# Would a remake of Airplane! work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374 "2011-10-31T12:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/41 "2011-11-01T01:10:27Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > I’ve watched Airplane! at least half a dozen times, and neither of these scenes are in it. Those are scenes filmed but cut from the theater release (for good reason, they suck.) They’ve appeared on TV a number of times when “Airplane!” is shown there in a mutant, altered form. I don’t know if they’re on any of the deluxe DVD editions. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/42 "2011-11-01T02:02:21Z")
I just bought the DVD to screen for my daughter the last time _Zero Hour!_ showed up on TCM. The “Hi, Jack!” joke, I don’t think made it, but the naked nun in the X-ray monitor did. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/43 "2011-11-01T02:35:56Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > A sequel? Over Macho Grande? I can’t tell you that. It’s classified. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/44 "2011-11-01T02:41:51Z")
Inconceivable! Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/45 "2011-11-01T09:25:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Those are scenes filmed but cut from the theater release (for good reason, they suck.) They’ve appeared on TV a number of times when “Airplane!” is shown there in a mutant, altered form. I don’t know if they’re on any of the deluxe DVD editions. Now wait a minute. I saw Airplane! just once (or maybe twice), in a real theater, when it was newly released, and the “Hi Jack” gag was definitely there. I don’t remember the naked lady in the scanner, though. ETA: Maybe different edits for screening in different markets? F’rinstance, I recently became aware that “Yellow Submarine” as shown in England/Europe had a scene that we never saw west of the Pond. (The “Bulldog” song scene with the player piano.) ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/46 "2011-11-01T13:39:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Now wait a minute. I saw Airplane! just once (or maybe twice), in a real theater, when it was newly released, and the “Hi Jack” gag was definitely there. I don’t remember the naked lady in the scanner, though. > > ETA: Maybe different edits for screening in different markets? F’rinstance, I recently became aware that “Yellow Submarine” as shown in England/Europe had a scene that we never saw west of the Pond. (The “Bulldog” song scene with the player piano.) I did as well. I was young and had not much exposure to boobies though I was definitely getting interested. I remember the naked lady in the scanner but not Hi Jack. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/47 "2011-11-01T13:47:28Z")
I’d just like to say “Good Luck” and we’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/48 "2011-11-01T13:59:27Z")
There was going to be a remake of _Airplane!,_ but everyone at the meeting had the fish. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/49 "2011-11-01T14:00:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > But **Airplaine!** wasn’t a satire about air travel. It actually was a remake of an earlier film, **Zero Hour** – with a surprising amount of the dialog intact. What you propose would only add about five gags to the film, not enough for a full remake. I don’t think it was so much of a remake of Zero Hour; as it was a parody of it. Zero Hour wasn’t meant to be funny; Airplane was definitely meant to be funny. When it came out disaster movies were the ‘in’ thing. To answer the OPs question; I don’t think you could remake Airplane as it was the first movie to parody an entire film genre. To paraphrase from [Wiki on the subject…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_film) The Golden Age of the Disaster film began in 1970 with the release of Airport. In 1972: The Poseidon Adventure. The trend reached its zenith in 1974 with the release of The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and Airport 1975. The trend continued on a larger scale with The Hindenburg (1975); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); Two-Minute Warning (1976); Black Sunday (1977); Rollercoaster in Sensurround (1977); Damnation Alley (1977); Avalanche (1978); Gray Lady Down (1978); Hurricane (1979); and City on Fire (1979) starring Henry Fonda. The Airport series would continue with Airport '77 (1977) and The Concorde … Airport '79 (1979). The end of the trend was marked by the 1980 comedy Airplane! which fondly spoofed the clichés of the genre to surprising box office success. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/50 "2011-11-01T14:12:13Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > There was going to be a remake of _Airplane!,_ but everyone at the meeting had the fish. Ah yes I remember. I had lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/51 "2011-11-01T16:28:07Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I don’t think it was so much of a remake of Zero Hour; as it was a parody of it. It was a parodemake. Or a fromage (cheesy homage.) 😃 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/52 "2011-11-01T16:55:15Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Those are scenes filmed but cut from the theater release (for good reason, they suck.) They’ve appeared on TV a number of times when “Airplane!” is shown there in a mutant, altered form. I don’t know if they’re on any of the deluxe DVD editions. Ah, thanks. I’m too young to have seen it in the theater, and I think I’ve only seen the DVD version that I own. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/53 "2011-11-01T17:10:23Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > I suppose if there is any prevalent genre now it is vampire movies but that may not work. It’s [been done](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112896/), and it was pretty horrible, but it was Mel Brooks instead of ZAZ. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/54 "2011-11-01T19:48:08Z")
To a previous poster… Airplane 2 was awesome, I loved it. Who cares if it didn’t have the directer/producer pure pedigree, it was every bit as awesome as the first. We’ll get them down. Down safe. _crash_ Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued. Howie came unglued? I’m two inches taller, a better dancer, and much more fun to be with. We’re not in the past or the present anymore Elayne, this is the future. Huh? Blow R.O.C.? …and the best line ever… I can sum it all up in just one word: courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, and G-U-T-S, _guts_. Why, Ted Striker’s got more guts in his little finger than most of us have in our large intestine, including the colon! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/55 "2011-11-03T22:32:48Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s [been done](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112896/), and it was pretty horrible, but it was Mel Brooks instead of ZAZ. More recent [example](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1666186/) I think there was another one shortly before or after that one, but I don’t care enough to try and recall that one’s title. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/56 "2011-11-04T15:00:41Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > To a previous poster… > > Airplane 2 was awesome, I loved it. Who cares if it didn’t have the directer/producer pure pedigree, it was every bit as awesome as the first. > > We’ll get them down. Down safe. _crash_ > Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued. Howie came unglued? > I’m two inches taller, a better dancer, and much more fun to be with. > We’re not in the past or the present anymore Elayne, this is the future. Huh? > Blow R.O.C.? > > …and the best line ever… > > I can sum it all up in just one word: courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, and G-U-T-S, _guts_. Why, Ted Striker’s got more guts in his little finger than most of us have in our large intestine, including the colon! While I didn’t hate Airplane 2…it WAS a pale shadow of the original. I did like the ‘DANGER VACUUM’ scene where Ted opened up the door and was attacked by a vacuum :)…and of course the Macho Grande jokes as well as him losing his entire squadron over Macho Grande but keeps meeting people that were with him over Macho Grande 🙂 Having Shell shock in that universe was also particularly horrifying! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/57 "2011-11-04T15:04:24Z")
I’d just like to say “Good Luck” and we’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/58 "2011-11-04T16:32:30Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I’d just like to say “Good Luck” and we’re all counting on you. About the only time that a posted quote is funnier when repeated. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/59 "2011-11-04T17:30:05Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > While I didn’t hate Airplane 2…it WAS a pale shadow of the original. QFT!! > [@](#): > > I did like the ‘DANGER VACUUM’ scene where Ted opened up the door and was attacked by a vacuum :)…and of course the Macho Grande jokes as well as him losing his entire squadron over Macho Grande but keeps meeting people that were with him over Macho Grande 🙂 Having Shell shock in that universe was also particularly horrifying! Good points. I also enjoyed William Shatner making the Star Trek Door noises, along with his viewscreen turning out to be a window. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-remake-of-airplane-work/601374/60 "2011-11-04T19:05:41Z")
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