a remake of footloose? say it ain't so!

i go to the movies alot.. and i have been seeing the preview for the remake of "footloose".. you know.. the huge 1984 hit (which also happens to be the year of my birth .. it was a good year).. starring kevin bacon.. which launched the kenny loggin hit named after the movie .. and a hit broadway show .. well, 27 years later .. a director, craig brewer .. who obviously could not come up with any new material has decided .. hmm .. lets remake this massive hit .. and hope it goes just as well..

i have news for you craig.. surprisingly, you are not the first person to try this! (i know, hard to believe).. and it usually doesn't work out..

so its starring kenny wormald (yea, i dont know who he is either), and julianne hough.. the girl from dancing with the stars, and the proactive commercials.

when i first saw the preview it took every ounce of self control i had to not stand up, and blurt out "oh comeeee onnnn what the hell is this sh*t?!" i had visions of "dirty dancing-havana nights" running in my head.. :shiver:

ALSO, country star blake shelton has been given the task to remake the hit song .. listen to a preview here..


http://vodpod.com/watch/15371590-blake-shelton-footloose-preview


for me, it lacks some UMPH..


so.. not only are they remaking the movie .. they are also remaking a hit song.. i cant wait to see how this pans out.. pan being the operative word.

this got me thinking.. of some remakes of famous movies that didn't work .. and also maybe some sequels that were absolutely awful but we loved them anyway.. HELLO! grease 2?! c-o-ol r-i-d-e-r..

so i will have a follow up blogs on remakes that worked, remakes that didn't work .. sequels that worked, and sequels that didn't .. but they were so cheesy we loved them anyway!!

so what are you thoughts? excited about footloose? disgusted? don't really care whatsoever? let me know!!