Jonathon 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Ghostbusters! I'd make Peter Venkman a washed up, drunk, has-been loser of a 'buster, who's best days are behind him, but he's still got that incredible wit. Egon Spengler I'd make an ex-Navy Seal computer guru. A white Ultimate Nick Fury crossed with the mind of Reed Richards. Ray Stanz I'd make the "rookie". Fresh faced young kid who was FDNY before a sexual harassment suit made him leave the department. Winston Zeddmore. The hero. Strong religious upbringing, a family man. Black Captain America. He's on all the billboards and does all the PR stuff. His life is seemingly perfect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 A-Team with an all asian cast: Hannibal - Chow Yung Fat BA - Bolo Murdock - Jackie Chan Face - Donnie Yen Frankie - Stephen Chow Amy - Maggie Cheung Decker - Yuen Biao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 How is either franchise "lame"? Ghostbusters spawned another movie, countless toys and a cartoon. The A-Team is the motherfuckin' A-Team bitches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JST 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Knight Rider ...But with a BOAT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Knight Rider ...But with a BOAT! So, basically, you'd redo "Thunder in Paradise"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 How is either franchise "lame"? Ghostbusters spawned another movie, countless toys and a cartoon. The A-Team is the motherfuckin' A-Team bitches. Hollywood tried to make the Honeymooners with a black cast so why not go to the extreme in the other direction? I also want to produce Dukes of Hazzard with a cast of latinos. With Wilmer Vanderama as Bo, Freddie Prince Jr. as Luke, and Cheech as Boss Hog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 The topic title is "Lame Franchise You'd Re-Invent". The franchise already has to be lame to reinvent rather than make a good one lame. Take like Andromeda or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man Who Sold The World 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise. But change it to "I Know Who You Did Last Summer", and make it a porno. Keep the original cast In all seriousness, it's hard to pick a bad franchise, because the general idea is to have a franchise, there had to have been some success to spawn countless others, correct? In any event, I'd do the House Party franchise over... With an all white cast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FroGG_NeaL 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 My Secret Identity - The Movie. I think it could be good, if the right cast, crew and studio made it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideburnious 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 7th Heaven - but make them a white trash family who are satanists. The lead character is the head of a cult and his name is Dante. I'd say that his daughters etc are complete sluts, but weren't they that in the orignal 7th heaven. Maybe the twist is that they're virigns saving themselves for Satan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 I suppose, given an all-star cast, some good directing and a new script, Beastmaster would have sucked. But sucked less. If Nightmare on Elm Street had kept up the quality of the original (Halloween, as well), we could have had some great horror movies. Hey, here's one. I never really liked Men in Black, but thought the concept was really quite good. The first was OK. THe second was abysmal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FroGG_NeaL 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Little known fact: MIB was based on an obscure 70's comic book. And BeastMaster owns. I had a pet ferret as a kid because of that movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 I did not know about the MIB comic book. Hope it's good. Hope anything David Cross is involced with is good. He's sort of a dick. But he's brilliant. And i''m diverging from the point . Family Guy is basically just a child screaming: Beastmaster! Thundercats! Battlestar Gallactica Tron! Ewoks! It wasn't like that. Take the anne Frank Joke. The Feed me a tool shed joke. The phallic car jokes. THey were funny because they were jokes. Seth McFarlane. Hey. Check this out. I have action figures from when I was a child. i KNOW! No, No. Don't make jokess about them. Just get a vintage Megatron and pretend to shoot people. What the hell? I thought the show used to be funny. No longer. I dunno if I like any sanctimonious comerdy shows either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FroGG_NeaL 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 I still love the hell out of Family Guy, but it really isn't as good as it used to be. Regarding what you were saying about all the 80's references, I dig most of them. I marked the fuck out for Cobra Commander blasting off through the roof on a Trouble Bubble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 That's the fucking thing. I remember Cobra Commander. HNe had a harsh voice amd ca,e uip with some ridiculous plots. I do have som some nostalgia for all tha early 80's shit, but it doesn't hold up. I mean I really like FG. The talking house, fucking unne Frank, completelu orrevememt amd funny. If You want to see every character reenact a musical scene, go hor it. It will probably be an obscure reference. Ane Ho ho! youve referenced a muical, that I don't even get. Dude, Fuck that show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideburnious 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Dude, Fuck that show. ...Then it's Spin Off's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Ghostbusters! I'd make Peter Venkman a washed up, drunk, has-been loser of a 'buster, who's best days are behind him, but he's still got that incredible wit. Egon Spengler I'd make an ex-Navy Seal computer guru. A white Ultimate Nick Fury crossed with the mind of Reed Richards. Ray Stanz I'd make the "rookie". Fresh faced young kid who was FDNY before a sexual harassment suit made him leave the department. Winston Zeddmore. The hero. Strong religious upbringing, a family man. Black Captain America. He's on all the billboards and does all the PR stuff. His life is seemingly perfect. I was thinking a new Ghostbusters with either Venkman or Stanz as a mentor and make the new crew with some of the top comedians or actors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Ghostbusters! I'd make Peter Venkman a washed up, drunk, has-been loser of a 'buster, who's best days are behind him, but he's still got that incredible wit. Egon Spengler I'd make an ex-Navy Seal computer guru. A white Ultimate Nick Fury crossed with the mind of Reed Richards. Ray Stanz I'd make the "rookie". Fresh faced young kid who was FDNY before a sexual harassment suit made him leave the department. Winston Zeddmore. The hero. Strong religious upbringing, a family man. Black Captain America. He's on all the billboards and does all the PR stuff. His life is seemingly perfect. I was thinking a new Ghostbusters with either Venkman or Stanz as a mentor and make the new crew with some of the top comedians or actors. They had something similar to that with Egon. It was called Extreme Ghostbusters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Ghostbusters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 I'm going to say Cannonball Run. The first series was shitty (And so would the remake probably) but man I love the premise of it. It'd just be an excuse to show funny car chases and have a shitload of celebrities do appearences. Some of the team ideas I had; Owen Wilson/Ben Stiller Will Ferrell/ Steve Carrell A bunch of hot lingerie models piled into a car Jackie Chan/Jet Li as a father/son pair of karate instructors The token black guys (I'll go with Eddie Griffith and Faizon Love. Gotta have one skinny and one overweight) Jon Favereau and Vince Vaughn Oh man the possibilities are endless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Ghostbusters! I'd make Peter Venkman a washed up, drunk, has-been loser of a 'buster, who's best days are behind him, but he's still got that incredible wit. Egon Spengler I'd make an ex-Navy Seal computer guru. A white Ultimate Nick Fury crossed with the mind of Reed Richards. Ray Stanz I'd make the "rookie". Fresh faced young kid who was FDNY before a sexual harassment suit made him leave the department. Winston Zeddmore. The hero. Strong religious upbringing, a family man. Black Captain America. He's on all the billboards and does all the PR stuff. His life is seemingly perfect. I was thinking a new Ghostbusters with either Venkman or Stanz as a mentor and make the new crew with some of the top comedians or actors. They had something similar to that with Egon. It was called Extreme Ghostbusters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Ghostbusters I know, but I'm talking about a live action film with like Akroyd or Murray as the mentor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Knight Rider ...But with a BOAT! I heard they're going to make Kight Rider into a movie. And if it was a boat, would "goliath" be a tanker? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 ...how the motherfuck is Ghostbusters a lame franchise? People know what the fuck you're talking about the moment you say "Who ya gonna call," and the first movie is loved by millions and in the top 50 highest grossing films of all-time. Again: HOW THE MOTHERFUCK IS GHOSTBUSTERS A LAME FRANCHISE? Oh...and I'd take Plan 9 and make it into a serious drama with only minor comedic elements and have it run for a season on SciFi. Ed Wood had a lot of awesome ideas, he just didn't know how to put 'em into a great movie. So instead he put them into horrible movies, and that's why we have Troma (thank God), and that's why we have Brain Damage Films (FUCK!), and that's why we have low-budget filmmakers that don't take shit from the studio (HURRAY). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Renegade 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Toxic Avenger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Metal Maniac 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 I don't consider them lame myself, but since a lot of people do, I'd re-do the Matrix sequels. Well, mostly just the last movie. I'd leave the first one basically as it is, tinker a few things in the second to make it flow better, and totally change up the third, to give it an ending that people can understand and doesn't suck. Oh, and I'd have Agent Smith's clones all gang-pile on Neo, and a gigantic battle scene between them all that destroys whatever city it is they're in. And I'd have Agent Smith infect a machine somehow (like, one of the sentinels) just to show that he is a threat to the machines, because he really didn't seem like it in the final film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo Effect 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Bloodfist with Don Wilson and none of this set in the future bullshit. American Ninja with anyone Operation Delta Force, just because you can never get enough Todd Jensen and Frank Zagarino Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Gymkata! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Toxic Avenger Bastard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 I'm going to say Cannonball Run. The first series was shitty (And so would the remake probably) but man I love the premise of it. It'd just be an excuse to show funny car chases and have a shitload of celebrities do appearences. Some of the team ideas I had; Owen Wilson/Ben Stiller Will Ferrell/ Steve Carrell A bunch of hot lingerie models piled into a car Jackie Chan/Jet Li as a father/son pair of karate instructors The token black guys (I'll go with Eddie Griffith and Faizon Love. Gotta have one skinny and one overweight) Jon Favereau and Vince Vaughn Oh man the possibilities are endless Genius! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
