PLEASE REMAKE THIS FILM!!! - The Final Countdown (1980) Discussion

[–] 12 years ago

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He's about 90?... He's closer to 100 than he is 90, he's 96 years old. He is done making movies.

"What's the most you've ever lost in a coin toss?......"

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[–] raketex 12 years ago

"How can they do a remake with Kirk Douglas - he's about 90!!"

Yes, if it was with Kirk, it would indeed be his "Final Countdown."

(Sorry, couldn't help it -- and I like Kirk in most of his movies. A pretty dependable actor like Burt Lancaster in the old days.)

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[–] cozmcchuck 12 years ago

with all due respect, NO! Hollywood needs to stop REMAKING classics. its a joke. they never work and its just an idication that there is no creativity left.

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

Charlie Sheen can't play the CAG! are you nuts?
No Drugs and Alcohol in the Navy.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] 11 years ago

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

Ignorant troll.

LOL - old sea salts have been drinking rum for years

I AM an old NaCl, and I'm telling you, you are full of sh!t.
The US Navy has been dry (no Alcohol) for almost a hundred years now.

GENERAL ORDER NO. 99
[Prohibition in the Navy]

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D.C., June 1, 1914

CHANGE IN ARTICLE 827, NAVAL INSTRUCTIONS.
On July 1, 1914, Article 827, Naval Instructions, will be
annulled and in its stead the following will be substituted:

"The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel,
or within any navy yard or station, is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held
directly responsible for the enforcement of this order."

JOSEPHUS DANIELS

Secretary of the Navy.

Even the British Royal Navy, famous for their daily rum rations, have stopped them since 1971.

Anyway Charley was in Navy SEALs, plus we're talking about him playing a character and not playing himself

It was humor you dumbass, I am not so ignorant as you to think he was playing himself, not a role. Also his role in Navy SEALS was a joke. Someone like that would never have made it into the Teams... EVER.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] 11 years ago

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

Because you are always (intentionally) posting bullsh!t to annoy others. like posting obviously wrong information, intentional misspellings, and the like. Then feigning being the injured party when others call you on it. Like right now.

And never an admittance to your being wrong. just look at the above. nothing, not one word about Sheen his role in Navy Seals, or Alcohol in the Navy and how you are wrong on all of it. Just move on to poor little you getting attacked all the time.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] mhupfer2000 11 years ago

Ignorant troll.
LOL - old sea salts have been drinking rum for years

I AM an old NaCl, and I'm telling you, you are full of sh!t.
The US Navy has been dry (no Alcohol) for almost a hundred years now.

GENERAL ORDER NO. 99
[Prohibition in the Navy]

Blah blah blah

I submit OPNAVINST 1600.16A

Section 9.g., also known as BEER DAY!

Note the date of this document is 2012, but we had beer days back when I was in too. It's a pretty long-standing tradition. I don't know what ships you served on, but your CO's might have been "not alcohol friendly". Some of us older guys MIGHT have had a stash of rum on board to nip at from time to time. My CO knew who to come to.

Dry my salt-encrusted ass.

Source:
OPNAVINST 1600.16A: http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/01000%20Military%20Personnel%20Sup port/01-700%20Morale,%20Community%20and%20Religious%20Services/1700.16 A.pdf

2003 photo on the *beep* Kitty: http://www.stripes.com/news/kitty-hawk-marks-45-days-at-sea-with-steel -beach-picnic-1.2741

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

Yes I am aware of "Beer Day".

It's the exception that proves the rule.
We are talking in general, not the one and only exception where an alcoholic beverage can be had (and under extremely controlled conditions)

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] box_398 11 years ago

LOL @ Charlie Sheen as CAG, how about Emilio Estevez as Lasky

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

how about Emilio Estevez as Lasky

Wouldn't be the first time Father and Son platyed the same character. But the last time was in the same film, not a remake.

Nightbreakers.
A film about the Atomic Soldiers.
The elder Sheen played the scientist during the present day at a Vegas Convention who is confronted about his past working at the Nevada Test Site.

His Son, Emilio Estevez plays the same character in his younger days working at the NTS, as most of the film is set as a flashback to those earlier times.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] box_398 11 years ago

I would usually agree ......but I think this is a good candidate for a QUALITY remake.

The cinematography of the original I think was top notch. But imagine the badassness if they used a really cool modern soundtrack by Hans Zimmern or something.........like TOP GUN :)

I love this movie, but some of the dialogue and acting and soundtrack are dated.

Would be kinda cool if a remake had F-22 Raptors vs Japanese Zeros.

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[–] freebird1987 8 years ago

This film is hardly a classic. Very few people from the younger generation actually know about this film.

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[–] Marvelouis 11 years ago

You know, I usually hate remakes but this would actually be a good idea.

