Cool News
The Remake-O-Matic Now Brings Us THE BODYGUARD!!
Merrick here...
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer will script a remake of THE BODYGUARD for Warner Bros. Director Mick Jackson's 1992 original starred Kevin Costner as Frank Farmer, an ex-Secret Service dude charged with protecting supersinger Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston).
Per THIS piece in THR....
The original was written by Lawrence Kasdan and was the first script written by the scribe, best known for penning Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Big Chill. It was meant as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross.
In the remake, the story would be updated so that the man would be a former Iraqi war vet.
No word yet on a director, but to me this feels like a Ratner.
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Horrific ....
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The bodyguard can be Kevin Costner, protecting her from Libyans angry that she played a paid private gig for the Dictator's playboy son.
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That we're gonna have to hear I Will Always Love You over and over again??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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How about switching the races there? This is about the tenth depiction of black women with white men I've seen in a row, at a time when there are damned few depictions of black men with ANYBODY in major films. Since the statistics actually lean in favor of white women with black men, clearly this is nothing but the fantasy of white males. Either take the interracial aspect out, or be a little truer to reality. I get sick of this shit.
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Feh. Feh. Feh! This is such light bullshit. No weapons expert in their right mind would close their eyes while aiming for a bad guy. Dumb. Aside from that, clearly Hollywood studio business management teams are feeling the recession by green lighting mostly stuff that they don't have to take a chance on. They figure that enough people will see a remake because they saw the original to recoup the production costs and everything else is gravy.
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You're feeding off the corpse of the Old World...."
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Feb. 24, 2011, 10:11 a.m. CST
How about reporting on all the original movies, that are made every week?
by RedEgiraahgnal
Of course people think that Hollywood (and the movie industry in general) has run out of ideas, because everything sites like this do, is talking about the remakes. And that's exactly what the studios are counting on! They wouldn't remake movies, if nobody would talk about them. Name recognition! Or would we now talk about this movie, if the Kevin Costner vehicle wouldn't exist and it's the first time that the script went into production? Still, there are every week up to seven original movies starting at the U.S. Box Office alone, but oh well, no originality anymore! Boo fucking hoo.
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Only in Hollywood movies do black women date white men. In real life they don't because they have small penises.
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Starring a visibly aged Julia Roberts.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 10:14 a.m. CST
If they want to switch the races then how about Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning?
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Just as long as they bring back Kevin Costner as the bad guy though... and have plenty of bombs in peoples asses.
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Where you gettin your info slick? Racist much?
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Please make it stop.
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Anyway, on what planet is this "cool news"? Why is this here?
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Seriously, my sister must have played that goddamn "I will always love you" or whatever that bullshit song is called about a billion times over when that came out. Crackhead Huston was a terrible actress and the movie itself was just as bad. About the only saving grace of this, is it will probably cast someone more pop oriented, and I only listen to satellite radio, so it's easy to avoid, and third, I no longer talk to my sister.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 10:18 a.m. CST
I agree: AICN could actually help by *not* reporting on remakes supposedly in preproduction.
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Whatever happened to the Footloose remake that ranting about a few years ago? Was that ever shot? Or, is it still in "pre production"? I say AICN should ignore announcements about these remakes unless they are actually being shot. Fuck them.
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Channing Tatum and Rhianna starring in "Bwoy Guard my Boty" or they'll reverse it and Make The Body Guard Zoe Saldana and the dude some Justin Timberlake type pop star
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No, I stole that idea from another site, but thought it was funny. Wondering when they'll remake Best Little Whorehouse in Texas...
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Proof that Hollywood has run out of original ideas. Remaking this foolish crapulence.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 10:22 a.m. CST
THEY SHOULD REMAKE "MY BODYGUARD". CHRIS MAKEPEACE GOTTA EAT.
by Darth Busey
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For that matter, why not switch genders as well, and have the tough bodyguard be a woman and the vulnerable pop star be a man, and see how that goes? We all groaned to hear this news, but there's no good reason why revisiting an idea like this has to be boring.
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This whole remake mania has got to stop. Probably about 90% of them are inferior to the originals and the cynical Hollywood suits are figuring that as long as the public pays to see 'em, they'll keep churning 'em out. It's a numbers game. So little original film-making exists these days that it's worrisome. Where are the Indiana Joneses and Han Solos of our time? Why not a new Superhero? Even Avatard was a pathetic retread, (though some cool fx). A remake of "Soapdish"??? Really??? And now the amazing classic known as The Bodyguard? Hold on to your wallets people, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
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How but something really crazy and creative, like a white girl and black guy...really get those creative juices flowing Hollywood. Jeeze, just when I thought the flow of remakes couldn't get any lower.
