Weird Science again?

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by: Dave Davis Feb. 6, 2007

Wow, the Moviehole cats have the buzz today on all the remakes and sequels that may either thrill or depress you (GOONIES 2 and GREMLINS 3!! -- but direct to DVD?). Another case in point: a planned remake of the 80s teen comedy WEIRD SCIENCE.

Apparently the fun flick that made sexy Kelly LeBrock a household name (for about two years) is currently on the block for a redo, and Universal has a writer named Johnny Rosenthal working on it. Although the film had a spinoff syndicated TV series that ran five seasons in the 1990s, the suits are convinced there's still fresh material to be mined from the concept of horny young guys creating their dream girl. Or at least it's an excuse to have bands like Fall Out Boy cover the kicky Oingo Boingo theme song...

Hey, as long as they get Vernon Wells to return again as his ROAD WARRIOR biker, I'm game. No word yet on who they might seek to replace the taut bod and pouty lips of LeBrock, but my advice? I have to concur with the request from Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Rusler in the original: "Bigger tits."

Source: Moviehole.net

Extra Tidbit: Actor Lee Tergesen, perhaps best known as inmate Beecher on HBO's series "Oz", replaced Bill Paxton as Chet on the TV show.

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powersauce
10:43AM on 02/07/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Fallout Boy - WTF?
Fallout Boy isn't good enough to shine Danny Elfman's shoes. It's really sad that teens know about Fallout Boy yet they just know Danny Elfman as that "Tim Burton" music composer instead of "He was also in an underrated 80s band called Oingo Boingo." These eMpTyV kids need to expand their horizons.
Fallout Boy isn't good enough to shine Danny Elfman's shoes. It's really sad that teens know about Fallout Boy yet they just know Danny Elfman as that "Tim Burton" music composer instead of "He was also in an underrated 80s band called Oingo Boingo." These eMpTyV kids need to expand their horizons.
 
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cobracommander
10:14AM on 02/07/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Sick of remakes
I even heard yesterday that they are remaking The Graduate with Justin Timberlake and Demi Moore in the lead roles. Is nothing fucking sacred anymore? Hollywood is bullshit!
I even heard yesterday that they are remaking The Graduate with Justin Timberlake and Demi Moore in the lead roles. Is nothing fucking sacred anymore? Hollywood is bullshit!
 
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MrMassive
8:56AM on 02/07/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hollywood Can Eat A Fat Dick
What little bit of faith I still had in Hollywood has now been extinguished like a gnawed cigar in the ashtray that is my soul. Fuck you Hollywood. Fuck you for ruining any decent memory I had of 80s film. I hate you.
What little bit of faith I still had in Hollywood has now been extinguished like a gnawed cigar in the ashtray that is my soul. Fuck you Hollywood. Fuck you for ruining any decent memory I had of 80s film. I hate you.
 
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maf
8:12AM on 02/07/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Dear Hollywood Execs...
Let's do lunch and talk about these goddamn remakes. Your order? A nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray.
Let's do lunch and talk about these goddamn remakes. Your order? A nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray.
 
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drexxell
7:06AM on 02/07/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Die die die!
I thought some things were sacred. Looks like I was wrong.

In alignment with the other curses, here goes an old classic:

Dear Hollywood executives: May the fleas of 1000 camels infest your armpits.

Oh, and go die, bastards.
I thought some things were sacred. Looks like I was wrong.

In alignment with the other curses, here goes an old classic:

Dear Hollywood executives: May the fleas of 1000 camels infest your armpits.

Oh, and go die, bastards.
 
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10PoundBrown
1:12AM on 02/07/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
please God...........no. Make the bad feelings stop.

What a horrible idea.

Die Hollywood.
please God...........no. Make the bad feelings stop.

What a horrible idea.

Die Hollywood.
 
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RMaro
11:00PM on 02/06/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Arrrghhh!!!
Holy mackeral - i cannot believe this. Why in the heck would redo this movie. Its a classic. Our classic. The late twenty/thirty somethings and for some reason, a brainless goof is going to remake it. Another movie, excellent in its own right was Bad Boys - the one with Sean Penn in it. Remember that one?
The soda can scene and a young clancy brown were da bomb. You know what, why dont ...
Holy mackeral - i cannot believe this. Why in the heck would redo this movie. Its a classic. Our classic. The late twenty/thirty somethings and for some reason, a brainless goof is going to remake it. Another movie, excellent in its own right was Bad Boys - the one with Sean Penn in it. Remember that one?
The soda can scene and a young clancy brown were da bomb. You know what, why dont they remake it and actually have both those actors return. We can suspend belief and try and see them as the teenagers stuck in juve school blues.
Arrghhh!!
 
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evilmonkey
10:32PM on 02/06/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Dear Hollywood Execs
Thank you for ruining the beloved movies of my childhood. May fate bless you with a fiery case of herpes that would make Paris Hilton cringe. Bastards.
Thank you for ruining the beloved movies of my childhood. May fate bless you with a fiery case of herpes that would make Paris Hilton cringe. Bastards.
 
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thompson644
8:27PM on 02/06/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
What the hell?
What's next? Seventeen Candles? Pretty in Plaid? Planes, Trains, and Hovercrafts? Why can't we get something original for fuck's sake? Actually, that last one mght be pretty sweet.
What's next? Seventeen Candles? Pretty in Plaid? Planes, Trains, and Hovercrafts? Why can't we get something original for fuck's sake? Actually, that last one mght be pretty sweet.
 
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smok3h
7:57PM on 02/06/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
dammit....
Ok... gremlins 3, as a theater release would rock the world!! But my worse fears have been realized. No longer is hollywood mainly remaking horror movies.. now they have to remake everything... WHAT. THE. FUCK. HOLLYWOOD.
Ok... gremlins 3, as a theater release would rock the world!! But my worse fears have been realized. No longer is hollywood mainly remaking horror movies.. now they have to remake everything... WHAT. THE. FUCK. HOLLYWOOD.