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Other Discussions => Entertainment => Off Topic => Movies => Topic started by: indeedproceed on August 02, 2014, 09:44:06 PM
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I thought this would be a cool topic to chat about in the summer months when the biggest basketball news is how Kevin Love might still be traded even though you know he's probably already traded to Cleveland and how Paul George suffered a terrible freak injury.
So how about this: Name a movie you'd like to see made, tell us why, and tell us why that movie in particular would be special to you.
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I'd like to see a full length movie that covers the early stages of the zombie outbreak in the Walking Dead. I don't have a special reason for why I'd like to see it made, other than the fact that I liked the freaky first stage and they really didn't cover it that much because the main character was unconscious for weeks. I always liked the glimpses they showed in some flashbacks.
Sidebar thread: Most impossible movie to remake?
I dunno...Rocky?
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I'd love to see the novel "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" by Hunter S. Thompson put into film, using Johnny Depp as the main character again. Depp did an amazing job playing an embellished version of Thompson in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". Anyone who is aware of Hunter S. Thompson and the novel will agree that this book would be remarkable put into movie form.
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My first submission is a Space Western, done in the style of Elmore Leonard
I've gotta come clean; I'm a Joss Whedon fanboy. Everything the guy has ever done, and I don't just mean The Avengers, Buffy and Cabin In The Woods (which were all brilliantly executed). I mean everything.
Dollhouse, Angel, Dr Horrible, I even absolutely adored his modern remake of 'Much Ado About Nothing', and I've always found Shakespeare to be a bit inaccessible. Everytime he's gotten a free rein to make a story his, ESPECIALLY when he can make a world around the story, I think it's a [dang] masterpiece.
But maybe the most beloved universe of his for me is the one that was the most short lived, Firefly (and the movie Serenity).
I loved Firefly. If you've never seen it or heard about it (in which case you are most likely a teenager who is woefully under educated in the wonders of quality entertainment, or you're an elderly person who was looking for the number to the diner near your nephew's house or something and just got lost in the interwebs), Firefly follows a cast of misfit characters in their travels across the 'verse' after the Earth's resources have all been used up and humanity has had to scatter into settlements across the stars.
But while it was set in space, the real heart of the show and the whole concept was deeply rooted in classic American Westerns. Not necessarily your 'Magnificent Seven' kind of Westerns (the elderly who stuck around after the 'lost in the interwebs know what I'm talking about), which weren't really Westerns at all but blatant ripoffs of other plots thrown into horses and pistols, but Elmore Leonard Westerns.
Elmore Leonard loved the work-a-day lawmen, and bad guys who aren't really bad, but more are just trying to get along. He's the guy who invented Raylan Givens from Justified, but he's also the guy who wrote '3:10 To Yuma' as well Chili Palmer from the Oscar Winning 'Get Shorty'.
But he's got so many other characters, and Mal from Firefly could easily have been one of them. Mal isn't some super fighter, or even preternaturally gifted gunslinger. He's really got more in common with a former Confederate scout or Captain who is just trying to find his place in the world after the war he fought was over.
And the show had your other typical Western staples; a doctor trying to run from a dirty secret, a hired gun, a skilled but quirkly pilot (or in a Western, he's he a state coach driver, or he's own a boat on the Mississippi or something), a preacher who is actually at odds with significant parts of his faith, as well as a dirty past of his own, a prostitute with a heart of gold (kinda).
What I'd like to see is a Space Western following a bounty Hunter, but not like a Boba Fett kind of deal, and not like a Cowboy Bebop kind of deal (and yes, I'm aware of that show, and well yes.), but a bounty Hunter part Han Solo and part Jimmy McNulty, a flawed but not necessarily anti-hero who travels around collecting bounties on criminals who aren't really much different than himself a lot of the time, who has a crew of loveble and quasi-badass outcasts in an unknown unforgiving Space that's full of people just trying to work a solid-day's job and carve out some kind of sustainable living in whatever desolate planet they end up on.
I'm not sure Id even want aliens. Just space. And some cool technology, but not the kind of 'big brother' tech from dystopian movies where the ruling body is absolutely in control all the time.
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I'd love to see the novel "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" by Hunter S. Thompson put into film, using Johnny Depp as the main character again. Depp did an amazing job playing an embellished version of Thompson in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". Anyone who is aware of Hunter S. Thompson and the novel will agree that this book would be remarkable put into movie form.
I'm in. Depp's portrayal of Hunter S Thompson is brilliant, although in a weird way I almost liked the character better in the rum diaries.
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I'd love to see the novel "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" by Hunter S. Thompson put into film, using Johnny Depp as the main character again. Depp did an amazing job playing an embellished version of Thompson in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". Anyone who is aware of Hunter S. Thompson and the novel will agree that this book would be remarkable put into movie form.
