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Is There An Unofficial Sequel To STREETS OF FIRE On The Way?

First by thelance13	Aug 4th, 2008 03:38:42 PM
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Great, now the soundtrack is stuck in my head... by tonagan	Aug 4th, 2008 03:43:34 PM
and I'll have to see it again. Will Rick Moranis show up?
No Jim Steinman = Flames on Optimus' Nipples by chrth	Aug 4th, 2008 03:44:19 PM

Rick Moranis by Thrillho77	Aug 4th, 2008 03:44:45 PM
GOTTA EAAAAAAAT!!!!
"I can dream about you.... by sonnyhooper	Aug 4th, 2008 03:46:04 PM
....if i can't hold you tonight." hell yes. who doesn't love "Streets of Fire"? it's got the best sledge-hammer fight ever filmed. fucking sledge-hammers!!!
The Legend of Billie Jean 2 by kevinwillis.net	Aug 4th, 2008 03:46:32 PM
Man, I've been waiting for that one.
Hilarious thing about the original... by BNITT	Aug 4th, 2008 03:47:44 PM
...was the love triangle between Michael Pare', Diane Lane,...and of all people, Rick Moranis??? They played it so serious, but it was so funny, I couldnt stop laughing. A great misfire from John Carpenter.
Eddie and the Cruisers 3... by EastcoastAvenger	Aug 4th, 2008 03:48:49 PM
Would do just about as much business at the boxoffice. Sad but true.
Walter Hill makes some damn fine films.. by Vic Twenty	Aug 4th, 2008 04:04:01 PM
This was a blast. Saw it on HBO about 30 times when I was a kid. Willem Dafoe in patent leather overalls is one of the more bizarre things you'll see. And it had a top 40 hit, so there...
And Bill Paxton! by Vic Twenty	Aug 4th, 2008 04:04:36 PM

And Lee Ving! by Vic Twenty	Aug 4th, 2008 04:04:54 PM

I was talking about Streets of Fire yesterday! by Neosamurai85	Aug 4th, 2008 04:05:03 PM
One of those great nostalgic films you kind of hesitate to revisit for fear that it wasn't as badass as you remember it. I really would love one more outing of Walter Hill up all night in a surreal city. Great stuff.
And he only drinks tequila... by Underdogthe3rd	Aug 4th, 2008 04:08:08 PM
Cool movie. Wanna see it again.
Neosamurai85 by Thrillho77	Aug 4th, 2008 04:25:36 PM
"One of those great nostalgic films you kind of hesitate to revisit for fear that it wasn't as badass as you remember it." Could not have said it any better!!!!
Screw this...Remake "Tuff Turf"! by conspiracy	Aug 4th, 2008 04:41:13 PM
Now that Kim Richards is back on the C/D-List again..you KNOW this is inevitable! More Kim Richards!
some studio execs must be on steroids..... by lostbat	Aug 4th, 2008 04:41:36 PM
But after the huge success of the other 80s rip off Lost Boys 2(over 100000 downloads in the torrent-network), we cant wait for this one!! Most famous tune of this movie. I can dream bout you Dan Hartman. Almost forgot that one!! Here it is www.youtube.com/w atch?v=p6yS4vMdKjU
imdb page by asphaltjunkiez.com	Aug 4th, 2008 04:44:24 PM
the poster looks to be inspired from SIN CITY... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt12 53859/
HOLY SHIT! by DocPazuzu	Aug 4th, 2008 04:44:27 PM
One of my all-time favorites! I even own the original poster, framed. Such a great, weird, 50s/80s hybrid. Gotta love the fact that nobody in the film is capable of delivering a line without trying to make it as hard-boiled as possible. "The Road Masters are hungry, and when they're hungry, THEY EAT!" These are truly awesome times if we get sequels to Tron, The Sword and the Sorceror as well as Streets of motherfuckin' Fire!
And fuck Diane Lane... by DocPazuzu	Aug 4th, 2008 04:46:06 PM
...for not wanting to talk about the movie during interviews. Stuck-up tart.
