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ELF ANGEL
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What movie done years ago would be a blockerbuster if todays technology was available.
Robocop, Super Mario Brothers immediately spring to mind for me.
What about Star Wars? Quote:
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Snow Mexican
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Star Wars would have been a blockbuster, but I doubt it would be held in the same regard as it currently is, since it was groundbreaking at the time.
Howabout ... The Neverending Story Tron. |
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Doin' It Right
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Super Mario Bros would need more than today's technology to make it a blockbuster.
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It's High Noon!
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It's High Noon!
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Hazardous to Your Health
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I would love to see LOTR in 3D just like The Hobbit is being made right now. I know it is not that old but still..
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ELF ANGEL
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The Neverending Story...That was awesome. Updated though lol.
what about the original batman movies. |
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Howard the Duck
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King of Love and Piss
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Uncle Buck
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Masters of the Universe
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Out Of Step
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I've found story is essential to the "blockbuster" formula. I mean, there's no way Super Mario Brothers could ever compare to the Shakespearean plot of Transformers ROFLMAO, Batman and Robin, or Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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I liked the FF movies.
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Ghostbusters II. Vigo the Carpathian would have been that much more badass.
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Was the original Tron a blockbuster when it came out?
I have a feeling it wasn't but the huge difference from the CGI effects today would be a huge improvement compared to the effects used at the time. Tron Legacy looked nice and that was meant to be more of "what Tron would look like today" for visuals. |
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Southern Hospitality
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Willow
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"Ask him!"
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RoboCop grossed 54 million in 1987 and was the 16th most successful film of the year. It won an Academy award for sound effects editing and was nominated for Best Editing and Best Sound. I'd call that a blockbuster for its time.
To answer the question though, "Rocketeer." |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I expected this post to be made by D Mac.
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They'd ruin it by using CG to make dwarves out of normal actors and spend half the movie showing landscape in New Zealand. Quote:
But it was proposed by the same guy who proposed Star Wars, one of the ur examples of the blockbuster might have been a blockbuster if it had access to today's technology. I'm not sure what you expect from Fan Gerl, but I'm pretty sure it's too high. I'm surprised he didn't list T2. The Rocketeer was criminally underrated and while it could have been better, it was one of the more faithful adaptations of the era, and really should have been bigger. I could see it being turned into a blockbuster. Though, at the same time, I worry the charm and spirit of the movie would be utterly fucking ruined. |
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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The Wizard of Oz/Gone with the Wind. Though the CGI and all that stuff would probably ruin it. Movies were better when people actually had to do something other than click on a computer to make special effects.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I'm not bashing the Judy Garland movie, which is fine for what it is, but I can't help but think how cool it'd be to see a series of movies closer to the actual Wizard of Oz series (Or Land of Oz, or whatever you want to call Baum's Oz books). But I seriously hope they don't try and blockbuster that shit. I've seen what happens when they try and take fairy tales and blockbuster 'em up, and Oz would be much to the same effect. |
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#23 |
ELF ANGEL
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Frankenstein I think would be cool.
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#24 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Wouldn't Van Helsign count for that one? It was a major part of the movie.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I really should watch Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at some point. I thought it was a successful movie, but Wikipedia lists it as a domestic flop. Since we're already listing films (Star Wars, Robocop) that were blockbusters and shit, I just thought I'd mention Who Framed Roger Rabbit. A giant fucking success, so I'm not saying it needed to be Blockbustered, but I'd like to see what they could do with it given modern animation/live filming techniques. I doubt it'd be revolutionary, but it'd be cool. |
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I was going to say The Terminator (1984) would be ruined with CGI instead of practical effects, but then I remembered James Cameron is one of the rare film makers who knows the fuck how to use CGI without Phantom Menacing it.
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#27 |
"Ask him!"
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Meteor Man.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I mean, it's not the reason it exists, but it's kind of the reason I don't want it changed. Sometimes, limitations work out for the best. Sleek and fluid T-800s are far less creepy. Though the T-1000 works as CGI because it works on a different level. Kinda the same way the casting went in a different direction. |
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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The Room
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Fine for what it is? It's like one of the greatest movies of all time. Fine? WTF?
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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b/c 5 is better than 4
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anything that had Charlie Sheen in it....
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Higher. Further. Faster.
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The cynic in me wants to believe some jerk-off Hollywood producer took over an account here on TPWW and made this thread to fish for potential remakes.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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#BUCTOBER
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Last Starfighter
Citizen Kane Batteries Not Included No Holds Barred Running Man |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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You can't teach that
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Baron Munchausen
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