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This is like one step up from Bieber in the "who cares" department. Not to mention the news was broken last night and was on yahoo and google news feeds for the past 14 or 15 hours. (sigh)... Remember when Ain't it Cool News used to break cool news? Now it is more regurgitating crap that was posted somewhere else nationally.
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It's nice to see that Hollywood's going green and recycling scripts...
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Feb. 24, 2011, 10:35 a.m. CST
hipshoit is right about the "black chick/white dude" Hollywood thing
by Nasty In The Pasty
Hell, has Zoe Saldana EVER been involved with a black guy in a movie? It rarely happens the other way around. Remember The Pelican Brief, where you had Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts (both in their "sexy" early 90's superstar primes), and they barely even held hands throughout the entire movie? There seems to be a deliberate aversion to depicting interracial romances where the girl is white, and the guy is black/asian/latino/what have you, and yet it happens ALL THE FUCKING TIME when the genders are reversed. Bizarre.
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Damn 1996-era HTML...
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Tough black female bodyguard has to protect white male pop star, whose macho self-image makes him highly resistant to needing any bodyguard at all, so the friction is more intense. Pitch it to Paula Patton and Eminem. Yes. I'd pay to see that.
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I think the only reason anyone even remembers The Bodyguard exists is because of that horrible Whitney Houston song. What a terrible fucking idea.
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Matt Dillon Reprising his role as Moody. You know how some guys never learn and now he´s all grown up and is the husband/representative of J-Lo but then they split up and he goea all bezerk on her with threats and what not´s and she befriends a nice lonely guy called Linderman (Adam Baldwin) who now protects J-Lo from bad guy Moody. So that way we could have a REMAKE AND A SEQUEL at the same time! We can add Chris Makepeace as the new good representative. And we could have Joan Cusack as J´Lo´s best friend.
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are you guys fucking crazy? i cant switch on the tv or radio without black men chasing after white women and white women cooing over some knuckle dragging rapper or whatnot. gimme a fucking break. the bm/wf crowd get PLENTY of coverage for their little fetish okay? i did, however, spit out my tea when i saw that little chink with the black girlfriend on flashforward haha that shit was hilarious!
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Bring it on!
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As a white guy who has dated multiple black women, I say you are full of crap.
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and she's married to a white dude
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Feb. 24, 2011, 10:52 a.m. CST
This would be perfect for Rhiannah and George Clooney
by Anakin_Piecocker
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Just imagine the press this one would get!
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Haha. That would be so horrible.
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Fergie can be the Bodyguard!
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Make it so
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Feb. 24, 2011, 11:10 a.m. CST
Or...Mel Gibson with Barbara Streisand in blackface.
by Cletus Van Damme
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Will Smith's daughter. Whip your hair. The bodyguard would be Paul Walker or somebody like that.
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And Robert Pattinson!!!!!
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osamp1 beat me to it....
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Just watch Maury Povitch. "You are not the father."
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Or perhaps while filming? We all know the reason The Bodyguard was successful was Whitney's crack habit.
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..Cristina Aguwhatever. She has been trying to break into the movie industry reicently. Oh, and FU Hollywood,.
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$200 million opening weekend.
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I never saw the original so this bodyguard is being taylor made for me. I can't wait to see the advances 20 years of technological developement will add to this story I've never seen. This will be the new star wars. Yes it requires a concentrated effort to not puke when saying things like this
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THE BODYGUARD HE'S ON TOP OF THE SITUATION AND BEHIND
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Justin Timberlake as the singer and Sigourney Weaver as the bodyguard. I'd pay to see Weaver with a samurai sword carrying Justin Timberlake around.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 11:42 a.m. CST
Lets go through the Kasden library...Body Heat
by openthepodbaydoorshal
with Ryan Gosling and Scarlett Johansson. The Big Chill ..whew..too many to mention..
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AND THE BOTTOM geez
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Woody plays clarinet, make him the musician.
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It could be the worst movie ever made.
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Now there's a new twist that will turn the whole plot upside-down...
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Yeah. You know it.
