FOFC Movie ReMake Challenge Part II: The ReMakening (Signup Thread)

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Original Draft Thread (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=84617)
Original Poll Thread (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=84669)

Wanted to get the signup thread going as we're starting to get into fantasy football time and I've personally got a busy month coming up.

Not looking for a specific number of participants but it would be great if we could get 12+ as this is truly a 'more the merrier' situation.

We ironed some of the kinks out and got some good feedback and this is where we stand:

FILM TO BE RE-MADE
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
STAR
STAR
STAR
WILD CARD
WILD CARD
SCORE/SOUNDTRACK
BUDGET

- 3 Actor/Actress slots and 2 Wild Cards. Allows more flexibility. WildCard can still be literally anything
- SCORE/SOUNDTRACK stays as (imho) music is very important to film
- BUDGET is now it's own pick (so people choosing first don't get screwed) so for instance:

250+ mil
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40

So when someone takes 250+ it's off the board, someone takes 100 mil it's off the board etc.

Any other thoughts/feedback/improvements are more than welcome.

PARTICIPANTS

Grover (winner)
larrymcg421 (3rd place)
NTO
Coffee Warlord
Subby
Chief Rum
SackAttack
Dark Cloud
Surtt
Carman Bulldog
ntndeacon
Suicane75
JediKooter
TRO
sabotai

???
tarcone



There was some discussion about taking the original choices off the board for this version. I don't think that's necessary. Heck, if you think you can do a better job remaking "Jaws" go for it (you probably can)

We'll leave this thread open till the weekend or as long as necessary to get a good amount of participants

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

And just like last time the winner(s) will be determined by a public poll. And you get these super nifty roster cards :)

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<table><tr><td>http://www.movieposterdb.com/posters/08_08/1966/60196/t_60196_6288f710.jpg</td><td>THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY<BR>Grover<br>original (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly)<br><br>Produced by ROBERT RODRIGUEZ (www.imdb.com/name/nm0001675/)<br>Directed by CLINT EASTWOOD (www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/)<br><br>Budget: $60 MILLION</td> </tr></table>
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<td width="25%">BRAD PITT (www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/)<br>as Blondie</td><td width="25%"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/BradPittBAR08.jpg/215px-BradPittBAR08.jpg" width="65" height="85"><td width="25%">DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (www.imdb.com/name/nm0000358/)<br>as Angel Eyes</td><td width="25%"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Daniel_Day-Lewis_2007.jpg/220px-Daniel_Day-Lewis_2007.jpg" width="65" height="85"></td></tr></table>
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<td width="25%">BENICIO DEL TORO (www.imdb.com/name/nm0001125/)<br>as Tuco</td><td width="25%"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/CheDelToro3.jpg/160px-CheDelToro3.jpg" width="65" height="85"><td width="25%">JOHNNY DEPP (www.imdb.com/name/nm0000136/)<br>as Alcoholic Union Captain</td><td width="25%"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/JohnnyDeppApr2011.jpg/220px-JohnnyDeppApr2011.jpg" width="65" height="85"></td></tr></table>

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Robert Rodriguez with an ambitious project to produce a film created by his idol Sergio Leone. Rodriguez has convinced Hollywood and spaghetti western icon Clint Eastwood to direct (one of) the film(s) that made him a superstar.

Brad Pitt to play the role of the iconic 'Man With No Name' also known as 'Blondie' in the film. Pitt's versatility as an A-list actor and his work playing Jessie James in the film The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford was the catalyst for Grover, Rodriguez and Eastwood offering him the role.

Period piece specialist Daniel Day-Lewis has agreed to play 'The Bad' Angel Eyes, originally portrayed by western veteran Lee van Cleef. Angel Eyes is the bad guy that does evil with a warm smile on his face. Nobody excels as this type of villain like Daniel Day-Lewis does.

Hollywood quirky-man Benicio Del Toro will fill the role of the somewhat comedic, somewhat pathetic, but always confident Tuco Ramirez. Del Toro has the quality, able to play the underhanded, hot-headed role that Eli Wallach mastered in the original. Name-calling, groveling, appeasing, and dirty tactics are all trick in Del Toro's book.

