A similar thread was here. But eventuality went into oblivion. What would the characters be if it was made today? For starters, there'd be a Gay charater. He/she would probably be the geek. Or perhaps some other personality all together.
I am the Alpha and the Omoxus. The Omoxus and the Omega
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They couldn't make this movie today.
Instead all the kids would be on their damn cell phone texting one another.
more like, the things they pulled in the movie to get the detention would get a kid removed from the school today.
we had a kid bring in a knife with the intention of [his words] 'killing a girl I his class'. he got a superintendent's suspension of the rest of the year.
and lately we have had quite a few students in the city be arrested because they bring in guns and other crap to school.
Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more. Edmund Blackadder.
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damn! just saw this and i had to come by to mention... he SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A SUPERINTENDENT'S SUSPENSION FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR! because he is special ed, he got THREE FREAKING WEEKS!
and then upon returning he was placed back in the same class as the student he intended on killing.
Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.
Yeah.. while sitting next to each other. No one communicates with each other any more. It's Disgusting!!!
shareActually, the gay character would most likely be the nicest, and a cool crowd type of character. Gays cannot be shown in any "negative" way.
There would be a black character, talking about how everything is "biased" against him. And at least one of the white characters sucking up and apologizing for imagined wrongs.
The prom queen would be a boy in a dress and make-up, with at least one of the boys attracted to him and insisting that girls can have penises too.
I started a thread here about 8 years ago about a reunion movie.
Later I learned the producer had planned a reunion movie for each additional 10 years after the first one aired but lost interest. All the principals are still around so there is no reason to do a "remake" unless you want to see the characters as they would appear today.
And since time and culture march on... it would never sell like it did then.
Primary reason is... there is no weekend detention in schools these days.
Plus, students have little to no respect for authority today.
To make the characters modern as todays students would be silly. None of the story lines or humor would work.
Sometimes, you just can't go back home.
But thats what I'm saying. Replace the old version with modern issues.
I am the Alpha and the Omoxus. The Omoxus and the Omega
as much as I don't want a remake it would be interesting what Hollywood would come up with.
at the beginning I would want to see this, as they are walking into the school you see them playing with their phones. the principal/teacher confiscates the phones for the day, will return them at the end. this would give them a reason to talk during detention, this would show the audience what the current generation is like.
they should shake it up a bit, perhaps there would be a Black guy. maybe they dealt with some racism, they chose to defend themselves and beat someone up for it. this would be the jock, same reason Andrew chose to tape Larry's buns together. because of his dad.
there should be a gay person, guy or girl. you would have a princess but more of a hotter one, a babe. perhaps the opposite of Claire, a slut.
a geek, Asian. he would be bummed out he didn't have a phone or some piece of technology. the other teens would question him why he cares so much, perhaps he would say he needs it cause without it he doesn't feel better about himself. I don't know, something along those lines.
the 'criminal' would be a bully type, much like Bender.
but I think there should be 6 characters, even it out a bit.
wouldn't want it to be called The Breakfast Club, The _________ Club. not exactly a remake but set in the same universe.
have no idea what that middle word could be. these are just some of my ideas.
The "principal" character (Vernon) died 10 years ago.
sharePeople are too sensitive today to even consider making a movie like this. You can't talk about things like this in a comedy anymore.
shareI wouldn't see a modern day version of this, because the story and characters would be watered down.
Emilo Estevez's character would probably be an annnoying SJW-type, who saw it as his duty to use his jock status to stand up for the put-down types like Anthony Michael Hall character. He did that a little bit in the original, but it would be more OTT if this were ever remade. And he wouldn't dare say the word "f@gg0t."
Judd Nelson's character would be watered down, with only a feckless bad attitude and not be half as abrasive (or compelling) as he was.
Ally Sheedy's character would depicted as being 'cool' for her weirdness. That makeover at the end would never happen.
The only character who would probably be about the same is Molly Ringwald's, but like someone else said, she'd probably be more of a whore...and would posture and rail against anyone who tried to "slut shame" her for it.
I just don't understand how the 1980s (of all decades) is more "edgy" than 2016. The decade where Ronald Reagan was president...where Alex P. Keeton personified yuppy 20-somethings...a decade that produced rat-tails, stonewashed jeans and Debbie Gibson...was less thin-skinned than the sociopolitical climate 30 years later, where everyone needs a hug and feels *entitled* to a thumb-up. Makes no sense.
I just don't understand how the 1980s (of all decades) is more "edgy" than 2016. The decade where Ronald Reagan was president...where Alex P. Keeton personified yuppy 20-somethings...a decade that produced rat-tails, stonewashed jeans and Debbie Gibson...was less thin-skinned than the sociopolitical climate 30 years later, where everyone needs a hug and feels *entitled* to a thumb-up. Makes no sense.
I just don't understand how the 1980s (of all decades) is more "edgy" than 2016. The decade where Ronald Reagan was president...where Alex P. Keeton personified yuppy 20-somethings...a decade that produced rat-tails, stonewashed jeans and Debbie Gibson...was less thin-skinned than the sociopolitical climate 30 years later, where everyone needs a hug and feels *entitled* to a thumb-up. Makes no sense.
Every single message is this thread is *beep* cancer
Including mine
There would be a gay/trans character, a black character, an overweight character and the rest would be the same.
shareYeah,
There was another thread on it. I will copy how I think it would go down:
Dang, one could really have fun with this given the age.
* One of the teenagers is a regular guy with good grades but he made the mistake and said "what's up, man?" to a delusional guy who thinks he's a girl. He was sent to Saturday school as an alternative to sensitivity training.
* The second is a girl who offered counseling after school on school grounds for teenagers about peer pressure and social anxiety. She offered one girl who got knocked up a number for the adoption agency and the new age feminists were triggered to the point the gutless principle catered to be PC and gave her Saturday school.
* The third is the son of a local businessman who during a lecture in class over economics, he gave the elements of financial success. Unfortunately, he didn't check his privilege and had the audacity to mention poverty stats and how they correlated with single parent homes, drop outs, teen pregnancy, etc. After getting hit a few times, he was warned to be more sensitive and Saturday school would be a better place suited for his calloused remarks.
* The fourth is the daughter of one of the teachers. One day, several of the students were being disruptive in class. The teacher told them to sit down! The students raged and crowded the teacher physically until the daughter got up and pulled one of the girls back by her hair. For daring to lay her hands on another student, she was sent to Saturday school.
* The fifth is a jock with little interest in school politics. Before the last game, he prayed but made the mistake of doing it out loud. Unfortunately, the ACLU heard about it and brought a lawsuit on the school and he was forced to go to Saturday school to learn to respect others beliefs and accept the revisionist history that freedom of religion only meant no religion in the public arena.
* The sixth is a girl (sorry..has to be half and half for PC reasons) is an exchange student from overseas. A group of students were asking her if she wanted to March in a PRIDE parade. Confused, she asked them what that was. When told, she asked why would she want to promote an act recognized by 3/4 of the world (and growing) as a sinful defect? The angry vice principle angrily lisped to her that Saturday school was the only place for her intolerance.
They spend the Saturday realizing how messed up their generation is and decide to download and share the original "Breakfast Club" movie and they sigh with the realization their nation is screwed because the loonies took over. It ends with a look at their futures how they run things in their lives and the triggered losers are either complaining from their cells/shanties or they suck up hoping for a promotion.
The end :-)
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