i'd say for one there would be ALOT of crappy pop music, like bow wow, would have a token black guy as the lead, ALOT more sex, ALOT more boobs, swearing
what makes this movie awesome, is the lack of all of those i've listed.
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I was thinking about this tonight...they could update all the technology, so that he'd be podcasting or something similar, but that would take away the whole local and criminal slant needed in the original plot. I just don't know that this movie would work at all today. It still sucks to be in high school and people still have problems that they feel like they have to keep hidden, but with the internet being what it is, there are blogs, forums, stuff like that; people can speak for themselves now whenever they choose.
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I would actually like to remake it and set it like the late 80s and have him actually get away with it all
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Most of it would be the same but not better than this one.
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you have Kal El in your id and you like this movie so I'll let that slide, but a movie with less boobs can not be more awsome.
I thought I'ld point that out.
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Actually, if you wanna see a movie in the same spirit go watch either 'Kids in America' from 2005 or the very recent 'Charlie Bartlett'.
shareyou have Kal El in your id and you like this movie so I'll let that slide, but a movie with less boobs can not be more awsome.
I thought I'ld point that out.
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lol thanks, always good to see fellow superman fan,
well its not always about the boobs in movies, pointless nudity is not needed is what i mean.
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2 movies that has nothing to do with pirated radio. Cool
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I'm actually making a film very similar to PUMP UP THE VOLUME. I've got the screenplay and will go around selling it once I get it ready. The technology has advanced, but personally - I love that - it gives him more freedom and his voice can be anywhere. We're in the age of YOUTUBE!
I see us going back to the 80s in films, especially teenage films and I think it's because we're somewhat in those times again. The world, especially high school, is a scary place to be now. There are certain topics and issues that could be addressed and have the film stand out.
Now I'm not saying it's a remake, because it's not even close. As people have said, making a similar movie today would be different because the technology has changed and the world is a somewhat different, but similar, place. It does however have the same basic premise, with a few alterations, of a teenage guy using his voice to unite the students together. Completely different characters, different technology, and completely different plot points. But, the essence of the film and the feeling it captivates via similar means - that's what I aimed at capturing on film again.
I can't give any more details, because this script was near impossible to crack. I'm from small town suburbia, I hated it and how I saw it effected the lives of others around me; I'm somewhat Hard Hat Harry. That quiet guy sitting in the back of the room with a lot to say...
It's time our voices are heard. Right now. We can make a difference people. All we need to do is scream out. And I'm promising you, things will change.
The disney channel actually sort of remade this movie. They took the concept and story, cast the girl from their show Jesse as the renegade DJ (I think her name was Radio Rebel) and Disneyed it enough to play on TV for a pre-teen audience. I sat and watched this w my daughter and kept saying, "this is the plot from Pump up the Volume!" They kept it in modern times and it sort of worked though of course was not the same. Anyways, the point is the story could be tweaked to work in the modern era with existing technology. Harry Hardon could even more easily reach a wider audience, though his voice might drown in the sea of podcasts.
shareIf they made this movie now it would be *beep* (Slow-Horrible-Idiotic-Trash) Modern movies suck and have done for the past 10 years, apart from certain classics such s Death Sentence, Felon, Mirrors, Stir of Echoes and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands. The rest suck.
shareYou couldn't remake this movie today. I doubt most kids even know what a radio is!
Realistically, it would be about a nerd who gets bullied, vent his frustrations on YouTube, writes fanfic, then gets killed in a typical High School massacre.
Or is the one who does the killing. Whatever.
i agree this wouldnt work today. it worked then because kids didnt have an outlet. but now they have tons of ways to get their voice heard and everyone does it...this movie worked cause it was one persons voice at a time when no one was being heard
shareThis guy seems to be the new "Harry/Mark", but a little more angry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00YQ3K7UIgU
Lack of swearing? What movie were you watching?
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Really, having a black guy as the lead would make this movie bad? Racist much?
shareI'm certain that if this were made today, it would have been turned into a commentary on how social networking is ruining society. This would pretty much be the exact opposite of the message of this film. Instead of a radio pirate, it would be some blogger.
Why is that such a popular message these days? I guess rapid change is scary for some...
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