Movie history is filled with examples of sequels that sucked. In fact, there have been so many that the ones that were as good as the original are celebrated-- The Godfather II and Aliens come to mind. Kim sent me a link to a Vanity Fare article in which Paul Giamatti discusses his plans to film a sequel to the 2002 cult classic Bubba Ho-tep.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/11/21/qa-paul-giamattis-dream-project-bubba-nosferatu.html
A couple of other bloggers have mentioned a love of the movie, specifically Vikki and Bubs. For those of you who aren't familiar with Bubba Ho-tep, I'll clue you in. Bruce Campbell portrays an elderly Elvis, who is living in an assisted care facility. It turns out that he switched identities with an Elvis impersonator, er, I mean, an "Elvis tribute artist" and is still alive. He befriends another resident of the home, President John F. Kennedy-- yes, that President John F. Kennedy-- who is played by the late Ossie Davis and has a perfectly good explanation as to why he's now black. I'll let you see the movie and find out.
It turns out that a cowboy-hat wearing mummy is stalking the elderly residents of the nursing home and stealing their souls. It's up to Elvis and President Kennedy to stop the soul-sucking mummy.
In Giamatti's proposed sequel, actually a prequel, Col. Tom Parker, played by Giamatti, signs Elvis up to do one more movie. Somehow, hot female vampires get involved in it all. And it takes place in New Orleans. And I put it to you-- what more can one ask of a movie? You've got Elvis, Paul Giamatti, New Orleans and hot female vampires. Sounds like a winner to me!
9 comments:
I would certainly line up to see that movie.
did i just enter bizarr-o world
I see it in a heartbeat. I love Bubba Ho Tep.
Man, I am so out of it. I have never heard of that movie!
"Aliens" was pretty good, but nowhere near as good as the first, "Alien".
If Giamatti weren't involved, I might look forward to this movie.
I still haven't seen the first one.
Have you seen the British sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf? In one episode they go back in time and accidentally prevent the Kennedy assassination with disastrous results. It's one of my favorite episodes.
I hope they get Bruce Campbell back. I don't know if I'm down if he doesn't play Elvis.
Hey, I'm in for a sequel esp as described. I love Lansdale's stuff, so hopefully he would be involved as well to give it his particular squeued good 'ol boy touch of humor (which theoretically, I should hate with a passion). Wouldn't be the same without it.
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