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first by Briannicus	Nov 5th, 2008 05:02:44 PM
Not likely but it would be nice
Okay... okay.... by JumpinJehosaphat	Nov 5th, 2008 05:02:44 PM
Color me interested.
I am shocked by Briannicus	Nov 5th, 2008 05:03:02 PM

Do some more Babylon 5 movies. by JKrow21	Nov 5th, 2008 05:03:26 PM
Then I'll be more interested.
I am shocked take 2 by Briannicus	Nov 5th, 2008 05:04:20 PM
Never really cared about being first, it is a nice little novelty though. This could be interesting though, would be interesting to see where the story goes from here.
Read the Twelve by Series7	Nov 5th, 2008 05:05:51 PM
Before it becomes a movie. Plus its a pretty rootin tooin good time.
Straczynski Rocks.... by bandus	Nov 5th, 2008 05:06:50 PM
This sounds pretty cool. One of my favorite stories by him was Kraven's Last Hunt. I remember reading that and was blown away by it.
Also by Series7	Nov 5th, 2008 05:07:33 PM
Since the rewrite is done, does that mean Charlie Hunnam has been casted as Thor yet? As well as Matt Damon as Captain America yet?
'Reboot' Godfather II next please. by Baron Karza	Nov 5th, 2008 05:16:55 PM
Then No Country for Old Men.
Re:Baron Karza by kingben	Nov 5th, 2008 05:24:06 PM
It's clearly not a reboot. It is a complentary piece. and No Country For Old Men wasn't even that great. The book was better and it robbed There Will Be Blood out of several Oscars
I hope they by Series7	Nov 5th, 2008 05:25:30 PM
Reboot The Hulk for another go.
I heard the THOR script was supposedly great? by cowboyone	Nov 5th, 2008 05:25:46 PM
If so, why the rewrite.
Retro sci-fi is the way to go, future sci-fi sucks. by Stereotypical Evil Archer	Nov 5th, 2008 05:26:24 PM
Big rocket ships that look like rockets! Big flying saucers that look like saucers! Forbidden Planet had a cool production design. A sprawling retro sci-fi epic WITH NO TIME TRAVEL is what I need right now. I wish I had the ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ZOOM IN OUTER SPACE on DVD, that was fun stuff.
Sounds good by photoboy	Nov 5th, 2008 05:35:41 PM
I thought JMS would do a good job of being faithful to the original. The retro look sounds fun as well, as long as it doesn't end up being like Skycaptain... It just shows you don't need to turn your spaceship bridge into an Apple store to make a good sci-fi film...
If you can make it look like the original... by Ray Gamma	Nov 5th, 2008 05:37:02 PM
You could play on the idea of 're-visiting' the planet. It would be amazing to see a new movie with today's effects but depicting the exact same planet and designs of the original. Do it!
THE MONSTERS FROM THE ID!!! CUE THEREMIN!!! by LaserPants	Nov 5th, 2008 05:37:57 PM
The remake will suck. The original is HILARIOUSLY awesome. Smoke a big fat joint and watch it with friends.
JMS probably rewrote Thor... by BEARison Ford	Nov 5th, 2008 05:46:21 PM
to drop the budget down a few trillion dollars.
Do Fox even do "sleek or chromy"? by TroutMaskReplicant	Nov 5th, 2008 06:08:19 PM
Shitty and crummy more like.
World War Z by c4andmore	Nov 5th, 2008 06:14:02 PM
Isn't he the one that wrote the "oscar worthy" script for WWZ? and if so, where can I read it?
"I was giving myself an oil job." Robbie the Robot by Leafar the Lost	Nov 5th, 2008 06:22:00 PM
"Forbidden Planet" is loaded with suggestive quotes. I just saw it again last night on TCM, and I was "blown" away by how good it was. A remake would suck, but if its going to happen then Straczynski should write it. I would pay hommage to it, but don't just remake the original. The War of the Worlds remake, with Tommy "I was molested by priests" Cruise was actually really good. It paid hommage to the original, but the storyline took a terrorist slant that I really liked. Also, there should be a B5 movie, but we need to wait about 5 more years for that. My advice would be to make one and it it is successful, make the next four movies back to back...where am I?
Yeah, but... Altair IV DID blow up by Drunken Rage	Nov 5th, 2008 06:29:17 PM
so... WTF?
londo should be in this in the walter pigeon role by picardsucks	Nov 5th, 2008 06:35:32 PM

