Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, I discover that they’re making a TV miniseries based on one of my all-time favorite movies (for reasons both high and low), The Poseidon Adventure. That could’ve been a bad enough idea on its own (because you don’t fuck with a classic, OK?), but they managed to make it worse. This time, the ship isn’t capsized by a tidal wave — it’s capsized by…
TERRORISTS! Aaaaaaaah! The Boogeyman is coming!
It’s especially goofy, since cruise ships hit by giant waves and tsunamis and such are actually more topical lately. But I suppose they’re still not alarmist enough for television drama.
So now the main character is Detective…er….Homeland Security agent Mike Rogo, who is no longer a crusty Ernest Borgnine type, but instead a lantern-jawed action hero who is handcuffed to one of the terrorists the whole time (or, according to the press release: “handcuffed together in a personal war of justice, sacrifice, and revenge”). Terror! Aaaaaah!
I just hope that when they also do the film remake next year, they try a little harder not to be so ludicrous.
Praise Geezus!
Boy they sure love da propaganda machine.
I;m also a PoopSideDown Adventure fan and the tv show is blasphemous as far as I’m concerned. AndBelle Rosen now as a widow?
Does Hollyweird have one ounce of creativity any more? Please stop remaking movies… or “retelling” or whatever the hell they want to call it! I mean, there has to be millions of original scripts coming in constantly. What’s wrong with new material? It can’t be all so horrible they have to go running to the rummage closet, pulling a movie or tv show at random to rehash.
No matter how much sugar they roll a piece of shit in, it’s still a piece of shit.
If they want to do a remake, they should remake a bad movie, that way it may actually turn out good to see.
“Enough is enough, Manny”
Terrorists, schmerrorists.
What about the really important stuff – who’s gonna play Shelley Winters, and will she do her own swimming.
Better yet, if they want to guarantee success, maybe they should just cast her in the self same part all over again (is she still alive??). That would be cool.
Or failing that, they should get Bette Midler to do her famous impersonation – that would get me to watch it.
Wait, what’s that I see on the official website? Steve Guttenberg shirtless! Praise Jeebus…or the Stonecutters.