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Date Posted: 13:52:30 11/02/05 Wed
Author: Hugh Jazz
Subject: my ideas for remakes
In reply to: Dog of War 's message, "So what would you like to see remade?" on 14:30:20 10/21/05 Fri

I'm kind of partial to 80's movies that I grew up on. Films that I watch now and realize they weren't very well executed or have room for improvement.

I always liked the idea behind "My Bodyguard", the Matt Dillon-Adam Baldwin tough-guy movie. I recently watched it again and it definitely could use an update. The climatic fight scene at the end of the movie isn't as good as I remembered it. I don't really have any ideas for a new cast right now, sorry. In the original a never-to-be-heard-from-again Hank Salas played Matt Dillon's bodyguard. I thought he was pretty good. Maybe he could reprise the role.

I was also partial to big, sprawling stuffed-with-celebrities flicks like Treasure Hunt or Midnight Madness. I'm thinking those could be redone. The original Midnight Madness was a Disney movie with David Naughton, Animal House's Stephen Furst, perpetual nerd Eddie Deezen and the first silver-screen appearance of Michael J. Fox. It was about 5 teams that followed clues around Los Angeles to win a game concocted by a scruffy-looking slacker. There was a nerd team, a jock team, a sorority team, a good team and a bad team. Definite potential for a remake.

Treasure Hunt was in the same vein, family members go on a scavenger hunt to win their dead relative's fortune.

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correction: Treasure Hunt should be Scavenger Hunt -- Hugh Jazz, 13:55:35 11/02/05 Wed
- Of all the Ruth Gordon movies that could be remade . . . -- The Rhino, 18:38:29 11/02/05 Wed
"My Bodyguard" is a great movie. -- Silk, 16:29:37 11/02/05 Wed