Dear Russell Brand:

[yendi]

Please find some obnoxiously horrible way to shuffle off this mortal coil before filming this remake, okay? Yes, you were funny when schtupping Kristen Bell in all sorts of interesting positions in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but you are not, no matter what your press clippings say, the second coming of Dudley Moore. Really.

That said, I am looking forward to your role in Taymor's version of The Tempest. Stick to that kind of remake; it'll suit you better.

Comments

[underpope.livejournal.com]

That's just... wrong. Dudley Moore owned that role, just as Don Adams owned the role of Maxwell Smart. Even the most talented comedians just can't pull off roles that were entirely defined by someone else. A remake of Arthur will crash and burn just as surely as the Get Smart movie did.

[thornsilver]

I am sick and tired of all the remakes.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Next up: a remake of Re-Animator starring Jim Carrey. Oh, the hijinks!

Which reminds me:

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

It's light as hell, but the film I.Q. has this line I love: "She probably thinks schtupping is a town in Bavaria."

(Oh, and I quoted you.)