In a lesser, but important role, Johnny Depp plays the Alcoholic Union Captain. A man who knows he's beaten in battle, but knows he must continue on regardless. He fills his men with beer, wine and whiskey before battle to get their spirits up even if he knows they are walking into certain death. Depp can play the desperate but confident Captain perfectly.

Legendary composer Ennio Morricone returns to score the remake, as he did with the original. Nobody else could possibly fill his shoes. The original film has one of the most iconic and memorable film soundtracks of all time. It only makes sense that Morricone would compose again.

Chris Nolan's chief cinematographer and 2010 Oscar Winner for shooting Inception, Wally Pfister, takes up this western epic, making a rare departure for Nolan's side. Pfister's vision and creativity will be massive for this film, with the number of dramatic and scenes between the three main characters. His cinematography will be able to capture the emotions of the characters, while also capturing the desert and small western settlements like nobody else could possibly do.


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[larrymcg421]

I'm in.

[Grover]

In like Flynn.

[Coffee Warlord]

I do believe I'll rock this one.

[Grover]

Also this is 11 rounds, the 10 categories listed + movie choice?

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

welcome aboard mr. warlord

[Subby]

in

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Also this is 11 rounds, the 10 categories listed + movie choice?
whoops! nope, still ten (2 wildcards) thx Grover;)

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

welcome subby

[Grover]

whoops! nope, still ten (2 wildcards) thx Grover;)

No problemo!

[Subby]

I am thinking a live action remake of The Little Mermaid, but with lots of guns and explosions and demon sex.

[Grover]

I am thinking a live action remake of The Little Mermaid, but with lots of guns and explosions and demon sex.

That scene with Ursula is going to be hot.

[Chief Rum]

I would like to return.

Not sure where we want to limit it, but if we have more people who want to join than we have spots for (at least the number we had last draft), I would be for expanding the number of teams to 12 or even 14. The movie world is expansive enough, and I personally enjoyed imagining each movie being put forth the last time. I can only imagine it getting better with an expanded number of movies.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

right. we barely scraped the talent pool. i thought there might be some trouble @director/producer since they're pretty interchangeable. but nope. not even close.

i think the challenge is going to be finding good ideas for remakes

[Grover]

So we're already at 6 participants? Awesome.

[SackAttack]

Sign me up. What the hell.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

welcome aboard sack

[Young Drachma]

Ok, I'm in.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

glad to have you, cloud

[Surtt]

I'll give it a go.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

welcome surtt

[Surtt]

welcome surtt

I have a fairly good idea of what I want to make, hope I can pull it off.

[Coffee Warlord]

I have a plan. It will last until someone screws me in the first 5 minutes. But dammit, I have a plan. :)

[Carman Bulldog]

Count me in if you are still looking for someone.

[SackAttack]

I have a fairly good idea of what I want to make, hope I can pull it off.

I have no idea what I want to make.

Probably means I'm going to screw CW in the first five minutes.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Count me in if you are still looking for someone.
plenty of room. welcome!

[JediKooter]

Probably means I'm going to screw CW in the first five minutes.

At least buy him dinner and a drink first.

[Grover]

Great to see everyone with a plan. I too have a plan!

The title must be defended.

[ntndeacon]

ok I have no idea what movie to use. but I bet there are many more interesting fliks this time to be made.

in

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Great to see everyone with a plan. I too have a plan!
i don't have a plan. but that's never stopped me before:D

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

ok I have no idea what movie to use. but I bet there are many more interesting fliks this time to be made.

in
glad you're back deacon

[Suicane75]

Is there still room? Cause I need redemption.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Is there still room? Cause I need redemption.
of course! the more the merrier!

[stevew]

would love to play but school starts on Thursday(wtf) .

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

would love to play but school starts on Thursday(wtf) .
boooooo

[Coffee Warlord]

I'd personally say 14 or so is as high as we should go, just so it doesn't take an eternity to draft.

