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Yes, it is true.... GOONIES 2!!!!
Hey folks, Harry here... And man, this is a weird as can be 'scoop'. Ok, first off... after getting the below story... I did some checking around. GOONIES is one of those films that geeks love to fantasize a sequel to... The film is so entrenched into a certain generational psyche... that when it was being played at the Alamo Drafthouse recently, it nearly sold out all 5 showings and each night as I watched the film (oh yes... I was there every night) I watched as the audience was completely enchanted... People were mouthing all of Mikey's speeches and applauding after them. When I saw the film in a swimming pool here in Austin earlier this year... I watched nearly 700 partially clothed adults and kids bobbing in the water in silent enchantment watching and loving this film. There is a VERY large core fanbase for the film.... BUTTTT... as I was doing my typical hack job of research on this scoop... I was stunned to find that this is ACTUALLY in active development. Right now it is at Richard Donner's company and Spielberg's Amblin. Not only that... BUT... there is a screenwriting duo that are still working on it. Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci. Yup, the producers on the Bruce Campbell tv series, JACK OF ALL TRADES. Seems Donner really likes these guys as they also have a script with Jonathan Mostow entitled THE 28TH AMENDMENT. Now, while the below report may be bogus... there really is a GOONIES 2 in the works... and from the sound of the report below... let's hope the one he likes is by this pair... as that seems to be the script in development. And after LORD OF THE RINGS... Sean Astin will be a very in demand fella again. Well..... here's the report (images found by me)
Super Secret Sources close to Corey Feldman tell me that he has been approached and is delighted to be involved with the project!!! NOW... Has Sean Astin been approached and has he committed? THat's the real question!!!
Hey all,
Let's get to it. I work parttime as a production runner/assistant... where
I am fortunent enough to do some script coverage for my boss when things get
hectic. I was in the storage/file room filing away some forms and scripts
when I came across a file with two scripts side by side. The first was
entitled simply "GOONIES 2"... it was dated '97 with a '00 rewrite.
The story is this: Mike(y) is working as a historian in the city. He comes
across an old document and map (like in the first film) and remember s his
youth. So he decides to go back to his hometown and regroup the original
characters. Mouth (Feldman) is now working with his dad as a plumber.
Chunk manages a pizza place! Data is some kind of scientist... with a
little brother that eventually tags along.
At first, no one wants to go on Mikey's little childish "Goonie
adventure"... but he eventually makes this speech about youth and regaining
the magicical times of this and that. So, they all end up going. The
adventure takes them across the coast and into caverns, tunnels, boobie
traps, etc. The story is surprisingly perfect! The characters have the
same charm as in the original... with the same humor. The theme is kind of
like recapturing your youth... it actually reminded of the theme of
Spielberg's HOOK. The action is better than the first, as is the mystery.
And yes, the Fratelli's are in it... at least the two brothers. They are
written pretty well without any cheese. But they are overshadowed by the
adventure the goonies go on.
This was all captured during a 30 minute skim of the script. I skippped
here and there but got the flesh of the story.
Now, the second script was entitled "GOONIES: THE NEXT GENERATION". It is
dated in '96 with a '99 rewrite. It tells a differnt story. This time, we
follow the kids of the original characters as they go on a retread
adventure. THIS SCRIPT SUCKS! Bad dialogue, bad story, terrible
characters! Almost unreadable... almost written just like a HOME ALONE
movie! While the Fratelli's are in this, they are written like the two
stooges! Terrible!
The first script, the good one, had a note on it with, in big letters, the
word "consider...", while the second had only one word, "pass!" There were
notes after the "consider"... but whoever wrote them had terrible hand
writing. What I noticed most was the 2000 rewrite for that script. Pretty
recent.
That's it, hope this isn't old news...
Yours truly,
Alias
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..but I can't imagine how they'd make one work. Damn though, if they do make this sequel it had better be good. Heh, a friend of mine just picked up 5 original Goonies posters that I guess had never been open.
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Harry, I'm sorry to say that I disagree with you. I have NEVER considered a sequel to Goonies necessary, especially 15-20 years later. The first one was as close to perfect as necessary, and, more importantly, it was self-contained. No real sequel is necessary, at all. It's like making a sequel to Taxi Driver, The Usual Suspects or Fight Club...sure, there's room there for a sequel, but why the hell would you want to do one? Not that I'm comparing Goonies to those previous movies..but they all share one thing in common; they don't beg for sequels. -Loki
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Sure, this may suck donkey, but I'm really excited. It reminds me of Saturday afternoons at age 12 watching a pirated copy of "Goonies" then following it up with "Inframan." Such fond memories. Hope this movie, if it gets made, turns out as light hearted and fun as the first one. Laters
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But how about a cross-over, Goonies vs Predator, now that would rock.
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just release the first one on DVD and think up something new instead of making another un wanted sequel to a great film that does not need one.
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Oct 20, 2000 3:02:33 AM CDT
Does this mean we have to listen to that wretched Cyndi Lauper t
by regis travolta
Ohh-ohh, those Goonies are goooooodddd enough for meeeeeee
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I may just be muddling up the article with the pictures that Harry's plonked all over it, but if this script is so recent and the sequel in production at this very moment, why are those Goonies II posters so eighties-looking? With those big haircuts and tight red jackets?!? Or is this just not the first time that a sequel has been seriously considered? As for the current sequel... well, it might be good in itself but they should leave the original in peace. Don't dilute our nostalgia, give the 21st century kids their OWN heroes.
