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Meathead from Meatballs II Madison from Splash Chucky from Child's Play
This occured to me tonight as I watched Meatballs II. I love this movie but you could never get away with it today. Do you know what I mean? People take everything too seriously. Not too many people in modern day society would be amused by an alien in a rainhat with really long arms who likes to eat hot gnib gnabs...hahaha.
I'm sure there are more characters like this. I'm just too tired to think beyond those three.
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I don't think one character from Teen Wolf would be allowed to exist today. The Wolf would have to kill everyone in the school, Stiles would just be a Stifler-clone, and Boof would end up looking like a Maxim model ... in other words, they would un-make everything good about the movie.
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Oh, I so see what you mean. Earth Girls Are Easy wouldn't make it past the rough draft. Even movies from the 90's wouldn't pass today--Then again, some things today shouldn't have been made at all. I love movies with ridiculous premises--But it doesn't have to be a complete goofball movie to do that.
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Good Question, I think that chucky was based on life sized dolls like My Buddy and Teddy Ruxpin. Kids at that point in time needed a reason to fear these toys otherwise they were going to keep coming.
I have noticed that you really don't get the type cast movies like "Revenge of the Nerds" anymore. Is it because people are too sensitive? I don't know.
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I always thought that SPACE CAMP was a movie they could never remake--or would want too. I am sure I am very wrong, but I just can't see a script like that getting greenlighted today.
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I know what you mean Cindy, they wouldn't even be considered in today's world, but I guess when something is meant to happen it will happen.
Yeah Lupa I am not so sure about Earth Girls are Easy. Well it might have been huge because of Jim Carrey.
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If Earth Girls were made today, Jim Carrey would steal the whole show--He'd be playing all three aliens, no doubt. Posts: 1830 | From: Land Under the Bed | Registered: May 2004 | Site Updates: 0
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I love movies with ridiculous premises--But it doesn't have to be a complete goofball movie to do that.
