The plundering of the Poseidon

Ghoulish Delight · 08-31-2005, 10:56 AM

I refuse to put this in "Beatnik" because I don't consider it entertainment

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So someone on MiceChat posted an image of Kurt Russel on the set of "Poseidon", a remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" due to come out in 2006. Lame, lame, lame. But that's only half of this story.

I saw that and went looking at imdb for info. This is what I found first, instead... http://imdb.com/title/tt0419358/

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Plot Outline: A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.

You've GOT to be kidding. Absolutely pathetic, even for a TV movie.

lizziebith · 08-31-2005, 11:04 AM

And extra points removed for the use of the term "rag-tag..."

Yeah, you've just gotta wonder!

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-31-2005, 01:56 PM

This sucks, but since it's a TV movie I can pretend it doesn't exist

Not Afraid · 08-31-2005, 02:39 PM

Who's doing the cover of Maureen McGovern's "There's Got to be a Morning After"? Blink 182?

innerSpaceman · 08-31-2005, 02:47 PM

Still, when you remake old movies - it's hard to stick with completely unbelievable things like a giant wave that can capsize the Queen Mary. Pulease.

I love the old version, and I think terrorist-attack is beyond stupid. But I can't blame them for trying to come up with some more plausible reason for the entire situation to exist.

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-31-2005, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Still, when you remake old movies - it's hard to stick with completely unbelievable things like a giant wave that can capsize the Queen Mary. Pulease.

I love the old version, and I think terrorist-attack is beyond stupid. But I can't blame them for trying to come up with some more plausible reason for the entire situation to exist.

Plausible-shmausible, they tack "TERRORISM" on there so that fear-stricken people will watch it.

It has nothing to do with plausibility.

Besides, what kind of terrorist attack could flip over the ship?

innerSpaceman · 08-31-2005, 03:18 PM

The kind where the terrorists explode their superfilthydirtybomb in the depths of the Maktiallup Trench off the Azores, thus generating the Super Wave aimed for hurricane-ravaged N'Orleans, but which accidentally capsizes the Poseidon on its cruise to Mexico!!

Tref · 08-31-2005, 03:26 PM

But it stars Steve Guttenberg!

I wonder if he'll will wear his trademark short shorts and rollerblade through NY city as he did in Can't Stop The Music? That would be sweet.

It also stars a Baldwin brother! I wonder if he will do anything Baldwin-esque? That would be sweet, too.

Motorboat Cruiser · 08-31-2005, 05:41 PM

I always loved all of the old disaster movies, the "Airplane" movies, "Towering Inferno", "Earthquake" (which I saw in Sensurround, ooooooooh), etc... I sure don't think we need to start remaking them all with terrorists though. Lame.

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-31-2005, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tref

But it stars Steve Guttenberg!

I totally missed that piece of vital information at first glance.

This situation is far worse than I thought it was.

For God's sake, does he play the priest or the Homeland Security agent???

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Still, when you remake old movies - it's hard to stick with completely unbelievable things like a giant wave that can capsize the Queen Mary. Pulease. I love the old version, and I think terrorist-attack is beyond stupid. But I can't blame them for trying to come up with some more plausible reason for the entire situation to exist.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	The kind where the terrorists explode their superfilthydirtybomb in the depths of the Maktiallup Trench off the Azores, thus generating the Super Wave aimed for hurricane-ravaged N'Orleans, but which accidentally capsizes the Poseidon on its cruise to Mexico!!
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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	But it stars Steve Guttenberg! I wonder if he'll will wear his trademark short shorts and rollerblade through NY city as he did in Can't Stop The Music? That would be sweet. It also stars a Baldwin brother! I wonder if he will do anything Baldwin-esque? That would be sweet, too. __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	I always loved all of the old disaster movies, the "Airplane" movies, "Towering Inferno", "Earthquake" (which I saw in Sensurround, ooooooooh), etc... I sure don't think we need to start remaking them all with terrorists though. Lame.
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