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Oct 20, 2000 3:31:09 AM CDT
The 'Goonies II' image is a photoshop job done on the cover of t
by fatdan
I should know, spent 2 months of afternoons and weekends trying to conquer that SOB. Can we get the fat kid back? Heard he was his class president at UC Berkeley a few years back.
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They're not posters for the Goonies II movie, back in the Glory days of the Nintendo Entertainment System, a game came out called 'Goonies II', it was basically about what happened shortly after the film. The crooks broke out again, kidnapped the other Goonies and it was your job to go rescue them.
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How about YOU LEARN A FUCKING LANGAUGE you ignorant bastard.
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How about YOU LEARN A FUCKING LANGAUGE you ignorant bastard.
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What brilliant news you've delivered today Harry. Like so many others, The Goonies was a defining film of my childhood and one I would rewatch endlessly on video during school holidays and weekend. Goonies fans want to see another! Even if it's not up to scratch, it wouldn't detract from my feelings for the original which I've developed from the age of eight or nine. How can one lousy sequel fuck up our feelings for the original? Take a risk Amblin, you've got a built in audience sitting there on a plate.
And what was wrong with the Cyndi Lauper song. I used to groove to that aged 9!
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Yes, the poster is fom the computer game 'Goonies II', but I don't think Harry was claiming it was from the script anyway. It just fits nicely with the article. If this film is a good idea is another matter. Without starting the whole TPM debate again I'd have to say that I don't think they can pull it off. They should focus on releasing a great DVD instead.
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Yep, Jeff Cohen who played Chunk did indeed graduate from Berkley. A not-for-everyone, but sweet in a bizarre sort of way story can be found about him at salon.com. It's by a woman who was a fan of the Goonies and tries to throw a millennium party in honor of Cohen. Posting the full url would probably fuck up the talkbacks, so go to salon.com and do a search on "Stalking Chunk".
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the thought of a sequal makes me feel i'll
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I wouldnt care if this movie was horrid, seeing the guys back together would be like running into a friend you hadnt seen in years. The first movie was pure magic and still one of my top 3 of all time. But the more I think about it, I believe that maybe a movie with the guys children would be better, I mean you loved goonies cause the kids were your age and they were going though a kick ass adventure. So if they could work it out I think it could be great.
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Ahhh, right, I thought something was wrong with those 'posters'... I remember playing the first goonies game - didn't you have a yoyo as your main weapon?!? But in those years I was still stuck faithfully my Sinclair Spectrum. Jesus I need to get out a bit more...
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Jesus blair witch Christ, in between my Grey Goose Martini and my Kim Chee, I am almost choked!
Goonies 2? How about Girls Just Wanna have Fun 2?
I hear the 80's is making a comeback? Cindi Lauper is still alive, so is Demi Moore and Anthnony Mike Hall!
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I think one of the reasons that made Goonies so much fun was the fact the characters weren't OLD, so kids could identify with them. Of course, adults could too because that sense of adventure when you're a kid/teenager is present throughout the whole film. Still, I'd be interested to see what they decide to do for a sequel, as long as it doesn't SUCK. And hey! I'm with Marty McSuperfly - I actually liked that Cyndi Lauper song too! Haha
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I'm telling ya. Goonies is my all time favorite movie. A sequal doesn't sound too appealing to me (although it would have 10 years ago). If they fuck this up those responsible will have a new una-bomber on their ass.
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Oct 20, 2000 5:55:19 AM CDT
THE ONLY WAY GOONIES 2 would WORK IS IF LIL' KIM WAS INVOLVED!
by geekbasher 3.0
then all the kids can slide down that water tunnel right into LIL KIM's COOCHIE, whoops I meant GOONIE!
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"WarGames 2". Matthew Broderick is now a computer science teacher whose ambitious students compete over who can hack into NORAD first. Only Broderick and his dusty Commodore can save the world.
"Top Secret 2". Val Kilmer returns as Nick Rivers to stop a boy band who are actually vile undercover agents seeking to hold the world ransom by kidnapping Carson Daly. If Kilmer doesn't go for it try "Real Genius 2".
"Cocoon 2". I hear rumors they actually made a sequel but can't confirm this anywhere.
"Buckaroo Banzai 2". Rabid fans of the original identify the mystery idiot who owns the rights, raid his base in Afghanistan, restore a few seconds of lost footage, re-release it theaters and become billionaires.
These pitch ideas are the sole intellectual property of the author.
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HARRY...How can you watch the same film 5 times in five days and not get bored, I mean Jesus!
And how the hell can you watch a film in a swimming pool?
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That's a pretty good site about the movie. I hope they don't screw it up. By the way, it hasn't been officially launched yet, but this is such a great opportunity for an utterly shameless plug, I just can't waste it... http://seanastin.cjb.net
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All's I can say is Annie the Mermaid better be in this one. I had never seen the movie before, but had spent hundreds of hours playing that wonderful Nintendo game pictured above, saving the mermaid from the Fratellis. So when I finally saw the movie, you will not believe how disappointed I was to find she was not in the film in the slightest! Then I found out that there had already been a Goonies 1 game by Konami, released only in Japan. Over here in the US we were given the Goonies II game instead. So I have always speculated they would finally make the movie based from that game I have always wanted. Let us hope they have some sort of supernatural flair tio the film that lacked in the first one...
