MisterHero
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Don't you mean Robert Zemeckis?
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Richard Donner: "We're going a [Goonies] sequel"
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I'm reminded of this:
It was in my video store when I was very young, and I fell into the (clearly intended) trap of thinking it was a sequel to The Goonies. It's actually an Australian film called "Frog Dreaming" - or in the US it was "The Quest" - rebranded to try to ride on the Goonies' coattails.
It was in my video store when I was very young, and I fell into the (clearly intended) trap of thinking it was a sequel to The Goonies. It's actually an Australian film called "Frog Dreaming" - or in the US it was "The Quest" - rebranded to try to ride on the Goonies' coattails.
BinaryPork2737
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There are some movies that shouldn't have filmed sequels. The Goonies is one such film.
CreeperBlocks
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I kinda hope they don't. i'm getting sick of reboots and sequels that should of been made years ago.
thecouncil
Banned
I'm reminded of this:
It was in my video store when I was very young, and I fell into the (clearly intended) trap of thinking it was a sequel to The Goonies. It's actually an Australian film called "Frog Dreaming" - or in the US it was "The Quest" - rebranded to try to ride on the Goonies' coattails.
LOL at Henry "E.T." Thomas.
Black Door
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Not to be one of those types of people who screams "remakes always suck" while championing Scarface and the Departed, but not everything needs a modern reboot. The Goonies is basically tied to the era it was made, and too much would have to change to modernize it ("Free-range children" fighting the Mafia ain't happening in 2015, sorry)
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Benedict Cumberbatch as Andy.
Opinionatedfish
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Goonies and Back To The Future is all that remains untarnished by these silly fucking remakes.
Please, STOP.
MrCunningham
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I'm reminded of this:
It was in my video store when I was very young, and I fell into the (clearly intended) trap of thinking it was a sequel to The Goonies. It's actually an Australian film called "Frog Dreaming" - or in the US it was "The Quest" - rebranded to try to ride on the Goonies' coattails.
Is this the Go-Bot equivalent to the Goonies?
As for the Goonies... eh, it's a bit of a take it or leave it movie for me. It was never really a childhood movie that I liked to a huge degree, but I didn't hate it either. It had it's weird 1980's charm to some degree.
But a new Goonies movie aimed at the current generation of kids, doesn't seem like a bad idea.
cj_iwakura
Member
Will it be based on the NES game?
Heh, I played that before seeing the movie. Imagine my confusion.
condompickle
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you can't make a sequel to my favorite childhood movie. goonies do never say die though.
but is it good? the cover looks badass!
Well, it IS directed by the same guy who did the Leprechaun horror flicks.
Just sayin...
WordAssassin
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I'm really worried about Ghostbusters (unless the 21 Jump Street guys get it as rumored, then I'm 10,000% behind it) but I would really like to see a modern Gremlins film. Reboot, remake, sequel, I don't care. I understand totally the charm of the old movies, but I want to see CG Gremlins crawling all over shit moving in ways the puppets and animatronics never could, being really creepy little fuckers and wreaking havoc.
cj_iwakura
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No way, they worked miracles with those puppets. CG would cheapen it. (See: the new TMNT)
Rhomega Beta
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This is another one of those "too late sequels", like Indiana Jones 4 and Die Hard 4 and 5.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bl...cking-after-midnight,531be44e025312186cdf8a17
Been quiet for a while though..
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Lotta sour people / point missing in here. A sequel with the same actors set now would be cool. 30 years ago they did this awesome thing, what are they like now? Would they be more or less capable than their child-selves? It sounds like it would be a school reunion crossed with an adventure movie. I've never seen that before.
Of course if it's just their kids it'll be a bit shit.
Of course if it's just their kids it'll be a bit shit.
maniac-kun
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I dont see how a Goonies movie would work with adult actors. Maybe they pass the Goonies to their kids?
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Warm Machine
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Makes sense to have one of them unhappy with his life, stumble on an ancient map and then get the gang back together. Goonies for life and all that.
"We ride together, we die together. Goonies for life."
kunonabi
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it better be.
D.Lo
Member
I wouldn't mind a remake with cameos. Josh and Sean can play Fratelli bros.
Remake is better because it doesn't hurt the original at all, and isn't held back by forcing a story out of nowhere.
That said, a good movie is a good movie, irrespective of the timing. Rocky 6 and Rambo 4 were great, Robocop remake was good. Indy 4 sucked for completely different reasons than being a years later sequel (fucking aliens and monkeys...)
Remake is better because it doesn't hurt the original at all, and isn't held back by forcing a story out of nowhere.