Eddie and the Crusiers 3, back to the Darkside by liljuniorbrown	Aug 4th, 2008 04:50:30 PM
Micheal Pare should get some of the same love around here usualy reserved for Bruce Campbell or Lance Hendricksen....he's just bad ass in that movie. I want to thank Walter Hill for Last Man Standing, he should have written and directed The Punisher.
Another sledgehammer duel please... by Ironmuskrat	Aug 4th, 2008 05:00:34 PM
One of those crazy 80's movies I doubt they would make these days. I must have watched it about a dozen times as a kid on VHS. It starts out as a fairly simple action movie, but then William Defoe shows up in patent leather fishing waders and movie becomes steadily more surreal and bizarre until it culamates in a duel between Dafoe and Pare beating the shit out of each other with 20 pound sledgehammers. As the old saying goes, they don't make em like this anymore =) I don't know about a sequel but I feel the urge to watch the original again.
Bring back Willem Dafoe by onephatnelly	Aug 4th, 2008 05:02:48 PM
'I can get guns, smart guy. Lots of 'em. So why don'tcha tell me your name?'
The charm of Streets of Fire... by DocPazuzu	Aug 4th, 2008 05:03:48 PM
...is that it's played so straight. No winks or nods to the audience in any way. It's a stupid, ludicrous world but you believe in it completely while watching it.
I'm all for a sequel to "Streets of Fire" by Holeman	Aug 4th, 2008 05:05:09 PM
One of the best movies ever made IMO. The fact that the Ry Cooder score has never been released is a fucking crime that needs to addressed RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
So, is it a sequel or remake? by WX1	Aug 4th, 2008 05:32:08 PM
I'm unclear 'bout what this SOF thing is supposed to be. Sorry. How's about if the script includes a hip-hop character scared of his own shadow? Oh, wait, the theme is opposites of existing/known personas, right? Never mind.
Wait, Michael Paré is alive? by Flim Springfield	Aug 4th, 2008 05:35:36 PM

Dafoe as the next Joker . . . by WX1	Aug 4th, 2008 05:50:01 PM
. . . because he hella looked like him in SoF. And "Wizard" magazine's "Casting Call" for a Batman movie featured Dafoe in the SoF get-up.
It actually holds up ... by OliviaFarts	Aug 4th, 2008 05:53:36 PM
This movie actually holds up when you watch it, which I did a few months back when it was on some cable channel. You just have to "go" with the world they created. Its too bad that they couldn't have outed Amy Madigan's character and made her hot, it was the mid-1980's. But its a fun romp down nostalgia lane.
Let the revels begin! by BitterMan23	Aug 4th, 2008 05:58:40 PM
SAY A PRAYER IN THE DARKNESS FOR THE MAGIC TO COME, NO MATTER WHAT IT SEEMS TONIGHT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE YOUNG! I went to a midnight screening of this movie a few months ago and it was simply amazing. Hearing that song booming in a big ol' movie theater was pure bliss. Steinman loves horror, maybe he knows of Pyun and will give him a song or two for the hell of it.
a bit of probably useless trivia re: STREETS OF FIRE sequels by Merrick	Aug 4th, 2008 05:58:52 PM
If memory serves, two STREETS OF FIRE sequels were actually planned enough to have titles. They would've been called THE FAR CITY and CODY'S RETURN if I'm not mistaken.
"A great misfire from John Carpenter." by BitterMan23	Aug 4th, 2008 05:59:36 PM
Huh?
Streets by Verminous	Aug 4th, 2008 06:02:21 PM
This brings back memories. I saw this twice in the theater and bought the cassette tape. Great music, good action, incredible sets, bad acting. I ,oved it. Here's hoping that the next one will be as good, be it a sequel or a reboot.
Oh, go ahead and rewatch it. It's a fun movie. by CreasyBear	Aug 4th, 2008 06:04:06 PM
The editing during the titles perfectly sets the mood for what you're in for.