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This has got to be a joke. Let's see: you have scans of the Nintendo game from '86 or '87, Mouth's dad is a, uh, plumber (just like Mario!) and Data has a little "brother." Coincidence?
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Maybe Harry will get to play Chunk...??
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This sounds like a ploy for the guy to sell his own little rehash to the world, like What, his boss could'nt put two and two together that the one who put all this on the net is the one who had access to the info and even describes himself/his job on the net, Do we think he'd take this risk ? And what a poorly thought out rehash, gotta be a fan-boy script.
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Having seen the original Goonies at the theater back when I was only 7 this bit of news defintely piqued my curiosity. I gave up on this sequel years ago after hearing incessant rumours about it. What about that Brolin boy or that cute redhead? Are they going to be in this? Whatever happened to that Fat boy? I never see him in anything. What about Sloth? Didn't that actor die about 10 years ago? It'll be interesting to see how this movie turns out if this story isn't complete bulls**t!
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This is going to be very hard, and may go down the drain. Why? Take Star Wars, for example. In the 70's and 80's, the general atmosphere was quite different from today's. I don't think many of today's kids would love the Goonies the way we did - all they want is stupid Pokemon and Teletubbies and other stuff where the film/series is just the by-product from all that merchandise junk. As I already pointed out: Same thing with Star Wars. We loved it, we grew up on it, we remember our youth with tears in our eyes. But Episode I, come on, that was just a big heap of junk compared to what it could have been if Lucas had done it right. So, let me remind you all that Goonies II will be highly expected, but if shot for today's kids, it'll be junk to us. If shot for us, who are grown up from the original Goonies fans, it might be a good film for our generation. Let's just hope some executive reads this.
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Ok, I've probably seen a lot of films a lot more times than that on a row, so you are forgiven. I kinda like what Alias says about the 1st script... it could actually be a good thing. Dunno if I should trust any of you on this, but let's hope it's true. I'll be waiting to see if Sean Astin's in or not, what with LotR and all.
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Oct 20, 2000 8:20:38 AM CDT
Oh Joy! - A sequel to what was among the most obnoxious movies o
by hootdad
I can hardly wait. Blech! :-P
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Oct 20, 2000 8:30:19 AM CDT
Would love a good sequel, but they'll never capture the hilarity
by roguewriter
The closest Donner has ever come to it since GOONIES -- that innocence and irreverence -- was in LETHAL WEAPON 4... and it was stupid and embarrassing to watch grownups (especially Gibson, Glover and Pesci) act like Mouth, Chunk and Mikey. Bleah! Kids are kids -- there's no way the sequel would be anything but melancholy given the fact that everyone has grown up and punched through the wall of that insulated world all of them (and all of us) lived in during that era. THE GOONIES will always remain among my very favorite kidvids... but a sequel, while tantalizing, probably shouldn't be made... RR
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I have read about the returning characters but will sloth be returning. Doesn't he live with Chunk. I think this movie will be great. I remember when I was younger that I used to imagine I was a Goonie. My brother and I used to play with our friends and we pretended that we were the Goonies and the object of the game was to beat up Sloth!!!! At the end we all ate Rocky Road!!!
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Its defenitely NOT photoshop... its the box art from an actual game entitled Goonies 2... it was advertised on tonnes of old comics.
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..........hey, even I couldn't hate this movie! But isn't this flick like 14/15 years old??? Them 'Goobers' may be a little outdated......but I'll still check for it.........!
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how about Short Circuit 2...they made that one though...help me Rhonda help help me Rhonda...genius! Big Squeexe 2? Invasion USA 2? Monster Squad 2? My Science Project 2? Wargames 2?
Buckaroo Banzai 2? Last Starfighter 2? Flight of the Navigator 2? Catseye 2? Innerspace 2? batteries not included 2? They Live 2? Starman 2? Tron 2? Blue Thunder 2? Fast Times at Ridgemont High 2? Adventures in Babysitting 2? The Manhattan Project 2?One Crazy Summer 2? Better off Dead 2?Pretty in Pink 2?Weird Science 2?Girls Just Want to Have Fun 2? Peggy Sue Got Married 2
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I guess I just wasn't the right age for "The Goonies." Back in the early '80s, I'd see anything that had Spielberg's name attached as director, producer, or sponsor. Oh, the lessons I learned!
Let's not forget that "Goonies" was based, not on an original screen story, or on some person's gilded memories of childhood, but on a bloody amusement park ride! The whole point, as I remember, was to make a movie that felt like a theme-park "scary adventure" type ride.
Where I live, movies need a better excuse than that to get made -- but if they do get made, they usually end up sucking as much as "The Goonies" did. Hell, let's just concentrate on getting some good movies out there, okay? We don't need Haley Joel Osment playing Sean Astin's son in "Goonies II," or Sean Astin playing himself grown-up, for that matter. What we need are some good stories, well-told -
Why does everyone have to rag on harry all the time about his weight? Honestly, do you have nothing else to insult him about? He created AICN, and without it, you wouldn't have anything to whine about in fucking talkback! I don't see why you'd attack him on his weight, it's a cheap jab, and shows you to be rather ignorant. Oh well, some people are just idiots.....
