# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/21 "2019-09-19T13:41:06Z")
Actual proposal, or guerrilla marketing campaign for a re-release of the original movie? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/22 "2019-09-19T16:32:13Z")
QT directs: Samuel L Jackson as Indigo: Say “inconceivable” again, muthafucker. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/23 "2019-09-19T16:33:15Z")
I DO NOT WANT but I like my casting choices: Zak Efron as Westley Hugh Jackman as Humperdink Samuel L Jackson as Indigo Montoya Dwayne Johnson as Fezzik Tom Hanks as Vizzini Melissa McCarthy as Buttercup Patrick Stewart as the Grandfather any mode good ones? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/24 "2019-09-19T16:40:41Z")
There is no replacement for andre the giant. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/25 "2019-09-19T16:43:51Z")
Really bad idea. Let’s remake Groundhog Day while we’re at it. Also Airplane, The Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men and Stand By Me while we’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/26 "2019-09-19T16:48:46Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Really bad idea. Let’s remake Groundhog Day while we’re at it. Also Airplane, The Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men and Stand By Me while we’re at it. I wish they’d remake the 2009 Star Trek, this time with more story and less lens flare. And The Phantom Menace, this time written by someone with talent. So no Abrams. Heck, i’d take QT redoing it over what it is now. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/27 "2019-09-19T16:53:02Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I DO NOT WANT > > but I like my casting choices: > > Zak Efron as Westley > Hugh Jackman as Humperdink > Samuel L Jackson as Indigo Montoya > Dwayne Johnson as Fezzik > Tom Hanks as Vizzini > Melissa McCarthy as Buttercup > Patrick Stewart as the Grandfather > > any mode good ones? No, Samuel Jackson as The Man in Black. “Incon-fu\*\*ing-ceivable! That MF-er did NOT just climb up that cliff after us! I do not have time for this shit!” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/28 "2019-09-19T16:54:36Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Actual proposal, or guerrilla marketing campaign for a re-release of the original movie? They haven’t even proposed anything. Here’s the full quote: > [@](#): > > “We have so many people coming to us saying, ‘We want to remake this show or that show,’” Vinciquerra says. “Very famous people whose names I won’t use, but they want to redo ‘The Princess Bride.’ Some people want to do animated versions of some of the sitcoms. Not a month goes by when we don’t have an idea coming from some very big name wanting to do things with Norman.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/29 "2019-09-19T16:55:31Z")
There have been remakes of good movies before. Are there people out there that prefer the new versions of: Taking of Pelham 123 Manchurian Candidate Arlington Road (Parallax View) Psycho Rollerball The Andromeda Strain ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/30 "2019-09-19T16:56:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I wish they’d remake the 2009 Star Trek, this time with more story and less lens flare. > > And The Phantom Menace, this time written by someone with talent. So no Abrams. Heck, i’d take QT redoing it over what it is now. Are either of those movies consider perfect or even practically perfect? As to Star Trek, No need to remake, just make another one, I enjoyed the last one penned by Simon Pegg very much. As to Star Wars, I just don’t care, but a lot of people are enjoying it. Radical concept, Hollywood, how about some original films? Don’t have to have $200 million budgets either. In the 70s and 80s a lot of really great films were made that were original or from novels. Look at Rob Reiner, John Hughes & John Landis especially. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/31 "2019-09-19T16:57:25Z")
I don’t understand why that particular movie is considered so sacred. It was released 32 years ago. A lot of movie goers weren’t even alive back then and may have never seen the original at all. Why not give it another go? I find it pathetic that many of the people who are up in arms about this and are actively protesting it don’t even blink an eye over the latest lie told by that sack of shit in the Oval Office. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/32 "2019-09-19T16:59:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There have been remakes of good movies before. Are there people out there that prefer the new versions of: > > Taking of Pelham 123 > Manchurian Candidate > Arlington Road (Parallax View) > Psycho > Rollerball > The Andromeda Strain Wait, they remade The Andromeda Strain?!? Should I assume it was garbage? ---
**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 19, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/33 "2019-09-19T17:20:22Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Wait, they remade The Andromeda Strain?!? Should I assume it was garbage? [The Andromeda Strain (miniseries) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(miniseries)) Turned it into a government conspiracy thriller. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/34 "2019-09-19T17:26:16Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Wait, they remade The Andromeda Strain?!? Should I assume it was garbage? 40% on Rotten Tomatoes ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/35 "2019-09-19T17:31:10Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Wait, they remade The Andromeda Strain?!? Should I assume it was garbage? The rating G meant something completely different in 1970. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/36 "2019-09-19T17:33:06Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > [The Andromeda Strain (miniseries) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(miniseries)) Turned it into a government conspiracy thriller. :smack: With time travel! Srsly. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/37 "2019-09-19T17:55:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > What would be the point of remaking it? I’m not being snarky here - I honestly don’t see the point. I’m sure that the point is that someone in Hollywood is convinced that a remake would make a crapton of money. Pure and simple. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/38 "2019-09-19T17:58:02Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I don’t understand why that particular movie is considered so sacred. It was released 32 years ago. A lot of movie goers weren’t even alive back then and may have never seen the original at all. Why not give it another go? I think that suggests, to me, a potential for a theatrical re-release of the original, rather than a remake, which has, frankly, a pretty high likelihood of being somewhere between “disappointing” and “horrible.” They did a one-night-only re-release of the original a couple of years ago (through Fathom Events, IIRC), which we went to – the theater was full. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/39 "2019-09-19T18:04:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There have been remakes of good movies before. Are there people out there that prefer the new versions of: > > Taking of Pelham 123 > Manchurian Candidate > Arlington Road (Parallax View) > Psycho > Rollerball > The Andromeda Strain Why does a remake need to be ‘better’ to justify its existence? Why can’t a movie just be good? The Arlington Road and Manchurian remakes, for example, had generally good reviews and are very enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454/40 "2019-09-19T18:15:31Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > QT directs: > > Samuel L Jackson as Indigo: Say “inconceivable” again, muthafucker. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Samuel L Jackson as Indigo Montoya Sorry to nitpick, but he directly tells us his name a dozen times or more in this movie and in no instance is it “Indigo.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454.md?page=3)