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"The Bodyguard" is a piece of shit anyway.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 12:14 p.m. CST
Let me guess- the studio wants their lead to bodyguard...IN 3-D!!!
by Kamaji
And the studio heads wonder why we don't want to pay over $10-15 to see the majority of their crap.
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I feel like we're getting closer to a time when we'll be sitting in a theater and see a trailer for a remake of the movie we're there to see!
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I mean, really?
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Feb. 24, 2011, 12:23 p.m. CST
It was SUCH a bad movie then...and I am sure it will be JUST as bad now
by Arcangel2020
This is yet more craptacular unnecessary remake-a-movie news from Hollywood!! I remember seeing "The Bodyguard" with Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston when it came out in the Theaters in...what? 1992/93? I was dragged to the cheapy theater to see it with a girl I was dating back then. I remember thinking after I saw it...it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be...but it was also a really lame, cheezy movie I wouldn't have paid to go see by myself. I also remember that that was the era/time frame of where you could not get away from the horrible, horrible constant airing on the radio of Whitney Houston's remake of Dolly Pardon's "I Will Always Love You"...it got to the point that anyone in their right mind would change the station immediately or take a gun and shoot the radio it was coming from into a million little pieces...yeah it was THAT horrible!! Ha!! Even to this day when I happen to catch this movie on TV and I watch it...only if I am really bored and have no DVDS to watch or nothing to do project-wise...it's still a really, really bad movie...but it's SO bad that it's actually cheesy fun to re-watch even after all these years later. I am sure that the so-called "Brainiacs" at the Studio which is going to remake THIS little...ahem..."gem" of a movie got the idea after being up for a week straight and totally coked out of their minds on premium blow. I mean how else can you explain the idea behind the remake...excuse me, maybe that's not the PC term anymore...the "reimagining" if you will, of a crappy film?!?! It's pretty freakin' sad that studio execs are taking to greenlighting remakes of really, really bad films from the past and subjecting the public to such trash...then again, if you remake a film and put a few brainless, non-talented (or very limited talent) actors/actresses, update the storyline and the music? People will go for anything these days I suppose....
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Bodyguard: Carrie Fisher Singer: Adam Sandler
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Just make it two dudes. One white and one Asian. Enough with the black and white shit.
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original, except replace Whitney with Bobby Brown.
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Search your feelings... you know it to be true...
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with Taylor being the bodyguard. "Imma let you finish... but The Bodyguard was the greatest Bodyguard movie of all time!!!!! of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Can you imagine the bar bill?
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Feb. 24, 2011, 12:45 p.m. CST
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water...
by NemesisOfZod
Yesterday I was telling my wife that the world seemed like a sad and empty place without a remake of the greatest film in all of cinematic history. Today I read that they will be remaking The Bodyguard. Hopefully we can get Channing Tatum and Megan Fox into the leading roles.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 12:48 p.m. CST
The bodyguard has to protect Rihana from Chris Brown.
by dailysportspages
Based on a true story.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 12:51 p.m. CST
Can we stop doing remakes of films originally made in my lifetime.
by Gabba-UK
Please..... I'm 39 on Sunday and this shit is making me feel old.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 1:02 p.m. CST
Agent Cody Banks protecting Merrick's favorite
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Justin Bieber.
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Hows those Social Security checks working for ya..?
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He's one of the best character actors of all time.
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Spider Man remake
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You're talking about reality: white women like black men just fine, and relationships that way outnumber the opposite. Film on the other hand is the fantasies of the group making them: in this case, primarily white males. Like all males (and all people) they like to fantacize that they are the center of the universe: tougher, stronger, smarter, sexier. Fine. And you guys have the right to make such films, and to exclude black or Asian men from having sex in movies (try to find one having sex in any movie that makes over 100 million domestic. You can't, with the single exception of "Crouching Tiger"). So you have the right to create and enjoy a fantasy world in which all women prefer you. And I have the right to point out that this has nothing to do with reality, and is bullshit adolescent dreaming.
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I've had this thing called a job since 18. It's great because it means I can buy stuff like the iPhone I'm using to type this. In all seriousness however I think an addition to the two certain things in life should now be considered by the public. Death, Taxes and remakes we didn't ask for.
