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Kevin Broccoli in the Remake of "St. Elmo's Fire"

Okay, maybe I'm not going to be the next Judd Nelson.

That being said, I've never been one to harp on remakes. I think sometimes a remake is called for--and some of them actually turn out quite well.

I loved Rob Zombie's Halloween, Oceans Eleven, and The Manchurian Candidate remake (although most of that was Meryl, I'll admit.)

That being said, the recent round of remakes is just...

Well, let me put it this way.

I was in the theaters tonight, and when the remake of "The Stepfather" trailer came on, people actually laughed.

Here's an idea:

Instead of focus grouping a movie, why don't we focus group the IDEA for the movie?

That way you don't wind up with people heckling the Fame trailer.

It also seems like the new trend is to put really good actors in these movies to try and lift them. Admittedly, that might work sometimes--and I'm not talking about Billy Bob Thornton in Bad News Bears.

Other times, it's just embarrassing for everyone involved--(Kelsey Grammar, what are you doing?)

And it's not just the movie industry either.

Tonight I almost drove my car off the road when I heard what I thought was a retro station playing "My Girl Wants to Party All the Time."

Turns out--it was a cover.

AYFKM?

That song was a joke when it first came out, and it didn't even come out that long ago.

Here's a good rule to follow:

Suppy and Demand.

As in, if nobody's demanding it, feel free not to supply it.

That being said, the new St. Elmo's Fire will be coming out in October.

Look for it.

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