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Thursday, 26 April 2012

Salivating for Sequels: Top Gun and Chucky

A sequel to Top Gun?  A remake and a sequel of Child's Play?  Today is my lucky day.

Completely hetrosexual
No I'm not making it up.  Over 25 years after the original gave us an awesome soundtrack, topless men all greased up and playing volleyball on the beach to a song called 'Playing with the Boys', Tom Cruise riding a motorbike and flying the crap out of super speedy jets, fretting about his Dad, shagging Kelly McGillis in an impossibly blue, slow and sexy, sex scene, Goose getting an all time great death and some karaoke lovin' feelin losin comes this news:

Well...
'in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount executive Adam Goodman has confirmed that Top Gun 2 is in pre-production' http://entertainment.stv.tv/film/304999-tom-cruise-gets-jet-set-for-top-gun-sequel-as-pre-production-confirmed/

Well it's about time.  The US Navy needs another big, dumb, cinematic recruitment advert.  Hmmm.  Shame Tony Scott's back.  I wish he could dial back that attention deficit editing.  The writer of Bad Boys 2 is involved which suggests extremely dumb but fun action scenes that will... wait for it... TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY!  I hope Val Kilmer can make an appearance.  And the ghost of Goose.  Heck why not?

Wanna play?
 Then I hear (two weeks after the news breaks but better late than never) Chucky from Child's Play is going to be back!  Now if this was just another sequel I would be concerned after the attempted horror comedies of Bride and Seed of Chucky.  But I still hold the original Child's Play trilogy in high regard.  I loved those movies as a kid so it pleases me to hear:

'original creators Don Mancini and David Kirschner are cooking up a remake that will stray from the more satiric leanings of recent sequels - the last one featured John Waters, after all – and go for "a darker and scarier retelling of the original film, but one that will offer new twists and turns."'
 http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/chucky-childs-play-remake-sequel/

Still terrifying?
However then I read over at Total Film:

'This new episode in the long-running franchise will be titled Revenge Of Chucky, and will again focus on the killer doll's immediate family, in a similar vein to Bride Of Chucky and Seed Of Chucky.

As for the remake, Dourif indicated that original writer Don Mancini is still working on  script, with the theme thought to be a lot lighter and comedic than the original.'
 http://www.totalfilm.com/news/childs-play-remake-and-sequel-on-the-way

Well I hope they're wrong about the remake.  I want to see Child's Play back to it's dark roots.  I know it seems silly and ripe for comedic treatment but to me Chucky is still a little psycho and a terrifying alternative to Woody and Buzz coming alive when you're not watching.

What do you think readers? Does this news spell the end of the world or are you as excited as I am?
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18 comments:

  1. Jaina26 April 2012 at 08:48

    I've heard buzzings of the Top Gun sequel for a while and it saddens me!

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  2. Castor26 April 2012 at 09:50

    Seriously, Top Gun only worked in the 80's. I remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was the most awesome movie ever. But then a couple decades went by before I saw it again, and now I know how ridiculously bad it truly was lol.

    So if they try to recreate that cheesy factor, it could be a terrible idea.

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  3. Alex Withrow26 April 2012 at 10:25

    I'm no fan of Top Gun, so best to move onto Chucky.... a remake (or rehash or rethinking or...whatever) of the original would be awesome. Another lame sequel would blow. Like you, the original trilogy are near and dear to my heart. In fact, the 3rd Child's Play was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. Changed my life.

    "Don't fuck with the Chuck." Love it.

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    1. ilovethatfilm26 April 2012 at 10:30

      Yeah I hope they forget the horror-comedy thing and go full on maniacal-doll-scary-as-shit Chucky! I was always a big fan of CP2 the most. The showdown in the factory and Chucky making his hand into a knife was aweome!

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  4. asrap virtuoso26 April 2012 at 15:59

    Sequels I'm okay with, but remakes? Hmmm... would prefer not. But if they manage to make a good one, all is forgiven.

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    1. ilovethatfilm27 April 2012 at 00:05

      In the case of Child's Play, I'm in the rare position of being more excited about a remake than a sequel.

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  5. ruth26 April 2012 at 18:55

    What kids growing up in the 80s didn't love Top Gun! Now every time I hear the song 'Take My Breath Away' I always think of that sex scene, ahah. I wonder who's gonna play Maverick... he may be loco but Cruise was HOT back then with his killer smile!

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    1. ilovethatfilm27 April 2012 at 00:07

      Exactly! I read apparently Cruise will reprise his role! So Maverick's going to back! Loco or not!

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    2. ruth27 April 2012 at 10:11

      Wow really? Well I'll be watching if that's the case. Will Val be back too? He's practically quadruple the size he was then though, I mean look at how skinny he was in that photo! :)

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    3. ilovethatfilm27 April 2012 at 10:16

      I HOPE they get Val back (though he might have to drop some pounds)! That would be awesome! 'You can be my wingman anytime'

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  6. Unknown26 April 2012 at 21:18

    Who would be the bogeys in a modern Top Gun, China?

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    1. ilovethatfilm27 April 2012 at 00:08

      Yeah definitely China or maybe North Korea! Or they might just go down the Battleship route and have giant aliens spaceships.

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  7. Scott Lawlor27 April 2012 at 01:20

    HA I would love a Top Gun remake. be sooooo freaking cool.

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    1. ilovethatfilm27 April 2012 at 01:39

      Glad I'm not the only one! Might ruin everything but at least we'll still have the original!

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  8. Chris29 April 2012 at 04:41

    Child's play and Top Gun is a juxtaposition I wouldn't have expected to see in a million years! I suppose Tom Cruise better do Top Gun 2 before he gets too old...

    Talking of the 80s, I heard Maniac Cop (1988) is likely going to be remade with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn as executive producer.

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    1. ilovethatfilm29 April 2012 at 06:59

      Ooh I've not see Maniac Cop but remember the VHS cover very clearly from my local rental store. Might have to give it a watch.

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