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Set it in the world of a porn star who does dehumanising hardcore porn. Set it around the area of San frenando Valley. In real life that place is stalker central with guys just driving around all day looking for meat to follow. Annabel Chong had to wear a disguise in public for almost six months after she done The gangbang movie. Think about that. So many nutters chasing after you. Have the porn stars agent call in the bodyguard after a porn director threatens her with some sort of Khan Tusion type madness. Have the fight scenes like Jason Bourne is fighting in a nightclub against a gang of NFL bouncers. Really vicious stuff. Now casting is going to be a bitch. If he can keep himself clean i would get Tom Sizemore has the Bodyguard. And a damaged Charisma Carpenter has the porn star. Mindgames. Mindgames!!
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It'll be their healing movie.
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That's genius!
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Cue the Kleenex.
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We can justifiably dis the Bieber for many things but you've got to give him props for having the self-confidence to ask out a woman seven years his senior when not even of (US) legal age. Respect to him there.
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man you are really hung up on this shit arent you? what are you, a black man no white woman will touch? why the fuck do blacks expect us to pander to them on these issues? yes a white man making a film is more likely to select a white male lead and white female lead! why? because thats his own experience of life! furthermore, there are more white women with white men than there are white women with black men, so of course there will be more films with that setup too. why would a white man go out of his way to make a film about bm/wf which he knows/cares nothing about?? so you wanna fix this Great Injustice? then why dont you go make a load of shitty "black oriented movies" like spike lee featuring a black male lead fucking white girls all over town. then you wont have to complain to us anymore.
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300 million dollars right there
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Rihanna: "Is you in yet?"
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200 Million Opening Weekend
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LMMFAO BSB, Bravo sir!
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..would it be renamed; The Bootyguard? If so, I'm auditioning for the Male lead!
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the good ol' days
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Now that I'd see.
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cause there's no WAY any would be assassin can get through Fatty Harry, whose body guards a radius of 20 ft around scriptgirl. Now that's a movie I would pay to see. Someone make a fan film and star that fat fuck in the black spidey outfit as Harry. Make it so.
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not that the original is a masterpiece but come on, fuck that! seriously, fuck it all.
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He guards her meat...
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Feb. 24, 2011, 2:27 p.m. CST
the world is ending. fuck this shit news. fucking shit.
by sam jacksons wig
hollywood is now breaking through the bottom of the barrel. dont let will smith or any of his fucking family near this one.
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That is all.
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Write a similar story, change a few key points and CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE! Gah!
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Seriously, it's getting to point where most theatric releases should be straight to DVD or basic cable. I can't wait for remakes of remakes. Finding a good film today is like finding good music, you have to be a fucking detective to find anything original or inspired.
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So I say go make it. Give Asstin Kuntcheck or Bruce Willis something to do for a couple of months.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 3:55 p.m. CST
Wasn't Costner planning a sequel with Britney Spears at one stage?
by Larrylongballs
I wonder why that one fell through?
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Feb. 24, 2011, 3:59 p.m. CST
jamf, you made some valid points about film makers and life experience but lost me with you racist remarks re: Spike Lee
by Larrylongballs
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This would be comedy gold.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 4:12 p.m. CST
Arcade Fire and Nicki Minaj...
by HarryKnowlesNonExistentInceptionReview
...that's all I got, sorry.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 4:12 p.m. CST
and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
by Oprah_Duke
will always hate this movieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
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"Hung up" as in it irritates me? Sure. As in it's indicative of some deep dysfunction in my personality? Nope, not at all. Here's what pisses me off: that black (or Asian) men cannot have sex in movies without it killing box office. While white males, only in their fantasy worlds, are getting it off with black and Asian chicks while non-white males get none. I have no interest in seeing interracial relationships, nor an aversion. But when it all goes one way, contrary to real-life statistics, this is clearly the fantasies of frightened, childish pseudo-adults, trying to buttress their cinematic castles against the onslaught of the dark-skinned masses. You have no idea what I have or haven't done in media, let alone my sex life, which allows me to chuckle at your attempts to insult me. It amuses me to point this particular bit of cultural bullshit out, knowing that there is really no come-back other than "we can get away with it, kiss my white ass." Isn't this fun?
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because calling it something else would remove its brand name appeal... which is one of the reasons why remakes flourish and perpetuate.
