Thanks, no really:wally
I had actually blocked that movie (and ALL JC movies) from my mind. Dang, thought those buggers were repressed quite well:mad:
I love this thread…
And I am so glad no one ever made a movie out of the great novels THE POSTMAN by David Brin or EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE by Lawrence Block.
Fifteen Iguana
FOX thought for a minute about changing Family Guy’s timeslot, maybe even canceling it, but realized it would be crazy to dump their funniest show.
Someone suggested a new genre of television called “reality shows”, but was quickly laughed out of the board room because everyone immediately saw they were just outdoor game shows.
Sonny Bono’s widow proposed a copyright term extension bill, but was booed and pelted with rotten fruit when she suggested it should apply to works that had already been created. The day after she suggested that Congress consider Jack Valenti’s proposed copyright term of “forever less one day”, she was deported to Syria and has never been heard from since.
That reminds me, wouldn’t it have sucked if they’d tried a mid-90’s revival of Ghostbusters? I mean, what would they have called it? Extreme Ghostbusters? Not likely. They’d have had to get all new Ghostbusters and everything, and no way they’d be able to make a cartoon that matched up to the original. Good thing they never bothered, then.
It’s also a good thing that Hasbro retroactively took note of this and halted the production of G.I. Joe Extreme once it got to the prototype stages. I wouldn’t want to see those in Toys R Us!
It was a shame that Joe Carter caught the flu before game 6 of the 1993 World Series. He was due. Now if only the Phillies hadn’t blown the 9-0 lead with two outs in the ninth inning of game 7.
Does anyone know where I might find tickets for the next Toad the Wet Sprocket concert?
Gods and Generals, the most wretched novel of the Civil War ever written, was never made into a movie, and neither was Killer Angels. Oh, there were rumors Ted Turner had something to do with it…
There was a few other projects that never really happened but were supposed to: There were rumors of a TV script called Ironclads with busty Ginny Madsen in period hooker gowns, but it never went anywhere. Then there was some really lame small-screen bit about a Confederate submarine, but that was never done, either.
And Ollie Stone never did his JFK assasination fantasy…
There has never been a film made about the Navajo code-talkers, and that’s too bad.
And there was once a trilogy of films based on the absurd idea that machines ran the world by drawing power from…dreams of people, but they had so little control of this world that they had to physically fight them. No one could have really got interested in this project, even if they had more special effects than dialog and even plot, so the whole concept of The Matrix was dropped long ago.
And I’ve heard of a lot of other really bad stuff that fortumately was never made, like Pulp Fiction, and Swordfish, and Reservoir Dogs, but their premise was so ridiculous and the script so lousy that they could never have made anything coherent.
I once heard that there was like a season and a half between the first China Beach movie and the last, but only maybe one disjointed season that took three years to broadcast, and snippets of other evidence actually can be found. Just like that rumor that NYPD Blue continued after Jimmy Smits left, but the evidence for it is fragmentary.
However, there are signs that Law and Order has been restarted after Steven Hill’s retirement, this time with a real lawyer/former congressman in the DA slot. Time will tell…
There was supposed to be a Miami version of CSI, but it was supposed to have had non-talent David Caruso in the lead, so it can’t be true…just a really bad joke, like the rest of these.
You know what I find absolutely amazing? Back in 1993, when Johnny Carson decided to retire after 29 fantastic years of hosting the Tonight Show, NBC decided to cancel it. A brave move that had many people puzzled as to why they didn’t choose David Letterman to take over as host. Well, ol’ Dave got a show at CBS and NBC decided to run some show with a stand up (what’s name — uh, Jay something?).
Oh well, who can figure the minds of network programmers?
jdbeatty…
Feed off the dreams of people…?
Have you even seen the movie, or are you just assuming that’s the plot based off of the opinions of your liberal neo-beatnik New York Times fun-hating movie reviewer friends?
You sound just like them…
jdbeatty…
Feed off the dreams of people…?
Have you even seen the movie, or are you just assuming that’s the plot based off of the opinions of your liberal, pseudo-intellectual, fun-hating, neo-beatnik New York Times movie reviewer friends?
You sound just like them…
Oh, I’ve seen the wretched thing, and I want that two hours of my life back.
New York Times does movie reviews? Wouldn’t know, don’t read the rag. Too busy ready Army Times.
Some FOX executives appreciated what good series they had in their programming and gave Futurama a consistent time-slot with decent advertising and no pre-emptions due to whatever sports were happening at the time. Any memories to the contrary are just ravioli-induced nightmares. I am happy to know that FOX decided to keep the show for 7 seasons, allowing for it to develop towards a truly satisfying end.
Metallica’s last release was the black album. I must have had a dream where the band went on a few years later to produce two mediocre releases called “Load” and “Re-Load.” Never really happened. Then last summer I had a nightmare that Metallica came back to put out something called “St. Anger.” I then woke up in a cold sweat and I had to tell myself, “it’s only a dream, it’s only a dream…” and then I peacefully went back to sleep.
So many hexes against Alien 3 … had Alien 4 (Resurrection) never been made, I’d be inclined to agree. The fourth film makes the third one look like an Oscar winner by comparison. Taking that into consideration, the series ended the conclusion of Ripley’s saga (to me, and to any true fan). The concept of bringing her back was not only a sign of true desperation, but to have done it with such an utter piece of trash insult of a film was an outright slap in the face.
I also think it’s a good thing ‘The Man Show’ ended when it did. Wouldn’t it be a shame if the hosts got replaced with two completely unfunny idiots and the skits went from lighthearted sexually-slanted humor with the occasional vulgar reference … to 100% completely deliberate and shallow guttertrash jokes?
Yea, thank god that show never went on.
And you know what? I’m surprised no one’s ever tried an American version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”! Though they’d take out the rotating cast, the game changes, and Clive Anderson, which would make it completely pointless.
You wanna know a sick rumor I heard? Suposedly, back in the 70’s, they made a Pink Panther cartoon where Pink spoke! What kind of twisted maniac would even attempt such heresy!
Nope. Just a rumor. Never happened.
Speaking of things the good George Lucas NEVER did, he most certainly never let Chris Claremont write a trilogy of godawful books taking place after Willow. He’d never kill off all but four of the major characters and then write the most banal, plot-hole-ridden, inconsistent drivel in existence. And Willow would never change his name to anything lame and cheat on his wife. And Elora would not be the highly cliche daughter of a dragon and dress like a certain pop star (who also doesn’t exist) gone Ren Faire / fetish.
Nope. Never.
And even if he had some severe lapse of sanity like that, I would have seen the first book on the shelf and run away screaming. I definitely wouldn’t have wasted days of my life reading all three.
::quiet weeping::
This is strictly of local interest, but back in the 2000 election, the election folks in Palm Beach came up with this crazy ballot. Half the people who looked at it couldn’t figure out where they were supposed to mark for the presidential candidate.
Fortunately it got fixed before the election…
Fifteen Iguana
I heard rumors that someone wanted to do a Cat in the Hat movie, with Mike Meyers making gross jokes and crotch shots in a big furry suit. Boy, I’m glad that never happened, as it sounds like it’d really suck!
Matrix: Revolutions hasn’t been released yet. I’m looking forward to seeing it when it does come out and hope it will continue with the questions brought up by Reloaded.
[Kyle’s mom]
WHAT WHAT WHAT?!
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Oh no, he didn’t. I mean, he did? Oh, man.