I'm in. Depp's portrayal of Hunter S Thompson is brilliant, although in a weird way I almost liked the character better in the rum diaries.
TP. I agree completely. I don't know why I always overlook The Rum Diaries, but it's an amazing film. Depp plays a more coherent, love driven version of Thompson than in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which I really liked.
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I'd like to see a full length movie that covers the early stages of the zombie outbreak in the Walking Dead. I don't have a special reason for why I'd like to see it made, other than the fact that I liked the freaky first stage and they really didn't cover it that much because the main character was unconscious for weeks. I always liked the glimpses they showed in some flashbacks.
I also would love to see this, but I bet Id hate to see it as well. Zombies...every time I try to wrap my head around the topic I'm always coming back to the thought of, 'But We Have Guns And Cars And Can Think...They'd Lose, Immediately.
I don't know why that's all in caps. I'm not going to dwell on it.
Sidebar thread: Most impossible movie to remake?
I dunno...Rocky?
Two Submissions, Not In Any Particular Order:
1) The Princess Bride: I don't think anyone will ever in my lifetime be able to capture the brilliance of this movie. I think a faithful remake would be corny, a new take on it, I doubt it would work. The mix of characters, the absolutely perfect balance between honest fantasy story and witty self-awareness of how goofy the tropes can be..I don't think anyone will ever do it again, at least as well as the first movie did.
2) My Dinner With Andre: Classic movie. Must-watch for any cinephile. But how in the hell would you be able to remake it and say something the first one didn't? And if you just tried for a honest recreation, you're basically just doing a off-broadway show and filming it.
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Another impossible movie to remake: Withnail And I. I just can't see it ever happening. Ever.
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I'd like to see a full length movie that covers the early stages of the zombie outbreak in the Walking Dead. I don't have a special reason for why I'd like to see it made, other than the fact that I liked the freaky first stage and they really didn't cover it that much because the main character was unconscious for weeks. I always liked the glimpses they showed in some flashbacks.
I also would love to see this, but I bet Id hate to see it as well. Zombies...every time I try to wrap my head around the topic I'm always coming back to the thought of, 'But We Have Guns And Cars And Can Think...They'd Lose, Immediately.
I don't know why that's all in caps. I'm not going to dwell on it.
.Rocky?
Yeh, I spend enough time dwelling all of the legitimate apocalyptic swirling around in real life. I don't like to think a whole lot about plausibility in my zombie productions.
Sidebar thread: Most impossible movie to remake?
I dunno...Rocky?
Two Submissions, Not In Any Particular Order:
1) The Princess Bride: I don't think anyone will ever in my lifetime be able to capture the brilliance of this movie. I think a faithful remake would be corny, a new take on it, I doubt it would work. The mix of characters, the absolutely perfect balance between honest fantasy story and witty self-awareness of how goofy the tropes can be..I don't think anyone will ever do it again, at least as well as the first movie did.
2) My Dinner With Andre: Classic movie. Must-watch for any cinephile. But how in the hell would you be able to remake it and say something the first one didn't? And if you just tried for a honest recreation, you're basically just doing a off-broadway show and filming it.
Both would indeed be rough to do. Who plays John Malkevich in the remake of Being John Malkevich?
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Another movie I wouldn't mind seeing is a spinoff to Breaking Bad documenting Jesse Pinkmans life post Walt. For me, I didn't get enough closure as I would have liked with the character, but obviously they can't do another entire season of Breaking Bad without Heisenberg. Anyone who watched BB would tell you that Aaron Paul is more than capable of holding his own in a leading cinematic role. What a great actor.
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Another movie I wouldn't mind seeing is a spinoff to Breaking Bad documenting Jesse Pinkmans life post Walt. For me, I didn't get enough closure as I would have liked with the character, but obviously they can't do another entire season of Breaking Bad without Heisenberg. Anyone who watched BB would tell you that Aaron Paul is more than capable of holding his own in a leading cinematic role. What a great actor.
Similarly, any Friday Night Lights movie or a movie that follows Michael from the Wire would receive ticket purchase from myself.
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Another movie I wouldn't mind seeing is a spinoff to Breaking Bad documenting Jesse Pinkmans life post Walt. For me, I didn't get enough closure as I would have liked with the character, but obviously they can't do another entire season of Breaking Bad without Heisenberg. Anyone who watched BB would tell you that Aaron Paul is more than capable of holding his own in a leading cinematic role. What a great actor.
Similarly, any Friday Night Lights movie or a movie that follows Michael from the Wire would receive ticket purchase from myself.
The Shield...what happens with Vic.
Blade Runner w/ the new CGI
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Another movie I wouldn't mind seeing is a spinoff to Breaking Bad documenting Jesse Pinkmans life post Walt. For me, I didn't get enough closure as I would have liked with the character, but obviously they can't do another entire season of Breaking Bad without Heisenberg. Anyone who watched BB would tell you that Aaron Paul is more than capable of holding his own in a leading cinematic role. What a great actor.