This could actually work by Manos	Nov 5th, 2008 06:36:54 PM
Make it a semi-sequal, taking place decades later. Keep Altair 4 in ashes. Just find another Krell world.
I loves me some B5, but it's dead... by Negative Man	Nov 5th, 2008 06:54:23 PM
...Let it rest in peace. It's time is past and memory tarnished by some truly lackluster followups. It was a unique moment in TV history when we were in the last gasps of local broadcasting and independent networks. The last moments of weeknight prime-time, non-cable, original syndicated material. It survived through the early WB and UPN era, but it couldn't survive the move to cable and the budget cuts that came with it. I would love to see some original science fiction as penned by JMS, but let Babylon 5 and her crew rest in peace. But, still, I would love to see what happens on...say...Babylon VII...
Leave Robbie THE SAME but... by Stark Industries	Nov 5th, 2008 07:17:58 PM
Make him high-gloss, and part of the film showing installation of new options/weapons/defenses/etc. but PLEASE leave him the same! (Ok, I have a thing for Armored Heros... :) ) - Stark
I MEAN IT! (I'm working on new Repulsors if you don't!) by Stark Industries	Nov 5th, 2008 07:19:11 PM

Gotta have Leslie Neilsen in it by The cunning linguist	Nov 5th, 2008 07:23:34 PM
The captain makes his way back to Altair. "Surely you remember you shouldn't land here!" "Yes I do, and don't call me surely!";-)
I have an idea... set it in the far past in the 1600's by MurderMostFowl	Nov 5th, 2008 07:46:32 PM
Instead of Robbie the robot, let's make him be a fairy, sort of an air spirit. Yes, and then We'll call the Proessor Prospero... that will have a nice Italian feel to it, and we're name his daughter... Miranda. Oh wait... nevermind.
C FREAKING 57D MOTHERF**CKER! by MasterShake	Nov 5th, 2008 07:59:39 PM
Undo the tragedy of the Twilight Zone and bring back the C-57D! Hell, get cameos from Leslie Nielson and Anne Francis as retired admiral JJ Adams and Altaira! I LOVE Forbidden Planet. I'm stoked! I can't wait! My GOD, somebody take this keyboard away!
Yeah, but... by TinkerTIW	Nov 5th, 2008 08:42:58 PM
Altair 4 DID blow up.
Altair 4 by MasterShake	Nov 5th, 2008 09:33:22 PM
OR... Did Morbius' mind merge with the Krell machine at the end and with all that power he faked it making it SEEM Altair 4 exploded. Huh, huh? Or, they just find a new Krell world, MAYBE with a few Krell still hanging around.
Yeah, let Morbius do his psychotherapy... by zinc_chameleon	Nov 5th, 2008 09:54:22 PM
At warp speed, and fake the destruction of Altair 4. You can do really good scifi this way, by getting some reputable scientists to figure out how Krell technology would work, and then let Morbius have to figure it out while the machines were self-destructing. They'll need some British types like Alastair Reynolds and Steven Baxter. The mistake would be to get too close to 'Stars Wars' mysticism.
Hrrrrmmm by macheesmo3	Nov 5th, 2008 10:13:07 PM
There are tons of things in the original film that , at first glance anyway , look to have influenced Roddenberry a ton! The suspension beams become the transporters, The ladies man captain, heck , when they go to see Morbius it's the Captain, The Dr , and the Science officer who go! great film and I should've bought the special edition with the Robby the Robot figure inside ...
If it looks like the old movie, by topaz4206	Nov 5th, 2008 10:14:55 PM

