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Rocky re-whatever: Bring back Alien!
The Italian Stallion gallops back into theaters this Christmas with the new film Rocky Balboa. (Titled as such, I guess, because Rocky VI would remind us all just how desperate this franchise has become.)
I watched the trailer over on Yahoo, and instead of yahoo, my reaction was “yawn.” Rocky was a great character in his heyday, but this series ran out of gas when Mr. T came in. Besides, since Adrian has passed on and Rocky is a widower in the movie, so much for “Yo, Adrian.” Maybe we’ll get “No, Adrian!!!!” instead.
A lot of other movie franchises are getting, or have gotten reimaginings, or the new popular term, “reboots,” including James Bond and Batman. However, I think a series that really could use a reboot is Alien. And no, I don’t mean another Alien vs. (Slimy Creature X) piece of junk.
It amazes me to this day that the folks in charge of Alien have never lighted on what seems like an obvious idea: What would it be like to battle the aliens on their home turf? We’ve never seen it in the Alien movies. The toothy little creeps have always ended up on some remote rock or space station or here on Earth. I’d love to see that home planet.
On the other hand, maybe I would be more interested in a Rocky movie if Woody Allen were his opponent. Maybe that way Sly Stallone could get his revenge on Woody for getting the best of him in Woody’s Bananas all those years ago.
What movie series would you like to see rebooted? Do you care about Rocky or not?
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By Johnny
July 18, 2006 5:48 PM | Link to this
I haven’t seen the trailer but I can’t wait to see Rocky and will be there opening day. As far as rebooted movies I think Harrison Ford should stop making all the sorry movies he’s been making and give his fans what they really want: another Indy movie.By SRCputt
July 17, 2006 12:56 AM | Link to this
Obviously, the lack of comments shows people’s interest in Rocky. But I’ll bite. One is a classic, two a solid follow-up, three a fun cartoon, four a stupid cartoon, and I never bothered with five because by that time Rocky had to be about 60 years old. Which would make him 75 now. Uhhhh… No. I am not interested.