Thought I'd seen every obscure '80s movie ever by fiester	Aug 4th, 2008 06:25:42 PM
but, yeah, must have missed this one as it doesn't ring a bell at all. Just watched the trailer. Now I know why I have no recollection of it. Same reason people repress memories of their creep uncle molesting them when they were younger.
Still Holds Up by Guyver1138	Aug 4th, 2008 06:30:25 PM
If you loved the film in the past it still has that crazy hypnotic "you will like this for some undefined reason" appeal to it. It's still one of my favorites. It's too bad that Michael Pare's career never really took off like it should have. See this and The Philadelphia Experiment. Both Pare' movies and both time capsules of fun.
SoF... by Underdogthe3rd	Aug 4th, 2008 06:34:05 PM
Write the ***** words!
We're that much closer to my dream ... a Wraith sequel by chrth	Aug 4th, 2008 06:39:20 PM

SoF is a criminally underappreciated flick... by Hint_of_Smegma	Aug 4th, 2008 06:59:12 PM
....great music, amazing visuals and while the acting could be better, it was a lot of fun and gets regular spins on my dvd player. Diane Lane never looked hotter than on stage in the first musical number just before she gets abducted - and Michael Pare was great in this and Philadelphia Experiment. Shame he did so much shit after. This was a great film, with a great look and a great feel. Love every second of it. Pure, wonderful cheese. I'm kind of glad they never made The Far City and Cody's Return due to the fact they probably would have been pretty bad.....but I kind of wish they had made them too. Not sure an 'unofficial sequel' even with half the original cast will be a good idea, but hey - we'll still have the original anyway so what's to lose?
Yes! Get THE BLASTERS for this one! by bgart13	Aug 4th, 2008 07:10:37 PM
Phil and The Boys are still rockin'! No Dave or Gene, but Bill Bateman has rejoined in the last month+! I bet they could gather the original line-up for the film, if the $ was right. RIP, Lee Allen...
Blasters="punkabilly"? Um, no. by bgart13	Aug 4th, 2008 07:13:01 PM
Punkabilly is a new one on me. They were/are no such thing. No offense, but they aren't. They play straight up RnR, blues, rockabilly, swamp rock, boogie woogie and just about every other American Music out there.
Okay, Seriously WHAT THE SHIT? by lovecraftian	Aug 4th, 2008 07:30:54 PM
"I Can Dream About You... making a bizarre rock and roll fantasy adventure return to the screen." Ridiculous. Why can't they leave the classics alone? First, PSYCHO, then THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, now this? I say, "No Dafoe in latex overalls, no movie." And good luck getting Moranis back, he wouldn't even lend his voice to a Ghostbusters video game!
Top 40 permanence: "I Can Dream . . ."/Stoney Jackson by WX1	Aug 4th, 2008 07:33:07 PM
. . . About You." A tune heard many a time, driving in the car, on my way to the dentist. Thanks Dan Hartman -- I've Pavlov'd a great tune with cleaning, drilling, capping . . . what else. And bring back Stoney Jackson. Whatever they do, they best bring back Stoney Jackson for this motha'.
The Far City and The Return of Tom Cody by GilbertRSmith	Aug 4th, 2008 07:34:22 PM
Yeah it was gonna be a trilogy, and I really wish Hill could've done it. Walter Hill's "Street Operas" are some of my favorite movies. So yeah, no Tom Cody, no Walter Hill, no Rick Moranis or Willem Dafoe, the original fans aren't gonna give a shit. That this sounds like typical straight to DVD, completely unrelated "The Butterfly Effect 2" bullshit doesn't help matters, either.
whats next..a SolarBabies remake ??? by ChocolateJesusMan	Aug 4th, 2008 07:34:23 PM

Springsteen by GilbertRSmith	Aug 4th, 2008 07:50:23 PM
The original theme track would've been, of course, Streets of Fire, but Springsteen didn't want to do it when he found out someone else would be singing the song. I'd have said fuck it, replace the lead singer chick with Springsteen and make it a gay action movie. Would've been groundbreaking.
