Girls Just Want to Have Fun Remake??
Last Sunday, I caught the climactic ending of Girls Just Want to Have Fun on ABC Family. Even though I have seen this ending a countless number of times, I had to watch again to see Janey give Jeff that same nod that Moria Kelly gives DB Sweeney when she tells him they have to do the Pamchenko-- only Janey is telling Jeff they have to do the joint gymnastics routine to really nail their dance off for DTV, but really she is telling him that she loves him and is therefore willing to risk EVERYTHING for him.
(from sarahjparker.com)
Every time I see this movie airing on cable, I have to watch it, similar to when someone airs The Goonies or The Princess Bride. So, as I'm watching, I idly start to wonder what ever happened to that baby-faced Jeff with those slick dance moves. He's got to be on some procedural drama by now, right? I mosey over to the wikipedia entry and...
BAM! Another potential Disney Channel remake! Selena Gomez and Tizz both expressing interest in starring!
Now, granted, I know Wikipedia is not terribly reliable, and I can't find this news anywhere else online... but please do not let this be true. Please let this be wishful thinking by an over-zealous fan girl who spends her time re-casting classic movies with Disney stars. ("You know what would be awesome? Pretty Woman, only with Selena Gomez as Julia Roberts and Nick Jonas as Richard Gere and she's not a stripper but a poor girl hired by her rich classmate to be his fake girlfriend!" Side note: this is basically the plot of Can't Buy Me Love, and that remake has already been done, but you get my point.)
There's just no sense in remaking Girls Just Want to Have Fun other than the inevitable best-selling soundtrack in which Demi Levawho and Miley battle it out to see who can sound more like Cyndi Lauper while the original Cyn rolls over and dies from the horror. I mean, this movie is the one you rent once you have already seen all of the other 80s classics and are starving for more Brat Packers and need something to satiate the need. It's not really even that great of a movie. I mean sure- that part where they storm the Country Club is kind of awesome and there's plenty of bon mots coming from the wacky sidekicks ("Is it safe?" "It's the safeest thing you'll ever have between your legs."), but part of the appeal is to ogle a young SJP and Helen Hunt and Brenda Walsh and marvel that anyone ever thought it was okay for SJP to hang out around her little brother wearing just a tank top and her underoos. Why would you feel the need to remake this?
Again, I plead the Disneyverse, please stop remaking movies and come up with some new ones! High School Musical? Mostly original concept! And look how well that turned out! Surely we can find a new and sort of original way to showcase Selena's dancing chops. Maybe she could organize a dance-a-thon at her snobby high school and teach everyone the power of dancing to bring people together. Or maybe she could be a know-it-all competitive ballroom dancer who can't keep a partner but then meets her match in a shy but competent martial artist turned dancer played by, I don't know... maybe that kid who was obsessed with Pim on Phil of the Future- Little Danny Dawkins. I bet he could dance. Only... this sounds remarkably like The Cutting Edge or maybe even Strictly Ballroom.
I don't know. Maybe it all has been done.
(from sarahjparker.com)
Every time I see this movie airing on cable, I have to watch it, similar to when someone airs The Goonies or The Princess Bride. So, as I'm watching, I idly start to wonder what ever happened to that baby-faced Jeff with those slick dance moves. He's got to be on some procedural drama by now, right? I mosey over to the wikipedia entry and...
BAM! Another potential Disney Channel remake! Selena Gomez and Tizz both expressing interest in starring!
Now, granted, I know Wikipedia is not terribly reliable, and I can't find this news anywhere else online... but please do not let this be true. Please let this be wishful thinking by an over-zealous fan girl who spends her time re-casting classic movies with Disney stars. ("You know what would be awesome? Pretty Woman, only with Selena Gomez as Julia Roberts and Nick Jonas as Richard Gere and she's not a stripper but a poor girl hired by her rich classmate to be his fake girlfriend!" Side note: this is basically the plot of Can't Buy Me Love, and that remake has already been done, but you get my point.)
There's just no sense in remaking Girls Just Want to Have Fun other than the inevitable best-selling soundtrack in which Demi Levawho and Miley battle it out to see who can sound more like Cyndi Lauper while the original Cyn rolls over and dies from the horror. I mean, this movie is the one you rent once you have already seen all of the other 80s classics and are starving for more Brat Packers and need something to satiate the need. It's not really even that great of a movie. I mean sure- that part where they storm the Country Club is kind of awesome and there's plenty of bon mots coming from the wacky sidekicks ("Is it safe?" "It's the safeest thing you'll ever have between your legs."), but part of the appeal is to ogle a young SJP and Helen Hunt and Brenda Walsh and marvel that anyone ever thought it was okay for SJP to hang out around her little brother wearing just a tank top and her underoos. Why would you feel the need to remake this?
Again, I plead the Disneyverse, please stop remaking movies and come up with some new ones! High School Musical? Mostly original concept! And look how well that turned out! Surely we can find a new and sort of original way to showcase Selena's dancing chops. Maybe she could organize a dance-a-thon at her snobby high school and teach everyone the power of dancing to bring people together. Or maybe she could be a know-it-all competitive ballroom dancer who can't keep a partner but then meets her match in a shy but competent martial artist turned dancer played by, I don't know... maybe that kid who was obsessed with Pim on Phil of the Future- Little Danny Dawkins. I bet he could dance. Only... this sounds remarkably like The Cutting Edge or maybe even Strictly Ballroom.
I don't know. Maybe it all has been done.