude Apatow [The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up] <p> Jake Kasdan [Zero Effect, Orange County]
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Nuke The Fridge has proven to be a useful internet meme for fanboys, but it largely failed as a cultural catchphrase. Jump The Shark caught on because Happy Days began life as a nostalgic look at everyday life in the 1950s. So by the time a leather-jacketed(!) Fonzie jumped over a shark on water skis, even the most loyal fans had to admit the show had lost its way. By comparison, Indiana Jones was always about a fictional hero who encountered the fantastic. Yes, he should've died in the fridge, but he should've also died in previous stunts like his freefall out of a plane. However, since we're talking about a guy that has been spared by both God and Shiva, it's a little easier to overlook the fact that he's had a few truly miraculous escapes.
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is looking for an Oscar nomination. Write something new, and find a way to get the public to watch the original.
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On some other site he almost took credit for for the IM2 script. This will be fun to follow!
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Nowhere near the worst thing about Crystal Skull. LeBeueueuefie. Trying to make him an actionstar is just silly. What could the reason be? Hmm...
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Hopefully soon. Unless everyone already forgot about it in what I call the Fog of Meh.
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Martin Lawrence. Do I need to say anything more? Fuck Hollywood.
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...and it doesn't need to be re-made at all! If it must, I agree with Ed Norton as Elwood.
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Dec. 5, 2009, 12:45 a.m. CST
There's too many negative people on this website
by CronenbergResearcher
Signing off forever. Love you, Harry. Give my best to the family and friends and contributers. Too bad you will never respond, because I am a lowly cunt. Suicide is the only option.
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And he still can't get movies greenlit?
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Yes, i would never twiddle with the lights while a scene is in progress :) <br><br> BTW... if not Ed Norton and they want to skew a little younger yet still retain some of that introspective touch thats lacking in most younger actors... how bout Joseph Gordon Levitt? <br> bah, people are starting to imagine him playing all sorts of roles now, he's "hot"... so nevermind. Thats no fun. <br><br> Then again they could go up in age and make the "problem" be drinking + dementia due to age... and cast Sir Ian McKellen. <br><br> but again, its probably going to go to an A-Lister like a Cruise or a Clooney. <br><br> As a low budget movie though, this is the type of stuff that a guy like Greg Kinnear or William H Macy could do really well with.
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probably complained about Indy coming out of a plane on a lifeboat in Temple of Doom, or flying off the railtracks in the minecart. <p> Not only are they utter morons they've also completely missed the point of what the Indiana Jones films are about.
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has an excellent track record this decade. A.I., Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, War of the Worlds, Munich and Skull all look like masterpieces compared to the other summer shit we get shovelled.
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... Just watch School Of The Holy Beast. *ahem* Did I just say that?
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Set in England possibly in the original period too. Thanks.
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Indy 4 is nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be (anyone who thinks the infamous "nuke the fridge" scene "went too far" needs to get a life) and even the semi-flawed War Of The Worlds blows away anything by Michael Bay, of course that said I wasn't interested in either Old Boy or Harvey, I'd much rather see him do something new instead of hop on the remake bandwagon, especially if the aforementioned films were already perfect to begin with
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did anyone ever stop to think that the nuke the fridge scene was SUPPOSED to be absolutely ridiculous? do you really think Spielberg or Lucas are dumb enough to think something like that could happen in real life or even that audiences were dumb enough to think that? no, Indiana Jones is supposed to be a homage to old Saturday morning serials where the heroes were always getting out of impossible situations in improbable ways and the previous movies were filled with moments like that, anyone who knocks the scene for being "too unrealistic" is missing the point of Indiana Jones entirely, personally I thought the scene was great and I laughed, but I guarantee you I was laughing WITH Lucas and Spielberg
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for not wanting to take part in shit like this!!!
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Dec. 5, 2009, 5:01 a.m. CST
to all those trying to explain "nuking the fridge" to the cretin
by FamousEccles
complaining about it - forget it, lads. they'll never get it. if they think that was "unrealistic" for an Indiana Jones movie, then clearly they don't understand Indiana Jones at all and never will because they lack the wit and imagination.
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Or rather, don't make a mountain out of a prairie-dog hill. ;-)
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they are like prequels; we know how they end, what is the frukin poinT?!
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Crap! I can't find the SCTV sketch on YouTube. Oh well.
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I'd say they probably do. They probably believe it's five days of punishment for their sins. And after menopause they probably believe God have forgiven them for their sinful thoughts. I imagine they must have very hairy, bristly pussies, too.
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I complain about USELESS remakes. and Harvey is a useless remake, and a waste of both Spielberg's and our motherfucking time. spielberg has two projects which had his name writen all over it, Lincoln and Interstellar. so what's taking him so long? Why is he hesitating? He's suffering from a bad case of middle/old age crisis and got insecure in his later years? Somebody shape him up, please! I guess his close contact with Michael Bay because of the Transformers movies has turned Spieberg's brain to jello.
