Zardoz
 

What a freaky movie, man. Wow. Lots of shooting of innocent people, bare Caucasian women's breasts, and green bread.

The special effects are kind of dated, though. That's why I wish they would do a remake of this movie. Since our season is sort of on the ropes and we've almost filled out the entire "where did this player come from?" thread, I thought I would ask the one question that is on everyone's mind.

What movie would you like to see remade with all the new, crazy technolgies available to today's filmmakers?

One movie per poster, please. I wouldn't want to see this highly interesting thread go over 100 posts for Mr. Skip Towne's sake.

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I was thinking about this a while back but now I forgot what movies I chose. I need to start writing things down.

Casablanca all done in Mime.

Debbie does Dallas

Westworld

Zardoz -- one of my fav cult classics. For some reason, I've always been drawn to that movie. Maybe it's Sean Connery in a diaper.

John Boorman had to have been dropping acid.

Zardoz, is that the one with James Bond decked out in a banana hammock and bandaleros?

EDIT: that's the one.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Zardoz_zed.jpg

I thought a couple of years ago I read they WERE trying to do a remake of that.

BTW, that was the first PG movie I saw.

Holy crap...you ain't kiddin!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/c...entryid=228707

Tron

On Golden Pond.

Sounds like Skip Towne...

An 85-year-old man went to his doctor's office to get his prostate and other parts checked out. The doctor gave the man a jar and said, "Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow."

The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.

The doctor asked what happened and the man explained: "Well, doc, it's like this -- first I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then her left, still nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out and still nothing. We even called up Arleen, the lady next door, and she tried, too, first with both hands, then an armpit and she even tried squeezing' it between her knees, but still nothing."

The doctor was shocked, "You asked your neighbor?!"

The old man replied, "Yep...

None of us could get the jar open!"

That's him, Mr. Baby Lee. Smuggled into the vector or whatever in a giant, flying head.

I'd like to see Sam Raimi or someone of his caliber have a shot at the remake. I don't know who would play Sean's role, though. Maybe the guy in Sin City who tried to bury the guy's head in the tar pits but it didn't work.

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Logan's Run

A little truer to the book would be nice, too.

Running Man...and at least try to be a little true to the book at all! Arnolds version SUCKED!!!!

Starship Troopers. I want someone to make it so that it doesn't suck. Maybe by actually doing a movie based on the book instead of masturbating with a camera.

That's another one they've been kicking around the last few years (and another of my cult favs ... LOVE Jenny Agutter). I thought at one point Tim Burton was connected to it.

It would be tough to replace Jenny in a remake. :thumb:

If you likey, check out (if you haven't already) "China 9, Liberty 37."

Rather than remaking an old one I'd like to see some of my favorite sci-fi books made into movies. There are a shitload of books and book series that would be great. The Lensmen series by Doc Smith, for one. I saw an ad for a midnight showing of an anime movie based on Lensmen back in the early 90's but I didn't have a chance to go and have never found it again. Almost anything by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Almost any book by Robert Heinlein.

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad.

Meh, I think the Harryhausen stop-motion stuff is more charming and impressive than the CGI they'd use on a remake.

I still watch those movies just for that.

Ray Harryhausen was the shit, no doubt, but I'd still like to see them update it. A Clash of the Titans remake is in order, too.

"White people be all dancin' like zombies"

Maybe "The Omega Man" would be good. We can do a lot better with deformed, nocturnal zombies today as compared to 30 years ago.

You could do some good CGI stuff with apocolypic biological weapons and unpleasant microbes and things, too.

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That's yet another they've kicked around. I think that also may have been pegged as an Arnold pic. And yet another movie I love.

I also think that "Creature From The Black Lagoon" would be worthy of consideration.

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Ah, thank you (and thanks to Google image search). The scene in Logan's Run where they change into furs when they get to Box's lair is near and dear to my heart because it was one of the very first nude scenes that a very young arc had seen.

How about "The Valley of Gwangi"? You can't go wrong with cowboys and dinosaurs.

It still astounds me that that movie was rated PG in 1976.

Y'know, I was 10 back then, I was just smitten with that movie and especially Ms. Agutter (remember, this was considered state-of-the-art sci-fi, pre-"Star Wars"). Anyway, I saw that movie something like five Saturdays in a row. My folks would drop me off at the library next door, I'd flip through some books for half an hour, then walk across the parking lot to the theater and watch "Logan's Run." I even owned the soundtrack album.

Excellent suggestion!

The nice thing about Jenny Agutter was she was never shy about doing nude scenes, starting with "Walkabout" when she was 18. She was nekkid in "Logan's Run," "Equus," "China 9, Liberty 37" (HOT!HOT!HOT!) and "American Werewolf in London."

No updates since 2003 on this site:

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I was 12. When it came to our little burg, I believe I saw it Friday night and both showings on Saturday. I have the DVD now. :)

I thought this was a BBQ thread. I had to go back and check the thread title again. Damnit.