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Oct 20, 2000 10:05:00 AM CDT
Goonies is a great example of a film that's flawed but grows on
by arcturus
The point of bringing back "Goonies", people, is from a nostalgia point-of-view, and there's nothing wrong with that. I repeat: there's nothing wrong with that, people. And so what if "Goonies" wasn't the "Citizen Kane" of kids movies? It never pretended to be! Honestly, don't you all think there was a REASON that the movie is still popular, regardless of bad reviews? Sometimes, a film can transcend it's obvious flaws and be considered a "good" movie. "Goonies" is a good example. Maybe it's not in the "so bad it's good" category that Ed Eood's movies would fall under, but it's kind of the same principle. And get it through your thick skulls that true originality is an illusion, please. Even Billy Shakes borrowed from the greats of the past, remember that.
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thats all mine baby...I am gonna option it to amblin with Akiva doing the finished script, it will star Wilfred Brimly and Benicio del Toro along with Bruce Campbell Russel Crowe and Ed Norton...to be directed by Fincher with a score by John Williams and the Dust Brothers! Also I forgot one...Explorers 2 with River Phoenix corpse!!!
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Again....this is one of those films that kicked ass when you watched it as a kid, but when you grow up, you are truly embarassed to have ever liked as all. There is absolutely no coolness/geek factor to liking this now AT ALL..compared to something like the Queen-scored "Flash Gordon" or "Tron".
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There's a picture of Jeff Cohen from 1995 on the norcalmovies.com site. Just go to www.norcalmovies.com, click on Browse movies, and scroll down to "The Goonies".
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Oct 20, 2000 10:46:31 AM CDT
Having slept on it I now think this should not be made, leave we
by regis travolta
Nobody wants to see these kids all grown up and kids today would apparently rather watch Adam Sandler doing his shit-face asshole smirk (I refer to the utterly obnoxious and nauseous and gaseous trailer for Little Nicky keerist what a piece of shit with corn kernels still embedded in it that movie is and yet it'll make a hundred mill cause it's Asshole Sandler). Anyway, Goonies 1 was goooooddddd enough for meeeeeeeeeee to warble like Cyndi Lauper warbled ohh-ohh.
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...it's so hard to believe that studio executives would be so hard-pressed for a good idea that they would seek to mine past good ideas for a sure-fire, box-office blockbuster.
(*cough* Arthur 2)
I mean, come on, when has THAT ever happened before?
(*cough, cough* Alien Resurrection)
Name one movie any of these poor schlubs have done in the past 5 years. (Okay, one QUALITY movie. And don't hit me with "Rudy," you bastiches, or I'll be forced to retaliate with "Tales From The Crypt: Bordello of Blood.") Is it so hard to believe that ANY of these guys would traipse around a freaking cave for 8 weeks of filming for $100K?
And come on. You just KNOW they're going to do Sloth as a CGI Jar Jar, don't you?
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i think justine bateman, julia roberts, and the rest of the 'satisfaction' band are long overdue for a reunion tour. liam neeson can come back as their manager. after that, liam can jump start that untapped franchise known as 'krull'.
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Super Secret Sources close to Corey Feldman = Drug Dealer
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no shit, i'm happy now and NOTHING is gonna bring me down.. fuck star wars news, this is the grandaddy of fandom news!
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cool idea but I wasn't sure about that fiolm being the Explorers that was a guess...okay sounds good how about this...it is years later and Gary is grown up and since Hall has played both jocks (post roids) and nerds he finally gets to play a nerd who becomes a jock. He tortures his son and his sons friend for being nerds alla bill paxton. Wyatt (lord knows this guy could use work) is still a nerd and is the Mcfly to Halls Biff. Wyatt tells the nerdy kids about their experiment and sure enough they go through with it and presto instant genie in the form of Shannon Elizabeth. Now the catch...they tried it earliar and failed but what they didn't realize was they created the evil Elizabeth Hurley...wackyness ensues including a cameo by Kelly Le Brock who puts Gary in his place. I say go away from John Hughes and get Ed Solomen and Sonnenfield to do it with Jamie Bernard and Ethan Embry as the kids. So I think its a good idea...unfortunatally I won most of the originals to the film I mentioned above so that the kind of freak you're dealing with...
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When the gang gets separate in the Chamber of Doom, each must face his worst nightmare. Mikey is chased by an insane Rudy Rudager, who won't stop demanding to be allowed to come on a GOONIES adventure until he's squashed under a 5000 anvil. Just when Mikey thinks he's safe, though, out pops YOUNGER HUNKIER BROTHER to compete for any available good roles. Data has to face a Lady or the Tiger type trap. One door says ASIAN STEREOTYPE ROLES & BIT PARTS, with Gedde Wantanable waving him inside, and the other is a drop into a bottomless pit. Chunk almost drowns in grease and has to escape a pit of sugar. Mouth is attacked by Corey Haim, leading a robot army of hypodermic needles filled with speedballs. And Brandon has to keep Minnie Driver from finding out he was ever in the original GOONIES.
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should have a place in ANY comedy. Nicole Bass and her herman munster 'har har!!!' laugh..high pitched Eric and especially those midgets Beetleguice (squeeee!) and Hank...