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script is actually really good. The security procedures and situations are mostly realistic and interesting and the dynamic between Farmer and Rachael and her staff is played well. This movie would have been dynamite if mid-seventies McQueen had starred but I thought Costner did a pretty good job. The movie though is ruined by that crackhead Houston. She is not a professional actress and it shows. She was just awful and by the end I wanted to see that assassin blow her damn head off. If they must remake the movie hire somebody that can act first and sing second. God knows that most "singers" nowadays can't carry a tune without computer enhanced assistance so it'll be easy to fake the music numbers. And make the singer a sexy sweet 17 year-old pop-tart and the bodyguard an ex Secret Service man in his forties. I'd buy that for a dollar. I'll add to the racial controversy: According to the US Dept. of Justice, in 2005 37,400 white women were raped by black men and the number of black women raped by white men was statistically zero.
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As a handsome black man who fucks the living daylights out of a beautiful white woman on a daily and consistent basis, I salute you Mr. Hip!!
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What is the proximity of white women in low income, crime ridden and predominately black areas vs the reverse for black women?<p> Nice way to insert your racism into the statistics roninf5.
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Your statistic would seem irrelevant to the current discussion. If you'd care to phrase your thoughts more relevantly, I'd be happy to engage.
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I don't know the answer to your question. Here's the statistical tables bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus0502. pdf. Look it up yourself. You should also realize that with your statement that black areas are poor, crime ridden, and dangerous for white women betrays your own deep seated racism. I think you need to attend a Diversity/racial sensitivity seminar pronto.
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roninf5 you sir are an idiot. I never said black areas ARE poor, crime ridden , and dangerous.<p> I was specifically speaking of the areas that fit that description and those areas ALONE.<p> Try reading my statement for comprehension this time.
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and then call it Bodyguard From Baton Rouge, or something.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 6:41 p.m. CST
Lady Gaga and Nicholas Cage! Who gets to be the crazier one in the movie?
by MrMysteryGuest
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To me, this feels like shit warmed over.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 7:37 p.m. CST
The guard is a Dog with chronic balanoposthitis- he protects a quadriplegic dwarf hermaphrodite
by TheJudger
with 3 tits and a missing eye, and a nasty coke habit. The Midge is also a sex addict.
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Eczema ever documented, The midges skin looks like puss filled tree bark.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 7:44 p.m. CST
The idea of flipping the races and genders has serious merit: imagine Justin Timberlake and Zoe Saldana
by Jim Jam Bongs
I could see Timberlake, who has so far been proving himself to be a capable actor who has been dedicating himself to the craft, playing an Eminem type, and being protected by someone like Saldana playing a former Army MP who, just home from tours of duty in Iraq, aspires to be in the FBI or Secret Service who finds herself slumming it in the meantime working for an LA private security agency. I suggest these two because I think together they could possibly have good on-screen chemistry, and each appear to be interesting actors to see doing bigger roles in the movies. Flipping genders and races would up-end both gender and racial stereotypes but I think it would still be believable in this day and age (as the way the two characters I've described here). I believe this angle would appeal to the younger crowd, "urban" and suburban, and you'd also have the cute girl who's a bad-ass action girl angle to work with too.
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Remaking films that were fucking awful the first time around. Saying that, I saw Clash of the Titans remake the other night and I thought it was actually rather good all things considered.
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Your suggestion would be more likely than simply flipping the races, that's for sure. You aren't going to see Will Smith and Taylor Swift, that's for sure.
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Feb. 24, 2011, 8:24 p.m. CST
Iggy Pop as the singer. Reginald VelJohnson as the bodyguard.
by scriptgirl_nipples
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Sorry that's all I got.
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Only 30 min into it and I can already tell the original is far superior...fucking remakes!!
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Feb. 25, 2011, 3:41 a.m. CST
All Remakes Updated with an Iraqi War Vet These Days...
by Alice Cooper Stalker
Isn't that the same line we heard about Riggs in the updated Lethal Weapon?
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...that other movie based song; You light up my life. AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
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.. in Hong Kong, it was called 'The bodyguard from Beijing' starring Jet Li (called 'The Defender' in America). A far superior film and Jet Li would kick Kevin Costner's ass!! It's on IMDB and youtube if you want to check it out.
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Feb. 25, 2011, 6:17 a.m. CST
You know what you never see: A chinese dude with a black woman
by Bobo_Vision
And we all know what that's about......right?
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There's that movie Mandingo, and then in Traffic when the drug dealer fucks Michael Douglas's daughter. And of course "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Answer: A black man! <p> That is all.
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Does it bother anyone else that they are remaking movies that aren't even 20 years old yet? I bet this is to boost sales for the 20th Anniversary Bodyguard DVD & Blu ray sets next year. Why not gear it toward the Twilight crowd and have a Werewolf be the bodyguard for a.....oh wait, they already did that.
