Truly you could see at least three of these coming...
Maybe I'm getting soft, but this doesn't look utterly horrible. Stallone may never again be the chiseled dwarf of Rocky IV, and the premise - computer simulation projects past champion defeats current champion - won't be that ridiculous to anyone who pitted the '78 Steelers against the '90 Cowboys in Madden 2000, but so what? He's beating up on sides of beef and wearing that damn hat again, let's do this.
I'm crossing my fingers for a Mr. T cameo.
I am an unapolgetic fan of the Jackass franchise, and this trailer made me laugh ot loud. They're not hurting anyone but themselves, and - face it - watching a blindfolded Johnny Knoxville get potentially gored by a bull is disturbingly satisfying. I'd see this even if I didn't get in for free.
Of course (and there isn't a trailer yet) not all the news is good:
You know you're getting old when they remake beloved films from your early childhood, well that treatment is set to happen to one of mine. According to Reuters who reports Raven Symone is attached to star in the Walt Disney Pictures remake of '80s cult favorite "Adventures in Babysitting".
The original "Babysitting", also known as "A Night on the Town" in foreign territories, followed a high school senior (Elisabeth Shue) who gets stuck baby-sitting a bunch of kids. The dull night is interrupted when she gets a call for help from a friend (Penelope Ann Miller) stuck downtown, leading her and the kids into a night of misadventures. The original movie marked the directorial debut of Chris Columbus ("Mrs. Doubtfire", "Harry Potter 1 & 2").
It was also Columbus' only good movie, but that's a topic for another day.
I mentioned in one of the reviews I'm too lazy to look up that every movie that's precious to you is going to be remade at some point and you might as well get used to it. Granted, there are a couple dozen "classics" that are probably safe (The Godfather, The Bridge over the River Kwai, and Dr. Strangelove come to mind), but everything else is fair game.
Now, I'm prepared for remakes of Big Trouble in Little China and Buckaroo Banzai, but understand something: if Lynda Carter first caused my pre-adolescent loins to stir, Adventures in Babysitting (and The Karate Kid) proved conclusively to me that I was a heterosexual. I will not sit quietly at this affront to Elisabeth Shue just because Raven Symone wants leverage to get out of her Nickelodeon contract.
Lynda Obst, who produced the 1987 original with Debra Hill, is on board to produce the remake. David Stem and David Weiss wrote the script for the new "Babysitting."
You're all on the list.
The ONLY good movie? What about The Goonies???
Don't ever diss The Goonies, Pete. This could lead to battle. :P
Raven works primarily for Disney, not Nickelodeon.
What are you, the president of her fan club?
I loved Adventures in Babysitting. I have seen that move at least 10 times. I just can't believe Raven Symone is going to do Elisabeth Shue's role. She seems to young and cutesy for it, but maybe that is me just getting old. I still think of her as Olivia from the Cosby Show.
Stallone turned 60 earlier last month.
Who's going to be his actual ring opponent in this flick?
A tomato can named Al Zeimers.
Coming soon: John Rambo mows down heart disease in "First Blood 4: Take Your Meds".