[stevew]

boooooo

sent you my idea

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

that sounds reasonable. steve's out, jedi's on the fence and no word from tarcone or wade yet. i'd like to give the original guys first crack

[sabotai]

I'll be in if there's room left.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

I'll be in if there's room left.
ok. that'll put us @13. i think 16 is prob max

[Grover]

I thought 14 was ;)

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

if it was me i'd go with 20-30. but i understand how frustrating the (often times slow) draft process can be for some

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

in fact, if we do roll with 16 i think reasonably fair time limits during the week might be a good idea (obv not evenings or the weekend)

[TRO]

Let's see how bad of a movie I can make. Sign me up.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Let's see how bad of a movie I can make. Sign me up.
holy moly this filled up fast. i'm going to put you down as a 'first alternate' as we don't really wanna go over 16 and we're still waiting to hear from:

wade moore
tarcone

[JediKooter]

I'm in if someone has to cancel.

[sabotai]

Go ahead and let TRO take my spot. After thinking about it for a bit, these drafts usually end up requiring more time than I can give. I don't want to be a constant hold up to the draft.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

I'm in if someone has to cancel.
you're in!

Go ahead and let TRO take my spot. After thinking about it for a bit, these drafts usually end up requiring more time than I can give. I don't want to be a constant hold up to the draft.
how bout this. we'll put you on the 'alternate list' and in the odd chance that someone vanishes (which has happened before) we can call you up. alright by you?

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

so we're @14 waiting to hear from tarcone and wade with sabotai (possibly) in the bullpen.

[sabotai]

how bout this. we'll put you on the 'alternate list' and in the odd chance that someone vanishes (which has happened before) we can call you up. alright by you?

Sounds good.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

i sent pm's to wade and tarcone

[wade moore]

I'm out. Osatwork URL got blocked at work last week making it a lot harder to keep up with one if these. Good excuse to give someone else a shot.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

no sweat. thanks for the heads up. now just waiting on tarcone

[Chief Rum]

That means that we can for sure add sabotai, I believe, unless he wants to remain an alternate.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

sabotai's back in.

PARTICIPANTS

Grover
larrymcg421
NTO
Coffee Warlord
Subby
Chief Rum
SackAttack
Dark Cloud
Surtt
Carman Bulldog
ntndeacon
Suicane75
JediKooter
TRO
sabotai

???
tarcone

[Young Drachma]

Since you asked for suggestions...

Rather than draft, why not just people pick their projects and then release them at a certain date.

Kills the whole need for people needing to be here at a particular time, people can tease elements of what they want as they know it,

In real life, Jonah Hill works on one movie and then leaves to work on another one. Halle Berry can wrap up post-production of her one indie flick before going to work on X-Men Reloaded or whatever the heck. Seems like there's no real reason to restrict the field in that way artificially. I feel like the FOFC audience is "critical" (heh) enough to sniff out the stuff they don't like and if five people pick the same guy, welp...seems like those five folks are probably gonna either get skewered the public for their reaches accordingly (or rewarded, as it were.)

adds more suspense since we won't know what direction people will go,

minimizes the whole peanut gallery factor of folks shitting on your shitty picks as you make them

and lastly, it seems unrealistic (and unfair) to limit the budgets.

I doubt everyone would pick $250m even if it were fair game for everyone to have it, because not every project would require that kind of money and I think given that literally anyone can vote and given the open-ended nature of voting; there seems to be no real reason to make it so limited other than that's how we've always done it.

I realize it sort of makes it less of a "draft" game if there's no actual draft, but...seems these improvements would make it work better, more realistic and ultimately, it becomes a contest of pitching movie ideas to studio execs (aka, the voters) and seeing which ones get made and which ones don't.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

that would probably be an idea best explored prior to 15 people signing up for a draft. not that i don't see what you're saying but

a. drafts are fun
b. while you may have an idea in mind with picks that are off others radar there is always 'the fear' looming that you could get trumped

for instance, i have an idea that's completely contingent on one (fairly coveted) person. if i lose out i'll have to go with plan b (note: there is no plan b) but imo it's part of the fun

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

speaking of fun where's tarcone? i coulda swore i saw him. hmm

[chadritt]

I think maybe after two drafts well have hit that point. I personally was only able to come up with a director, one I would watch do almost any film at this point, and possibly a movie they would fit but wouldnt mind throwing that idea out to the board for actors and other suggestions eventually.

