Is Christopher Nolan's next a reimagining of Blue Thunder?

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In reply to Ornithopter • 7:35a, 10/17/24
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I can't imagine they do anything cooler than what Dune did with the Ornithopter.


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In reply to Velvet Jones • 9:57a, 10/17/24
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Velvet Jones said:
Bunch of JAFOs on this thread.
"Follow my leader!"
I am not the Six Million Dollar Man, but I might need that surgery. "We have the technology, we can rebuild him!"
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6:29p, 10/17/24
We need a Hans Zimmer version of this for the theme:

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In reply to Col. Steve Austin • 9:53a, 10/18/24
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Col. Steve Austin said:
Velvet Jones said:
Bunch of JAFOs on this thread.
"Follow my leader!"
Got to use JAFO in a Teams meeting at work a few weeks ago. It's a handy bit of jargon in the right context.
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In reply to YNWA_AG • 3:17p, 10/21/24
Is it just me or has he started to more closely resemble Willem Dafoe the older he gets?
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In reply to TCTTS • 4:58p, 10/21/24
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TCTTS said:
So how long will this thread go? 3 years of speculation, 100 pages?
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5:04p, 10/21/24
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So io9 is saying they've heard Nolan's next might actually be... a 1920s-set vampire movie.

This, in addition to...

- Nosferatu releasing Christmas Day.

- Ryan Coogler's Sinners - a 1930s vampire movie - releasing in March.

If true, IMO, it actually sounds somewhat uninspired/repetitive on the surface, but this obviously being Nolan, it'll no doubt still be unique/awesome.

We shall see...

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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 5:07p, 10/21/24
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TCTTS said:
So how long will this thread go? 3 years of speculation, 100 pages?

Ha, I say yeah, this stays the "official" speculation thread until we finally have confirmation of what the movie actually is. At which point I'll start a new thread, free of the Blue Thunder title and speculation that followed, assuming it ends up being something else. With filming set to begin in the first quarter of next year, we'll almost assuredly have an answer before then, so I'd say roughly three months instead of three years...
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In reply to TCTTS • 5:24p, 10/21/24
TCTTS said:
So io9 is saying they've heard Nolan's next might actually be... a 1920s-set vampire movie.

This, in addition to...

- Nosferatu releasing Christmas Day.

- Ryan Coogler's Sinners - a 1930s vampire movie - releasing in March.

If true, IMO, it actually sounds somewhat uninspired/repetitive on the surface, but this obviously being Nolan, it'll no doubt still be unique/awesome.

We shall see...




Period horror, like horror in the 1940s, or period horror like a really bad b-movie about menstruation?
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In reply to Claude! • 5:26p, 10/21/24
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Claude! said:
TCTTS said:
So io9 is saying they've heard Nolan's next might actually be... a 1920s-set vampire movie.

This, in addition to...

- Nosferatu releasing Christmas Day.

- Ryan Coogler's Sinners - a 1930s vampire movie - releasing in March.

If true, IMO, it actually sounds somewhat uninspired/repetitive on the surface, but this obviously being Nolan, it'll no doubt still be unique/awesome.

We shall see...




Period horror, like horror in the 1940s, or period horror like a really bad b-movie about menstruation?
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In reply to Claude! • 5:50p, 10/21/24
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TCTTS said:
So io9 is saying they've heard Nolan's next might actually be... a 1920s-set vampire movie.

This, in addition to...

- Nosferatu releasing Christmas Day.

- Ryan Coogler's Sinners - a 1930s vampire movie - releasing in March.

If true, IMO, it actually sounds somewhat uninspired/repetitive on the surface, but this obviously being Nolan, it'll no doubt still be unique/awesome.

We shall see...




Period horror, like horror in the 1940s, or period horror like a really bad b-movie about menstruation?


Or the third option, a lack of period leading to horror
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In reply to Claude! • 6:08p, 10/21/24
Claude! said:
TCTTS said:
So io9 is saying they've heard Nolan's next might actually be... a 1920s-set vampire movie.

This, in addition to...

- Nosferatu releasing Christmas Day.

- Ryan Coogler's Sinners - a 1930s vampire movie - releasing in March.

If true, IMO, it actually sounds somewhat uninspired/repetitive on the surface, but this obviously being Nolan, it'll no doubt still be unique/awesome.

We shall see...




Period horror, like horror in the 1940s, or period horror like a really bad b-movie about menstruation?

A movie about a vampire that stalks menstruating women would have to be made by the director of Tucker and Dale vs Evil right?
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In reply to Claude! • 6:18p, 10/21/24
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Claude! said:
TCTTS said:
So io9 is saying they've heard Nolan's next might actually be... a 1920s-set vampire movie.

This, in addition to...

- Nosferatu releasing Christmas Day.

- Ryan Coogler's Sinners - a 1930s vampire movie - releasing in March.

If true, IMO, it actually sounds somewhat uninspired/repetitive on the surface, but this obviously being Nolan, it'll no doubt still be unique/awesome.

We shall see...




Period horror, like horror in the 1940s, or period horror like a really bad b-movie about menstruation?
I was going to say, if you're married, you've been living through period horror for a long time.
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In reply to TCTTS • 10:39a, 10/22/24
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TCTTS said:
I've actually never seen Blue Thunder, and on one hand "futuristic helicopter" sounds so incredibly cheesy/'80s to me - instead, why wouldn't a modern take focus on some kind of new, gravity-defying propulsion - but if anyone can pull it off and make it badass, thrilling, and emotional, on a giant IMAX screen, it's obviously Nolan.

