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Will Forte has confirmed that the MacGruber movie is going ahead.
Appearing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, when asked about a MacGruber movie, Forte confirmed that he, John Solomon and Jorma Taccone, had just finished writing it. “We’re gonna make it in Albuquerque. It’s me and Kirsten Wiig and cast to be determined.” Forte said.
It won’t be the first time that Saturday Night Live has tried making movies out of their skits. Wayne’s World, Coneheads, A night at the Roxbury, It’s Pat, and Ladies man where all borne of SNL skits with mixed results. It’s hard to know where this one will go, but Forte did make an interesting comment saying “It’s maybe a little different than people are thinking.”
One has to now wonder not only how this new movie will fare, but also how this will impact on the real MacGyver movie being made. Will it encourage the real movie along or will it hurt any chance of MacGyver ever being taken seriously again?
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i think it's wrong to go ahead with this, but there going to start on this soon and I will not be watching it at all.
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QUOTE (MacsChick @ 4 June 2009 - 03:05 AM) | All I can say is, I hope RDA stays away from it entirely--not even making a cameo appearance. |
I agree. As long as RDA stays clear of it is a good thing. If he's involved, it sounds like betrayel to me. I've been thinking about this and it would feel like treason, if RDA is involved. After all these years, you think he would do that to us?
Don't you think it's rather coincidental that this MacGruber movie nonsense comes out about the same moment the rumours of the actual movie rockets around the world? We were getting hope and knowing the fact the actual houseboat was ready for use again this happens. Before things started to happen for the movie, this MacGruber movie is suddenly going ahead.
It's like they don't want it to happen.
Too good, to be true might be this:
What if this was just a façade and that they're actually working on the real movie here but making us believe they're making a parody? But than again, why aren't they honest with us and tell us the real deal?
If this happens I hope Lee David Zlotoff steps up, convinces RDA in doing the role serious again and than we might have a chance again. Maybe also too good to be true.
QUOTE | I'm guessing from Fortes comment of “It’s maybe a little different than people are thinking.", that the movie is going to be a comedy based on the MacGruber skits rather than an overly long skit in itself.
If this is the case it might actually be an entertaining dig at MacGyver.. but even so, I'm not really interested in making fun of MacGyver. I went through my teens with MacGyver as my main role model/mentor, and it would be nice to see some serious acknowledgment of the accomplishments of the show and character for all the people who have actually gotten something out of the show, instead of making fun of it all the time. |
Same here.
QUOTE | When I saw what could be done with Star Trek, hope surfaced that something good could be done in a MacGyver movie, if those involved really had their heart in the project. And maybe that movie can still be made that would turn the head of a hard-core MacNut like me.
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This being my final hope. I went to see Star Trek earlier in the week. (Nearly missed in recognizing W. Morgan Sheppard, just in his last shot I recognised him) Though pretty much unfamiliar with storylines and characters and the whole hype around the old shows, I know that if JJ Abrams will get his hands on MacGyver it will be good.
But as said before, if everything turns out bad for the movie and everyone bails out, I'd set my hopes on JJ Abrams. He bossomed me with confidence when I saw Star Trek. This is his 2nd film based on an old series and it scored even better than Mission Impossible III. And I would just accept all the other changes, like a younger cast, because it will happen anyway. Come to think of it Karl Urban might be a good Murdoc. If you haven't seen Star Trek, go for it. On allmovie I have never read such a positive review on something.
A few quotes on the Star Trek review of allmovie.
QUOTE | Fun, funny, exhilarating, and occasionally touching |
Sounds like what MacGyver should be like.
QUOTE | When the final shot in the trailer is one of the opening shots of the film, it's a good indicator that the filmmakers are confident in their product. Regardless of how closely you've studied the trailers or how much you know about the plot |
Sounds very important to me.
QUOTE | Like an artist reinterpreting a familiar song but instilling it with enough nuance to make it his own, Abrams remains faithful to the original mythology while adding some new touches that keep the movie fresh and exciting. |
Also very important to me.
QUOTE | Orci and Kurtzman keep the stakes high but never resist the urge to have a little fun with the characters, and therein lies much of Star Trek's widely appealing charm. |
If it's done like that, it's cool. Have a few comedy scenes is one thing but it shouldn't or may not be the main goal of the film to become a comedy. Orci and Kurtzman are the scriptwriters by the way.
QUOTE | The Star Trek series is known for its colorful characters, who are here as vivid as ever thanks to a talented cast that would rather fully inhabit their characters than emulate the actors who originated them. |
Sounds like good advice to the cast. Inhabit the character instead of emulating it.
QUOTE | In addition to bringing aboard frequent collaborators Orci, Kurtzman, and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey, Abrams enlists Lost and Mission: Impossible III composer Michael Giacchino to score the film. By borrowing elements of previous Star Trek scores and folding them into his own inspired compositions, Giacchino manages to simultaneously evoke feelings of nostalgia and excitement right from the opening scene. |
Though I don't know the Star Trek theme, Michael Giacchino might be up for the job. If he can manage to evoke feelings of nostalgia and excitement for the Trekkies, he might manage it for us too.
QUOTE | Watching Star Trek, we get the sense that we're actually witnessing the birth of something new rather than the flogging of a dead Tribble. It fulfills its promise of rebooting the series while leaving us wanting more, and it does so with style and energy to spare. Now that's an origins tale that truly delivers. |
And wouldn't that be great either?
If the MacGyver film becomes a four star movie, I die as a happy man. If it scores less but it has good references and good intentions, I won't be dissappointed. If it scores less that 2,5 stars or 2 stars it's scandalous and I won't die as a happy man.
Sorry for the long post, but this is what I have been thinking about yesterday.
I think the poison that was used was applied to this knife, passed to the mutton when it was cut and then activated by the wine. - MacGyver. Sometimes you just have to die a little inside to be reborn and rise again as a stronger and wiser version of you. It's better to be a little sad than to be fake content.
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I'm right behind everyone else.
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I just hope and pray they do not go ahead with this, and I'm hopeing that Rick doesn't go alone with this.
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Yeah, this will be a really bad movie. I mean, I can laugh at MacGyver. It's a campy show filled with lots of bad acting, cheap sets, implausible situations, etc, etc. Fine. And if the parody was done well, I wouldn't mind (hell, it's a TV show they're mocking, not a relative, I'm not going to take it personally.) But the MacGruber skits just aren't funny. And if they aren't funny in really short doses, it sure as hell won't be funny when stretched out for 90 minutes.
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