Michael Pare needs a comeback . . . by Nice Marmot	Aug 4th, 2008 08:13:23 PM
. . . make him an inglorious bastard, QT!!!
"Cop Rock" got next. by WX1	Aug 4th, 2008 08:31:11 PM
I win the "obscure reference of the day" award. Wholly misunderstood and avant garde . . . 'twas "Cop Rock." They gave mothaf&kin' "Best Picture" to "Chicago" and no one wants to do a big-screen "Cop Rock." Yeah . . . f&k Hollywood.
Bubblegum Crisis wouldn't be half as cool without this. by turk128	Aug 4th, 2008 09:00:20 PM
Just watch the beganning sequence of Bubblegum Crisis and you'd know why. Heck, half the soundtrack of BC is a tribute to Streets of Fire.
Love STREETS OF FIRE by CherryValance	Aug 4th, 2008 09:16:35 PM
I'm not exactly sure what news this news is, but I'd like another movie like it someday.
The Movie Is A Guilty Pleasure... by Marlowespade	Aug 4th, 2008 09:25:23 PM
...but Michael Pare is the weak link. In the words of some other internet commenter whom I can't recall, couldn't they have gotten some one who didn't, y'know... suck? Seriously. Moon 44? Philadelphia Experiment? Houston Knights? The man is a bad, bad actor, no matter how nostalgically we remember his work.
Yes! by Ed Okin	Aug 4th, 2008 09:29:03 PM
I love "SOF". Saw it in the theatre opening night, June 1, 1984 when it opened the same day as, I believe, "Search for Spock". Sadly, the film with its odd "looks like the 50's, sounds like the 80's" vibe just didn't catch on. Deride it all you like, but once you see it, you have to admit, there has never been anything like it. How they managed to mix film noir, and that eighties "blue light" look has always impressed me. I would more than welcome "SOF 2" but that seems about as likely as a sequel to "Ford Fairlane" dontcha think? Thanks for posting this Beaks.
I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU!!! by BringingSexyBack	Aug 4th, 2008 09:43:25 PM
I can dream ... I can dream ... IIIIII can dream about YOOUU!!!
Website has the feel by Ed Okin	Aug 4th, 2008 09:43:38 PM
2 seconds of research later...whatever this is, it sure looks like "Streets of Fire". Fans of the movie will recognize the costumes and, oh yeah, the fact that "SOF" is mentioned in the first paragraph: http://www.roadtohellmovie.com /behind_the_scenes
MOVING SIDEWALKS .... by BringingSexyBack	Aug 4th, 2008 09:46:49 PM
nah nah nah nun nah nah nah ...
STREETS OF FIRE 2: BOULEVARD OF RAIN by BringingSexyBack	Aug 4th, 2008 09:52:08 PM
Lovely!
Streets Of Fire is great fun by Xiphos_2	Aug 4th, 2008 10:28:21 PM
But this back door sequal won't be. Streets was a movie of its time and a modernized version will lack all the elements that made the original cool.
Blasters hell; bring back that stripper! by IamZardoz	Aug 4th, 2008 11:15:02 PM
I think she was the double for for that dancing welder chick movie too!
Earth shattering for me! Awesome movie! by King Conan	Aug 4th, 2008 11:17:42 PM
I ALWAYS loved this underappreciated gem of a movie. If you ever wondered what one of Meatloaf's classic tunes would look like if it came alive and jumped on the big screen, then this is it. Amazing visuals, story and soundtrack.
One of my favorite films of the 80's. by LoneGun	Aug 4th, 2008 11:18:49 PM
STREETS OF FIRE was stylish and moody, with a fantastic soundtrack. It had the coolest anti-hero since Snake Plissken and pitted him against the psychotic biker of Willem Dafoe, who was scary just to look at. It wasn't a crime film so much as a Western, set in a grim city pulsing with rock 'n roll. One of Walter Hill's very best movies. I'd be interested in a sequel if he was back to direct it.
