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Old 04-30-04, 04:49 PM
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Another 80s Comedy classic to be remade...

...this time for an urban audience, going the way of the remake of Can't Buy Me Love - Love Don't Cost a Thing

From EW:

Speaking of 1986 - Back to School! MGM wants to remake the Rodney Dangerfield comedy as a vehicle for Cedric the Entertainner. No Respect!
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sounds like a bad idea, but then again I hate Cedric the Entertainer so I may be a bit biased
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I'd rather see it star Bernie Mac.
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What is this... the year of the remake but with the African American twist?

Airplane = Soul Plane
Vacation = Johnson Family Vacation

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looks like Zap2It was right...
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I'd hardly call that movie a comedy classic
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Originally posted by devilshalo
What is this... the year of the remake but with the African American twist?
Don't forget:

Can't Buy Me Love = Love Don't Cost a Thing
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here's what i don't get...shouldn't you have to be remotely entertaining to bear the moniker "Cedric the Entertainer?" He has yet to entertain me in the slightest way. However, he is incredibly annoying. Therefore i nominate that he be renamed "Cedric the unfunny annoyer."
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I agree that this might be funny if Bernie Mac were starring instead.
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How long before we see "Sixteen Candles" remade as "It'z Your Birthday"?
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Originally posted by DRG
How long before we see "Sixteen Candles" remade as "It'z Your Birthday"?
Don't you mean "It'z yo birfday"?
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I hate Hollywood.
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Airplane = Soul Plane
I wouldn't call Soul Plane a remake of Airplane. Airplane was a parody of all the Airport films, Soul Plane is just about an airline ran by a bunch of black people.

I agree that this might be funny if Bernie Mac were starring instead.
I agree.

And I can't wait for the remake of Weird Science called Let's Make Us a Hot White Bitch.
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Soon there will be remakes of remakes. I can see it now:

"The Wiz '05" starring
- Usher as the Scarecrow (let's face it, he's trying to be this generation's Michael Jackson, so who else?)
- P. Diddy (maybe I shouldn't give him any ideas...he just might do it) as the Tin Man
- Some way-too-old black actress to play Dorothy
- Patti LaBelle as Glinda the Good Witch
- Chris Rock as The Wiz (same age now as Pryor was in '78)

I also think Dave Chappelle should be involved, but I'm not sure who he could play.
Or, maybe they'll do a white version of "The Wiz" I swear, people, if you think Hollywood is running out of ideas now, imagine how things will be in 15-20 years.
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And I can't wait for the remake of Weird Science called Let's Make Us a Hot White Bitch.
I just pitched this idea to the Wayans Brothers and now I am rich. Thanks sucker!!!
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They need to remake Zapped!! There is a serious lacking of T&A in movies today.

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