20th Century Fox is remaking Commando...

Regulus Tera · 04-29-2010, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Coming Soon

20th Century Fox has hired David Ayer to write and direct a remake of the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger-starrer Commando. Erwin Stoff and John Davis will produce.

Ayer is a former Navy soldier who wrote Training Day and moved into directing with Harsh Times and Street Kings.

Deadline New York says Ayer "will put his own real-world spin on this original premise: a retired elite special forces operative sees his daughter kidnapped and is told she'll die unless he gets on a plane and kills the rival of a nasty exiled dictator. In the original, Schwarzenegger jumped off the plane before takeoff, and killed everyone involved in the kidnap plot."

Ayer's version of the character "will be less brawny, but more skilled in covert tactics and weaponry."

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65602

Professor Smarmiarty · 04-29-2010, 08:13 AM

Original premise?
Wasn't the premise Arny shoots a whole lot of dudes?

Meister · 04-29-2010, 08:17 AM

Why even do a remake when "retired special forces guy is blackmailed into doing a job but turns the tables on his blackmailers, lots of shooting and suspense" is already the basic premise of, at a guess, at least one movie per year since Commando came out? Hell scratch the "special forces" requirement and you can probably bump that up to 3.

Magic_Marker · 04-29-2010, 08:23 AM

Eventually you go down to one a year if you put in the daughter specific qualifier, but you still aren't breaking any new ground.

Hell, you aren't even breaking old ground, you don't even have a hammer at this point.

Professor Smarmiarty · 04-29-2010, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Why even do a remake when "retired special forces guy is blackmailed into doing a job but turns the tables on his blackmailers, lots of shooting and suspense" is already the basic premise of, at a guess, at least one movie per year since Commando came out? Hell scratch the "special forces" requirement and you can probably bump that up to 3.

How many times do they jump out of a plane JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF though?

Meister · 04-29-2010, 09:53 AM

Yeah but that's hardly anything special. Anyone can jump out of a plane before takeoff. You want to see jumping out of a plane done properly, go and watch Shoot 'em Up.

krogothwolf · 04-29-2010, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

How many times do they jump out of a plane JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF though?

Or let the stewardess know his friend is dead tired?

Krylo · 04-29-2010, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Why even do a remake when "retired special forces guy is blackmailed into doing a job but turns the tables on his blackmailers, lots of shooting and suspense" is already the basic premise of, at a guess, at least one movie per year since Commando came out? Hell scratch the "special forces" requirement and you can probably bump that up to 3.

Thinking up names is HARD.

Professor Smarmiarty · 04-29-2010, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Yeah but that's hardly anything special. Anyone can jump out of a plane before takeoff. You want to see jumping out of a plane done properly, go and watch Shoot 'em Up.

It's got nothing on Point Break.

Seil · 04-29-2010, 11:53 AM

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Yeah but that's hardly anything special. Anyone can jump out of a plane before takeoff. You want to see jumping out of a plane done properly, go and watch Shoot 'em Up.

Or any James Bond Movie ever.

Seriously.

04-29-2010, 08:13 AM	#2
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Original premise? Wasn't the premise Arny shoots a whole lot of dudes?

04-29-2010, 08:17 AM	#3
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Why even do a remake when "retired special forces guy is blackmailed into doing a job but turns the tables on his blackmailers, lots of shooting and suspense" is already the basic premise of, at a guess, at least one movie per year since Commando came out? Hell scratch the "special forces" requirement and you can probably bump that up to 3.

04-29-2010, 08:23 AM	#4
Magic_Marker Moonwalk Away. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dumbfucklahoma. Posts: 1,573	Eventually you go down to one a year if you put in the daughter specific qualifier, but you still aren't breaking any new ground. Hell, you aren't even breaking old ground, you don't even have a hammer at this point.

04-29-2010, 09:53 AM	#6
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Yeah but that's hardly anything special. Anyone can jump out of a plane before takeoff. You want to see jumping out of a plane done properly, go and watch Shoot 'em Up.