Posted by jamesgibbon on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Re-UFO-2-ideas-tp1491365p1491380.html

"Pam McCaughey" wrote:
> Well, I'm not suggesting Leonardo DiCaprio or Matt Damon for UFO - certainly
> not. But, there are good viewer draws such as Alec Baldwin or one of the
> Bridges brothers, who can lend their names to such a project.

Alec Baldwin would be great in an Alec Freeman kind of role, I
think .. actually I was surprised to see how old he looks these
days when I saw him on .. oh I've forgotten the name. The late
night chat show with the guy with the 1980s double-breasted
suit. I suppose it IS 10 years or so since Red October, now.

But I personally would love to see George Sewell in the Alec
Freeman role again. It's not that long since he was playing a
senior police officer in The Detectives so it's a reasonable
proposition.

But, I must say I think there's only a very slim chance that
UFO2 will happen at all, whether film, TV series or whatever.


> Recent films such as "Mission: Impossible", "Charlie's Angels" (which I
> studiously avoided), etc do not in my mind constitute re-makes. What they do
> is take the original premise, and strip it of everything that made the
> original popular, and re-mold it to satisfy the 15-22 age group.


But if it DOES happen, see above ..

> Moffat is enlisting the assistance of GA and EB, then I don't think that is
> his game plan. I'm speculating wildly here of course! But, the above
> mentioned movies were not particularly popular with the original age group
> which watched them on TV - so what does that tell you? Of those folks I know
> who saw MI or MI2, immense disappointment was the watchword.
>

Well count me out, it may have been nothing like the original
but I loved the 1990s version of MI. And although MI2 was
EXTRAORDINARILY shallow and throwaway, it had some of the most
stylish action scenes I can ever remember.

I said hi to Tom Cruise in HK when he was there for the premiere
of MI2. Did I mention that at the time? Yes, I think I did ..

James