I suppose it's only natural that the rape of our childhood entertainments continues unabated. After all The Transformers has been a massive success, so much so that we will, in the not-too-distant future, see G.I. Joe, He-Man, Conan, and Dragonlance feature films. And from a past that I still remember (and this is really for you Kyro and Selbonaut) returns the once cutting-edge Reboot.
Keep your eyes peeled kiddies, more blasts from the past are stumbling their way towards a quick bittorrent download...
Rebooting For Your Pleasure!
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2007-07-23
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I was just thinking the other day that they should redo Flash Gordon. The cheesy Queen sound-tracked film from the early 80's featuring Max Von Sydow as Ming had so much untapped potential. A new CGI infused Flash would be great I think.
In the G.I.Joe film, it better be nitty gritty and (maybe Ridley Scott could direct?) and have lots of Joe's and Cobra's being blown to pieces.
Reboot was deliciously full of puns for my inner computer geek.
http://www.scifi.com
12:00 AM, 12-APRIL-07
Johnson Is Flash Gordon
Eric Johnson (Smallville) has landed the title role in SCI FI Channel's upcoming original series Flash Gordon, the network announced. The 22-hour series updates the comic-strip franchise and is slated for an August premiere. Johnson will play space-traveling adventurer Gordon, who is joined by companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov. Ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, they find themselves as Earth's last line of defense against the forces of the merciless dictator Ming.
Peter Hume wrote the first two episodes, which will be directed by Rick Rosenthal (Smallville). Production is to begin May 1 in Vancouver, Canada.
It tells you how stale the creative group think in hollywood/TV is when a TV program, which is the remake of a movie, which is really a remake of an early serial, is labeled "upcoming original series".
Give me a break.
That being said, I am excited to see it as long as it doesn't suck.
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