Instead we have to settle for this! They're taking the prequel route. See if it works...
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQzMo8cuZ3zRS29RSu0vv5SJhHvK84IawSLuMMn6w7es_1Jmig-A)
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Another movie I wouldn't mind seeing is a spinoff to Breaking Bad documenting Jesse Pinkmans life post Walt. For me, I didn't get enough closure as I would have liked with the character, but obviously they can't do another entire season of Breaking Bad without Heisenberg. Anyone who watched BB would tell you that Aaron Paul is more than capable of holding his own in a leading cinematic role. What a great actor.
Similarly, any Friday Night Lights movie or a movie that follows Michael from the Wire would receive ticket purchase from myself.
The Shield...what happens with Vic.
Blade Runner w/ the new CGI
Blade Runner I'm sure they'll remake in the next 15 years. They're making a sequel now, or it's at least in development.
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Another movie I wouldn't mind seeing is a spinoff to Breaking Bad documenting Jesse Pinkmans life post Walt. For me, I didn't get enough closure as I would have liked with the character, but obviously they can't do another entire season of Breaking Bad without Heisenberg. Anyone who watched BB would tell you that Aaron Paul is more than capable of holding his own in a leading cinematic role. What a great actor.
Similarly, any Friday Night Lights movie or a movie that follows Michael from the Wire would receive ticket purchase from myself.
The Shield...what happens with Vic.
Blade Runner w/ the new CGI
Blade Runner I'm sure they'll remake in the next 15 years. They're making a sequel now, or it's at least in development.
The Mad Max trailer looked promising
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Another movie I wouldn't mind seeing is a spinoff to Breaking Bad documenting Jesse Pinkmans life post Walt. For me, I didn't get enough closure as I would have liked with the character, but obviously they can't do another entire season of Breaking Bad without Heisenberg. Anyone who watched BB would tell you that Aaron Paul is more than capable of holding his own in a leading cinematic role. What a great actor.
Similarly, any Friday Night Lights movie or a movie that follows Michael from the Wire would receive ticket purchase from myself.
The Shield...what happens with Vic.
Blade Runner w/ the new CGI
Blade Runner I'm sure they'll remake in the next 15 years. They're making a sequel now, or it's at least in development.
The Mad Max trailer looked promising
Tom Hardy is a boss. You don't know Tom Hardy's greatness until you see 'Bronson'.
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A movie or an HBO series of the Stormlight Archive, the next biggest thing in fantasy since Game of Thrones.
There's 2 of 10 books written, the 3rd is schedule for 2016. The 2nd book got even better reviews then the first which got 4.5/5 and 5/5, 9.5/10 pretty much everywhere.
Written by the same guy who finished Wheel of Time and has a dozen or so other really excellent books.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=way%20of%20kings%20reviews
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A movie or an HBO series of the Stormlight Archive, the next biggest thing in fantasy since Game of Thrones.
There's 2 of 10 books written, the 3rd is schedule for 2016. The 2nd book got even better reviews then the first which got 4.5/5 and 5/5, 9.5/10 pretty much everywhere.
Written by the same guy who finished Wheel of Time and has a dozen or so other really excellent books.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=way%20of%20kings%20reviews
Love that series
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There's always room for more historical biographical films. In the style of 12 Years A Slave, you have Robert Smalls:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls
A slave forced to work for the Confederate army, took over a Confederate ship, sailed it through Confederate waters passing several other Confederate ships and forts, gave the ship to the Union, then met Abe Lincoln and basically become the Jackie Robinson of the Union forces.
Later while working for the Union navy, the ship he was on was caught in a crossfire between Union and Confederate forces. His ship's commander decided to surrender, but Smalls refused since he figured the blacks working for the Union would be killed if taken as POW's, so he took command of the ship and got it out of the range of enemy fire, becoming the first black ship captain in the military.
Then after the war he started his own business and later became a Congressman.
Also, in maybe more of a Wolf of Wall Street meets Pirates of the Caribbean, you have Ching Shih:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
Prostitute captured by pirates, married one of the pirates, then eventually took over the entire pirate force with a fleet of maybe as many as 1,800 ships and a crew of 80,000 men. Successfully took on British, Portugal, and Chinese navies. With the Chinese government unable to defeat her, they decided to offer her and all her forces amnesty. Considered one of the most ruthless, cunning, and successful pirates ever.
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He Got Game 2 starring Avery Bradley as Jesus Shuttlesworth jr.
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I think a Game of Thrones movie covering either the old Targaryen conquest of the Seven Kingdoms or Robert's Rebellion would be sweet. I think the conquest of the kingdoms with dragons would yield some pretty epic scenes, and I think the "Mad King" would be just as fun to hate as King Joffrey.
