Where's Ralph Macchio When You Need Him? by Jongsstraw

New Karate Kid movie this summer. Actually looks pretty good!

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3280012313/

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:33 AM

Yeah. Except it takes place in Hong Kong. It should be "The Kung Fu Kid".

Oh, and don't forget to catch these other remakes:

Logan's Run
Starfighter (The Last Starfighter)
NIghtmare on Elm Street
Red Dawn
Hellraiser
Short Circuit
Footloose
Clash of the Titans (this one actually looks pretty good)
Conan the Barbarian
Westworld
The Highlander
and
The Warriors

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:52 AM

And who says there's no such thing as time travel?

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:38 PM

CYBERSNARK

The Vulcan Science Academy.

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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
Yeah. Except it takes place in Hong Kong. It should be "The Kung Fu Kid".

This. Apparently it was supposed to be a deliberate homage, but then the Studio got involved and did what they always do.

If Jackie's character is actually named Miyagi, there's gonna be some outcry. (I don't just mean from fans; the whole Chinese != Japanese thing is a fairly big political issue. Remember when Memoirs of a Geisha used a Chinese actress for a Japanese character?)

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:00 PM

NAVYSEILS

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Apparently it was supposed to be a deliberate homage, but then the Studio got involved and did what they always do.

they jump in and shout "sweep the leg!"?

I still might give the new one a lil bit of credit if it contains this in the soundtrack.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:34 PM

BORIS

And whatever happened to C.Thomas Howell? I've seen him in a few Z grade movies, and guesting on TV. So sad he had so much promise. I guess Ralph Macchio never had to work again after the karate kid movies.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:51 PM

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Originally posted by boris:
And whatever happened to C.Thomas Howell? I've seen him in a few Z grade movies, and guesting on TV. So sad he had so much promise. I guess Ralph Macchio never had to work again after the karate kid movies.

Actually, he has done some work, unfortuantely his "boyish" looks backfired on him in getting any really good roles. He's pushing 50 and he still looks like he's in his late 30's.

His latest work was 11 episodes of Ugly Betty, unfortuantely that show just got axed.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:49 PM

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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
Yeah. Except it takes place in Hong Kong. It should be "The Kung Fu Kid".

Oh, and don't forget to catch these other remakes:

Logan's Run
Starfighter (The Last Starfighter)
NIghtmare on Elm Street
Red Dawn
Hellraiser
Short Circuit
Footloose
Clash of the Titans (this one actually looks pretty good)
Conan the Barbarian
Westworld
The Highlander
and
The Warriors

Of these, Clash of the Titans, Elm Street and Red Dawn are the only sure ones.

The Logan's Run remake is pretty dead. The Warriors and Westworld too, I think. Footloose just lost a director, so it may not happen.

Conan isn't a remake, it's more of a reboot, telling a new and entirely different origin for Conan.

I'm worried about the Highlander remake. The script has a lot of cool stuff, and a lot of really frustrating stuff. I hope they don't blow it.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:10 PM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Storymark:

I'm worried about the Highlander remake. The script has a lot of cool stuff, and a lot of really frustrating stuff. I hope they don't blow it.

They will.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, January 29, 2010 12:26 AM

FILLYGIRL

Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:

I'm worried about the Highlander remake. The script has a lot of cool stuff, and a lot of really frustrating stuff. I hope they don't blow it.

They will.

The laughing Chrisisall

I agree! But YES! for the Conan re-do.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Friday, January 29, 2010 1:07 AM

OPTIMUS1998

i keep reading Co-NAN (ie: the barbarian), as Conan (ie: O'Brien)

which has lead to some interesting mental images...

...Conan O'Brien as Conan the barbarian

he is "unemployed" now, can't legally host another network talk show until late august...

Make Cartoons, Not War
- Sue Blu
Once, while having sex in a tractor-trailer, part of Chuck Norris' sperm escaped and got into the engine. We now know this truck as Optimus Prime.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 1:17 AM

FILLYGIRL

Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."

Yes I know what you mean, it has happen several times in my converstions about the movie, " I start my conversation with.."did you see theres gonna be a new "Conan" and people think its the red-headed Conan on the late show. I hope he comes out on top, screw networks! They 'f' people over all the time, (we Browncoats know all about that action!).

(Love your by-line,.....I'm a huge Chuck Norris fan)

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Friday, January 29, 2010 2:34 AM

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Originally posted by Navyseils:

they jump in and shout "sweep the leg!"?

I still might give the new one a lil bit of credit if it contains this in the soundtrack.

Thanks for that clip. I forgot how much I enjoyed that movie and that finale, and it's hard to believe it's been 26 years!!?? Man I'm gettin' old.

ps. Ralph Macchio has kept working some. He did My Cousin Vinny, then a great episode of the new Outer Limits, and he also appeared as himself on Entourage, as well as a recurring role on the just-canceled Ugly Betty.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 2:48 AM

BORIS

I was watching Conan the Barbarian the other night. I kept alternating between laughing my guts up and cringing. It was highly entertaining for all the wrong reasons.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 4:47 AM

CYBERSNARK

I've started referring to the new Conan movie as "Ronon the Barbarian," since they've cast Jason Momoa (Ronon Dex from Atlantis).

I can only hope there's room for a David Hewlett cameo. . .

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Friday, January 29, 2010 6:04 AM

PDCHARLES

What happened? He see your face?

Quote:
Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
Yeah. Except it takes place in Hong Kong. It should be "The Kung Fu Kid".

