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'Revenge of the Nerds' Remake in the Works

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the score-with-the-omega-mus dept.

grouchomarxist writes "According to CNN the movie 'Revenge of the Nerds' is being remade. Here is the IMDB entry for the remake." I just don't see how this could be good. Unless they let me play Goose ;)

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  1. Post your favorite Booger line by Savatte · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've been out combing the high schools all day!

    On a serious note, Curtis "Booger" Armstrong does fine voiceover work on Stroker & Hoop.

  2. Well, it's that or the remake of Poseidon... by Penguinisto · · Score: 2, Interesting
    ...or the remake of (insert recycled theme here that execs think the majority of the public isn't aware of...)

    Yuck. If it isn't the stranglehold of perpetual copyright law killing creativity ("ooooh, can't write about that theme, it sounds too close to something that someone can sue us over!"), outright fear of losing investment money ("Hey, this was a hit in 19xx - let's do it again!"), or flat-out retread of existing 'IP' rights that were purchased ages ago but are now worthless ("man - we paid HOW MUCH for that movie!? Quick! Get Tom Cruise on the phone - we gotta recoup our investment in that thing!")...?

    Screw it. I'll be hunting for indie/small-budget/out-of-the-way films from here on out (Equilibrium being a perfect example)... at least until the big motion picture houses decide to stop sucking so hard.

    /P

    --
    Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
  3. Re:70's humped dry, on to the 80's by fm6 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Literally, yes Airplane! is a remake of Zero Hour. (I find it particularly amusing that the famous line, "... somebody who can not only fly this plane, but didn't have fish for dinner!" was lifted unchanged out of Zero Hour.) But legally, no. Despite what it says in IMDB, Zero Hour does not appear in the credits for Airplane! — the studio lawyers vetoed it for some reason. So officially, Airplane! is an original movie, despite its origins.

    In any case. that's one more reason not to remake Airplane!. If a remake of Zero Hour is Airplane!, than a remake of Airplane! could only be another Zero Hour.

  4. Re:Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I consider it a 2.0 version (whereas the sequel to the original was 1.1). Consider that the original was released before Windows, AOL, Netscape, mp3's, Linux, search engines, LambdaMOO, or even PowerPoint.

    BTW, I always saw the original as a turning point that marked the point when it became socially acceptable to be a geek. That wasn't caused by the movie - it was art imitating life. The real cause, as always, was wealth. Whatever rich people do becomes a social norm. In 1984 rich people were starting to use computers, and, conversely, computer geeks were starting to get rich.