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What Do You Get When A Remake Isn't A Remake...But A Sequel?? MEATBALLS!!

First! by micturatingbenjamin	Nov 15th, 2007 01:50:12 PM
Yeah boyee!
and the bullshit continues... by jimmy rabbitte	Nov 15th, 2007 01:52:19 PM

sound shitty by pikagreg	Nov 15th, 2007 01:52:45 PM
but i'm still bitter about the ghostbusters thing
Wow by Aquatarkusman	Nov 15th, 2007 01:53:52 PM
Whitesell sounds like the world's biggest fucking retard. Back to the Jiffy Lube with you, assbasket!
Murray owns the camp? by blackhole4140	Nov 15th, 2007 01:53:57 PM
If they actually get Murray back, I will suck the balls of everyone that posts on this talkback. Sorry, ladies.
I'd like to thank my obsessive compulsive disorder... by micturatingbenjamin	Nov 15th, 2007 01:53:58 PM
My agent, of course...Skora the gentle shark....Tennessee Ernie Ford...Rum...Uh, what was this about? Oh yeah, Meatballs Part...Oh god, is this going to ignore the alien...the ghost of the porn star, etc? Because that shit was 'too dangerous'. Are you ready for the Summer? Are you ready for the Sunshine? You wascally wabbit. And that kid went on to get his ass handed to him for like an hour and a half by that dude from Something About Mary until Jane from Serenity teaches him how to be a badass. Wow. Can't wait for the pussified Tripper.
reminds me how i just watched "american pie:band camp" by pikagreg	Nov 15th, 2007 01:54:11 PM
shitty
The tainted Meatballs brand name by Josh Acid	Nov 15th, 2007 01:54:44 PM
One of the things I like about the original Meatballs is that it's not about being totally crazy with the off-the-wall antics...It's very realistic to what summer camp was really like (if you had someone as funnay as Bill Murray as a counselor). The second one has a damn alien from outer space in it. Can a series ever really recover from something like that?
By "his roots", do you mean SNL? Or comedy? by Zardoz	Nov 15th, 2007 01:59:38 PM
'cause I'm pretty tired of Bill Murray "dramatic actor"...
THE ONLY GOOD MEATBALLS IS THE ONE WITH THE ALIEN by TheDohDoh	Nov 15th, 2007 02:01:07 PM
Meatballs is seriously overrated. I recommended it to a couple of wiseass 13 year olds when it came out on DVD recently. When I saw them next they said the movie blew ass and wasn't funny. I rewatched it and have to agree: it's way tamer than I remember, except for the part where Bill nearly rapes a co-counselor. The one with the alien and tits brings far more memories. I can definitely see Murray returning for this, it's unexpected and he'd have some fun. It's about time Bill played the Brian Doyle role for a change, eh?
Try to jump really high..... by VicSage	Nov 15th, 2007 02:02:43 PM
As much as I loved the first movie I don't see them pulling this off. Even if Murray's character reverts to his old self to save the day, still sounds lame. I hope I'm wrong. Maybe this is the year that Fink beats the stomach.
If Bill did Garfield, he'll do this. by Shermdawg	Nov 15th, 2007 02:03:29 PM
Which is sad. Honestly, if I was him I'd pass and they just turned this into a remake starring Sandler.
The alien... Meathead... or MeTed... by Rando Calrisian	Nov 15th, 2007 02:05:03 PM
That was very funny, but the original MEatballs was really the funnier movie. Would love to see what Bill Murray would do in this updated universe of PC crap, realizing how lame camp would have become. Get Apatow involved!
"We've hard of this project's existence..." by Dwarves	Nov 15th, 2007 02:15:43 PM
Someone must be thinking of the meatballs movies with lost of tail in it. Nice Freudian slip!
lots of tail...not lost of tail...crap man by Dwarves	Nov 15th, 2007 02:16:30 PM