Oh, and don't forget to catch these other remakes:

Logan's Run
Starfighter (The Last Starfighter)
NIghtmare on Elm Street
Red Dawn
Hellraiser
Short Circuit
Footloose
Clash of the Titans (this one actually looks pretty good)
Conan the Barbarian
Westworld
The Highlander
and
The Warriors

Wow, thanks for the heads up on this list.

No Dissasemble.

Red Dawn, Conan, and Clash got my attention, and a lil bit on NoES.

Also, I think I caught Ralph as himself on an Entourage episode.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 6:33 AM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Of these, Clash of the Titans, Elm Street and Red Dawn are the only sure ones.

The Logan's Run remake is pretty dead. The Warriors and Westworld too, I think. Footloose just lost a director, so it may not happen.

Conan isn't a remake, it's more of a reboot, telling a new and entirely different origin for Conan.

I'm worried about the Highlander remake. The script has a lot of cool stuff, and a lot of really frustrating stuff. I hope they don't blow it.

I've seen pretty much all of these titles listed on various sites and I won't vouch for any authenticity, so I'll believe your assessment, StoryMark.

As far as Highlander goes, they really horked up the storyline with Highlander 2. It totally didn't mesh with the original. But for them to do a remake just makes me sad.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 6:47 AM

Firefly/Karate Kid trivia:

Larry Drake, aka Sir Warwick Harrow was in the original Karate Kid movie. His role is listed as Yahoo #1 at beach.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 8:46 AM

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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:

As far as Highlander goes, they really horked up the storyline with Highlander 2. It totally didn't mesh with the original. But for them to do a remake just makes me sad.

The fact that they blew it so mightily with two is why I'm hopeful for a remake. It's a great concept, that is well suited to an ongoing franchise - but they hamstrung themselves by leaving themselves nowhere to go with the sequels.

I think a remake is a great idea, because they can avoid the mistakes made before, and really make the most of a good concept.

And like I said, the script has some really good stuff in it. But it also makes the same mistake as the original - definitively ending the story - but then adds on a inexplicable "no, tricked you, you weren't the last one" coda at the end.

With a bit of rewriting, it could be a really good flick. And I;m hoping they've fixed these thing, since the draft I have is a year old now, and they've likely tweaked it since hiring a director.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Friday, January 29, 2010 10:49 AM

What really killed me with 2 was that not only were they immortal, but they were ALSO from a different planet/future time (take your pick, depending on non- or director's cut).

I mean, WTF?!?!? And then conveniently they omit that McCloud didn't know Ramirez when they met in the Original, yet they knew each other in the past/future/other planet before coming to their respective times.

The first was fine as a stand alone concept, but 2 just f*cked it all up and made it impossible to comprehend.

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Friday, January 29, 2010 11:18 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

By the way, C. Thomas Howell did a stint on NBC's short-lived "Southland", which is now on TNT.

And his boyish good looks are long gone. It took me a while to figure out who he was; he looks like he's got a good 20 years of heroin addiction under his belt, but there's no mention of that in his bio. Dude looks really rough these days, though.

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

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Friday, January 29, 2010 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
What really killed me with 2 was that not only were they immortal, but they were ALSO from a different planet/future time (take your pick, depending on non- or director's cut).

I mean, WTF?!?!? And then conveniently they omit that McCloud didn't know Ramirez when they met in the Original, yet they knew each other in the past/future/other planet before coming to their respective times.

The first was fine as a stand alone concept, but 2 just f*cked it all up and made it impossible to comprehend.

They were stuck. They made a stand-alone film, that turned out to be a huge cult hit on video, and people started asking for a sequel - which the original made virtually impossible (at least, before the prequel became the norm).

So, while it turned out terrible, I can respect them a bit for trying to do something new (at the very least, you can't call 2 a rehash of the first....though you can say it of the 3rd) with a story that was already over.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Friday, January 29, 2010 12:25 PM

I didn't really want to get into 3, but since it's been mentioned...

Look, anything with Michael Ironside is going to suck. Which is sad because I really like him as an actor. But yeah, his presence will ruin everything he's in. How is that for a paradox?

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Friday, January 29, 2010 12:28 PM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
I didn't really want to get into 3, but since it's been mentioned...

Look, anything with Michael Ironside is going to suck. Which is sad because I really like him as an actor. But yeah, his presence will ruin everything he's in. How is that for a paradox?

The Ted McGinley Effect!

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Friday, January 29, 2010 12:31 PM

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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
I didn't really want to get into 3, but since it's been mentioned...

Look, anything with Michael Ironside is going to suck. Which is sad because I really like him as an actor. But yeah, his presence will ruin everything he's in. How is that for a paradox?

Can't really argue with that. I like Ironside, but he does a lot of crap. I liked Starship Troopers (no, it's not the book, but it makes it's own points) and Total Recall, though.

But point of fact - he was in 2 not 3. That was Mario Van Peebles in 3.... who arguably has an even worse track record than Ironside.

(I am encyclopedic on Highlander stuff - even the stuff I hate)

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Friday, January 29, 2010 2:53 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:

Can't really argue with that. I like Ironside, but he does a lot of crap. I liked Starship Troopers (no, it's not the book, but it makes it's own points) and Total Recall, though.

But point of fact - he was in 2 not 3. That was Mario Van Peebles in 3.... who arguably has an even worse track record than Ironside.

(I am encyclopedic on Highlander stuff - even the stuff I hate)

I stand corrected. I totally confused my episodes there. And ok, the reason I hated 3 was because Van Peebles. For some reason I superimosed Ironside over Van Peebles in my head.

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Saturday, January 30, 2010 6:59 PM

It coulda been worse. Originally Axl Rose was slated to play the villain in 3.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Monday, February 1, 2010 8:52 AM