Bossk

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Post: #54619
Topic: Police Academy is Back?!?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54619/action/topic#54619
Time: 12-Jul-2004 5:15 AM

Tack the actor died or Tack the character died in the movies?

Okay, just checked IMDb and you mean Tack the actor (David Graf). I had no idea he died.

Here's a tally of the main characters...

Tackleberry - David Graf - died April 7, 2001 (cardiac arrest)
Mahoney - Steve Guttenberg - still alive
Harris - G.W. Bailey - still alive
Hightower - Bubba Smith - still alive
Cmdt. Lassard - George Gaynes - still alive
Callahan - Leslie Easterbrook - still alive
Jones (SFX guy) - Michael Winslow - still alive
Sweetchuck - Tim Kazurinsky - still alive
Hooks - Marion Ramsey - still alive
Zed - Bobcat Goldthwait - still alive (and still together with Nikki Cox as far as I can tell... lucky bastard)
Proctor - Lance Kinsey - still alive
Mauser - Art Metrano - still alive
Sgt. Lassard - Matt McCoy (#6-7) - still alive

So, pretty much all the main characters are still alive. Whether or not they're all still willing to do it is another question. My main reason for wanting to see it ain't gonna be there. Tack was my fave of the bunch. Although the humiliation that Harris and Mauser went through on occasion was great.

Post: #54618
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54618/action/topic#54618
Time: 12-Jul-2004 5:02 AM

Jimbo, at least watch the movie before you bash it. Be intelligent enough to have justification for your rants and raves.

Post: #54616
Topic: Avatar Upload
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54616/action/topic#54616
Time: 12-Jul-2004 4:56 AM

I vote on #1 as well, Ric.

Hardcore, Jay has several e-mails. And they are all over this site. Go to the homepage and you should see two of them listed right there. He is the only admin on this site so any of the [at]originaltrilogy[dot]com e-mail addys go to him.

Post: #54502
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54502/action/topic#54502
Time: 9-Jul-2004 11:00 AM

Damn! Amazing to think how tides have changed since people started posting less (or not at all).

Post: #54501
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54501/action/topic#54501
Time: 9-Jul-2004 4:59 AM

That was good, Gun. Maybe we can get Jimbo cast in the remake?

Post: #54500
Topic: The Phantom Menace
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54500/action/topic#54500
Time: 9-Jul-2004 4:56 AM

Damn Luke, you're slow!

I was thinking it as soon as I read "Lucases" and knew where Gun was going as soon as I saw the word "filthy."

Nice one, Gun!

Post: #54435
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54435/action/topic#54435
Time: 8-Jul-2004 3:54 PM

I, too, am interested.

Post: #54433
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54433/action/topic#54433
Time: 8-Jul-2004 2:58 PM

I love how that screen captured menu has two episode IVs. That cracks me up.

Post: #54442
Topic: Police Academy is Back?!?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54442/action/topic#54442
Time: 8-Jul-2004 11:35 AM

Police Academy 8... Rocky 6... God only knows what's next.

Post: #54441
Topic: Old Special Effects Vs New Special Effects
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54441/action/topic#54441
Time: 8-Jul-2004 11:34 AM

Nothing announced yet. But you can tune in to tvshowsondvd.com for updates. Sign up for e-mail updates on that one particular show if you want.

Post: #54432
Topic: Stupidest Prequal complaints
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54432/action/topic#54432
Time: 8-Jul-2004 8:56 AM

Jay (site admin) was getting tired of receiving e-mail and PM complaints about Jimbo and his attitude toward others. So, he decided to give him a little cooling off period.

Post: #54429
Topic: Police Academy is Back?!?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54429/action/topic#54429
Time: 8-Jul-2004 4:42 AM

Oh Dear God, when will this twisted ride ever end?

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'Police Academy' Set for Eighth Edition
By Liza Foreman

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Police Academy" is back. After a decade's absence from the big screen, the cop comedy franchise is gearing up for an eighth installment.

"I felt it was time to start again," said series creator Paul Maslansky. "I saw that 'Starsky & Hutch' and a number of other revivals were doing really well. 'Police Academy' has such a great history. I thought, 'Why not?"'

According to Maslansky, who will serve as an executive producer, the talent from the first seven features has expressed a keen interest in the revival, with Maslansky looking to combine both new and the "original talent" for the next "Police Academy."

"We became very much like a family," he said. "It's is very unusual to have seven films with virtually all the same major cast."

The project is being developed by Warner Bros. Pictures and its Australian joint-venture partner Village Roadshow. The project is out to writers, with the exact direction of the newest installment yet to be determined.

The most recent sequel in the franchise was "Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow" in 1994. The first "Police Academy" hit screens in 1984, bringing in a domestic box office take of $81.2 million. Then it was a film a year through 1989, with "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment" released in 1985, "Police Academy 3: Back in Training" in 1986, "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol" in 1987, "Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach" in 1988 and "Police Academy 6: City Under Siege" in 1989. Altogether, the franchise brought in more than $230 million at the domestic box office. Maslansky also serviced the small screen with "Police Academy: The Animated Series" in 1993 and "Police Academy: The Series" in 1997.