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I would love to see Eragon remade. I loved the book, it was a worldwide success, and the movie was just all kinds of awful. The casting, story, special effects, just everything. They changed the whole story, and casual and diehard fans alike hated it. They had a deal in place for three movies, and the awful first one stopped the next two in their tracks. The second movie was in the middle of filming, and they just stopped it; that's how bad the movie was. I truly believe that, with the momentum that series had, it was a few good movies from becoming one of the all-time great/remembered series a la Harry Potter.
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I would love to see Eragon remade. I loved the book, it was a worldwide success, and the movie was just all kinds of awful. The casting, story, special effects, just everything. They changed the whole story, and casual and diehard fans alike hated it. They had a deal in place for three movies, and the awful first one stopped the next two in their tracks. The second movie was in the middle of filming, and they just stopped it; that's how bad the movie was. I truly believe that, with the momentum that series had, it was a few good movies from becoming one of the all-time great/remembered series a la Harry Potter.
I agree with this 100%!! They screwed up the story so bad I don't know how they would have even been able to do the second book.
In that vein I think "The Last Airbender" needs to be redone. The cartoon was fabulous and they screwed it up as bad as Eragon. They didn't even get the main character's name right.
Speaking of cartons, With all the 80's toons being made I think MASK has to be the next one. I loved that show and with the CGI and special effects they have now they could easily pull off the masks and the changing vehicles.
They could easily make a Kim Possible movie (yes I watch way too many cartoons) as well.
I also always thought Slash's autobiography would make an incredible movie. Most likely would have to be NC-17 but What a life he has lead.
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The new Magnificent 7 remake trailer is puke and I want nothing to do with it.
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Since this got bumped, I'd like to see David Lynch make Infinite Jest into a miniseries.
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The DCU movies. They've had spectacular visuals and nailed several of the castings but have done a terrible job telling a story.
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A silmarillion movie.... Chaos
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any of Guy Gavriel Kay's books (excluding Ysabel)
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A grumpy old men movie but with Stallone and Arnold. They argue and jab each other with insults but also throw each other through walls and stuff. Think it could be a funny take.
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There would be a heartwarming part near the end where they come around and Arnold after a test hugs Stallone and says, " It's not a tumor!" Happy ending.
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Sahara.
The Dirk Pitt books are great. The movie, awful. Just awful.
How about a reboot using one of the other books.
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". Justified". Movie . From TV series .....with the same people
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From my childhood, I always thought a well done and faithful adaptation of the dark is rising series would be good...i used to picture it cinematically when i read it...but i heard the one movie was awful, so i never saw it.
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Babylon 5 prequel movies at box office scale. Seeing how well star trek movies do why not?
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I'd like to see Marvel Comics dig up THIS old (but CLASSIC) relic from its vaults
(http://pop-critica.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rom-the-space-knight-17-cover.jpg)
The ROM comics were very compelling and had good storylines with them...if the Guardians of the Galaxy movie was popular I'd think that ROM and his Space Knights would be, too.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vua2PGlEM7M/UgvR1KNECKI/AAAAAAAARTY/8U6NzGPsdnw/s1600/Infinity+part+1+issue+1+Galador+spaceknights+Captain+Universe+marvel+comics+2013.jpg)
If anything, such a movie would be original....and an Avengers or X-Men (or even Guardians of the Galaxy) tie-in would be easy.
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Quite a few of the recent remakes are worse than the originals. I would like some screen writers that could come up with their own imaginative material...
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What about Krull and fans of that on here that think it would make a decent remake movie?
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Guillermo del Toro's version of At the Mountains of Madness.
I am not a particularly big fan of Lovecraft and I like del Toro but am far from a superfan, but I think this would be incredible.
Basically, there is a Lovecraft novel about these explorers that find a completely alien, fantastical looking city that is in ruins in the Arctic. They find some animals there that are freaky and are basically prehistoric. As they explore the ruins, they find out that these evil beings are out there and they all start to go insane.
Tom Cruise was going to star and James Cameron was going to executive produce it. He lined up around $150 million to film it, but it was on the condition that it would be rated PG-13, which del Toro balked at. Now it's in like permanent limbo. I would love to see del Toro's design of that city though, I think it would be amazing. He's one of the few guys who could create some legit looking monsters / elder gods for the cameras. Prometheus basically sealed it's fate, unfortunately.
http://uproxx.com/movies/guillermo-del-toro-mountains-madness/2/
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I'd like to see an official reditting of Phantom Menace.
And can something be done to Rocky 5?
A movie that could be remade is gremlins.
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Sahara.
The Dirk Pitt books are great. The movie, awful. Just awful.
How about a reboot using one of the other books.
Isn't that an old Humphrey Bogart movie?