Can you re-imagine VIII

When M. Night first hit the scene I was really excited. He was a breath of fresh air and his stories were original. That lasted for 3 movies. Then there was a string of WTF movies starting with “The Village” and “The Happening”. So when it was announced that M. would be directing the live action remake of “Avatar The last airbender” an American anime, I was more than a little nervous. When word came out that there was an all white cast to play these Asian characters I was just scared. And even though I still have issues with the casting I have to admit the trailer kind of blew me away!

Can you re-imagine VII

Ok here is the thing. I am really against this movie and until I saw the trailer I was refusing to see this movie. Hollywood in a rare gleem of wisdom decided to cast all these actors as teachers I would like to see. SO I will probably see the movie on video or television with one eye open. The cast includes Debbie Allen (this time as Principal of the school). Also Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, and Bebe Neuwirth, all people who keep me entertained!

Can you re-imagine VI

Well I got to go a whole week without doing one of these but that just means I got to do a lot in one sitting.

As reported earlier “Clash of the Titans” is getting a remake, here is the first picture from it.

Someone thought the Hardy Boys had rested on the laurels long enough and is dusting them off as men. The original Hardy Boys/ Nancy Drew mysteries starred Tiger Teen heartthrobs Parker Stevenson & Shaun Cassidy from 1977-1979. Now this is just the one I remember, the truth is the Hardy Boys have gone thru several incarnations starting back in the late 50’s.

There was an attempt at a revival back in 95 but it only lasted 13 episodes (though I swear they didn’t show them all cause I do not remember this) No stars attached as yet.

Lastly Barberella is being dusted off for a reboot again not many details but I will keep you posted.

Can you re-imagine V

Here is one I can’t re imagine. How are you going to make a Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie without Joss Wheadon? They did that once already, Kristi Swanson and Luke Perry and we see how well that went.

“A new incarnation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" could be coming to the big screen. "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon isn't involved and it's not set up at a studio, but Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with original movie director Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz Kuzui, on what is being labeled a remake or relaunch, but not a sequel or prequel. While Whedon is the person most associated with "Buffy," Kuzui and her Kuzui Enterprises have held onto the rights since the beginning, when she discovered the "Buffy" script from then-unknown Whedon. She developed the script while her husband put together the financing to make the 1992 movie, which was released by Fox. Kuzui later teamed with Gail Berman, then president of Sandollar Television, bringing back Whedon to make the TV series, which was produced by Fox TV and launched on the WB in 1997.

Kuzui and Sandollar received executive producer credits on "Buffy" and its spinoff, "Angel." The new "Buffy" film, however, would have no connection to the TV series, nor would it use popular supporting characters like Angel, Willow, Xander or Spike. Vertigo and Kuzui are looking to restart the story line without trampling on the beloved existing universe created by Whedon, putting the parties in a similar situation faced by Paramount, J.J. Abrams and his crew when relaunching "Star Trek."

I think of all the “can you re imagines I have done so far this one makes me the saddest.

Can you re-imagine IV

Who knew this could turn into a daily post? That is kind of sad when you think about it, is Hollywood producing nothing original??

Meet the new Ren McCormick, a teenager who was raised in Chicago. McCormack moves to a small town where the town government has banned dancing and rock music. Ren and his classmates want to have a senior prom with music and dancing. They must figure out a way to get around the law and Reverend Shaw Moore, who makes it his mission in life to keep the town free from dancing and rock music.

Yeah exactly, that was Kevin Bacon from Footloose. Well Kevin is out and “Gossip Girl” teen throb Chance Crawford is in. And if your thinking it would have been a perfect vehicle for Zach Efron he originally had it first. I see my past before me and I shudder!

Can you re-imagine III

Here is a trailer for the new midseason 2010 series "V"



While it looks like they stayed true to story I am a little concerned with the lack of color. I mean after all the mothership did land in New York, why are all the visitors wearing Anglo-saxon skin jobs? I thought we got out of this whole one token colored in sci-fi after Battlestar Galactica

Can you re-imagine II

Can you re-imagine?

I loved the old television series “Bewitched”. It had magic and it was funny. The characters were real and honestly who didn’t love the idea of a mother in law who could actually cast an evil spell on you. Plus there was that whole gay uncle thing who was a screaming queen but never said a word. So when I heard it had made the small list of at that time shows being remade I was a little excited, till I saw who was starring in it. Now I have always pretty much been indifferent to Nicole Kidman, but I have never really had an appreciation to Will Farrell. He was part of a long list of cast members of Saturday Night Live who emerged from what I called their “Toilet/Frat boy humor cast. In the years since he left the show my opinion of him has not changed (though I will give him his props for his George W. Bush).

The only bright spot to the cast was Shirley MacLaine and for awhile I thought about checking out the movie just for her. Then the reviews came out and even Shirley was not enough for me to sit thru two hours of Will and company butchering a classic show. Even turning it on its ear as a deconstruction of the show and making a show within a show was not clever enough for me. By the way the movie cost 85 million to make and only made 131 million world wide. It only made 61 million here in the states so between the box office and the critics the movie was a flop.

So in the view of a flop what do you do, why give him a second chance at another remake of course. Advertising started this weekend for the upcoming movie “Land of the Lost” a classic by Sid and Marty Kroftt re-imagined by Will Farrell and company.

The original premise of the series was about a father and his two kids who get swept up thru a dimensional gate during a weekend camping trip into a prehistoric world where they have to learn to survive.

This new movie is about a disgraces paleontologist, his assistant and a macho tour guide who find themselves (I don’t know how) in a prehistoric world where they can make jokes in order to survive.

I smell something in the works but I don’t think it is a hit.

Can you re-imagine????

Ok it is happening enough that can start a whole new segment. So welcome to the first of many






Abel Ferrara, and independent director known for the movies “King of New York” and “Funereal”, will be directing a re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”.

Set to star as the lead Dr. Jekyll is Academy Award winning actor Forest Whittaker who recently took the gold home for how role in “The Last King of Scotland”. Set to play his devious and disturbed alter ego Mr. Hyde is the rapper who is as famous for his lyrics as he is for his “beefs” with other male rappers Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson III

The project is set to “contemporize and update” the story and is working under the current title “Jekyll & Hyde” how original.