I remember the first one mainly for Murray by Bloo	Nov 15th, 2007 02:16:59 PM
the 2nd one was the ailen right, I remember that one, my memory of seeing it is at a church lockin thing but I may be remmebering something else, and the 4th one was the one with the ghost of the porn star with the mom from Who's the Boss that went on to Coach...am I rmeembering this right? What was the 3rd one about also something sad, I used to get Porkeys and Meatballs and Caddyshack mixed up
If I were Murray.. by Toby Wan	Nov 15th, 2007 02:19:40 PM
I would do it ONLY to see blackhole4140 suck the talkbackers balls. He ought to do it for scale, just to see that alone.
also a thought by Bloo	Nov 15th, 2007 02:20:20 PM
with all these Murray projects, have any of the Murray brothers been in a project togather except the Comedy Central golf thing, I know Brian Doyle was in Ground Hog Day but what about the fat one that was in Dharma and Greg and Still Standing?
Count me in for blackhole's ballsucking bet by gruntybear	Nov 15th, 2007 02:24:15 PM
I'm down for some tongue-to-nut action. C'mon, Murray! No whammies! No whammies!
What About Bob 2: Bob Harder by Heckles	Nov 15th, 2007 02:26:22 PM
That is all.
Can we merge this with Daddy Day Camp? by epitone	Nov 15th, 2007 02:29:16 PM
That would be SO awesome! I wonder if Fred Savage is available to direct.
21st century update!!! BallsMeat!!! by picardsucks	Nov 15th, 2007 02:30:45 PM
Starring alot of very femmy CW actors and Shia as the camp counciler. Hijinx ensue when the local bar near the camp holds a ladies night free beer special event with a reunited Kansas headlining the event. The cheeky boys from camp dress up as women to get free beer and hear the reunited Kansas, while one of the boys and asspiring hip hop artist played by Nick Cannon has high hopes of passing his demo tape ( A hip hop version of Dust in the Wind) to the band's manager. Little do the boys know that the event is actually the states biggest annual Tranny Bash!!! And it's up to Shia to save the boys from becoming the butch tranny's personal playthings. In the climax of the film Nick Cannon's character has to sleep with the band's drummer in order to pass the demo tape which becomes an international hit and spurs a new wave of turning classic rock ballands into Hip Hop.
COREY FELDMAN WAS IN MEATBALLS 4, RIGHT? by TheDohDoh	Nov 15th, 2007 02:32:50 PM
Wasn't Corey in the last one? You know, I actually want to see that guy on the big screen again. After watching the 2 Coreys, he seems half-way normal again and the guy hasn't aged a drop. When he was on Howard Stern it was depressing, but I'm looking forward to Lost Boys 2 and hope it gets a theatrical release.
I'm cool with Murray doin it.. by Toby Wan	Nov 15th, 2007 02:33:01 PM
Just please, for the love of all things holy, no Christopher Makepeace! I didn't understand his appeal in the 70's and looking back now, I REALLY don't understand it. He was such a brillo head looking troll doll. He couldn't act, and looks lost a lot of the time when he is on screen with Murray. Glad he hasn't done a Travolta and made a comeback. Surreal Life or otherwise.
Bill, please forget this and make SPACE JAM 2 instead by SpyGuy	Nov 15th, 2007 02:39:39 PM
Honestly, that was the last movie of yours that made me laugh. I did dig you in ED WOOD, though.
It Just Doesn't MATTER... by idahomer	Nov 15th, 2007 02:40:51 PM
unless they get back Dustin Hoffman's little brother, Todd, to reprise his role as "Wheels." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =tbZFU7X3Qjo
I SUPPORT MEATHEAD IN THIS! by chrth	Nov 15th, 2007 02:54:30 PM

