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Adventures in Unnecessary Movie Remakes

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Tags: Adventures in Babysitting, Elizabeth Shue, Raven, movie, remake

It's official: Hollywood has run out of ideas. Why else remake a film that isn’t that old - 1987's "Adventures in Babysitting"?

Yes, the beloved film starring Elizabeth Shue, Keith Coogan and a weirdly blond Vincent D’Onofrio is getting the redo treatment, this time with former Cosby kid Raven Symone in the title role.



What’s next? "Sixteen Candles"? "Three Amigos"?

"Adventures" isn’t the only Reagan-era movie being pimped out for a new generation. Other remakes currently being readied include: "Porky’s," "The Stepfather", "Red Sonja", "The Hitcher" and "All of Me."

Eighties movies aside, even acknowledged classics aren't safe from the remake frenzy. Last month, the Weinstein brothers announced plans to remake Akira Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece "The Seven Samurai."

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hey_fukko

hey_fukko

Medford, OR
September 2003

JUL 13, 2006 05:04 PM

I wouldn't mind seeing a Red Sonja remake...

But I'm not sure about the others.

brett54

brett54

Australia
November 2004

JUL 13, 2006 05:08 PM

Are there any decent remakes? Suggestions anyone ??

Definately lots of bad ones.

Anton

Anton

Australia
September 2003

JUL 13, 2006 05:14 PM

Red Sonja? Seriously?

TheFly

thefly

Eagle Springs, NC
November 2003

JUL 13, 2006 05:16 PM

Idjiit said:
I'm all for a C Thomas Howelless Hitcher. Let's hope Rutger's up for it.



Oh, come on!! they're still making sequels off the original! With Hauer!! The last one starred that Wuherererer or whatever chick.

But this "Adventures"... it stars Raven? So this is the "black" "Adventures in Babysitting. Like the remake of The Honeymooners. When is it that we all get past this separatist Hollywood and just make crappy movies that no race really wants to see?

ashergrey

ashergrey

USA
December 2003

JUL 13, 2006 05:16 PM

Free Hat! Free Hat!

Bonus points for anyone who gets the reference.

MschfMayhemSoap

MschfMayhemSoap

Phoenix, AZ
April 2006

JUL 13, 2006 05:17 PM

Ive been watching a Anime revisioning of Seven Samurai..... Samurai 7..... and it is GOOD.... tongue

Ive seen Ju-on and teh american remake (The Grudge)....... American sucks....

jeffvader

jeffvader

San Diego, CA
November 2004

JUL 13, 2006 05:18 PM

this is bullshit...my dear elizabeth will always be the greatest baby sitter...this was the first movie i paid for....

apesamongus

apesamongus

Atlanta, GA
July 2002

JUL 13, 2006 05:23 PM

How can "Adventures in Babysitting" have a titular character? Is she playing the adventure?

Also, I'd love to see a new Red Sonya movie - it's not like we're ever going to see that Arnold/Vin Conan that I was promised.

Markus001

Markus001

United Kingdom
November 2004

JUL 13, 2006 05:38 PM

What the hell is "Adventures in Babysitting"?

PopMonger

PopMonger

Los Angeles, CA
June 2006

JUL 13, 2006 05:39 PM

apesamongus said:
How can "Adventures in Babysitting" have a titular character? Is she playing the adventure?

Also, I'd love to see a new Red Sonya movie - it's not like we're ever going to see that Arnold/Vin Conan that I was promised.



Yeah, that was pretty sloppy of me. Crap.

formerviking

formerviking

Denver, PA
May 2006

JUL 13, 2006 05:40 PM

Wren said:
Vote Wren for Queen of America!

First decree - No more movie remakes!

For illegally made remakes: director and producer beheadings!



All I know is I'm voting for Wren ! Who's with me ?!?

boygirlpartay

boygirlpartay

San Diego, CA
June 2006

JUL 13, 2006 05:40 PM

i totally read that as "former kid Raven Symone" (my brain skipped over 'Cosby') and my immediate thought was "sad, a little mean, but oh so true"

photoline

photoline

Edmonton, AB
January 2005

JUL 13, 2006 06:07 PM

Mutant Teenage Babysitters Eating Boxes of Turtles Ninja-Style

Skribbo

Skribbo

United Kingdom
April 2006

JUL 13, 2006 06:07 PM

This may be a little off topic, but wasn't Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In The Name Of The Father, Get Rich Or Die Trying) going to remake Kurosawa's Ikiru? I'd heard that Tom Hanks was set to star in it (oh, the humanity). I read a little about it on IMDB but have just done a quick search and could find nothing on the project. Perhaps people have come to their seneses. More likely, the funding just wasn't there.

PopMonger

PopMonger

Los Angeles, CA
June 2006

JUL 13, 2006 06:18 PM

skeeler said:
This may be a little off topic, but wasn't Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In The Name Of The Father, Get Rich Or Die Trying) going to remake Kurosawa's Ikiru? I'd heard that Tom Hanks was set to star in it (oh, the humanity). I read a little about it on IMDB but have just done a quick search and could find nothing on the project. Perhaps people have come to their seneses. More likely, the funding just wasn't there.


News first surfaced about that in October 2004. Last thing I saw or heard about it was last July - it was still a go, but Sheridan was directing something else first. Haven't heard anything since. It could have died a painless development death.

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