after the trainwreck that was the first transformers movie I will happily skip this one. and then I saw this review by roger ebert:

so as you may have heard there’s been an a-team remake in the works. a lot of these kinds of news are just rumors or the project never gets off the ground, but when liam neeson’s name gets attached to play hannibal you’re kind of forced to take it seriously. bradley cooper is set to play face.

I haven’t seen anything about murdock or BA, but the latter role ought to be a bitch to fill. who can pull off mr t? apparently the movie is going to have a more serious tone than a campy one, but either way I can’t think of anybody to fit the bill… I already pity the fool have sympathy for the actor who will inevitably be unfairly compared to the iconic mr t.

as for murdock I think jim carrey might be good, but then again he’s just too big to be in an ensemble piece at this point in his career. you just can’t have an a-team movie with murdock getting top billing. so.

the hollywood-80’s remakes-factory is unstoppable, so much so that bitching about unoriginal scripts has become tiresome. in the spirit of “if ya can’t beat ‘em” I’ve taken up a new hobby of Lets Think Of What Hollywood Will Remake Next. here’s one:

…a remake of the 80’s boy-meets-mermaid romantic comedy splash starring paul rudd playing the tom hanks role and taylor swift (in her first major film debut) in the mermaid suit.

thoughts?

I’m back from a sweet, sweet trip to japan.

if you’re reading this, you’re probably friends with me on facebook. I posted some pics there.

now if you’ll please excuse me, I have a whole night of jetlagged non-sleeping hours to burn. how many more hours until daylight?