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[–] Bliggup 11 years ago

Remaking this movie would be a HORRIBLE idea, some things are just better left the way they are. Lets face it, Hollywood can't do anything right these day, especially with their efforts to remake (ruin) perfectly good films.

I know the special effects aren't the greatest, and yes there are errors in the film. However, this is a great movie that should be left alone. I can only imagine the type of ridiculous horsesh!t they would add to this film to sell tickets.

The reason I'm here today is because I read about the death of Charles Durning. RIP Mr Durning, you were a great actor and you will be missed.

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[–] Marvelouis 11 years ago

I echo that...Charles Durning was a class act and a great, underrated talent.

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[–] rhal-1 11 years ago

Yeah they remake so much crap these days, muppets, endless die hards, hulk etc but this could actually make a good remake.
Have steven spielberg for director and have Kurk douglas make a cameo!

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

Please learn the difference between "remake" and "sequel" before posting again... thanks.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] 11 years ago

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

I don't go after people for simple typos. Notice the I and U are next to each other on a keyboard.

You however, make an INTENTIONAL habit of wrong spellings that are far more than simple types and continue to post the same crap even after being corrected because it IS intentional and you want to piss people off, which means you are a fraking loser.

You know, you could actually CONTRIBUTE to these boards and discussions, but instead, you choose to be the annoying little sh!t that gets on everyone's nerves

What sort of sad pathetic little person actually gets off on annoying others?
Think about that.... because that is who you are.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] 11 years ago

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

You know it's fully deserved... don't even bother denying.

All anyone has to do is look at your posting history to see the crap you pull.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] Michael71 11 years ago

Sequels, Remakes its still trash

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

No doubt trash, but you were calling them remakes when they weren't. that's the problem, not whether they were bad or not.

and what's the diff between rhal and rhal-1? Sockpuppet?

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] Type_Samurai1138 11 years ago

I was reading some of your posts on the Crimson Tide board and you came across there as you do here: as a rather unpleasant, grumpy know-it-all who finds it appealing to act smug and superior. I hope you aren't like that in real life, nor were that way with your fellow shipmates while in service.

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

Take a look at the individuals to which I am coming off that way. as opposed to those in which I don't.

Trolls, and people posting absurdity and ignorance does bring out the rude in me. All others I do not.

Moghul here is a known troll throughout several boards.

If you post stupid, you're gonna get called on it.
If you ask questions, you might get answers.

And no.. that is not me being a know-it-all. If I don't know I don't answer up with stupidity. I only answer when I DO HAVE information.

If you don't look for ONLY the negativity, you will find there are a great many who enjoy my posts and information as well.

You want to focus only on the negative and define me by that alone... that's YOUR problem.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] Gatorman9 10 years ago

CGSailor is usually right (even if he is a skimmer). What gets gets annoying on this forum (as well as many others on the internet) is the seemingly unending quantity of of apparent know-it-alls who have no reason to know anything about some of the things they post because they have not been there and really have no idea what they are talking about. This very understandably aggravates those of us who have been there and know that some of their lofty-sounding pronouncements are total *beep*. In this regard, any critical comments he might have made about CRIMSON TIDE are almost surely more accurate than otherwise. Truly, you ought to read what I wrote about that travesty of celluloid.

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[–] Wooley12 11 years ago

Wow. You wear pretty small shoes sailor.....!!!!!
You'd think the us navy, could affort buying proper size boots...)

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

Wow, a pathetic insult from a 5 year old.
I'm impressed.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] Wooley12 11 years ago

I sorry if you took it as an insult. It was just an observation of your behavior.

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[–] CGSailor 11 years ago

NO, it was an attempted insult, not an observation.

My behavior was in telling a person who was listing sequels as remakes, to learn the difference. Something that is justified in stating.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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[–] Wooley12 10 years ago

Like I said; small shoes sailor.....

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[–] freebird1987 8 years ago

Remakes have always been done.

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[–] Michael71 11 years ago

I like to think of the die hard 5 as a remake

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[–] sized-2 10 years ago

No way. The Navy can't afford to fly the Blue Angels, no way they are going to help like they did with this movie. It's all real air footage. And the Tomcat is retired. So many reasons not to remake this cult classic.

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[–] Marvelouis 10 years ago

The Navy can't afford not to. Do you know how much they get paid by Hollywwod for this type of film?

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[–] sized-2 10 years ago

Hollywood CGIs everything these days. Wouldn't be anywhere near the same film. It would be Battleship.

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[–] Michael71 10 years ago

Yes Die Hard is a sequel. Scrap that.

Yes tthey should remake this film itz a great film but the special effects need to be updated.

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[–] liscarkat (16476) a year ago

The original had real aircraft. A remake would have CGI aircraft, which would look like a video game.

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[–] millsey72 (9527) 3 months ago

They should remake this but instead of using Pearl Harbor as the backdrop, they use NYC on 9/11 as the location where it prevents the tragic events from happening

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