- For Marlon Wayans, G.I. Joe is a serious movie. That might be part of the problem:
“For G.I. Joe it was all about me being appropriate and just being mature about my decisions of when to be funny and when not to be. It’s always a challenge. They may try and put you inside of a little box, but I know that, talent-wise, I look at my filmography and I’m able to do a lot. I’ve played a junkie in Requiem [for a Dream], a white woman in White Chicks. I played a little person in Little Man. I played a weedhead in Scary Movie. Now I get to finally play a hero, and I get to play a hero with some humor.”
I actually liked Wayans in Requiem, but G.I. Joe looks cartoonish (even for a movie based on a ’80s cartoon and action figure) — and I say that as someone who had a great fondness for both the cartoon and toys growing up. I think, on reflection, Wayans might have considerably less range than he thinks he does.
- Speaking of unnecessary remakes, and ridiculous ’80s cartoon shows, do we really need another Masters of the Universe movie?
Warner sees the big-screen version as a gritty fantasy and re-imagines Adam as a soldier who sets off to find his destiny, happening upon the magical world of Eternia, the trade paper reports. There Skeletor has raised a technological army and is bent on eradicating magic.
I was also a big fan of He-Man when I was a kid, but I now recognize it’s a ridiculous concept that doesn’t really lend itself to live action and updating. (The Dolph Lundgren version should be proof enough of that.) And if you’re going to rewrite the whole concept, why not just make a new movie? Where are all the new ideas?
- A Catcher in the Rye sequel just sounds like a bad idea all around. Read W.P. Kinsella’s Shoeless Joe — it’s the book that inspired Field of Dreams — if you want to read J.D. Salinger as a character in somebody else’s novel. (They renamed the character and cast James Earl Jones in the movie.) [via]
- Archie is getting married? Riverdale will never be the same again! Of course, they’ll just retcon this away with one of those “One More Day“-like deals with the devil. (Isn’t it weird how you never see Mephisto and Mr. Weatherbee in the same room together, ever?) Still, they’ll have to make sure they don’t start having to retcon the retcon, like the Spider-Man newspaper strip. (In other news: there’s still a Spider-Man newspaper strip?) [via]
- Meanwhile, who knew Jughead’s hat had such a rich history? [via]
And if you’re going to rewrite the whole concept, why not just make a new movie?
That doesn’t generate the name-recognition that puts butts in seats. Sigh.