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skimom2

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If they MUST remake it (and I see no reason to do so), my dream cast is John Barrowman as Frank N Furter, Neil Patrick Harris as Riff Raff, and Chris Hemsworth as Rocky :) These are non-negotiable. Maybe Richard Ayoade as Brad and Amanda Seyfried as Janet? Thinking about the others...
 

kingricefan

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I await the day when PretentiousWood re-makes 'The Sound of Music' starring David Hasselhof, Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber (playing the roles of Liesl, Louisa, Brigitta, Marta and Gretl), with Hayden Christensen lamely impersonating Friedrich and Kurt.
You should get an agent, go to Hollywood, take some meetings and pitch it to the big-wigs. ;-D
 

GNTLGNT

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...Tim's initial reaction...
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AnnaMarie

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If they MUST remake it (and I see no reason to do so), my dream cast is John Barrowman as Frank N Furter, Neil Patrick Harris as Riff Raff, and Chris Hemsworth as Rocky :) These are non-negotiable. Maybe Richard Ayoade as Brad and Amanda Seyfried as Janet? Thinking about the others...

We are going to have to agree to disagree.

I love Barrowman, but not for this. And I don't really like NPH in much if anything.
 

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The whole family knows the show real well, I'm almost embarrassed to say. We'll start in on a spontaneous "Time Warp" when we're gathered. Someone will say, "It's astounding," someone else will pick it up, and the Eldest, who's good at this stuff, shrieks, "I remember... doing the Time Warp...." when the time comes.

So RHPS is embedded in the family culture, and speaking as the reluctant patriarch, I can attest that none of us can imagine anyone but Tim Curry in that role. Oh, some can go through the motions and blast the words, but Curry defined it, has his flag implanted on its soil, and owns it. I'm not sure what other role ownership in another movie would be comparable. It might be out there. But someone else taking on that character is like having a mock-up of the Eiffel Tower at a hotel in Vegas. It might be cute, but it's not....

What? There is a hotel in Vegas with a mock-up of the Eiffel Tower? Well, there you have it. Enjoy it. Just know that it's not close to the Real Thing.

Although... skimom2, Grandma is with you. If Chris Hemsworth played Rocky, we'd go see it. Or maybe it would be a Girls Night Out for her.
 

Arkay Lynchpin

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I think many who saw the original when they were young (and it was new) will feel the same way.


Nothin' can beat Marvin Lee Aday becoming his stage name...
Besides that, the art of acting is now replaced by green screen pyrotechnics, multiple re-takes, the louche renown and a moderate sprinkling of narcotising agents.
 

skimom2

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The whole family knows the show real well, I'm almost embarrassed to say. We'll start in on a spontaneous "Time Warp" when we're gathered. Someone will say, "It's astounding," someone else will pick it up, and the Eldest, who's good at this stuff, shrieks, "I remember... doing the Time Warp...." when the time comes.

So RHPS is embedded in the family culture, and speaking as the reluctant patriarch, I can attest that none of us can imagine anyone but Tim Curry in that role. Oh, some can go through the motions and blast the words, but Curry defined it, has his flag implanted on its soil, and owns it. I'm not sure what other role ownership in another movie would be comparable. It might be out there. But someone else taking on that character is like having a mock-up of the Eiffel Tower at a hotel in Vegas. It might be cute, but it's not....

What? There is a hotel in Vegas with a mock-up of the Eiffel Tower? Well, there you have it. Enjoy it. Just know that it's not close to the Real Thing.

Although... skimom2, Grandma is with you. If Chris Hemsworth played Rocky, we'd go see it. Or maybe it would be a Girls Night Out for her.

LOL! So it goes at my house, too. Even LilMan, at 9, knows all the songs. He hasn't seen the movie (a little too mature for him, in my estimation), but the soundtrack plays OFTEN. He's a great little Time Warper :)

I'm not crazy to see ANYONE else in those roles, to be honest. No reason. I was just trying to think of who might be acceptable (if barely) :)
 

Grandpa

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Grandpa , your family sounds awesome! :smile-new:

Oh, we have so much media in the family culture, and it's not always predictable what it'll be from. Princess Bride. Aliens**. Monty Python and the Holy Grail***. Far Side comics****. And Rocky, the musical, not the boxing movie. The Descendants have their own go-to's - Goonies, which I enjoyed but didn't immerse like they did. We also have a number of songs*****. Many other things.



**We were having dinner at a seafood place out of town. My (now dead) uncle hosted us. He ordered hush puppies. Daughter said, what are those? I said, fried cornbread. She took a bite and, blech, threw back across the table to the plate. Youngest, all of about 11 years old, said, "Guess she don't like the cornbread either," and we all howled while my poor uncle looked on in befuddlement.

***Before she and our Eldest were married, our first daughter-in-law came over to spend family time. We plugged this movie in. We basically Rocky'd it. She'd never seen it before and by the time it was done between the strangeness of it and our merriment, she thought we were completely daft.

****To this day, when someone tries to open a door the wrong way, someone in the family invariably says, "School for the gifted."

*****First (now ex-) son-in-law was at the house, and "Whipping Post" comes on. We all karaoke'd it, and at the end when the music breaks for a moment before the big finale, we all stopped with it and then yelled, "SOMETIMES I FEEL..." along with the song, and he thought he'd entered the madhouse.