Anyway, we'll see how this one pans out, and no matter what it ends up being, my butt will no doubt be in the theater come July 17, 2026.
wait, what? and you call yourself a movie buff.
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In reply to TCTTS • 10:42a, 10/22/24
Somehow I actually think this could work.
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In reply to TCTTS • 10:54a, 10/22/24
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Nolan is also on the record as unabashedly loving Michael Bay movies, along with the Fast & Furious franchise
Haha really? This is awesome to me, if accurate.
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In reply to agracer • 2:39p, 10/22/24
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TCTTS said:
I've actually never seen Blue Thunder, and on one hand "futuristic helicopter" sounds so incredibly cheesy/'80s to me - instead, why wouldn't a modern take focus on some kind of new, gravity-defying propulsion - but if anyone can pull it off and make it badass, thrilling, and emotional, on a giant IMAX screen, it's obviously Nolan.

Anyway, we'll see how this one pans out, and no matter what it ends up being, my butt will no doubt be in the theater come July 17, 2026.
wait, what? and you call yourself a movie buff.

I'll take it a step further... honestly, I'd never even *heard* of Blue Thunder before this news broke.
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In reply to TCTTS • 7:50p, 10/22/24
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TCTTS said:
agracer said:
TCTTS said:
I've actually never seen Blue Thunder, and on one hand "futuristic helicopter" sounds so incredibly cheesy/'80s to me - instead, why wouldn't a modern take focus on some kind of new, gravity-defying propulsion - but if anyone can pull it off and make it badass, thrilling, and emotional, on a giant IMAX screen, it's obviously Nolan.

Anyway, we'll see how this one pans out, and no matter what it ends up being, my butt will no doubt be in the theater come July 17, 2026.
wait, what? and you call yourself a movie buff.

I'll take it a step further... honestly, I'd never even *heard* of Blue Thunder before this news broke.
And you claim to be a movie expert. Tsk tsk.
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In reply to TCTTS • 9:19p, 10/22/24
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TCTTS said:
agracer said:
TCTTS said:
I've actually never seen Blue Thunder, and on one hand "futuristic helicopter" sounds so incredibly cheesy/'80s to me - instead, why wouldn't a modern take focus on some kind of new, gravity-defying propulsion - but if anyone can pull it off and make it badass, thrilling, and emotional, on a giant IMAX screen, it's obviously Nolan.

Anyway, we'll see how this one pans out, and no matter what it ends up being, my butt will no doubt be in the theater come July 17, 2026.
wait, what? and you call yourself a movie buff.

I'll take it a step further... honestly, I'd never even *heard* of Blue Thunder before this news broke.
Have you read Dune yet?
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In reply to Marauder Blue 6 • 9:41a, 10/23/24
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I honestly find the thought adorable in the best way. The idea that we have possibly one of the best directors of his generation, who's grossed over $6 billion with his films, wanting to do a remake of an okay-ish at best early 80s TV show is hilarious to me, and humanizes him quite a bit. It'd be like Scorsese taking a break to turn the 1970s show Emergency! into a film.
It's Blue Thunder, not Airwolf. Airwolf was the TV show.
There was a Blue Thunder tv show too. It sucked and didn't last long. I remember it b/c Hightower from Police Academy was in it along with Dick Butkus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Thunder_(TV_series)

Starring Dana Carvey. Yes, you read that correctly.
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In reply to TCTTS • 4:44p, 10/23/24
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I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!! An all-time fave!

"Would you like to play a game of follow-my-leader?"

You owe it to yourself to somehow find it and watch.
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7:04p, 10/23/24
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I've never heard of Blue Thunder.
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In reply to Bruce Almighty • 7:11p, 10/23/24
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Bruce Almighty said:
I've never heard of Blue Thunder.
You should remedy that ASAP
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7:38p, 10/23/24
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The best part of the Blue thunder era of TV was that once ABC had a cool helicopter show, CBS was like, ok we will get our own helicopter- airwolf - and NBC said ok we got a talking super car - knight rider, a super motorcycle - street hawk, a show about a dude that turns into animals - manimal.

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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 8:02p, 10/23/24
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The Porkchop Express said:
The best part of the Blue thunder era of TV was that once ABC had a cool helicopter show, CBS was like, ok we will get our own helicopter- airwolf - and NBC said ok we got a talking super car - knight rider, a super motorcycle - street hawk, a show about a dude that turns into animals - manimal.

Airwolf was a fantastic show, and Knight Rider had Hasselhoff. The others I don't even remember, including the TV version of Blue Thunder.
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11:21p, 10/23/24
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I question some of you. Are you really Americans?

Because y'all are my age or close to it and if you don't remember Blue Thunder or Manimal....I just don't even understand that.
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11:26p, 10/23/24
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Manimal didn't even make it half a year, but if you were a kid in the 80s, why WOULDNT' you watch a show caled Manimal?

I also question people who were alive then and didn't watch The Misfits of Science.

The guy who played the Predator, Dean Martin's son, Courtney Cox and Alf's adoptive father Willie Tanner all fighting bad guys with their mutant powers. Must-see TV!

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In reply to YouBet • 11:30p, 10/23/24
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I was three when Blue Thunder came out. But after that I watched a lot of cable growing up and don't remember seeing it once on HBO/Showtime/Cinemax/TNT/etc, nor do I recall ever seeing the VHS on the racks in the countless times my friends, family, and I rented movies.
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11:56a, 10/25/24
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Production Weekly can be hit or miss, but chalk another rumor up in the Blue Thunder column…

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