# 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:** 3
**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, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/41 "2008-04-08T12:12:32Z")
[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 - no gratuitous nudity or profanity, for instance. It never takes itself too seriously, but takes itself seriously enough to tell the story straight. It’s got one of the best titles ever. It had a funky, indie-style soundtrack long before “indie” soundtracks became trendy. Of course, the movie business being what it is, there’s a good chance any given movie will be bad, irrespective of what it’s remade of. The quality of a remake is not at all connected to the quality of an original. Case in point: “Battlestar Galactica” was a terrible TV show that was remade into one of the best shows in the history of television drama. The quality of the original didn’t at all affect the remake. On the other hand, if they announced they were remaking “Casablanca,” how would you feel about that? IF they stay true to the spirit of the original Bill & Ted - and that WOULD mean updating their slang, if nothing else - they could make an equally funny movie. [/QUOTE] I notice nobody mentions the far less funny “Bill and Teds Bogus Journey” nowadays… Let’s keep it that way… ---
**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 8, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/42 "2008-04-08T13:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=Smid] I notice nobody mentions the far less funny “Bill and Teds Bogus Journey” nowadays… Let’s keep it that way… [/QUOTE] Hey there was around half of a good movie there. In an unholy union with a horrifically awful one admittedly, but half a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/43 "2008-04-08T14:16:56Z")
Bogus Journey was a weird-ass movie, but they did a damn good job with the climax. The ZZ Top homage was great, and call me a dork but the Reaper’s line “You might be a king or a lowly street sweeper/But sooner or later you dance with the Reaper” was well done. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/44 "2008-04-08T14:44:49Z")
Bogus Journey was just a remake of _Seventh Seal_. So maybe Bill & Ted 3 will just remake _Cries and Whispers_? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/45 "2008-04-08T15:20:06Z")
[QUOTE=Smid] I notice nobody mentions the far less funny “Bill and Teds Bogus Journey” nowadays… Let’s keep it that way… [/QUOTE] Oh, my no. I actually thought **Bogus Journey** was more clever than the first. The whole, “My old teacher…” “My prized pupil” payoff was hysterical. And the Reaper…the Reaper made the movie. “I’m so sorry…They melvined me.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/46 "2008-04-08T15:20:10Z")
[QUOTE=shiftless] Bogus Journey was just a remake of _Seventh Seal_ [/QUOTE] How [about](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053976/)_Bill and Ted and the Virgin Spring?_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/47 "2008-04-08T16:25:39Z")
That movie has one of the best moments in film. Death: You sunk my battleship. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/48 "2008-04-08T16:32:51Z")
I use the line “San Diemus High School football rules!” an awful lot. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/49 "2008-04-08T16:55:14Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] Oh, my no. I actually thought **Bogus Journey** was more clever than the first. The whole, “My old teacher…” “My prized pupil” payoff was hysterical. And the Reaper…the Reaper made the movie. “I’m so sorry…They melvined me.” [/QUOTE] I’m with you. I liked the second one as much as the first, though Station annoyed me. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/50 "2008-04-08T17:20:15Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I’m with you. I liked the second one as much as the first, though Station annoyed me. [/QUOTE] Filmed on the site of the Star Trek episode _Arena._ Click on the photo for [a Metron.](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/episode/68698.html)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/51 "2008-04-08T18:09:33Z")
I forgot to mention…the mall they visited in the first movie, that’s here in Phoenix. It’s really a trip to see it on the big screen, recognizing it from before the mall changed appearance. An old friend of mine is in the background, and that was his claim to fame. They better film the remake at the local mall, that’s all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/52 "2008-04-08T18:13:53Z")
Yeah, I liked the second one a lot. Colonel Oates: “Drop and give me… _infinity!_” Ted: “Dude, we can’t do infinity pushups!” Bill: “Maybe if he let’s us do them girly-style?” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/53 "2008-04-08T18:29:51Z")
I think that we, the people that posted here in defense of Bill and Ted should never post to another movie thread again. As for me…well, I saw the post on the front page for the boards and saw “Remake of Bill &…” and my heart immediately skipped a beat. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/54 "2008-04-08T20:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Put them in the Iron Maiden. [/QUOTE] “Iron Maiden?” _::air guitars::_ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/55 "2008-04-08T20:42:18Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] I forgot to mention…the mall they visited in the first movie, that’s here in Phoenix. It’s really a trip to see it on the big screen, recognizing it from before the mall changed appearance. [/QUOTE] For one thing, didn’t they take the ice skating rink out? I used to live a couple of miles from that mall. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/56 "2008-04-08T22:07:37Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] … and avoids almost all the pitfalls of 80’s comedies - no gratuitous nudity…, for instance. … [/QUOTE] Gratuitous nudity??? What kind of crazy talk is that? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/57 "2008-04-09T02:48:31Z")
Maybe, just maybe it’s going to be Bill & Ted: The Next Generation. (Featuring the sons of the originals, who are also called Bill & Ted, if you remember. And featuring the original actors as the parents) It might not be _completely_ awful. We can but hope. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/58 "2008-04-09T03:33:50Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Filmed on the site of the Star Trek episode _Arena._ Click on the photo for [a Metron.](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/episode/68698.html)🙂 [/QUOTE] That was my favorite joke in the movie. First you see a despondent Bill and Ted watching Kirk fighting a Gorn on a rocky hill on a distant planet. Then you see Robot B&T drag our heroes up _the very same hill_ in southern California ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/59 "2008-04-09T05:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Does a [remake of He-Man](http://www.beyondhollywood.com/category/he-man-2008-movie/) count? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Maybe they’ll really go for the full leather-bear treatment and have Skeletor taking He-Man from behind after the whipping instead of wimping out like they did in the Lundgren version. Seriously, you don’t have to be much of a freudian to see the subtext in that movie. This is so _bogus_! Bill and Ted do not need a remake or reboot. A sequel could be gnarly. Like the article mentioned, have them be 40-somethings dealing with kids who are just as boneheaded as they were. Bill ending up with his step-mom would be a nice nod to people who saw the original, as well as a bit of a joke about age-appropriate sex partners. “I just have a slight Oedipal complex.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156/60 "2008-04-09T07:55:33Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] “Iron Maiden?” _::air guitars::_ [/QUOTE] “Execute them.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-bill-teds-excellent-adventure-in-the-works/444156.md?page=4)