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....didn't want to touch this property! Not that he wouldn't have been good in it, but why be part foisting yet another unneccessary remake on the world that no one wants.<P>This isn't the kind of stuff I want from a master visualist like Spielberg. I know Indy 4 was a crapshoot, but I still have faith that Spielberg has some granduer left in him....
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simply being a bit better than Michael Bay is not acceptable. If people are hard on him it's because we expect the best, and we know what he's capable of at his best. I hold Spielberg to a higher standard than the hacks, and Indy 4 was simply a waste of everybody's time - his and ours.
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You said it, brother.
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...and starring Steven Segal?
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Dec. 5, 2009, 10:50 a.m. CST
I think Spielberg should create an original character with
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Peter Jackson! How awesome would that be? An Indy-type adventure series, but with a new lead and concept. Perhaps a time-traveling character? Hopefully that could make up for this Tintin crap that they're doing...
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Dec. 5, 2009, 11:53 a.m. CST
The problem with "nuke the fridge" is not the blast...
by Skyway Moaters
... as someone pointed out earlier people have survived at closer ranges and with less protection. The problem with the sequence is THE LANDING. There'd be a fedorda perched atop a pile of bloody boney flesh in that refrigerator when the door swings open at the end of the scene.
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Lockes actually post something that makes sense! Yeah! What about the mine-cart jump you fuckers?!
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"Boy the really 'jumped the track gap' with that one!"
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IMO... Spielberg is in his early 60s right? So he probably has about 10 films left in him - at best maybe 15? I don't want to see him waist that on retreads of old films. It didn't work out that great when he did Always anyway. <P> I want to see more striking and challenging original work from the beard... Close Encounters... Raiders... Saving Private Ryan... Schindler's List... Minority Report... stuff like that! <P> Harvey is a masterpiece already, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, even if Uncle Steve did something great with it.
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and he lives to see it. That dosen't bother anyone? Some people just bitch for the sake of bitching.
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he isn't Michael Bay, and that he isn't Peter Jackson either. He is Spielberg. I wish Spielberg would remember who he is.
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Dec. 5, 2009, 1:42 p.m. CST
My dislike for Crystal Skull Fuck has nuthin to do with the frid
by conspiracy
It has to do with a lack of fucking soul, and for pure simply lazy/take the shortest path to a finished product film making. The script is just poor; with needless characters, hammy/silly/childish attempts at comedy (the fucking monkey scene/snake scene), and the feeling it was just pasted together out of the gathered wetdreams of fanboys.</p><p>Of course Indy gets into impossible situations...or course there is always the "fantastic"; but in past movies it just seemed to be taken so much more seriously; not played to garner laughs out of retards and 10yr olds. Snakes as a rope people? Shia swinging with attack monkeys? Really...you liked that?!</p><p>And where were the beautiful shots these guys have always been known for? Where was Indy atop a dig site against a setting sun, where was the scenery of the jungle, the pervasive dankness and dark foreboding of the cave, the big outdoor shots that gave Indy a sense of reality. Missing. No real locations, no real months long set builds, no grand on location shots. Instead, endless bad CGI...and a California sound stage standing in for location shots as the Billionaires sought to cut corners and save some travel time away from their hermit like existence.</p><p>Crystal Skull was a movie made out of convenience, not for the sake of art, or craft, or to tell a story dying to be told, nor for the love of the character they created...it was made because a payday and some ego stroking could be had for a minimum amount of work and zero sweat. I pray this talk of Indy 5 is a lie...Just let it go.
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Raiders is a pipe dream. If you constantly compare the sequals to the original then you will always be dissapointed. If you didn't like Crystal Skull than don't watch again. Just pull out your Raiders DVD and be happy. For the rest of us, we enjoy new Indy stories and hope they make part 5, 6 and 7. No matter how unrealastic and silly they may be.
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Don't get it.
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9pm or something like that.
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ford. ford made over 100 movies. Spielberg should look at clint eastwood.
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when the movie featured monkey swinging Shia, Alzheimers Marion holding a steering wheel and aliens that weren't even from space? There are some good things in the movie (The college chase, dominatrix Cate Blanchett) but the bad definitely outweighs the good.<p>Not to mention the most halfhearted attempt by John Williams that I can ever remember. Although he is like 137.
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Bravo. Well said.
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I enjoyed most of it, but unless Indy gets a fucking jumpstart in the next one, I think this franchise is dead. Spielberg is still using his foggy haze in every movie, and his weird lighting effects.
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Can you believe it? The day is almost here. All of you will be overjoyed; both the lovers and haters. The lovers will be happy to visually feast on the film, and the haters will rejoice in the possibility of being able to say "I told you so". Everyone will get what they want without entirely realizing it.
