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Hi All,

Hope no one minds me plugging my new book, Suburbia, but if anyone fancies a slightly tongue-in-cheek modern day science fiction romp, feel free to check it out – it's available in paperback, or Kindle.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Suburbia-John-Conway/dp/1843868873/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4

Thanks all (shameless plug over and out)

I'm guessing Pennywise the clown from Steven King's "IT" would be up there.

Possibly something like the Human Centipede, or perhaps Debbie Does Dallas

I always quite fancied the Resident Evil mansion (assuming of course that the mansion in the film is actually the same one as in the game, secret lab et al!), minus the zombies of course, and maybe get a builder to disable or take out the falling roof room (Don't take the shotgun off the wall though, just in case).

Charlie's Angels for me 

I see how she infiltrated Jabba's palace, i.e. disguised as a bounty hunter who had captured Chewie.  Then she unfreezes Han and the first thing she says to him is that she has to get HIM out of there. 

What about Chewie?  Just leave him to rot in the cells, or get Han out first then hope no one notices he's 'off the wall' while she sneaks in a second time to somehow bust Chewie out? 

And to think... she moaned at Han and Luke in Ep4 about not having a good enough escape plan when they rescued her!

I quite enjoyed the first one - in a kind of 'don't take it too seriously kind of way - I'm probably setting myself up for a fall by expecting too much of a straight-to-DVD sequel 

I watched Avatar with a few friends and there were definitely divided loyalties!

Taken from the BBC's website 28th April 2010

Director Sir Ridley Scott has revealed that his 3D Alien prequel will be "really nasty" and will respond to the standard set by James Cameron's Avatar.
Speaking to Screen Daily, the film-maker said the movie, set in 2085, would be "the dark side of the moon".
Sir Ridley, who directed the original Alien film in 1979, paid tribute to Cameron's technological innovation.
"Jim's raised the bar and I've got to jump to it," said the 72-year-old. "He's not going to get away with it."
'Gods and engineers'
Sir Ridley's latest film, Robin Hood - starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, will open the Cannes Film Festival on 12 May.
Speaking about the Alien prequel, which is set five years before the original, the British film-maker said it is about "gods and engineers... engineers of space".
"And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would actually go in and clean up a planet?"
"It will take place in the years before that, when they first come across this thing on a planet called Zeta Reticuli, he added.
"And it will ask who was that guy in the first film lying in a chair with his chest blown outwards when they first go into the giant spacecraft."
Sir Ridley has not made a sci-fi movie since 1982's Blade Runner and was not involved in any of the Alien sequels or two Alien vs Predator spin-off films.
The original Alien movie, which starred Sigourney Weaver, won the Oscar for best visual effects in 1980.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8644051.stm

Dare I say I actually thought Rob Zombie's Halloween was better than John Carpenter's?    Although don't get me started on Zombie's sequel! 

I just caught the trailer for the 'new' (or should I say remade/re-envisaged/rebooted) Nightmare on Elm Street.  Normally, I wouldn't get that excited, but after Jackie Earle Haley's performance in Watchman, I thought it stands a better than most chance of at least living up to Robert Englung's effort.

I just wondered which other remakes people actually rated?

I have to say Dawn of the Dead (2004) was pretty good, if very different to George's original version. 

Maybe John Carpenter's The Thing or David Cronenber's The Fly may be in there.

What does everyone think?

I don't normally go around plugging movies (okay, I did it for the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist, but apart from that – no).  Peoples' tastes are usually too diverse for me to recommend something that everyone will like.  I've tried talking about it to some of my mates, but no one seems to have heard of it (this is the zombie movie 'Fido' all over again!).

But I watched the sci-fi/horror film Pandorm last night and it completely blew me away.  I just added to my Lovefilm rental list because it was sci-fi, but its premise sounded more like a B-movie.  I couln't believe how good the special effects were, plus good acting, no completely 'dumb blondes' running back into the house when chased by the serial killer, plus it had a few good plot twists.

If you're looking for a film that's a cross between Event Horizon and Alien, you could certainly do a lot worse (and now's the time I tell you it didn't do that well at the Box Office, meaning any possible sequel is highly unlikely – damn-it!)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188729/

Anyway, am I the only one to worship this seemingly undiscovered gem?

Animated comedy Futurama could be voiced by new actors after the studio behind its comeback failed to reach an agreement with the original cast.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, talks have broken down after a pay dispute with actors including John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal and Billy West.
"We love the Futurama voice performers and absolutely wanted to use them," 20th TV said in a statement.
"But unfortunately, we could not meet their salary demands."
The other original cast members are Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille.
It was announced last month that the show would return to US TV screens with 26 new episodes - seven years after it was axed by Fox.
Simpsons creator
They will air in 2010 on cable network Comedy Central, which shows repeats and previously commissioned specials.
Futurama tells the story of pizza delivery boy Philip Fry, who was cryogenically frozen at the end of 1999 before being defrosted in 2999.
Creators Matt Groening and David X Cohen said they were "excited and amazed" the show was returning.
The show, which follows the space-age adventures of Fry, his love interest Turanga Leela and Bender - a cigar smoking misanthropic robot - originally ran on Fox between 1999 and 2003.
The popularity of the repeats of the 72 original episodes - bought from Fox in 2006 - as well as strong DVD sales for the four feature-length specials has led to the resurrection.
In 2005, Fox resurrected another animated comedy, Family Guy, which it had cancelled in 2002

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8158824.stm

Futurama characters are still popular at fan conventions
Animated comedy Futurama is to return to US TV screens with 26 new episodes - seven years after it was axed by Fox.
They will air in 2010 on cable network Comedy Central, which shows repeats and previously commissioned four specials.
Futurama tells the story of pizza delivery boy Philip Fry, who was cryogenically frozen at the end of 1999 before being defrosted in 2999.
Creators Matt Groening and David X Cohen said they were "excited and amazed" the show was returning.
'Passionate fans'
The show, which follows the space-age adventures of Fry, his love interest Turanga Leela, and Bender - a cigar smoking misanthropic robot - originally ran on Fox between 1999 and 2003.
The popularity of the repeats of the 72 original episodes - bought from Fox in 2006 - as well as strong DVD sales for the four feature-length specials have led to the resurrection.
Groening, who also created The Simpsons, said: "We're thrilled Futurama is coming back.
"We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000."
Comedy Central's David Bernath said there remained "a deep and passionate fan base for this intelligent and very funny show that matches perfectly with our audience".
"It's fantastic that we can add brand new instalments of Leela, Fry and Bender's adventures to our existing library," he added.
In 2005, Fox resurrected another animated comedy, Family Guy, which it had cancelled in 2002.    

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8092758.stm

I can see the criticism for Bale's growling though. Boy was that overdone.

I always thought he sounded like he was trying to warm up for the part of John Connon.