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Here's What They Should Do For The Remake

posted 15 years ago by blbbg1
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Make it about a boy who is transported 50 years into the future. So let's say the beginning of the movie is set in 2012, the kid wakes up in the year 2062 and his parents are in a high-tech nursing home where both people and robots take care of old people. I mean there was a robot in the original 1986 version, right.

Anyways, I think that's the only way to properly remake this film. But knowing Hollywood. They'll probably set the move from 2004-2012 for the 8 year gap. I mean 2012 isn't going to be that different than 2004. Does anyone agree. Hollywood is going to remake this film no matter what.

[–] cosmic_quest 15 years ago

I think fifty years is too much, especially since the parents do need to play some role in the film, and robot nurses sounds a bit contrived.

I think fifteen to twenty years would be better. Have David originate from 1992 then find himself in 2012, a world where his friends and brother are grown adults and he finds himself lost at the idea of mobile phones, wireless internet, laptops, DVDs, iPods, etc. Not to mention the fashion change from 1992 to 2012 is quite dramatic.

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[–] blbbg1 15 years ago

Hey, that sounds much better.

[–] imdba1 15 years ago

Seeing what Hollywood has done lately, the character of David will probably be re-written so that he is 16 years old and will be played by a 22-year-old actor.

[–] cosmic_quest 15 years ago

That's exactly what I was thinking too. It would be just typical of Hollywood (and, in particular, Disney which are big fans of silly teeny booper crap) to have David being a teenager. It's a shame because this film worked best having him being only twelve years old. He was still very much a kid who needs his parents so it emphasised how much the world had moved on without him and how no-one could really help him.

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[–] darkthunder84 15 years ago

I'm glad this movie is getting a remake. But ONLY if it is done properly. I'd like to see a remake that is true to the story of the original, but updated with todays computer graphics capabilities, and possibly a slightly more modern story. The voice of Max, I hope will be played by the same actor who did the original. Since he is still alive, I don't see the reason NOT to include him.

[–] quarf53206 15 years ago

how about have it take place in 1990 and then have david awake between somewhere between 2000 and 2008. think about the POTUS question?

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[–] kedem524 15 years ago

I once (in 2006) started writing this story that made some references to this movie. In it, my character discovers a girl who died in 1995 and comes back in 2006 as a ghost not realizing that she's dead and that 11 years have passed. Before I realize she's a ghost, but after I realize how long she's been gone for, I tell her that maybe she was abducted by aliens. Another scene involves her being surprised that we again have a George Bush as president and again fighting a war in Iraq. Also, there is this scene where I drive her to the mall and turn on the radio. It's on a classical station and doesn't like it. I switch to a station that's playing Barry Manilow and she asks me to change it immediately. Then I switch to a station playing Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do" (a hit from right before 1995) and she starts singing along with it at the top of her lungs. This is an obvious reference to the Beach Boys scene in Flight of the Navigator. Maybe they could have something like that in the remake, but minus the kid being a ghost.

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[–] RaptureRider 14 years ago

What they should do is just not remake it.

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[–] TVholic 14 years ago

How about doing a reverse version that's a sequel rather than a remake/reboot? Max comes back in 2011 to find David, who's now a father. They have to go back to 1978 to fix something in the past, sort of Back to the Future style. For child appeal, David's son also tags along after finding out about his father's amazing past. Since a lot of people hated the Pee Wee Herman voice, Max doesn't have it anymore, having matured in the last 25 years.