# Remake of "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" in the Works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156 "2008-04-06T04:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/21 "2008-04-07T01:37:55Z")
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. **Dude, Where’s My Car** , as far as I’m concerned, is Bill and Ted’s 3. Replace potheads with airheads, and it’s the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/22 "2008-04-07T05:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] When I rule the world, I’ll ban remakes of good films. [/QUOTE] Does a [remake of He-Man](http://www.beyondhollywood.com/category/he-man-2008-movie/) count? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/23 "2008-04-07T17:47:56Z")
Fiver - I suppose that’s possible, but then why even bother using Bill and Ted? Why not make a couple of entirely new characters and not risk offending fans of the originial incarnation (don’t forget there was a cartoon series after the movies, so they’ve been around for a while)? Eh…I guess I’ll watch it eventually, just to see how they’re going to pull it off. As long as it’s still about a pair of slackers who go on a bizarre trip through time to pass a big exam, it should be at least passable. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/24 "2008-04-07T18:24:54Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] I’m trying to imagine what sort of updated slang would be appropriate, but I can’t think of anything, unless they talk in Leetspeak, but that’s a written form. Maybe I’m too old. [/QUOTE] I was in Gamestop checking out the Nintendo DS games the other day. A kid who had to be early teens, 15 at the most, was talking to a friend on his cell. I quite distinctly heard him say, “That’s ridic, yo!” It took a lot of effort not to start laughing right then. I’m only 26, too. I feel old. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/25 "2008-04-07T18:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] I’m trying to imagine what sort of updated slang would be appropriate, but I can’t think of anything, unless they talk in Leetspeak, but that’s a written form. Maybe I’m too old. [/QUOTE] Good God, no. This will be the first film done entirely in lolspeak. GENIUS i can haz tiem machine nao? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/26 "2008-04-07T18:47:58Z")
[QUOTE=DKW] Plain declarative sentences delivered straight. Who does this anymore? . [/QUOTE] You assume it never happens on discussion forums. -FRL- ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/27 "2008-04-07T19:08:06Z")
I need to see B & T again. There’s so many classic moments. Oh, and there will NEVER be a better Abraham Lincoln portrayed on screen. “What’s your name?” “I’m ABRAHAM LINCOLN!!” The delivery is classic. > [@The link](#): > > Oh, and as for Wyld Stallions? They’re retired. Bill & Ted’s group, in this film, is ‘Atomic Gorillas’ NO WAY!!! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/28 "2008-04-07T19:50:29Z")
I like when Lincoln intones, as only The Great Emancipator can, “Be Excellent To Each Other…” and then turns into this hick country boy from downstate Illinois: "…and _PARTY ON, dudes!"_ I mean I actually get shivers. How dorky is that? Yeah, never mind. Oh, and when Freud talks to the teenage girls at the mall while holding the corndog… ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/29 "2008-04-07T20:06:21Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] I like when Lincoln intones, as only The Great Emancipator can, “Be Excellent To Each Other…” and then turns into this hick country boy from downstate Illinois: "…and _PARTY ON, dudes!"_ I mean I actually get shivers. How dorky is that? Yeah, never mind. Oh, and when Freud talks to the teenage girls at the mall while holding the corndog… [/QUOTE] This is the thing that’s easy to miss about Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure: the movie is way more clever than its protagonists. What are the odds that the the remake will be anything like that? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/30 "2008-04-07T20:47:12Z")
Beat-oven rocking out at the piano store in the mall was always a favorite part of mine and of course Dust Wind Dude The funny thing about that movie is that it moved around the release schedual for about a year. (usually a very bad sign) The studio had little faith in the movie and they were completly taken by suprise when it hit so big. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/31 "2008-04-07T20:49:21Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] I like when Lincoln intones, as only The Great Emancipator can, “Be Excellent To Each Other…” and then turns into this hick country boy from downstate Illinois: "…and _PARTY ON, dudes!"_ I mean I actually get shivers. [/QUOTE] Don’t forget the beginning of Lincoln’s speech: “Four score and [pause to check watch] seven minutes ago…” ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/32 "2008-04-07T20:56:41Z")
