Kristy Puchko
Like most fans of quality TV, we can't get enough of 'Game of Thrones' and the sadly canceled 'Friday Night Lights.' So we figured since George R.R. Martin has said that his bloody fantasy series is inspired by football, why not combine it with our other favorite show?
'The Thing.' 'The Karate Kid.' 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.' All movies that we know and loved that got--or are getting--revamps, remakes and reboots thanks to Hollywood's obsession with youth culture and movie audience's short attention span/nostalgia obsession.
We know smoking is lame. Like, *we know.* It's a terrible habit, and it causes cancer, and on an on. But can you imagine how some of your favorite onscreen smokers would look if they went for the (somewhat) healthier option of getting their nicotine via e-cigarette? We're thinking maybe the trick is just to avoid nicotine in all forms, because don't even get us started on chewing tobacco. This is what some classic onscreen smokers look like when they ditch the tobacco and go straight for nic fix.
From Justin Bieber to Skrillex, Taylor Swift and Adele, it turns out just about every song known to man can be improved with a bit of screaming goat thrown in. This got us wondering how Hollywood, which is obsessed with capitalizing on the latest pop culture trends, might respond to the goat craze that has swept the interwebs.
The family sitcom formula went old school -- like prehistoric old school -- in 1991 by focusing on a family of dinosaurs in the aptly named comedy series 'Dinosaurs.' The show, produced by Jim Henson Productions, brought puppetry to a massive scale, putting puppeteers in complex animatronic suits to properly portray the larger-than-life members of the Sinclair family.
Many of us had imaginary friends growing up, but none were so wild as the green suited anarchist at the center of 'Drop Dead Fred!'
This off-the-walls comedy from 1991 followed Lizzie Cronin, a grown woman who'd failed to blossom after her parents locked away her fantastical BFF. But when her life hits a serious low point (no husband, no job, no money or car), she comes across a taped-up Jack-in-the-Box and rediscovers her moxie as well as Drop Dead Fred.
Winter is coming! Well, actually, winter is coming to a close. But 'Game of Thrones' is coming back!
After New Line's live-action 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' movie grossed more than $201 million worldwide, the heroes in a half-shell were guaranteed a sequel. That came just a year later in 1991 in the form of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.' This turtle-powered action movie didn't fare as well at the box office, but was nonetheless beloved by kids that couldn't get enough of these pizza-loving crime fighters.
In 1988, some serious movie magic brought cartoons to life in a way that awed audiences, critics and the Academy Awards. In 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' daring director Robert Zemeckis seamlessly blended 2D hand-drawn cartoon characters into a live action film, where they interacted with physical props as well as some incredibly game performers!
Nominated for eight Academy Awards, 'American Beauty' was one of the most talked about films of 1999. Setting a tale of self-discovery and a mysterious murder in suburbia, the film not only launched former TV director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball, but also cemented each of its cast into film history