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Lost Boys 2 would be pretty cool too if they can keep them off the heroin long enough to make them.
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They mentioned it in the first film, but we never saw it. I always assumed that it'd be seen in a director's cut one day. I thought the same about the bath sequence in "ET" and the sequences that were mentioned in the novel, but never made the screen of "Batman Forever" that might have saved the movie.
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Oct 20, 2000 1:47:00 PM CDT
Okay, help me out here,guys. I may have starred at least one "Co
by the salem slut
On an eighties 'tip' and this one's been bugging me since I started reading the Goonie posts. I could find out on theIMDB, but this way is more fun. Think back dudes - "_________" In Outer Space. I'm off to dig out the old BMX!
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What about Steph and Andy? They HAVE to be in the movie too! And I forgot the name of the older brother but he has to be in it too! It would be so weird to see Josh Brolin, Martha Plimpton, and Kerry Green together again.
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Can be found at www.thegoonies.com
Chunk slimmed down while Kerri Green is looking far more fetching that she did even 15 years ago.....Also, Harry's piece mentioned that Corey Feldman is excited about this movie.....of course he is, given some of the crap he's been in since he was released from prison. Anyone see Meatballs 4 or the beach volleyball movie with Al (Grandpa) Lewis? Awful stuff! -
It was bugging me so much I had to ask before I'd even got halfway through reading the posts. Sorry. Thanx to Sundown and getakairocks (Sp?) for their informative remeniscences. Oh My God! "Real Genius"- "...I don't know, can you hammer a six inch spike through a 2x4 with your penis"? who was the chick who played the nerdy-dungaree chick with the bobbed hair in that one?
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Oct 20, 2000 2:10:57 PM CDT
Still today, after 16 years, the sight of Jeff "Chunk" Cohen sin
by clubberlang
And as for Corey Feldmen? The Trauma of having had stared down the barrel of Michael Jackson's speckled pee-pee is his excuse for the bad "smooth Criminal" wardrobe.
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why is there no mention of sloth? how can you have a goonies movie without sloth?!?!?! this is an outrage! peanut butter, without jelly! hot chocolate, without marshmallows! is sloth there? please...
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the real genius chick -that is...man revenge of the nerds...monster squad..Goonies...the eighties...I was but a youngin' back then!! but all this seems to make me nautious or maybe it was the frozen pizza I had for lunch.
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If this movie gets made, we will ALL be there with glee, many of us bringing our own young kids to see. So stop kidding yourselves that it's a "bad idea". You have to admit it..... the nostalgia factor is enough to ensure boffo box office. Sean Astin will be commanding a $20 million per film salary by the time LOTR gets out..... so maybe this will become a high-profile action adventure beyond what anyone could predict. Hmmmmm.
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It's too bad the original actor who played SLOTH died. You ain't cool, unless you like sloth. And BTW, those GOONIES II pictures are from the old Nintendo game for Goonies 2, why they had a sequel I have no idea. Now that was an awesome game.
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Twentysomethings don't actually care enough about GOONIES to "flock" to the theaters. Since this will never get out of development, we'll never know.
And btw, I've got a standing offer of a 10$ bet to any and all takers that Sean A will NOT, be commanding a 20 million salary within even 2 years of LOTR.
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Kiiiiids Incooooorporaaaaated...K!...I!...D!...S!...Yeah! As much as I love the first "Goonies," I am of the opinion that they should definitely NOT make another "Goonies" film. The first one just holds such a special place in my heart. I mean, for chrissakes, I made my dad take me to see it twice in the span of three days when it first opened so many years ago. My father must have even liked it too, because getting him to go to a movie even the first time is next to impossible, much less likely that you'll get him to see a film twice! By the way, another personal classic from my adolescence was on the other day on Directv: "Monster Squad." Hot damn, that movie was, and still is, cool! What I found really funny was the fact that during the opening credits, I kept seeing all these familiar names, like Shane Black, Frank Darabont, Richard Donner...shit, that movie was backed by some pretty solid people, eh? Even less relevant, here is a chronological list of the first five films I ever saw in the theaters: "E.T.," "Ghostbusters," "Muppets Take Manhattan," "Gremlins," and "Goonies." Shit, for a while there, I was batting 1.000!
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Oct 20, 2000 3:19:04 PM CDT
Not to be overly negative here, but WHAT A F*@KED UP IDEA!!!!
by tender branson
Is somebody seriously high? Really, am I the only one who isn't shooting stupid juice? What a stupid fucking idea!!!!! Don't fuck with perfection!!!! And all of you motherfuckers who hated the original? Fuck you too, you soulless, heartless fucks! People like you are the reason such a dipshit idea even sees the light of day! No fucking respect for anything!! Everything's gotta be fucking sequel! Remember when movies used to just be good and a sequel wasn't even considered, because--hang on to something-- PEOPLE CAME UP WITH ORIGINAL FUCKING IDEAS!!!!!!!! Not all of them were good, but at least they didn't have FUCKING ROMAN NUMERALS AFTER THEM!!!!! Fucking George Lucas, man. Him and his fucking trilogy!! Don't get me wrong, STAR WARS is the shit, but he set this idea in everyone's head about FUCKING TRILOGIES!!!! Everything needs THREE PARTS!!!! AND WHY??? BECAUSE ONLY THAT STUPID BEARDED FUCK WOULD'VE STARTED A SIX PART SERIES WITH CHAPTER FUCKING FOUR!!!! Now, everything needs a fucking prequel!!!! How about a "Goonies" PREQUEL!!!! Yeah, they all escape from their fucking playpens "Rugrats"-style and crawl around some fucking caves looking for a box of golden ANIMAL CRACKERS that baby One-Eyed Williepoo left lying around!! Of course the Fratellis are still small time maybe Ma Fratelli is into the baby black market and the brothers peddle kiddie porn! Then the babies, (With celebrity voiceovers of course!) can hand them their asses, fight with missing fucking octopus and make it back to their fucking cribs before their parents know they're missing.