Trivia: their vehicle was originally supposed to be a van, but they thought it would look like they were ripping off _Back to the Future_’s De Lorean. So then they changed it to the very last glassed-in phone booth in America (and took their chances looking like they were ripping off _Doctor Who_, I guess). The first movie was really pretty sweet. These two doofuses are just trying not to flunk out, and they get a bit of an education (and save the universe) by accident. Plus I love any movie where the character actors steal the show away from the leads. Plus there’s George Carlin as Rufus! I always thought Alex Winter was one of those “shoulda been” comic actors. He hosted some one-shot program on MTV once and he was very appealing. Meanwhile of course Keanu Reeves becomes a Major Star. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/33 "2008-04-07T21:11:54Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] NO WAY!!! [/QUOTE] Way! It’s been 18 years. I teach HS kids who think that **Oasis** , **Pulp** , \*\*Blur \*\* and \*\*Nirvana \*\* belong to an \*oldies \* station, who think that \*classic \* tv is \*\*Friends \*\* and are hazy about **Seinfeld**. Hollydumd is always going for the teen demographics, possibly because they can’t go to bars, get drunk and get laid, so their only excuse for entertainment is going to the mall and catching a flick (hoping to hook up while being there). Is 18 years the shortest span 'tween original and remake? Thunderball was remade 18 years after the original. The Shining was made as a movie in '80 and a tv mini series in '97, checking in at 17 years. There’s got to be a shorter span. Maybe it’s a topic for a new thread? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/34 "2008-04-07T21:26:02Z")
I am excited about both this and the new He-Man remake. I just hope it will be as intelligent as the original but I think it will be fun none the less. My favorite parts were when they were at the mall and Beef-oven is jamming on the keyboards and Ghengis Khan is running around the place on a skateboard with a football helmet on and weilding a baseball bat. A true warrior of the future. Also the part with Napoleon at the water park cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/35 "2008-04-07T22:17:54Z")
[QUOTE=Charlie Tan] Way! It’s been 18 years. I teach HS kids who think that **Oasis** , **Pulp** , \*\*Blur \*\* and \*\*Nirvana \*\* belong to an \*oldies \* station, who think that \*classic \* tv is \*\*Friends \*\* and are hazy about **Seinfeld**. Hollydumd is always going for the teen demographics, possibly because they can’t go to bars, get drunk and get laid, so their only excuse for entertainment is going to the mall and catching a flick (hoping to hook up while being there). Is 18 years the shortest span 'tween original and remake? Thunderball was remade 18 years after the original. The Shining was made as a movie in '80 and a tv mini series in '97, checking in at 17 years. There’s got to be a shorter span. Maybe it’s a topic for a new thread? [/QUOTE] Batman Begins started a new Batman series, bringing back the Joker and recreating the “origin.” If you want to go by the two firsts, there’s a 16 year span. But if you just want to go by the end of one and the beginning of the other, it’s only been 8 years. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/36 "2008-04-07T22:35:29Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] I’m trying to imagine what sort of updated slang would be appropriate, but I can’t think of anything, unless they talk in Leetspeak, but that’s a written form. Maybe I’m too old. [/QUOTE] I’m picturing Napoleon Dynamite’s Excellent Adventure. That could work but I wouldn’t bet on it. As for the shortest time between remakes, the Maltese Falcon that is famous remade a film from ten years before it, the recent Funny Games similarly was a remake of a film ten years before, and if we go ahead with foreign to US film The Vanishing was a remake of a film released only five years older than it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/37 "2008-04-07T22:42:47Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] I can’t believe people are upset about this. “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” was as hilarious a send-up of sci-fi movies as was ever made. It’s funny, kindhearted, well-paced, well-acted, has all kinds of terrific gags and avoids almost all the pitfalls of 80’s comedies … [/QUOTE] I think that’s WHY people are upset. It was a great movie as it was. It doesn’t NEED to be remade. [QUOTE=Flander] I need to see B & T again. There’s so many classic moments. Oh, and there will NEVER be a better Abraham Lincoln portrayed on screen. “What’s your name?” “I’m ABRAHAM LINCOLN!!” The delivery is classic. [/QUOTE] He bugged me for one reason, but it bugged me a lot. When he spelled his name out, he emphasized it like this: it’s L - I - N - _ **C** _ - O - L - N. As if the “C” was what typically gave people problems, when the “C” is pretty obvious, and the spelling issue is remembering that silent “L” at the end. I’m sure the script just said “That’s L I N C O L N” and the actor decided to add the retarded emphasis… but it bothers me quite a bit more than something like that should. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/38 "2008-04-08T07:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] I like when Lincoln intones, as only The Great Emancipator can, “Be Excellent To Each Other…” and then turns into this hick country boy from downstate Illinois: "…and _PARTY ON, dudes!"_ I mean I actually get shivers. How dorky is that? [/QUOTE] Not at all. So do I. I will bet you dollars to donuts that the very genuine sweetness of this movie will be nowhere in the remake. It’s out of fashion. And we’re a much meaner world. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/39 "2008-04-08T10:17:34Z")
Is it going to be made with the Wayans Bros? ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/40 "2008-04-08T12:09:25Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. **Dude, Where’s My Car** , as far as I’m concerned, is Bill and Ted’s 3. Replace potheads with airheads, and it’s the same thing. [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t agree, I would call “Dude Wheres my Car” “Boringly annoying Bill and vomit inducing Teds stupid load of crap” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156.md?page=3)