Maslansky is working on several other projects, including another institution-based project, "Stunt School." There's also a New Orleans-set jazz feature about the life of Buddy Bolden, the first king of jazz.

Post: #54428
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54428/action/topic#54428
Time: 8-Jul-2004 4:19 AM

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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Though he has improved since he became a bus driver.

Timing is everything.

Post: #54378
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54378/action/topic#54378
Time: 7-Jul-2004 8:07 AM

5, with Stallone working on writing a sixth. Ideally it will never get past the writing stage.

Post: #54369
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54369/action/topic#54369
Time: 7-Jul-2004 5:23 AM

I'm not a Philly native and I've only visited the city once, but I agree completely with Warbler... Rocky is not pure crap nor should it be equated to Titanic. These are completely different movies. Rocky is one of the best "little man takes on the big man" movies of all time. Titanic was just a bastardization of historical fact. The only thing that Rocky really has going against it are its sequels (although I do enjoy several of them, the fact that there are so many is disturbing) and Talia Shire. Never did like her.

Post: #54368
Topic: my thoughts on originals vs SE...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54368/action/topic#54368
Time: 7-Jul-2004 5:16 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
I used to believe Return of the Jedi was best as a little kid but I grew up unlike many.

I was the same way. Then I grew up and discovered the brilliance that is The Empire Strikes Back. Of course, I discovered a bunch of other movies along the way that are true "masterpieces" and the SW films were replaced in my top spot of all-time favorite movies. We all grow up. (Sh)it happens.

Post: #54325
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54325/action/topic#54325
Time: 6-Jul-2004 9:37 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
Shes perfect, an angel, my dream girl.

That TRO is forthcoming...

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Originally posted by: starkiller
Welcome everyone, to the end of good taste and common sense in America's youth.

heh heh.

Post: #54313
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54313/action/topic#54313
Time: 6-Jul-2004 7:59 AM

He wasn't in her house. He was outside on the front curb along the street. Still a rather dubious place to be. You see some big gated house in Hollywood area and you just sit outside it and read? That's asking for trouble.

Post: #54311
Topic: Cliches that need to stop
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54311/action/topic#54311
Time: 6-Jul-2004 7:44 AM

Turn Turn Turn moreso. I love that song but I'm tired of it being in just about every movie of that era. I agree.

How about all the damn romcoms using Van Morrison's "Someone Like You"? First it was Only the Lonely, then French Kiss, then, within weeks of each other, we had the movie Someone Like You and Bridget Jones' Diary. ENOUGH ALREADY!!

Post: #54310
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54310/action/topic#54310
Time: 6-Jul-2004 7:41 AM

Just curious if you were the one busted for sitting on her front curb reading a book. Mom called the guy in as a stalker. Police came by and asked what he was doing. He said he was reading a book and didn't even know it was Natalie Portman's house. Cops supposedly claimed that they get a few calls a month from her mom claiming she's being stalked. It might be a bit of paranoia, but why would some guy just sit on a random person's curb and read? Why not go somewhere public? This was about a month or so ago. Sure it wasn't you, Jimbo?

Post: #54306
Topic: spider-man 2
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54306/action/topic#54306
Time: 6-Jul-2004 4:12 AM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't The Shadow based on an old 1930s/1940s radio serial and not on a comic book?

Post: #54305
Topic: Cliches that need to stop
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54305/action/topic#54305
Time: 6-Jul-2004 4:08 AM

Here's a cliche that needs to stop... Damon Wayans playing a flaming gay guy a la In Living Colour and many scenes in his TV show.

Post: #54304
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54304/action/topic#54304
Time: 6-Jul-2004 4:05 AM

Jimbo, has Natalie filed a temporary restraining order against you yet?

Post: #54112
Topic: Interview?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54112/action/topic#54112
Time: 2-Jul-2004 12:00 PM

I'm pretty sure those are the only times Lucas "presents" himself to "the press"... those few, carefully chosen "journalists" who are spoonfed the questions they are allowed to ask. Nothing more. He leaves the dirty work to his cronies like Rick McCallum, Steve Sansweet, and Jim Ward.

Post: #54109
Topic: spider-man 2
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/54109/action/topic#54109
Time: 2-Jul-2004 11:34 AM

POTENTIAL SPOILERS CONTAINED -- NOTHING TOO BAD, BUT YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ IT ANYWAY.

I can agree with the idea that a bad guy should be evil. However, once in a while it's nice to see one who still has a bit of humanity left to him. Ock's drive in the movie was more personal... he just wanted to finish his life's work. His methods become a bit more ruthless, sure. But he's not trying, intentionally, to destroy humanity. It just might happen as a little side accident, if you get my meaning. I'm leaving the ruthless, merciless evil for characters like Green Goblin (both Norman and Harry) who is filled with pure hatred and a desire for revenge. Same with Venom and Carnage. I still think it was nice to see some humanity in Ock, though.

As for other comic adaptations, I loved the graphic novel for Road to Perdition. Very well done. Max Allan Collins did a great job with it.