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Is it just me or is it time for an Ice Pirates sequel, or maybe another installment in the Beasmaster series??
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Oct 20, 2000 3:42:20 PM CDT
Harry, I believe this about as much as the time Michael Jackson
by beastie
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Oct 20, 2000 3:43:35 PM CDT
or the time you saved thos old people from that nursing home fir
by beastie
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seriously, if this happens, i can't wait. while they're at it they could get no doubt to cover the original cindy lauper song. then they could make a monster squad 2. then they could do harry and the hendersons 2.
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Like I promise, I know I said I was gonna update my website this past week with new mpegs, I promise to have them up there this weekend. It will be worth the wait because I got a hold of the MPAA Jennifer Connelly "Requim For A Dream" Lesbian Orgy Scene. Its 16megs in size and it is the best clip you ever saw since the FIRST Episode1 trailer back in the fall of 1998. OFFICIAL EMOTICON OF THE WACKY
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I remember spending my hard earned pocket money on filthy tasting bubble gum packs with the 6 or 7 movie cards included and I always seemed to get the one with the picture of that fucking Octopus. After much swapping of cards and chewing of gum I finally got the full set before I saw the movie. I remember sitting on my little 12 year old ass through the credits feeling robbed because there was no Octopus scene (I was sure the cinema had cut it out to make more time for extra screenings!). Data even mentions it to the media in the last few scenes! The only explanation must be that it looked galacticly fake and cheesy - and thats why I'd LOVE to see it. Bring on the Goonies DVD with deleted scenes.
Oh, and by the way, I still have all those Goonies cards if someone would like to offer me a large sum of money for them...Harry? -
the happiness that i felt reading this article. I really believe Goonies is one of the most magical movies of all time (along with Labyrinth, Legend & willow) and eye would love 2 c a sequel!
Now if we can only get James Cameron, speilberg & Lucas in a big room:)
if any one wants 2 mail me im at nyrone_uk@hotmail.com
take care
peace!
ps: Michael Jackson, Prince, Radiohead, Vangelis & Aphex Twin forever!!!!!!! -
Actually, IMHO, City Slickers was the sequal to Goonies. A middle aged man going through a mid-life crisis, and setting out on a journey of self-discovery. City Slickers 2 filled in the treasure hunt. Goonies is a guilty pleasure of mine, but I think a sequal would work better if we could get the characters back together in their late thrities or early forties. BTW, how about a sequal to ET? ET could show up in the middle of Drew's Playboy shoot!
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Allow me to add my 2 cents on the Goonies sequel debacle. I happen to have stalked Jeff B. Cohen, who played CHUNK in Goonies, and we are now what I would term "occasional drinking buddies." This is naturally my biggest accomplishment in life thus far. There have been several scripts for Goonies sequels, some have been forwarded to me, I have read them...the ones I have read, if they were to be made, would surely result in a disasterous mass suicide for true Goonies fans who like to keep the past sacred.
Go to my website www.TrollConcept.com/helikesme.html to read about my Chunk-stalking adventures.
-The Chief Executive Troll -
First I heard about this. Why ? What'd he do ?
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Oh, and by the way...Sloth died.
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Even though the sequel seems highly unlikely,woundnt it be nice? I grew up on this film. I could probably recite every line, so I wouldnt complain about them making a sequel. All you complainers can just go off and do the truffle-shuffle!
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Lay off Cyndi. Well, I loved Goonies. I'm not rabid about it (I save those mouth-foaming moments for comics2film projects) but I have to admit I'm not object to seeing a story along the lines of the first script review. It was fun.
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Oct 20, 2000 7:59:49 PM CDT
I'm waiting for Harry to announce the new Indiana Jones film off
by afro_dogwhelk
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. I think there may even be a poster for that one.