If it looks like the old movie, by topaz4206	Nov 5th, 2008 10:15:05 PM
Why not just watch the old movie?
Glad they are paying respect by deanbarry	Nov 5th, 2008 11:56:04 PM
Doesn't mean it will be good though. How long until a remake of film is called for a week after it's initial release? OUTTER CONTROL HOLYWOODLAND!
JMS may well be up by the podosphere	Nov 6th, 2008 12:54:02 AM
for an Oscar. How cool is that!
will it feature Robbie The Williams? by Maniaq	Nov 6th, 2008 03:41:16 AM
DANGER! I'M JUST GOING TO REBOOT NOW! SHALL WE PLAY A GAME? YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME BACK FLYNN. SHUTTING UP SIR.
Sigh by Kentucky Colonel	Nov 6th, 2008 06:20:06 AM
If only "The Day The Earth Stood Still" remake had been (will be) as respectful....
Forbidden Planet is a great movie by Second Try	Nov 6th, 2008 07:08:11 AM
I doubt this sequel would compare to it.
I used to think JMS could do no wrong... by ATARI	Nov 6th, 2008 07:20:20 AM
but then there was B% season 5, and then Legend of the Rangers...
Original Robby the Robot is in this? by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Nov 6th, 2008 07:47:31 AM
I am so going to see this then. Robby was even cooler than the Lost in Space Robot, even though he did get his ass kicked by it on an episode.
Robby also made a guest appearance in by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Nov 6th, 2008 08:01:57 AM
ARK II. That would be a good show to remake, or do as a movie. Yes, I'm actually suggesting a remake only because the show 1) didn't last for a full season and 2) we never got a background/origin story as to where the crew came from, who they reported to, or how the world came to be as it was.
Atari - by VAWitch	Nov 6th, 2008 08:06:30 AM
With all due respect, JMS isn't totally responsible for the garbage that was Legend of the Rangers - that was largely due to SciFi not promoting it, nor giving him the budget to make it good. As for B5 S5 - what was wrong with it? As for the topic - I will W&S how respectful they are to the source/original. Though I am excited he's been brought in for Thor. At the rate things are coming about about that film, looks like Capt will round out the pre-Avengers movies (haven't heard much on that film).
grrr by VAWitch	Nov 6th, 2008 08:08:05 AM
paragraph breaks - how do you do them? TYIA
Robby the Robot was on Mork & Mindy by ArcadianDS	Nov 6th, 2008 09:30:45 AM
I think Mork built him.
Remake-mania continues... by NoHubris	Nov 6th, 2008 09:48:06 AM
...as opposed to ratcheting up fresh, new, and exciting material.
Robby the Robot IMDB link by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Nov 6th, 2008 10:01:30 AM
Robby in all his glory. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm111 9475/
Legend of the Rangers... by _Maltheus_	Nov 6th, 2008 10:08:18 AM
...sucked because it sucked, not because of a lack of promotion or crappy effects. JMS was always a little too obsessed with the rangers, yet they never quite seemed like the badasses he made them out to be. The Fremen would rip em apart. As for S5, it had some good parts but it just wasn't as fun to watch as the rest. I just recently rewatched the whole show and I was watching 1-2 episodes a night until S5 came along. That took me over two months to get through. There was nothing to look forward too in that season, except for the potential of a telepath war that we would never get to see.
Roddenberry ripped off Forbidden Planet to... by Leafar the Lost	Nov 6th, 2008 10:21:08 AM
...create Star Trek. The "United Planets" became the "Federation". I get it now. I have always suspected that Roddenberry was a scam artist, but now I know for sure. Whoever wrote the script for Forbidden Planet should have used the hell out of Roddenberry. Oh, and he had an affair with Uhuru too...
Infallable by Don Lockwood	Nov 6th, 2008 12:07:37 PM
JMS isn't. He wrote Changeling, didn't he?
Roddenberry and Forbidden Planet by NoHubris	Nov 6th, 2008 12:40:19 PM
Roddenberry also borrowed the visuals of the "D.C. stations" from the Forbidden Planet space ship and used them to design the transporter. Check it out from the first scene before they land on the planet.
Sweet...I love Forbidden Planet by Nizzuts	Nov 6th, 2008 02:03:22 PM
I hope they don't remake it...a continuation story could be cool though. Maybe if they remake it they could get Neilson to play Dr. Morbius
Leslie Nielsen should reprise his role!!! by Royston Lodge	Nov 6th, 2008 03:18:22 PM
Why NOT have the new movie take place 52 years after the end of the original?
coming soon the long awaited sequel to Metropolis! by Charlie_Allnut	Nov 6th, 2008 03:41:57 PM
Followed by the sequel to Birth of a Nation! These classic films have a massive built in audience for us to tap!
Negative Man: "But, still..." by mbeemer	Nov 6th, 2008 03:55:09 PM
"..., I would love to see what happens on...say...Babylon VII..." Uh uh - No VII. "This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations...", remember?
VAWitch - paragraph breaks: by mbeemer	Nov 6th, 2008 03:55:28 PM
(left parentheses)p(right parentheses) Like That.
Of course, I mean... by mbeemer	Nov 6th, 2008 03:56:50 PM
(less than sign)p(greater than sign) Sorry 'bout that! (Lack of sleep...)
JMS calls bullshit on this story by spacechampion	Nov 6th, 2008 06:05:06 PM
http://jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id =1-17738
Agreed on the continuation thing by NoHubris	Nov 6th, 2008 09:51:52 PM
If it's a continuation with some fresh happenings, this could be worthwhile.
"JMS calls bullshit..." by mbeemer	Nov 7th, 2008 07:46:16 AM
Ahhhhh, what does HE know? ;-)
AICN got details wrong? I do believe that's unprecedented. by V'Shael	Nov 9th, 2008 06:21:50 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: This will suck! by thebearovingian	Nov 9th, 2009 01:00:32 AM
I think it will. It definitely could, no?
That's interesting.... Someone pretending to be me? by V'Shael	Nov 9th, 2009 07:58:08 AM
I'm flattered that someone felt the need to rip off my fairly unique handle, but I can only presume some sort of bullshit will soon follow...

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