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Now, now, I'm sure HARVEY would have turned out great for Spielberg, just like the last time he remade an old Fifties' black and white classic ... A GUY NAMED JOE?</p><p> Seriously, I think some Hebrew coalition went to Spielberg shortly after E.T. made its bank and guilted him out of having fun anymore, because that's right around the last time his movies stopped being instant classics. He kind of came back to the fold with JURASSIC PARK, and SCHINDLER'S LIST, despite being so heavy-handed it might as well have been titled "LEAD GLOVE", was a decent attempt at being a great "serious" director, but the rest are forgettable. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN would have been the best WWII movie ever made, had he not insisted on the first and last schmaltziest five minutes ever caught on film, A.I. went on about fifteen minutes longer than it should have, MINORITY REPORT actually plays pretty weak compared to BLADE RUNNER or TOTAL RECALL and WAR OF THE WORLDS had some, um, neat visual effects? And I liked MUNICH and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN was almost fun, but his latter-day fare suffers from the sort of audience manipulation that worked for him so well with JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS and RAIDERS, but turns stuff like MUNICH into overbearing cheesefests. He's never trusted his audience enough to feel in their own. If he can't start doing so, he should at least go back to the sort of cinematic experience-making that made him an icon, and use his audience-manipulation tactics to reinvigorate the blockbuster mentality he helped to create.
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It's FINISHED SHOOTING. In post production. And will be out in 2011 with international markets--Who the film was made for and where the property is HUGE--getting it first as they should. The film was made for them. Not us.
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Fuck the haters, It'll be better than Harvey or whatever bullshit that remake was supposed to be
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AVATAR will suck
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Sounds like fun, great cast.
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Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish worked on the script.
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Dec. 5, 2009, 10:13 p.m. CST
The only problem with Tintin is that it's motion capture.
by Toilet_Terror
Otherwise I'd be doing backflips waiting for it to come out. Hopefully they're using the performance capture as a template for what to animate, not a Robert Zemekis style corpse-marionette show.
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Steven Seagal's Harvey, the story of an overweight martial artist, his imaginary rabbit freind and a bunch of people they kill together.
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He should go back to doing original stuff
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is to give it to Cameron. Make Harvey a giant, 10ft tall, blue rabbit with bones made of a super secret metal that renders the creature invisible to everyone in the movie except the guy playing Dowd (not de Caprio -- he's too old but one of the Twilight/New Moon dudes) and the audience. In the new version, Dowd realizes more than anything he want to be just like Harvey. And guess what -- through the miracle of modern CGI technology, he does! We're talking box office gold, here, friends.
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I like this technology, Harvey or no Harvey. Depends on the project.Something like "Long Island Goo Spew" which is a webisode feature on YouTube, doesn't need the slick. After all, it's a digital cave painting! For short webisodes, ultra low-tech is the way to go. Shoot and idea and post it.
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You know it will be one of those guys playing the lead role.
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What's up with this site- no news in days! http://www.cinematical.com/2009/12/06/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1-teaser-trailer/
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Shit. I can tell you what's in the trailer. Harry looking confused, old guys with beards, flying broomsticks. Some fake monster. The End. Coming in 2010.
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I mean, I know it's genre, but it's aimed at 8-year-olds! Never got the whole Harry Potter craze...but have to love that JK Rowling, though. Crazy Christian Kook: Dumbledore is an apostle of Satan and turns little children into witches!!! Rowling: Yes...and HE'S GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"They really 'cast Shia' on that one!"
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Spielberg's not doing a remake about an imaginary bunny??? What the fuck are we gonna do now??!!!! NOOOOOO!!
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Dec. 6, 2009, 6:31 p.m. CST
Too bad. This is one of the few projects that Speilberg probably
by Citizen Sane
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Maybe time to reconsider the Sugarland Express remake. Hmm...who to cast in the Goldie Hawn role..hmm...
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Spielberg makes good films. War of the Worlds and Indy IV (I gather, haven't seen it) are good films. But they aren't knock you on your ass oh my god did you see that wow I haven't seen a movie that good since the last Spielberg movie kinda movies. I could take it back a little farther than that if I needed to. Regardless, I'm sticking with my statement. He's still making good films because he could shit good films without even thinking about it. But they aren't magical, or even that much better than the other guys good films. That's what I mean about losing a bit of his mojo. Hearing that he's tried to do two remakes and failed in both attempts leads me to believe that some other people feel the same way. And really, Tintin isn't something I'm holding my breath waiting for, counting the days until it's released. I will go see it, though. Which puts it one step ahead of Indy IV.
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Indy 4 is not bad because it doesn't compare to the best movies made by Spielberg. It's a bad movie because it's almost Transformers-level bad.
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Theres a better film left in Spielberg than this.
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A balls-to-the-wall remake of Duel with Spielberg himself at the helm? That'd be awesome.
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I still firmly believe- of all of the Spielberg projects being tossed around- LINCOLN is far and away the most promising and must be made by Spielberg. Neeson has been preparing for years. It must be made. Can't think of a single other film mentioned for him as director (or producer) that sounds worth a shit. I can seem Spielberg actually coming through with Lincoln, though.
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Stop raping them!
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