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I have mixed feelings about this.Actually no, I don't. I really hope it's true, although I'm not holding my breath. Even if it sucks, I'm still going to like it...cause that's the kinda cheezy chick I am. *Cheryl*
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Despite the fact that I love the Goonies dearly I hope they don't make a sequel because it would diminish the quality of the original, in my opinion, but the studio suits will do as they please anyway so it doesn't matter what I or anyone else thinks so I'll just go boil my bottom and think about that Goonies 2 Nintendo game that I never could beat and I hated it hated it hated it and I threw away my NES and haven't bought a video game system since though I still have my Atari 2600 and a ton of games so don't touch the Goonies, or Explorers, or any of those "kids are smarter than grown-ups and have a great adventure" movies just make new ones for the kids so they don't grow up monkeys like the TRL rejects that pass as teens and pre-teens today because I'm only 21 and I see that these kids coming up have less sense than even I and my idiot friends had and that's scary, scarier than bulletholes the size of matzah balls the only thing scarier is Hollywood, and my fears are reinforced every day when I visit this site and see the horse caca that a bunch of lobotomized fools slap onto a "script" and a "director" "films" it using "actors" why is it that nothing works anymore: the political system, the Hollywood machine, the clock on my VCR... my friend taped the Goonies off the Disney channel long long ago- and it has the octopus scene, so the poster above is correct, and I was dying to see it until I saw it because I must say it was quite poor and I'm glad it's not in there but it is interesting, kinda like the Star Wars Holiday Special, except less horrific but I hope when they re-release ET they put in the cut scenes with Elliott going nuts in school and drawing up the plans for ETs communicator on the blackboard and going to the principal [played by Harrison "Index Finger of Doom" Ford in an uncredited cameo but you never see his face, obviously] no I am not making this up it's in the ET storybook and maybe the novelization too hey, great idea- don't make a sequel to Goonies, just restore the cut scenes and remaster it and put it back in theaters or just DVD, I'd settle for that. See, if you read through the whole thing, you might have learned something.
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Oct 20, 2000 9:32:34 PM CDT
It's a sequel worth making, if only to see what became of Keri G
by arcturus
Yowza! Though, admittedly, all I have to do is go log onto IMDB for the answer, I'm sure.
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Oct 20, 2000 9:40:35 PM CDT
Kerri Green from "Goonies", "Lucas", and "Summer Rental" directe
by arcturus
Wow I just answered my own question. That IMDB is AMAZING. Still, anybody seen that "Bellyfruit" movie? I'm ashamed to admit I'd never heard of it, till now. Any good?
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Oct 21, 2000 1:00:30 AM CDT
"One time, I pretended to throw up and threw down some fake barf
by tall_boy
I'm paraphrasing that quote, but hey, you get the idea. GOONIES FREAKIN' ROCKS! Instant HORRIBLE DEATH to anyone who says otherwise!
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'nuff said. And yeah, I think I've seen the Octopus scene on TV too, I remeber something grabbing the chick's leg then she slaps him. . .
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Why waste precious film talent on making a sequel to Goonies when they can make a more popular movie sequel based on SHOWGIRLS, damn that was a fucken fine ass movie, have that BERKLEY bitch return to Las Vegas and become a fucking slut showgirl, that would be a brilliant idea for a movie, damn am I creative and business-wise
really, who is gonna wanna see a sequel to goonies anyway?
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2 words "KEVIN SMITH".Kevin always said he has a PG film in him somewhere.Kevin could do something good with a piece of shit.Take daredevil and green arrow,they have for along time been HAS BEEN'S the in comics industry then kevin steps in and BAM there in the top 10 and the magic is back.I know this wont happen but the goonies view askew style would rock!.
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I can't BELIVE no one's picked up on that yet!...oh to be first at another Electric Boogaloo joke ...ahhh the simple pleasures in life. On to my opinion of a possible G2: Goonie Impossible; well if it don't suck, I'll watch it. But that's pretty much my criteria for most films. With the complete exceptions of both Double Team and Universal Soldier 4, both of which I was literally dragged to. Oh to be a 5'1 woman against a 6" man...sigh. I guess that's it. Just had to give some props to the Electric Boogaloo cast... HEY! -How about they do ANOTHER Breakin' sequeal? Like Breakin' 3-I gotta be me? or Breakin' 4- I'm old and I'm sore? naaa...that's too lame, even for Ice-T to be in. Peace Out!- GK
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Oct 21, 2000 5:06:19 AM CDT
"And after LORD OF THE RINGS Sean Astin will be a very in demand
by jackburton
Yeah, just like Mark Hamill.
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Oct 21, 2000 4:54:45 PM CDT
Corey Feldman may have been good in his youth but now he's BANTH
by kenner
I'll go along with a Goonies 2 in the works but NO WAY are they going to use anyone related to the first gem. I saw Corey on the X-show recently and he's a total, washed up goof!
However if Donner has some involvement with the film it may be saved from a direct-to-video release.
Whenever it does come out, I'm
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You people do realise that all those kids that starred in The Goonies are now either a) in their late twenties/early thirties, or b) dead, don't you? I mean a Goonies film with 30 year olds, yeah that's gonna work a treat isn't it, maybe next they can make Still Home Alone with a grown up Macauley Culkin. Hilarity ensues when Macauley Culking gets left home alone after his wife leaves on holiday without him, and shock amongst shocks a geriatric Joe Pesci tries to burg his house. Time to cash that reality check folks, it aint gonna happen, and even if it does it's a bad idea destined for failure and ridicule. And thats just the way it should be. Say, is it hot in here or is it just me?
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I love you.
