# Inconceivable! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454 "2019-09-18T20:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/1 "2019-09-18T20:09:51Z")
I don’t think this is a very good idea. > **['The Princess Bride' remake idea has people crying inconceivable | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/entertainment/the-princess-bride-remake-trnd/index.html)** > > "The Princess Bride" is fine just the way it is, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/2 "2019-09-18T20:26:07Z")
Why not? It would make a great Michael Bay project. Maybe Westley can ride off in the end and join the Doolittle Raid. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/3 "2019-09-18T21:35:43Z")
I was thinking a live musical on TV with a mixed gender mixed race cast. Hey, as long as were messing with a classic, why not go all the way? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/4 "2019-09-18T21:36:32Z")
I agree with the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/5 "2019-09-18T21:51:32Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > I was thinking a live musical on TV with a mixed gender mixed race cast. Hey, as long as were messing with a classic, why not go all the way? Do you mean that the cast will be a mix of different genders, or that each individual will be mixed gender? ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/6 "2019-09-18T21:54:16Z")
Quentin Tarantino could spice it up a little bit. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/7 "2019-09-18T22:05:56Z")
Only if directed by Peter Jackson - it will be a thrilogy! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/8 "2019-09-18T22:07:41Z")
Well remember Peter Falk is reading a book. Can the majority of the younger generation relate to that? ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/9 "2019-09-18T22:08:26Z")
[Cary Elwes says:](https://twitter.com/Cary_Elwes/status/1174124906327330816)“There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/10 "2019-09-18T23:06:59Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > I was thinking a live musical on TV with a mixed gender mixed race cast. Hey, as long as were messing with a classic, why not go all the way? What’s wrong with having mixed gender and mixed race casts? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/11 "2019-09-18T23:30:44Z")
If they remake it they absolutely must include more of the parts that Goldman abridged from the original S Morgenstern classic. Goldman obviously didn’t hold those elements in high regard, but they are absolutely essential to understanding the social commentary that Morganstern was engaged in. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/12 "2019-09-18T23:39:31Z")
I like Jamie Lee Curtis’ comment: > [@](#): > > from **gregorio’s** link > > Jamie Lee Curtis, who is married to “The Princess Bride” actor Christopher Guest, had her own opinion. > > "Oh really? Well, I married the six fingered man, obviously why we have stayed together for 35 years and there is only ONE ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/13 "2019-09-19T01:38:38Z")
Hollywood is an ouroboros eating itself. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/14 "2019-09-19T01:43:24Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > [Cary Elwes says:](https://twitter.com/Cary_Elwes/status/1174124906327330816)“There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one.” That is _awesome._ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/15 "2019-09-19T01:45:04Z")
The ouroboros was a symbol of renewal, resurrection, and reincarnation. Hollywood is an example of why Hindus and Buddhists want to escape from the cycle. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/16 "2019-09-19T04:35:12Z")
TPB is holding at 97%/94% critics/audiences on RT. Mr. Elwes is quite right. Maybe clean up the negative and sound score (if that!), and re-release it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/17 "2019-09-19T04:47:41Z")
It was either this or a land war in Asia. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/18 "2019-09-19T08:28:26Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > If they remake it they absolutely must include more of the parts that Goldman abridged from the original S Morgenstern classic. Goldman obviously didn’t hold those elements in high regard, but they are absolutely essential to understanding the social commentary that Morganstern was engaged in. I got half way through the book. It includes even more of the stuff that I found unattractive in the film. (cf [Bertolt\_Brecht](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht)) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/19 "2019-09-19T12:55:00Z")
What would be the point of remaking it? I’m not being snarky here - I honestly don’t see the point. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/20 "2019-09-19T13:25:48Z")
A remake of the Princess Bride? I don’t believe it will exist. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454.md?page=2)