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I see that everywhere. The mall, the grocery store, theatres. If Hollywood wants to go with the opposite of that, fine by me. I find it refreshing. And yes, I live in the South.
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and some random female singer on Houstons place => megahit like no other.
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a psuedo romantic actioner starring Jet Li and Alleyah. Nice attempt but not ballsy enough.
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..where da white women at?
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Steve Buscemi, and the twist is there's another body guard that makes it a steamy and slightly homosexual love triangle. I can confirm Gene Hackman and Kevin Pollock are both being considered for the role. My studio contact also told me in a shocking third act twist you find out the assassin is one of the body guards. Shockingly, It turns out they're both the assassin.
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Liam Neeson has filmed a new scene for the Blu-Ray edition of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith. Frank Oz also involved.
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"Where the white women at?"
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Jet Li with Aaliyah? That's some science fiction right there.
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Throwing themselves at black men.<p> FACT!
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The pain is intense..not another bloody reboot. Hollywood has lost its self-respect. As for the casting? Lets not even really care...I don't.
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Or vice versa?
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Feb. 25, 2011, 9:01 a.m. CST
swordfish.....that's the casting for the Guarding Tess remake
by Bobo_Vision
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A browse through Craigslist and 20 roses ought to rectify that.
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Your comment references my point: that white guys are controlling the image systems, bending them to reflect a fantasy of the world: whether that is women of all races preferring them, black men dying first, or whatever. Through production and/or ticket sales. I'm merely pointing it out, not suggesting it should change. And suggesting that the same preferences control economics, incarceration, and other statistics. Thanks for your honesty--helps me prove my point.
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Regardless of Race, of course.
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Feb. 25, 2011, 9:55 a.m. CST
Question for Dukeroberts who proclaimed to have dated Black Women.
by Stalkeye
Once you went Black, did you go back?
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http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/w4m/2233110749.html
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http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/w4m/2231647984.html
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Funny. She wants a "Blair Underwood" type. I've been in a room with Blair. Anyone who doesn't think invisibility exists should try it. I could have been wearing a clown nose and pink wings, and not a woman in the room would have seen me. Talk about a chick magnet!
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rampant in this thread...i'm looking at you hipshot
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Seems like it was different before, but it could be just an effect of the medication.
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Hey, if you define "race troll" as someone who discusses racial images in films, go right ahead. I myself would define a "troll" as someone who insults, demeans, or takes positions he does not believe merely to trigger controversy. I've done none of those things. Your definition, sir?
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would put you back where you started, except the singer would be the white man and the bodyguard would be the black woman. So it would be easier just to say you were flipping the occupations. Looking forward to ignoring the existence of this movie.
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Who gives a shit about this??
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I can see that. Blair is a stunning man.
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Feb. 25, 2011, 10:58 a.m. CST
The cultural phenomenon of rampant homosexuality amongst black youth is being ignored...
by maverick68
the bodyguard should be a thuggish black guy who is secretly homoxexual and has a relationship with a Justin Bieber-like character. This would be true to life as the hyper-masculinity that is exhibited by the "gangsta" community is usually a mask for homosexual tendencies......this would be a brave move by Hollywood. It would be called "Down Low Mountain" and would instantly be Oscar (Meyer) worthy....
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how creepy would that be. I would actually watch that just for the WTF factor.
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Feb. 25, 2011, 11:16 a.m. CST
Better yet, Miley Cyrus and Morgan Freeman if you want to maintain the jungle fever aspect
by THE_CHOPPAH
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That'll bring black and white men together.
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Feb. 25, 2011, 11:22 a.m. CST
Thanks, BSB! Oh, and The Choppah's had the pleasure of many a fine Nubian Princess and let me tell you
by THE_CHOPPAH
nobody handles the pole like a Sistah. NOBODY!
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I think some Nubian princes might disagree?
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I'm unaware of any stats suggesting that there is more homosexuality among black than white youths. If you are, please provide. If you were joking...that shit was funny.
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Only thing is, straight African American males are seriously homophobic so I'm not sure if this movie would find a larger audience than just gays like Brokeback did. But, it would truly be a revolutionary film.
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plus it's an oxymoron.
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And Greggs, too. Seems like Omar was mostly into white or hispanic men. Remember Brand Nubian? I hate puns.