They need to make a WRAITH 2 by chrth	Nov 15th, 2007 02:56:06 PM
Ron Howard's brother is still available.
Meatballs is a classic by veritasses	Nov 15th, 2007 03:12:21 PM
Must've seen it a dozen times if not more. What made it so great though were the characters and the story/relationship between Murray and Makepeace. Most of the camp movies since have been about crafting a movie around a series of silly, stupid "comedy bits" and having shallow characters carry them out. If they're only using the Meatballs name to promote a generic summer camp movie, then I really wish they wouldn't.
OH FUCK US ALL TO HELL, WASN"T THE FIRST MEATBALLS MORE THAN ENO by riddleman1674	Nov 15th, 2007 03:13:56 PM
...and after the first one, I'm ashamed to say I actually sat through the second one with that unfunny ridiculous and completely unnessassary alien, and to think there were TWO MORE sequels, and now this? For fuck's sake, who the fuck sits there and thinks sinking millions of dollars into making a sequel to a long dead mediocre camp comedy franchise is going to benefit anyone, filmmakers and viewers alike? I guess this just goes to show, the more money you accumulate in your lifetime, the more your fucking brain matter rots away. Boredom can be the only answer. "We have lots of cash, What can we do?...hmmm...tick tock tock tick....I KNOW, let's make a movie!" "And even better, let's make a SEQUEL!" Yeah you bored rich fuckheads, waste your fuckin money and waste vital space in the discount bargain basket at Blockbuster Video for this pointless schlock. You'd be better off whiping your asses with hundreds when it's time to go # 2....."whew...I'm tired.......
CALL IT: NEUTERED MEATBALLS by Pound Sand	Nov 15th, 2007 03:14:09 PM
"he fears those things are too dangerous" What a pussy!
shuttlepod_10 kinda? by riddleman1674	Nov 15th, 2007 03:21:19 PM
YES it did! So now take kinda suck and mulitply it by really suck (#2), suck so bad, i didn't even know about this one (#3), and suck enough to have to hire Corey Feldman of people to make it suck more (#4),..and now this fuckin shit. Unreal...
MEATBALLS 5: Morty's Revenge by TimBenzedrine	Nov 15th, 2007 03:32:20 PM
If Murray's in this, I will be at the premiere, and I'll be taking Blackhole up on his offer.
Anyone remember a porno named Meatballs? by GrandMuffTarkin	Nov 15th, 2007 03:35:37 PM
This is one of the first porns I saw when I nicked it from my dad's drawer. 70s-80s style bushies and complete cheese. I wonder if its still in my folks' house.
I was actually a camp counselor by pikagreg	Nov 15th, 2007 03:35:53 PM
at the camp where they filmed "Wet Hot American Summer", that movie with paul rudd
I think this could be really good... by Chriss	Nov 15th, 2007 03:41:39 PM
... Murrays low-key demeanor in "Lost in Translation" brought as a an aged, more jaded camp owner who has gotten beaten down in life by overprotective parents and law suits, whose lost a little bit of himself... Provided this is well written it could be a really good summer film that would appeal to a pretty broad audience.
Meatballs was 1979 by Chriss	Nov 15th, 2007 03:49:25 PM
So it'll be 29-30 years later. Anyhow the original had heart as well as being funny. I suspect I could watch it again today (remember what I do of it) and still enjoy it because it had a good story to tell. You faggots bitch slapping this move before there is even a script are a bunch of.. well faggots. As I said, if written well, and not just corny child shit and a bunch of fart jokes, this could be a fantastic follow-on to the original.
What's next, Bill? Caddyshack? by Cheif Brody	Nov 15th, 2007 03:50:56 PM
Where Carl, the lowly, varmint-hatin greenskeeper ends up owning Bushwood Country Club (from the sales from his thriving hybrid weed sales) and re-teams with Ty Webb to take on some young, smug uppity golfers for $50k? Featuring Carmen Electra, Shia Lebeof and Snoop Dogg?
"Spaz! Spaz! Spaz! Spaz! Spaz! Spaz!" by Somerichs	Nov 15th, 2007 04:20:47 PM
We used to torment some neighborhood kid with that chant...good times!
And what about the "My Bodyguard" remake? by Somerichs	Nov 15th, 2007 04:26:17 PM
Since we're on the subject of movies starring Christopher Makepeace (were there even any others besides meatballs and bodyguard), how long do y'all suppose it'll be before we hear about the inevitable "My Bodyguard" remake?
"When the hand goes up . . . by CreasyBear	Nov 15th, 2007 04:28:03 PM
the mouths go shut."
as long as meathead is back.... by slappy jones	Nov 15th, 2007 04:38:08 PM
they have my ten bucks. no meat head. no dice.
Seriously??? by Iago31	Nov 15th, 2007 04:54:21 PM
Did Whitesell actually say that "Malibu's Most Wanted" is the film he's made that he's most proud of? Well, that's lowering expectations!
The only thing I remember about the sequels by jae683	Nov 15th, 2007 05:16:32 PM
was a very young Kim Richards. (sigh)
yawn by 5 by 5	Nov 15th, 2007 07:18:48 PM
aannnnndddd... yawn
Why don't they just re-issue it with updated CGI? by INWOsuxRED	Nov 15th, 2007 07:58:26 PM
It worked for Star Wars.
So another Ghostbusters is beneath Bill..... by I Dunno	Nov 15th, 2007 08:27:18 PM
That aint right.
Murray has been doing some great work without... by rbatty024	Nov 15th, 2007 08:30:35 PM
having to retread his old material. I love the original idea behind Ghostbusters 3 about fifteen years ago, but Meatballs I couldn't care less about. Murrays one of the few comedic actors who can actually cross over into drama, and realizes that the differences between the two are a matter of degrees (take note Jim Carey and Robin Williams).
Yeah but he always plays the same sad sack by I Dunno	Nov 15th, 2007 08:51:07 PM
When he does drama.
I remember spanking it by Loosejerk	Nov 15th, 2007 08:54:17 PM
to something in Meatballs 2...was it Kim Richards? Was it Meathead? Was it Laroquette redoing his Stripes schtick?
I doubt Bill Murray would do this by canopus	Nov 15th, 2007 11:49:04 PM
But maybe they can get his brother, no, not Brian, John Murray. That's what they did when they couldn't get Bill for Moving Violations, they just went down the family tree and found the least talented Murray.
sucking talkbacker balls by blackhole4140	Nov 16th, 2007 12:20:02 AM
You know, I made the offer to suck all the talkbackers balls before I went to work. I expected to come home and find this the top rated talk back based soley on my unmatched ball sucking ability. IF Murray does come back, you guys are really missing out.
It Just Doesn't Matter! by silentjay	Nov 16th, 2007 07:21:06 AM
Great speech.
Somerichs you are an idiot by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Nov 16th, 2007 08:11:43 AM
Yeah, let's go torment some poor kid. Then we he can't take it anymore and cracks you wonder why Columbine happens.
Lighten up, Francis, I mean Grammaton... by Somerichs	Nov 16th, 2007 12:39:02 PM
Tthis was in, like, 1980. Columbine-style shit never occurred to anyone back then...
watch them cock this up by mrbong	Nov 16th, 2007 12:47:46 PM
by putting the unfunny, talent free jack black in it.
So, is Bill Murray gonna be doing STRIPES 2 next? by MrMysteryGuest	Nov 18th, 2007 10:48:43 AM
And what about CADDYSHACK 3? He gonna come back for that one, too?

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