That said, a good movie is a good movie, irrespective of the timing. Rocky 6 and Rambo 4 were great, Robocop remake was good. Indy 4 sucked for completely different reasons than being a years later sequel (fucking aliens and monkeys...)
i'm down with a spiritual-ish sequel. but another Goonies just wouldn't be right because the movie was about being a kid setting out on an adventure divorced from the "real world"... now all the returning characters are about in their mid 40s it'd be just depressing. i mean at least one of the characters would've grown up to be an alcoholic or something
NerdEyeBlind
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Bullshit. This ain't happening
blindrocket
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I'm reminded of this:
It was in my video store when I was very young, and I fell into the (clearly intended) trap of thinking it was a sequel to The Goonies. It's actually an Australian film called "Frog Dreaming" - or in the US it was "The Quest" - rebranded to try to ride on the Goonies' coattails.
I liked that movie as a kid. I remember it was called The Quest, though.
I also remember the cover looking quite different for some reason.
How's this in anyway affect the quality of the first movie?
There was a direct sequel to the Christmas story and they still play the original 24 hrs a day
StudioTan
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I'm reminded of this:
It was in my video store when I was very young, and I fell into the (clearly intended) trap of thinking it was a sequel to The Goonies. It's actually an Australian film called "Frog Dreaming" - or in the US it was "The Quest" - rebranded to try to ride on the Goonies' coattails.
Why does he have a lightsaber?
The Real Abed
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Fixed that for you.
Oh wow the redhead on the left. She turned out reallll good.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I somehow completely avoided this movie growing up. And I'm a Konami-loving wierdo who owns Goonies on Famicom and Goonies 2 on NES 
Is this worth watching as an adult with no childhood nostalgia for it?
Is this worth watching as an adult with no childhood nostalgia for it?
boredofcanada
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I somehow completely avoided this movie growing up. And I'm a Konami-loving wierdo who owns Goonies on Famicom and Goonies 2 on NES
Is this worth watching as an adult with no childhood nostalgia for it?
Absolutely.
MisterHero
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Do you have a high tolerance for kids talking/yelling over each other? Then sure.
Let's hope that all the original cast have teenage girls, and some are in this terrible girl band that also solves mysteries. Obviously one of those has to be a token minority (Data's daughter). However, two of the girls are obviously less cool and not in the band.
They'll all end up getting lost together on a school field trip, and this will lead to some hijinx. Plus, in the end they'll all be best friends so that it's a feel good movie. They'll probably be in an old building and take a wrong path getting back to the group. They'll argue. Then they'll find an old door and go through it where the adventure begins!
They'll all end up getting lost together on a school field trip, and this will lead to some hijinx. Plus, in the end they'll all be best friends so that it's a feel good movie. They'll probably be in an old building and take a wrong path getting back to the group. They'll argue. Then they'll find an old door and go through it where the adventure begins!
adamsappel
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I somehow completely avoided this movie growing up. And I'm a Konami-loving wierdo who owns Goonies on Famicom and Goonies 2 on NES
Is this worth watching as an adult with no childhood nostalgia for it?
I watched this with my daughter a few weeks ago. I hadn't seen it since it came out. It's pretty cool, but the ending really drags. It could have been edited much tighter.
Do you have a high tolerance for kids talking/yelling over each other? Then sure.
It was very hard for me to understand about half the dialog. It's like a jr. version of a Robert Altman film.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I'm watching Goonies right now. Mouth's transcribing Mike's mom's instructions to Rosalita is awesome.
"Pants and shirts go in the... oh, forget about it. Just throw everything into cardboard boxes. Clark, can you really translate all that?"
"For sure, Mrs. Walsh... The marijuana goes in the top drawer. The cocaine and speed go in the second drawer. And the heroin goes in the bottom drawer. Always separate the drugs."
"Pants and shirts go in the... oh, forget about it. Just throw everything into cardboard boxes. Clark, can you really translate all that?"
"For sure, Mrs. Walsh... The marijuana goes in the top drawer. The cocaine and speed go in the second drawer. And the heroin goes in the bottom drawer. Always separate the drugs."
CadetMahoney
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In your dreams.
Will it be based on the NES game?
I loved the fuck out of this game. I was 7-8 when the movie and game came out. Amazing nostalgia.
Might have to find a way to play Goonies II...Also hell the fuck yeah do that movie.
Goonies r good enuff. Goonies r good enuff. yeah yeah yayyayuhhhuhhhhh.
Goonies r good enuff. Goonies r good enuff. yeah yeah yayyayuhhhuhhhhh.
thesoapster
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Kerri Green can still get it.
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