Uhhh..just saw the sequels website... by King Conan	Aug 4th, 2008 11:38:08 PM
uhhh..."road rage was never so bloody.." what???? "believe in your demons"??? wtf????? "A serial killer stuck in the middle of nowhere.."???? WTF???!!!!! Tom Cody is a serial killer in this sequel???? Prepare for some more of our childhood to get raped!
"Road to Hell" movie poster looks like it's... by Bill Clay	Aug 5th, 2008 12:02:45 AM
...a cheap "Sin City" knockoff. http://tinyurl.com/5lp8yu
Fuck these movies that glorify serial killers by GilbertRSmith	Aug 5th, 2008 12:31:41 AM
If you wonder why you're stuck in the straight to DVD market, it's because your movies are morally repulsive with unsympathetic main characters that only a deranged pervert could relate to. There's a world of difference between the dark satire of Natural Born Killers and the cheap sickness of straight to video murder-porn nonsense.
Awesome but past its time, just leave it alone by Cal the useless	Aug 5th, 2008 12:51:37 AM
Gota say SoF is on my top 5 guilty pleasures. This movie has its moments that, I gota say are with me forever. It stated my love for Diane Lane which has lasted to this day. It's great to see many see what this film is and was and could have been... ' Cal
A great little movie by palimpsest	Aug 5th, 2008 01:09:07 AM
not sure it needs revisiting 25 years later, mind you, but I'll go back and rewatch the original. While I'm at it, may dig out my VHS copy of TROUBLE IN MIND as well, for full-on 80s cult future noir enjoyment
I'll let you in on a little secret by thebearovingian	Aug 5th, 2008 01:49:55 AM
I've never seen it and have no idea what its about.
Streets of Fire, Legend of Billie Jean.. by Bootskin	Aug 5th, 2008 02:06:12 AM
...Gotcha, Tuff Turf,Red Dawn, The Wanderers, The Warriors and Lost Boys were the kind of flicks that got me through my early teens. Don't get me wrong, there's as much bad shit in that list as good (the good kind of bad), but Damn I miss the 80's.
Jesus, this really IS a sequel! by DocPazuzu	Aug 5th, 2008 03:32:12 AM
I just looked at those behind the scenes shots. Cody is wearing the same duds and there's even a woman called "Ellen" wearing a slinky red dress and sporting Diane Lane's hairdo. Don't know what to make of this at all...
Hahhaha! by DocPazuzu	Aug 5th, 2008 03:35:12 AM
There's even a "McCoy" in there!
End number by onephatnelly	Aug 5th, 2008 06:09:22 AM
As much as I love this movie and am even a little excited about the prospect of a sequel, I still to this day can't get my head around Mykelti Williamson, Robert Townsend, Grand L. Bush and the other guy grooving on down to 'Tonight is What It Means To Be Young'. It's, like, so un-Sorrells.
Streets of Fire Soundtrack. by scottishnutjob	Aug 5th, 2008 06:17:42 AM
The best thing about Streets of Fire was the poster snd the Steinman songs - awesome. The movie was awful - like Mad Max meets Rocky Horror with a cast from the local KFC. Diane Lane looked suicidal in it - she was awesome in Hollywoodland though.
What's next, a sequel to THE WRAITH?? by cornponious	Aug 5th, 2008 06:20:47 AM
I'd watch it.
I fuckin love Streets Of Fire! by Knuckleduster	Aug 5th, 2008 07:08:31 AM
Wouldn't it just be insane to see an older Paré and Diane Lane again in the same roles? Bugnuts, I say.
What's next? Tron 2? by Abominable Snowcone	Aug 5th, 2008 07:37:24 AM
A sequel to Top Gun? A remake of Red Dawn? Get out of here!
"Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" by Powers Boothe	Aug 5th, 2008 07:52:35 AM
Best tagline EVER. Man, I used to love me some Walter Hill: Southern Comfort, The Warriors, 48 HRS, Johnny Handsome, The Driver, Hard Times, The Long Riders, Last Man Standing... I honestly don't think I've watched ANY MOVIE as much as I have Streets of Fire. Not even The Empire Strikes Back!
