"Short Circuit" (1986)

[Beefmeister]

They can NEVER properly remake Short Circuit. They'd never get Ben's character past he stupid PC-brigade these days.

[comedyindianaccent]

"Oh deary deary me Johnny 5, what are you be doings now?"

[/comedyindianaccent]

[Frankeh]

Also, white actor with blacked (Well slightly tanned) up face. You would never see that in any movie nowadays. (Tropic thunder excluded)

[Marf]

Frankeh said:

Also, white actor with blacked (Well slightly tanned) up face.

I feel like such a plum, it was one of my favourite films as a kid and I had no idea it was a white guy playing Ben.

[Frankeh]

Marf said:

Frankeh said:

Also, white actor with blacked (Well slightly tanned) up face.

I feel like such a plum, it was one of my favourite films as a kid and I had no idea it was a white guy playing Ben.

I only knew that because he was in "Hackers"

[Kiltie]

If it was Metal Mickey ...



Cheers,

Eric

Edited by Kiltie on Thursday 19th November 16:33

[Beefmeister]

Fisher Stevens:



Ben:

[paulshears]

Hate that film!!!

My younger brother used to watch it over & over & over again

[HereBeMonsters]

This film was literally legendary in my house when we were growing up. Phrases we still use include:

"Many fragments. Some large, some small." (if you drop something and it breaks)

"I have seen some strange, bizarre drivers, but you. You will be awarded a cake." (teaching my sister to drive)

"Error. Grasshopper disassembled... Re-assemble Stephanie!" (if you squash a bug)

"Ooooh. Still lumpy." (making pancakes and it goes everywhere)

"Today Crosby. Today!" (getting someone to hurry up)


I'm going to have to watch it again tonight.

[anonymous-user]

/dodgy amer-indian accent/ "Believe me sir, if you do not help me I will be beating the living headlights out of you!"

"Ya mamma was a snowblower"

Brilliant film, if only slightly ruined by Steve "Cheese" Guttenberg. He should have only, EVER, played Mahoney in Police Academy.

[bodhi]

That is one of the eternal questions which will haunt mankind - what the hell happened to Steve Guttenberg? In the 80's/early 90's he was in everything (Short Circuit, Three Men, Police Academy, etc), then he just vanished.

[anonymous-user]

bodhi said:

That is one of the eternal questions which will haunt mankind - what the hell happened to Steve Guttenberg? In the 80's/early 90's he was in everything (Short Circuit, Three Men, Police Academy, etc), then he just vanished.

He did panto in Bromley last year, apparantly!!

[crofty1984]

How can they do it?
Remake: unoriginal and crap because it's a film a lot of the target audience grew up with
Sequel: At the end of the 2nd film he's now a US citizen and famous. How would they follow on from that?
Prequel: He'd just be a boring old military robot

[Frankeh]

Also, an emotional robot isn't really a new concept any more.
Trying to think of a scifi film recently that hasn't had one... Nope.

[stephen300o]

Beefmeister said:

Fisher Stevens:



Ben:

Woah! that's so wrong.

[Frankeh]

It puts a great new spin on the film.

[Halb]

dxg] said:

Yup - and this is why Bill Murray is refusing to be part of Ghostbusters 3 - because it's written as a "reboot" of the franchise and he doesn't play the Hollywood game.

?

For shame, it'll be st compared to the original.

[Frankeh]

I don't understand the logic behind releasing remakes of good movies.
What they should be doing is looking for good movies that had st actors and remaking them.
Or better yet, start making original movies again.

[Alex]

"NO DISASSEMBLE! NO DISASSEMBLE!"

Has anyone noticed the resemblance between WALL-E and Johnny 5?

[anonymous-user]

Langweilig said:

Ben Jabituya, "Oh her pants are blazing for you Newton Crosby!"

"Eat my dust Newton Crosby, let us break wind!"

"Ohhhhhhhh my goodness I am sporting a tremendous woody right now!"

[MonkeyHanger]

Opulent said:

Brilliant film, if only slightly ruined by Steve "Cheese" Guttenberg. He should have only, EVER, played Mahoney in Police Academy.

His finest on-screen moment was dying of radiation sickness in "The Day After". It was all downhill after that..