Comments on: Johnny #5…EXTREME! http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme/ Blogging in a new web Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:44:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Who’s Johnny? « Bad Sheep http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme/#comment-698 Who’s Johnny? « Bad Sheep Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:52:28 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme-2/#comment-698 [...] Wall-e reminds me of Johnny 5 from Short Circuit. Short Circuit ranks up there in my favorite ’80’s robot [...] [...] Wall-e reminds me of Johnny 5 from Short Circuit. Short Circuit ranks up there in my favorite ’80’s robot [...]

]]> By: The Nerd Alert! » Robotic remake in the works. http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme/#comment-411 The Nerd Alert! » Robotic remake in the works. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:32:48 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme-2/#comment-411 [...] Yes!  Far beyond my wildest hopes something amazing is happening.  Number 5 is going come alive again for a whole new generation of people.  Word on the interweb street,  more specifically at firstshowing.net, is that the 1986 classic film Short Circuit is being remade.  I first heard about this about a year and a half ago but at that time it was a wild rumor and I basically ignored it.  Now it looks like that rumor might be a trumor.  This is exciting because Short Circuit is quite possibly the greatest movie ever… to me.  For me, this was the movie I used to watch every day when I was kid.  Most of you probably have one and this was mine.  That being said the only thing that matches my excitement for this is the fear that they will ruin it.  Johnny 5, the robotic hero who comes to life (with his own personality) after being struck by lightning,  has got to have the same campy humor and awesomeness as the original or it just won’t work.  I also think deep down that Johnny 5 should be created practically and without CG but after seing Transformers I think it can be done well enough as long as the effort is put in.  One cause for hope is the return of the original creators/writers, S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock.  I have faith in them even though I thought the sequel they wrote was more lackluster than blockbuster.  Director is still unannounced as is the presence of Steve Guttenberg.  In any case read up about it at firstshowing.net and supersatellite.com. [...] [...] Yes!  Far beyond my wildest hopes something amazing is happening.  Number 5 is going come alive again for a whole new generation of people.  Word on the interweb street,  more specifically at firstshowing.net, is that the 1986 classic film Short Circuit is being remade.  I first heard about this about a year and a half ago but at that time it was a wild rumor and I basically ignored it.  Now it looks like that rumor might be a trumor.  This is exciting because Short Circuit is quite possibly the greatest movie ever… to me.  For me, this was the movie I used to watch every day when I was kid.  Most of you probably have one and this was mine.  That being said the only thing that matches my excitement for this is the fear that they will ruin it.  Johnny 5, the robotic hero who comes to life (with his own personality) after being struck by lightning,  has got to have the same campy humor and awesomeness as the original or it just won’t work.  I also think deep down that Johnny 5 should be created practically and without CG but after seing Transformers I think it can be done well enough as long as the effort is put in.  One cause for hope is the return of the original creators/writers, S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock.  I have faith in them even though I thought the sequel they wrote was more lackluster than blockbuster.  Director is still unannounced as is the presence of Steve Guttenberg.  In any case read up about it at firstshowing.net and supersatellite.com. [...]

]]> By: Michael Fienen http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme/#comment-409 Michael Fienen Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:24:26 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme-2/#comment-409 I never said they were examples of that genre. I said how today, family films are focusing largely on those types of movies as opposed to ones like Short Circuit which I feel do represent that genre. The closest you'll probably get with "modern" movies is maybe stuff like Jumanji, or Zathura (though this tends to go a little too far from believable for it to really qualify). It's the believability that matters, which is why I use the term "quasi-fantasy." Think Ghostbusters. Obviously not even remotely possible, but it's presented in what is a believable manner. Same with Back to the Future, and obviously Short Circuit. Today's family oriented movies, like the examples I gave, do not go after that. I never said they were examples of that genre. I said how today, family films are focusing largely on those types of movies as opposed to ones like Short Circuit which I feel do represent that genre. The closest you’ll probably get with “modern” movies is maybe stuff like Jumanji, or Zathura (though this tends to go a little too far from believable for it to really qualify).

It’s the believability that matters, which is why I use the term “quasi-fantasy.” Think Ghostbusters. Obviously not even remotely possible, but it’s presented in what is a believable manner. Same with Back to the Future, and obviously Short Circuit. Today’s family oriented movies, like the examples I gave, do not go after that.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme/#comment-408 Rachel Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:07:41 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/04/04/johnny-5extreme-2/#comment-408 You'd better come up with a better example of "quasi-fantasy family film genre" than Narnia or Harry Potter, because neither of those fall into that category. Stick with animated Disney films or leave the analogy out in admission of ignorance. Other than that I agree with you completely. I'm not sure HOW it can work... but I'm willing to see what they come up with. You’d better come up with a better example of “quasi-fantasy family film genre” than Narnia or Harry Potter, because neither of those fall into that category. Stick with animated Disney films or leave the analogy out in admission of ignorance.

Other than that I agree with you completely. I’m not sure HOW it can work… but I’m willing to see what they come up with.

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