Diane Lane by Powers Boothe	Aug 5th, 2008 07:55:45 AM
She's incredibly sexy in Streets of Fire. Great lip-synch work too. As a teen, during the mid 80s, I used to watch Diane in my Outsiders, Rumble Fish and Streets of Fire videotapes over and over again!
Next up: Eddie and the Cruisers 3 by Stuntcock Mike	Aug 5th, 2008 08:26:46 AM

So, in Tonight is what it means to be young, by Colonel_Blimp	Aug 5th, 2008 08:41:49 AM
Is it "Let the revels begin" or "Let the rebels begin"? Google is sort of divided between the two. It makes more sense with revels IMO, but on the other side, I sung this in a karaoke-room in Tokyo, and there it was "rebels". Not that the Japanese are masters of the English language...
"...and make it a gay action movie. " by Kid Z	Aug 5th, 2008 09:00:21 AM
Ya mean it wasn't one? I mean, shirtless, leather-wearing Willem Dafoe... lesbian soldier... sledgehammer fight... Jim Steinman music... sounds pretty gay to me!
Blimp by DocPazuzu	Aug 5th, 2008 09:30:35 AM
It's "revels."
"The look of the 50s and the feel of the 80s!" by Powers Boothe	Aug 5th, 2008 09:48:03 AM
Always loved that line from the theatrical trailer. Universal was pretty damn sure Streets of Fire was going to be one of the big Summer hits of 1984. It's a terrific looking film that deserves the same Cult Movie status as stuff like The Warriors and Escape From New York. It's a shame too many snobs dismiss it as "dumb"
Well, it was kinda dumb, but... by Kid Z	Aug 5th, 2008 10:04:23 AM
...it wasn't so bad. I've always liked those "slightly alternate universe" sort of films. Another one from the 80's I can think of right offhand was Trouble In Mind with Kris Kristofferson as a private eye in "Rain City" which is sort of like Seattle but everyone speaks a patois of English and Korean and the streets are patrolled by Soviet militias from the 1930's. Real obscure movie and you can't even get it on DVD, or so I hear.
Kid Z by DocPazuzu	Aug 5th, 2008 10:15:31 AM
That's the one where Robert (?) Carradine has a truly mind-boggling hairdo, right?
Thanks, Doc by Colonel_Blimp	Aug 5th, 2008 10:15:33 AM
Great song.
Yeah, Blimp. by DocPazuzu	Aug 5th, 2008 10:22:43 AM
I have the LP and will be listening to it tonight while having a few beers.
Kid Z by Powers Boothe	Aug 5th, 2008 10:50:49 AM
I think you mean Rick Moranis. He played Diane Lane's arsehole manager. Both Moranis and Bill Paxton had big 1950s style hair in that movie.
Whoops! by Powers Boothe	Aug 5th, 2008 10:53:13 AM
I need to read a little more carefully before I post. Sorry Kid Z and DocPazuzu!
NO SEQUEL! Musical Remake however... by T$$$$$	Aug 5th, 2008 12:01:59 PM
I always thought this movie was an 80s gem that got completely overlooked. I was hoping that by the time I was big in hollywood I could remake it into a musical featuring the same soundtrack. either that or put it on broadway However, a new sequel will destroy my dreams. :(
Bless You All! by codereduk	Aug 5th, 2008 02:10:46 PM
I thought I was the only person in the world who was seriously into SOF. You all rock. Now, anyone remember Night Of The Comet?
Pyun a god? by Crimson Dynamo	Aug 5th, 2008 02:16:41 PM
I like to hit him in the nuts with Captain America's shield
Bad_Wolf by theyreflockingthisway	Aug 5th, 2008 03:02:59 PM
Actually Streets of Fire is Streets of Rage the movie - indirectly. Streets of Fire heavily influenced the beat-em-up Final Fight (even down to the main character's name being Cody), which Streets of Rage basically ripped off (in an excellent way, of course).
Night of the Comet... by Bootskin	Aug 6th, 2008 12:06:04 AM
...was the shit. "Zombies! AAA! Oh look, a mall! Let's go shopping!"

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