Movie asking to be remade

My choice would be a remake of The Fall Of The Roman Empire, set in modern
times. You do a straight swap of George W. Bush for Commodus, and you are
set.

I'd give the role to Yahoo Serious.
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"Joe Gillis" wrote in message

> On Jul 31, 10:23?am, "Kingo Gondo"
> wrote:
>> My choice would be a remake of The Fall Of The Roman Empire, set in
>> modern
>> times. You do a straight swap of George W. Bush for Commodus, and you are
>> set.
>>
>
> Only after the remake of A Face In The Crowd, starring Bill Clinton.

That would be good, too, although I fail to see the why the former should be
contingent upon the latter.
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"Kingo Gondo" wrote in message

> My choice would be a remake of The Fall Of The Roman Empire, set in modern
> times. You do a straight swap of George W. Bush for Commodus, and you are
> set.
>
> I'd give the role to Yahoo Serious.
>
Not while the chimp, Cheeta, is still alive and well at 75.
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> after the remake of A Face In The Crowd, starring Bill Clinton.
>

And its sequel, A Face in the Lap, starring Monica Lewinsky.
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Since series reboots seem to be the coming thing these days, let's reboot
the Trancers series. The original films weren't good (some of you may have
noticed that most of the Empire/Full Moon people were/are all thumbs), but
they're in a commercial genre, they have an interesting premise, and they have
a fun lead character who makes a good centerpiece a series of adventures.
With a bigger budget, better FX, and more exploration of some of the story
aspects (e.g., "only squids can be tranced"), you could come up with something
really interesting.

Michael J. Nelson as Jack Deth.

--
alt.flame Special Forces
"Astronomers and mathematicians are much the most cheerful people of the
lot... perpetually contemplating things on so vast a scale makes them feel
either that it doesn't matter a hoot anyway, or that anything so large and
elaborate must have some sense in it." -- Dorothy L. Sayers
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_Raiders of the Lost Ark_.

I'm not kidding. There's an aspect of the original story that has yet to
be explored.

Spoiler space upcoming. Some might think the concept of anyone interested in
movies not having seen _Raiders_ absurd, but not on a newsgroup like this.
Here's the space...




























OK. I'm sure you all remember the climax. I suggest a significant change:
Belloq and Toht don't bother with a test ceremony and deliver the Ark right
to Hitler. Same ceremony, same pomp and circumstance, only right there in
Berlin with thousands of Germans including Der Fuhrer himself in attendance,
with the eyes of the entire world watching. Same result, only exponentially
greater... wherein a host of angels shows up and bloodily and sensationally
kills everyone who defiles such a sacred object with their eyes, including
Belloq, Toht, Dietrich, and Hitler. Splat.

The movie doesn't end here, however. It's practically just starting. For
thousands of years, people have been arguing with each other, persecuting each
other, and killing each other over whose god is the right one, or for that
matter whose *version* of God is the right one. Such a question will be
settled (well, for any reasonable person, but I'm getting ahead of myself)
and very well documented. The kicker is that if you've read the writings of
the prophets, clerics, and philosophers about the nature of God, you might
have noticed that every version of God all too closely resembles his
describer. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam will finally have their answer
about which instantiation of God was the real one all along -- it's the Old
Testament God, and he is one mean bastard. Many were the actions of *that*
God and his agents that would have made Genghis Khan blush.
What was a boy's adventure story suddenly becomes much darker. Now that the
Christians have the authoritative answer of who their God is, and since this
God so approves of warfare and conquest in his name, it's time for the Great
Holy Crusade on the rest of the world to convert them or kill them trying.

Behold: an entirely different World War II. Never mind whether an
archaeology professor and his on-again off-again girlfriend survive the
expedition to find the Ark... they have an even more difficult time surviving
what comes after. The world drowns in blood.

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alt.flame Special Forces
"Human kind
Cannot bear very much reality."
-- T. S. Eliot
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On 9 Oct 2007 03:51:36 GMT, "Avoid normal situations."
wrote:

> OK. I'm sure you all remember the climax. I suggest a significant change:
>Belloq and Toht don't bother with a test ceremony and deliver the Ark right
>to Hitler. Same ceremony, same pomp and circumstance, only right there in
>Berlin with thousands of Germans including Der Fuhrer himself in attendance,
>with the eyes of the entire world watching. Same result, only exponentially
>greater... wherein a host of angels shows up and bloodily and sensationally
>kills everyone who defiles such a sacred object with their eyes, including
>Belloq, Toht, Dietrich, and Hitler. Splat.

Two reasons:

1. It didn't happen. Even though the movie was a fantasy, it was a
fantasy set in our past.

2. The real neat part of the movie happened *after* the climax,
behind the closing credits. That wouldn't have happened in your
scenario.
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