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the guy needs to be a very religious man too, but more of a purely good intentioned spiritual sense...who has a nasty overbearing right wing Christian wife who secretly beats him and scolds him with boiling water pans and irons and reefer-lit ends, then tells him "Shush!" before tenderly gag-fucking him while uttering the lords name....his new client will show him real love for himself and for others around him and set him freeeeeeeee!
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Feb. 25, 2011, 12:04 p.m. CST
Yeah, but that homophobia amongst black males you speak of....
by maverick68
is often hiding something much deeper....
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..that the gay ratio among Blacks are higher than Whites. (And yes, i have heard of that term Down Low from some News piece.) Blacks are way too Homophobic to be biting a pillow. Now, Prison might be a different story thanks to Oz's Adelbisi. (0: "If five fingers can't get it done, it can't be done". Quote from 80's Blaxploitation film Penetentary.
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Hmmm, I never bothered to watch the rest of the series to find out. But that Black Cop from The Shield, was definately a fudge packer. No pun intended.
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A lot of people Black, White, whatever are taught that same sex relations are deviant practices.when one is old/mature enough to judge a person for who s/he is and not their orientation,race,etc. Then there's progress.... .....but in the real world, that shit aint gonna fly. Welcome to the Human Race. (0:'
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Is probably a little higher. Poor communities tend to be more socially conservative in some interesting ways. In addition, the perception that homosexuals are weak and "feminine" is an additional burden to many, who already feel marginalized and powerless. This can all lead to some ugly attitudes. I will say, however, that I doubt there's more homophobia among blacks than there is racism among gays. Human beings carry a lot of fear, and it is often expressed in anger and exclusion.
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Gays (also) cannot always cry victim when they tend to look down at other Races. This preconceived notion that they are always the victim is somewhat hypocritical. Amirite?
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automatically gave empathy for others. Stats on homophobia in the black community disabused me of THAT notion. And comments from black gay friends who said they would rather be gay among blacks than black among gays woke me up to another. ## I remember years back I was writing for a men's fitness magazine, and noticed that none of the male models were black. I found that interesting: was it deliberate? Was it a statement about their perceived audience? The editor in chief was a friend I'd worked with on another magazine, and while we were at lunch one day I asked him about it. He got very quiet, and said that the subject had come up at a staff meeting, and that the art director, who was white and gay, had refused to hire black models because he didn't find them attractive. Well, now...that's interesting. And of course, any magazine has a right to do that. And readers, of course, then have the right to notify the public that that is the magazine's attitude, so that people can make informed decisions about where they spend their money. Fair is fair.
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Box office GOLD.
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i would watch that all day
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than homophobia amongst 'blacks', or the other way around, is ridiculous or absurd in its simplicity without any actual objective kind of proof...but that's why its important to talk openly and respectfully yet 'confrontationally' to one another, from one 'group' or 'community' or representative of one to the other, about these issues if they prey on someones mind, even if they do start with simple-generalized concepts or identifications
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gettin busy would get my 6 bucks ; )
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Feb. 25, 2011, 3:37 p.m. CST
For a moment i though you were talking about a remake of MY BODYGUARD.
by AsimovLives
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And on the subject of rare HW movies with a black male and white woman love interests, someone should adapt Frazetta's painting for The Moon Maid of that black centaur with that pale naked white woman with the bodacious ass. My parents had that in a calendar in the 1970's which was often ogled by my brothers and I. Hot illustration.
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Not relevant to the thread--I merely enjoy imagining that.
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A few days back, at the Dwayne McDuffie tribute. Christ, what an impressive man. When I think how Hollywood bent over backwards to create careers for Steven Seagal and Jean-Claud Van Damme, it makes me want to vomit how underused this man it.
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If you remake it, remake it right. Bieber in Whitney's role, Chynna or another strongwoman in Costner's.
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Feb. 26, 2011, 4:58 p.m. CST
I prefered this idea when it was kind of done already with Sayid in Lost
by Smack_Teddy
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Wasn't Tomas Arana the killer in this? Fuck remaking such perfection.
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Yes, there's a little suspension of disbelief but it could be very interesting. So sad to see movie gender roles go the way of Bella...
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as a buddy comedy. Feel free to paypal me for the rewrite
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Does anyone REALLY care about this. Seriously, whats the point of remaking this.
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Somethings need to just be left as is. I mean seriously come on now. You want to remake everything. What's next Passenger 57? The Goonies?
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