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WHY do some of you posters actually want CC going anywhere near this project? Have you ever read any of his screenplays? The difference between his scripts-as-written and the resulting movies-as-filmed is like comparing Cameron's 70mm THX director's cut of "Aliens" to a child's crayon-scribbled construction-paper `novelization' of a Full Moon straight-to-video knockoff. Yes, several talented 80's directors did improve upon Columbus' poor writing to make something decent out of his initially embarrassing crap (Dante w/ "Gremlins," Donner w/ "Goonies," and some might even go so far as to say Levinson's Young Sherlock Holmes and the London Temple of Doom), BUT on his own, CC is a TERRIBLE writer, and he's lucky that the directors were able to dig deep down within his piles of literary dung to locate and polish the few jewels deep within... his style of presentation on the page is immeasurably annoying, like the antithesis of everything a screenplay is supposed to be. Worse yet, they're all chock full of hideous "humor" that never got filmed due to shocking badness. We're talking worse than anything UPN has ever allowed on the air at 4am between infomercials. Go out and obtain his screenplays. Read them and cringe in astonishment. As a director, CC's only decent moments were when he was mimicking John Hughes ("Adventures in Babysitting," "Home Alone," Nine Months She's Having a Baby)... I can only hope that Chris overcomes his lukewarm-mediocre past and pulls a truly magical Spielberg* with "Harry Potter" (* = as opposed to doing a Frank Marshall) because after "Stepmom" and "Bicentennial Man," CC's had me contemplating cinematic cyanide. For crying out loud, up til recently Columbus was teaming up with Raja Gosnell to do "Fantastic Four"!!! Compare that to Singer and Macquarrie and Solomon on "X-Men" and wonder which comic-book flick would be remembered more ten years from now when Special Edition time rolls around HDTV.
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Warner Bros. registered the domain name, WWW.GOONIES2.COM on Friday, October 20th, 2000. Proof enough?
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All I have to say is this. If they bring back the Goonies, they god damn better bring back Macgyver. Macgyver was the best television show ever, and what the hell happend to it? ANYONE that has the original GOONIES UNCUT version with the box please email me at teejay@vbe.com I will pay a good price for it.
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"I am so there
Comment: I wouldnt care if this movie was horrid, seeing the guys back together would be like running into a friend you hadnt seen in years. The first movie was pure magic and still one of my top 3 of all time."
Goonies is the definition of GenXer's Child Hood. Those of us that Grew up in the 80's loved these movies. They just don't make them like that anymore. Its all teen movies and special effects and action now. These movies were good like "stand by Me", "Over The Top", "GOONIES". Movies like that are awesome and put on screen what growing up as a kid in the 80's was all about. I agree that seeing all the gang back together would be really cool "like seeing old friends back together" It would be very good to see the original cast back and maybe some of their children. Sorry to hear about sloth my sympathies to the family.
I will love the movie "GOONIES" Forever weather they make a sequal or not. The movies, music, and era of our childhood in the 80's will go on as long as our generation lives and hopefully longer.
Goonie
Jeffrey Swoish
jeffswoish@hotmail.com
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I totally agree with you Jeff. Despite being three when The Goonies came out and only being able
to scrape together mere remanants of the electricity the film must have sent through the
imaginations of a whole generation of kids in the eighties I can definently still understand why
all these people are so vibed about the possibility of a sequel. At first I was totally elated
about the fact that The Goonies were going to be brought back for a new era and even more
freaked out cause just a day before I heard the good news me and my friend were discussing
possible sequel ideas to the movie and considering getting a whole bunch of friends along to
film our own version. But alas then stage two of sequel elation came along where I thought, damn
maybe this decade will ruin it. Cyndi Lauper would be now replaced by Britney Speares along side
Ricky Martin, Eminem, Limp Bizkit, Cristina Aguelira ECT ECT on the sound track. It would be
filmed along side twelve year old, crack smokin' gang bangers to a techno/dance music backdrop
with possible product placements such as Pokemon, Power Rangers and Party of Five whatever
post-millenium shite you can think of that has destroyed this generations right to pirate ship
strewn, Peter Pan-esque, fairytale imaginations. What could this decade bring to such a cult
classic, a film encapsulating the hearts and minds of possibly the last of the naive generations
still finding their awkward adolescent feet amongst the pop culture icons that we hold as so
exciting against the formulaic and disposable ones of today. Then I stepped back and realised
the magic is still there. I'm not just talking about The Goonies, but the wide eyed awe that I
know still flickers in the back of everyones eyes when an image of childhood iconography scoots
by on the TV or the back of a cereal box. For a second whether our neatly pressed business
suits, worries about paying the bills or jaded adult outlook on life purveys for a second
whether we feel the twinge or not, we are there. Popping monos on our BMX's, Noticing for the
first time that now when you look at that Christie Brinkely poster up on your wall right next to
those twisted sister vinyls it makes you feel funny, feeling bleary eyed cause you played Galaxa
for too long and missed home room cause of it. Whatever the memories may be, we have to put
aside the pessimism that seems to be dragging us down and let the child inside roam the streets
of our mind to a time when it was safer to go out at night and comics weren't even a buck.
Sequel; Stage 3, When I thought about it. Who's gives a flying fuck even if the sequel is bad,
It will make my lifetime if it plucks at the same heartstrings as the first one did but I think
we should give the movie a chance, the magic will always be there whether you know it, feel it
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I have to say the goonies was one of the coolest movies to come out of the 80's while its pretty screwed up to think of them having a sequel with them as adults as long as it contains people avoiding traps that can kill you Ill be happy (Im easilly amused)
They should make a wacky comedy about the kids 20 years later - and have the others pitch in in a quest to get chunk laid, those comedys about getting some are popular you know.
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