Weekly Ketchup: Jurassic Park Set to Reopen in Summer of 2014

Lars Ronin

I hate the media has such a hard on for Lance Armstrong, honestly, i dont think he doped everytime, i think he's just admitting to it so he can get paid.

Jan 18 - 05:32 PM

Chris Gipson

Pirates was awesome originally, but I didn't enjoy any of the three sequels, so a fifth will just be more of the same. Jurassic Park was awesome originally, but I didn't enjoy any of the three sequels, so a fifth will just be more of the same. Terminator was awesome originally, but I didn't enjoy any of the three sequels, so a fifth will just be more of the same.

I don't foresee a Gremlins remake going so well, as much as I wouldn't mind it. That movie is kind of like Howard the Duck, in the fact that a remake just doesn't stand a chance of matching the appeal of the original.

Jan 18 - 05:34 PM

Janson Jinnistan

I really admire the fact that Spielberg has (so far) protected his Amblin properties from falling into the grinder of reboots churning out lately. "Gremlins" is a great little film, and I don't see any need for a remake at all.

It's very depressing to think that Patrick Lussier is still getting paid (actual money!) for excreting his ideas on paper. The studios need to burn their rolodexes for writers and find some new talent.

For the record, the only intelligence service that predates the OSS that I know of is Signal Corps, which did espionage along with radar and radio technology. I'm confused all around because I thought the author was Harold BLOOM, so I think this whole story is some kind of suspicious.

Jan 18 - 06:08 PM

Samantha Arias

All I see are remakes of box office breakers. When is someone actually going to come up with something original?

Jan 18 - 06:12 PM

Typhon Q

They need to take Pirates back to the style of the original trilogy. On Stranger Tides was a step backward for that franchise and they need to push Pirates back into that darker realm that it works the best in.

And as for Jurassic Park 4, they need to build on the legacy of the original and try and recapture that sense of awe and wonder.

Jan 18 - 08:14 PM

Infernal Dude

I think Hot Tub TM is a pretty boss comedy. There are a surprising number of quotable lines from it and in the end, they made a serviceable movie about a time machine made out of a hot tub. Either way, Cusack was the least funny character but was the glue keeping everything together so his replacement shouldn't be too bad. I'm thinking they should use Ven Der Beek. He has kind of come into his own and shown a bit of a comedic side. Either way I'm going to slam some of this delicious Chernobly and see what happens...

Jan 18 - 09:30 PM

Val Mordas

ust as Hot Tub Time Machine took the characters back to the 1980s, one would have to speculate that the logical target for the sequel would be the 1990s.

Better to do the 50's. The 90's sucked balls.

Jan 18 - 09:59 PM

Doug Graham

Another Terminator, huh? So, is Skynet making old-looking T-800s now? How are they going to square that circle? Getting mad about Terminator remakes doesn't make a lot of sense at this point but making part five is pretty baffling when you think that the last one wasn't that profitable considering its budget. Now they're going to resurrect the franchise by hiring two of the biggest hacks in the business. I think I'm going to be doing laundry that weekend and maybe reshingling my roof.

Jan 18 - 11:09 PM

Frisby 2007

The Guillermo Del Toro movie project is the only interesting thing this week as well as in the past couple of shitty weekly ketchups.

And I'm not really looking forward to any more Terminator movies after watching that awful 4th one (yes, I liked the third one, so suck it anyone who doesn't like it). I was only interested in Sam Worthington's character & they killed him off over Bale's dead boring one; in fact, they should have made Worthington the role of John Connor.

Jan 18 - 11:53 PM

King Simba

Yeesh, even though this week has a lot more developments, it's still pretty uninteresting. At least last week had the new Christopher Nolan film.

I have to admit having rewatched the Jurassic Park trilogy recently, I found The Lost World a lot better than I remembered. Jurassic Park 3, however, just gets weaker with every repeat viewing, so unless they can reverse the downward trend of the franchise consider me uninterested in the fourth film.

Pirates of the Caribbean has also been on a downward trend and I can't see the fifth changing things, especially with Johnny Depp probably getting really bored with the franchise. I wouldn't be surprised if his performance in the fith is as dead as Sean Connery's in Diamonds Are Forever. However, I'm glad to see 1952 and The Muppets 2 getting release dates.

Not sure why they are trying to continue the Terminator franchise. Both the third and fourth films dissapointed at the box office with the fourth barely managing to cover its budget, so it's not like this franchise is a safe bet. Anyway, out of the credits listed for the screenwriters, the only one I liked was Shutter Island, so that doesn't inspire much confidence in a franchise that should have ended after the second film.

I really like Emma Stone and I think she's been pretty reliable in regards to her choices in films to star in, so I'm looking forward to Crimson Peak. The only drawback is that Guillermo del Toro tends to announce his involvement in a lot of films only to drop out of them so I tend to take any news about a new GDT movie with caution.

Jan 19 - 01:01 AM

Jon Owens

A couple things.... First... DO NOT REMAKE BEN-HUR!!!!! It is a perfect film the way it is!! .... And second I don't see how Anne Hathaway doing Shakespeare is a fresh idea.. I cringe at the thought of seeing that.

Jan 19 - 03:05 AM

King Crunk

As a huge fan of Terminator, I really want them to let the franchise die.

Jan 19 - 03:46 AM

Ethan Tweeter

why are they remaking gremlins that was a great movie.

Jan 19 - 04:31 AM

SpaceHaley .

I was only 10 when the first Jurassic Park hit the big screen, but I still have very fond memories of that movie. It's a classic in the "giant monster" genre and will probably never be matched. Jurassic Park 2 and 3 were big disappointments. I only see the fourth one succeed if they bring back the awe and wonder of the first one. That was its biggest strenght: the wonder turning into horror. The others didn't do that.

Terminator 5 is a bad idea. But so were 4 and 3. Cameron wrapped everything up in the second part, everything that came after those first two masterpieces fiddled with the continuity too much. The only way a new Terminator movie "might" work storywise is a complete reboot of the franchise.

Jan 19 - 08:19 AM

Steven Scott

Finally another Jurassic Park movie comes out!

Jan 19 - 08:39 AM

François Desbiens

I have been waiting for Jurassic Park 4 for a whole decade now. I couldn't be happier. Jurassic Park is my favorite movie of all time and The Lost World: Jurassic Park is (in my opinion) the most underrated sequel of all time, but Jurassic Park 3 is ok...i guess. It's finally here, i can't believe it ! Wether you like it or not, say this to yourself: Whatever the result, it HAS to be better than the thrid one.
This is the only news i needed to hear, and now, i'm a happy man for the rest of the day :D

Jan 19 - 10:42 AM