It’s Remake Central And I’m Going To Puke

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By Nads | Tuesday, January 27, 2009 | 8:21 am | 3 Comments

hilary duff

I know that I’ve already written about some of these shows being remade, but here’s the complete list (as of today) of shows that they’re actually going through with:

-Hillary Duff in Bonnie and Clyde (movie)

-ABC is piloting the remake of V (the alien invasion story) – Why?

-ABC is also piloting the remake of The Witches of Eastwick

-Sony is doing Lost in the 80′s – Their 2009 version of The Wonder Years

-And of course like I mentioned a few months ago, Fox is making a U.S. Version of Ab Fab

I don’t see any of these shows having any success. They should learn from the past two years…remakes just don’t work. I know that Jennifer Saunders is working on Ab Fab with the Fox, but have they NOT learned anything from Kath and Kim? I hope they prove me wrong, but this above list has disaster written all over it.

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Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

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PottyMouth

Posted January 27, 2009 at 4:03 pm

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?!?!?!?

Come to think of it, I was just thinking that Hillary Duff is the Faye Dunaway of this generation. I sure hope Zac Efron plays Clyde he is the most AWESOMEST.
Excuse me while I go barf.
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waffleboy09

Posted January 27, 2009 at 6:33 pm

oh man what a post. As for Hillary Duff in Bonnie and Clyde, I can’t help thinking that between this and Hollywood force feeding us a Shia Labeouf era that the balloon payment for the good times of Lizzie Mguire is a bit more then we were expecting.
Why do a V remake Nads? Because America needs the simple joy you can get from a show were Freddie Kruger falls in love and eats whole hamsters. Do you remember the 80′s? Good times, good times.
The Witches of Eastwick remake stumps me. The only reason I can come up for this getting green lit is the fact that when ABC wants to show the world they’re classy, they remake a Jack Nicholson movie. Look for their remake of Five Easy Pieces next year with the original cast of Wings.
The Wonder Years ripoff set in the 80′s? You know what? Next to the other things on this list, it doesn’t seem that bad.
Sigh, looks like TV executives think I need to catch up on my reading this year.
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Hey Buddy

Posted January 29, 2009 at 10:19 am

How’s that “The Office” remake doing? I guess not all remakes are disasters.