Six 28-Year-Old Films That Deserve a Sequel More Than ‘TRON’
Cinematic Listology By FSR Staff on December 17, 2010 | Comments (11)There have already been a surprising number of modern sequels and remakes made from the movies of 1982. Films like The Thing and Conan The Barbarian have remakes coming down the pipe while the Rocky franchise has been continued, and The Dark Crystal and Mad Max franchises have both been promised a latter-day continuation. There’s a lot of rich material there, and this weekend sees Tron: Legacy come out almost three decades after the film it’s following. Of course TRON deserves a sequel because of its large cult appeal and the potential expansiveness that the universe always held. However, there are several other films from 1982 that may even be more worthy to get the way-too-late-in-the-game sequel treatment. Here’s six of ‘em.
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema: voted #1. Every week I force-feed you hot spoon-fulls of hot garbage from my personal celluloid landfill. These stinkers may have fallen short of technically proficient from the time their scripts were greenlit, but they nevertheless occupy a special, greasy part of my heart.
Tony Scott to Helm ‘Showgirls 3′ with Men in Bowties and Spandex
Movie News By Cole Abaius on October 29, 2009 | Comments (7)
‘Robocop’ May Be Scanning For a New Director
In Development By Cole Abaius on July 15, 2009 | Comments (10)We may have taken for granted that Darren Aronofsky was going to end up being the director for Robocop. It’s likely that he’ll still do it, but a new scheduling problem may make it that much harder to pull off.
Relax: 20 Films From the 80s That Aren’t Being Remade
Features By Cole Abaius on June 16, 2009 | Comments (37)Rejoice! It’s not all doom and gloom when it comes to remakes. There’s a ton of 80s movies that aren’t being remade, and here’s just a handful of the ones we’re most thankful for.
Jonathan Levine Channels 1980s for ‘The Sitter’
In Development By Cole Abaius on March 31, 2009 | Comments (2)After channeling the 1990s for The Wackness, Jonathan Levine is heading back further in time to bring us The Sitter,
7 Things the Uninitiated Should Know Before Seeing ‘Watchmen’
Cinematic Listology By Cole Abaius on March 5, 2009 | Comments (16)We tow the line between spoiling everything (we don’t spoil anything) and educating (just some slight preparation) in order to give a decent look at what to expect from a film based on a book that you might not have read yet.
How do you make a spin-off that doesn’t have any characters from the main show? Set it before they were born. We can only hope Patrick Bateman shows up to set those kids straight.
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