[Grover]

that would probably be an idea best explored prior to 15 people signing up for a draft. not that i don't see what you're saying but

a. drafts are fun
b. while you may have an idea in mind with picks that are off others radar there is always 'the fear' looming that you could get trumped

for instance, i have an idea that's completely contingent on one (fairly coveted) person. if i lose out i'll have to go with plan b (note: there is no plan b) but imo it's part of the fun

I agree with norv, I can only speak for myself, but the reason I get into this is because we're drafting. That's what makes the entire thing fun. Submitting projects doesn't have that same excitement.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

I think maybe after two drafts well have hit that point. I personally was only able to come up with a director, one I would watch do almost any film at this point, and possibly a movie they would fit but wouldnt mind throwing that idea out to the board for actors and other suggestions eventually.
dunno. we'll see. i think it's a matter of imagination. i'm interested to see how we'll do with more drafters.

[chadritt]

Fair enough, Im honestly just looking forward to what you guys are able to come up with this time around. the first one was fascinating to me.

[Izulde]

You can go ahead and put me on the waiting list, since it looks like y'all are full up?

[Grover]

What about the budget model with 16 participants?

[tarcone]

Im in

[tarcone]

I have to think of the project. Obviously Flash Gordon wasnt the way to go.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

whoops. tarcone's in.

[tarcone]

Just showed. ;)

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

You can go ahead and put me on the waiting list, since it looks like y'all are full up?
we'll keep ya in the bullpen. if someone doesn't show (which has been the case before) you're in

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

What about the budget model with 16 participants?
no biggie. you'll see

[Chief Rum]

I have to think of the project. Obviously Flash Gordon wasnt the way to go.

Flash Gordon came on last night on one of the movie channels I have. I admit I stopped to watch it to remind myself what it was like, simply because of your project choice the last time.

In retrospect, I actually think it's an excellent choice to remake, except for one thing--it just wasn't as catchy as some of the other remake choices. I really feel the movie we choose, above and beyond all other choices, is the primary mover when it comes to votes.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

alright, someone (anyone) answer the following:

up or down?

[tarcone]

Flash Gordon came on last night on one of the movie channels I have. I admit I stopped to watch it to remind myself what it was like, simply because of your project choice the last time.

In retrospect, I actually think it's an excellent choice to remake, except for one thing--it just wasn't as catchy as some of the other remake choices. I really feel the movie we choose, above and beyond all other choices, is the primary mover when it comes to votes.

Yep. I agree about movie choice.
And my daughters and I watched it also. We love that movie.

[Chief Rum]

I agree with norv, I can only speak for myself, but the reason I get into this is because we're drafting. That's what makes the entire thing fun. Submitting projects doesn't have that same excitement.

+1.

I like DC's out of the box thinking, but as a past participant, there was nothing more fun than watching the draft go by pick by pick and watch each draftee build their project. It's different than drafting a fantasy football team. It was just more imaginative.

I think you'll see what we mean once we get going, DC.

[tarcone]

I will let the CR choose since I chose last time

[Chief Rum]

alright, someone (anyone) answer the following:

up or down?

Down, cuz I am above you.

[tarcone]

Drafting was a great way to go. I had in my mind what i was looking for. I got robbed a couple times on selections. So I had to readjust my gameplan. Kind of if an actor had read the script and said no. The production team would have to adjust on the fly.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

draft order according to DESCENDING join date

Grover 11/1/11
NTO 1/22/08
Carman Bulldog 8-4-05
JediKooter 12-23-04
tarcone 7/3/04
Surtt 11-12-03
Suicane75 9-6-03
ntndeacon 4-10-03
Coffee Warlord 10-28-02
larrymcg421 10/7/02
Dark Cloud 4-22-01
TRO 10-25-00
sabotai 10-22-00
Chief Rum 10-21-00
SackAttack 10-20-00 (1/11/81)
Subby 10-20-00 (2/5/77)

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

ha! that's what ya get for screwin with me! i'll have the draft thread up shortly

[Grover]

Oh god, first.

[Young Drachma]

AGECISS!

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

blame chief. tarcone had the old guys first (heh. old guys. i'm older than both of em)

[tarcone]

Are all picks from 1st draft off limits?

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Are all picks from 1st draft off limits?
nope. we're not doing that. there's too many people. everything is fair game

[SackAttack]

Man, age before beauty, assholes. What's with screwing over the FOFC vets? ;)