A Chink in the Armor

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Location: Holland, PA, United States

Monday, December 17, 2007

- Sly Stallone wants to remake Death Wish. Didn't Jodie Foster star in a Death Wish remake? Seriously, wrong time, wrong actor. New York simply isn't crawling with street crime like it was in the mid-seventies. It's make more sense if they set it in another city. Second, Sly Stallone? It's going to turn out like Rambo Takes Manhatten. It's Stallone! People expect him to blow away lowlifes on the street. For that same reason, I thought Bronson was a bad fit in the original. They should cast someone perceived as harmless, like William H. Macy. They should also cast someone who isn't white, unlike Macy, to remove any charges of racism, so instead of a white man gunning down brown people on the streets, it's just a guy gunning down thugs. If it were up to me, I'd cast Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Jimmy Smits, Benjamin Bratt, Don Cheadle, or Wayne Brady as Paul Kersey, and set the remake in Philadelphia.


- Speaking of Bronson, according to Wikipedia "Was considered and read for the part of the eponymous hero of Superman, which later went to Christopher Reeve." They actually got as far as having him read for the part? Wow. I can't even wrap my brain around the idea of Superman starring Charles Bronson. The same article also says Bronson was considered for the role of Snake Plissken, which I CAN see.


- New Indiana Jones movie, but no Short Round. What the hell? How 'bout some love, Dr. Jones?! They obviously had a need for a younger actor, that's why Shia LaBeouf is in it, but why couldn't that mean Short Round? We can finally find out what happened to him. Did Jones unceremoniously dump him off in some orphanage after Temple of Doom but before Raiders? Did he die on one of Indiana's adventures ala Jason Todd? We demand justice for Short Round!


- My thoughts exactly...


- A short writeup on dueling. I'd pay to see a duel with sledgehammers.


- Apparently, none of these guards get basic cable. Has anybody checked any local tubes filled with shit smelling foulness they can't even imagine yet? Just in case?


- I'm in the news!



- This might be the most violent thing I've ever seen on television. Needless to say, it was awesome...



- HUGE posting coming soon. It will be debated about for ... hours, at least. Stay tuned.



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