CHiPs: The Movie

iMax

Completely hypothetical of course, but say you were put in charge of casting it, who would you put in the lead roles of:

Officer Jonathan A. Baker / 7-Mary-3
Officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello / 7-Mary-4
Sergeant Joseph (Joe) Getraer / S-4
Officer Sindy Cahill / 7-Charles
Officer Bonnie Clark / 7-Charles

??


(The movie version is due for release next year with Wilmer Valderrama cast as "Ponch")

That_Guy

Oh... I thought this was a movie based on this chap.

kraggy

iMax wrote: »

Completely hypothetical of course, but say you were put in charge of casting it, who would you put in the lead roles of:

Officer Jonathan A. Baker / 7-Mary-3
Officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello / 7-Mary-4
Sergeant Joseph (Joe) Getraer / S-4
Officer Sindy Cahill / 7-Charles
Officer Bonnie Clark / 7-Charles

??


(The movie version is due for release next year with Wilmer Valderrama cast as "Ponch")

John C Reilly
Benicio Del Toro
Tommy Lee Jones
Some hot chick
Some other hot chick

mailforkev

That_Guy wrote: »

Oh... I thought this was a movie based on this chap.

Close, but it's not right

Basq

iMax wrote: »

(The movie version is due for release next year with Wilmer Valderrama cast as "Ponch")

I already have no time for this movie!

bnt

Fast forward seven years of Development Hell, and we finally have a trailer: Michael Peña as Ponch and Dax Shepard (who also wrote and directed) as John Baker: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKlbX-t9GLg

Other names appearing include Kristen Bell, Vincent d'Onofrio, Adam Brody, Jane Kaczmarek, and Maya Rudolph (who was in Idiocracy with Shepard).

Sugarlumps

Dax Shepard, just NO.

Basq

Is it now a condition in his contract that Dax must appear in movies with the missus?

Frank O. Pinion

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Dax Shepard, just NO.

ThisRegard

Looks dumb, but looks fun.

Agent Coulson

Jaysus that looks terrible and not even funny.

Compare that trailer to the Baywatch one and there is only going to be one winner in the comedy remake of iconic tv shows this year.

_Kaiser_

Yes, I can't say I'll be rushing to see that. Another dumb unfunny movie that bears no resemblance to the source material but will rely on that hook to fool the punters anyway

JP Liz V1

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Jaysus that looks terrible and not even funny.

Compare that trailer to the Baywatch one and there is only going to be one winner in the comedy remake of iconic tv shows this year.

Not getting the cool fun bromance from this trailer that Baywatch and 21 Jump Street have

expectationlost

bnt wrote: »

Fast forward seven years of Development Hell, and we finally have a trailer: Michael Peña as Ponch and Dax Shepard (who also wrote and directed) as John Baker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKlbX-t9GLg

Other names appearing include Kristen Bell, Vincent d'Onofrio, Adam Brody, Jane Kaczmarek, and Maya Rudolph (who was in Idiocracy with Shepard).

not one laugh in the trailer.

The Princess Bride

I did smile, but I reckon that that's as good as it gets somehow. All the humour packed into 2 min 34 of the trailer.

I watched the original.
Was it ever funny?

bnt

Yup ... it's bad.

MfMan

Shame the normally reliable Michael Pena got mixed up in this..

Harry Palmr

Mr Crispy

I've a lot of time for D'Onofrio, but jaysus he appears in some shite altogether. Pena is better than this too.

Tony EH

The Princess Bride wrote: »

I did smile, but I reckon that that's as good as it gets somehow. All the humour packed into 2 min 34 of the trailer.

I watched the original.
Was it ever funny?

No.

But neither was 'Starsky and Hutch' or '21 Jump Street', but they've been made so by producers (or so they think so) looking for insipid, light hearted, nothing films.

No doubt this will be as meh as the others.

Tony EH

Tony EH wrote: »

No.

But neither was 'Starsky and Hutch' or '21 Jump Street', but they've been made so by producers (or so they think so) looking for insipid, light hearted, nothing films.

No doubt this will be as meh as the others.

Have you seen the trailer for Baywatch.

It looks like a carbon copy of Chips only it has more swimsuits and the Rock.

Edit: They are doing the same formula they used for the A-team. The original was never funny it was light action. Then they made the blockbuster movie which came out a few years ago and had multiple laugh out loud moment. Some douche in hollywood has now decided lets do all 80's saturday afternoon classics using the same formula, over the top humour and its a guaranteed success.

Except its not. They got away with it in The A-team. Just. I think audiences will tire of the formula very quickly if they havnt already.

Tony EH

Deleted User wrote: »

Have you seen the trailer for Baywatch.

I haven't and I won't.

readyletsgo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

....Except its not. They got away with it in The A-team. Just. I think audiences will tire of the formula very quickly if they havnt already.

....except, that idea was hated in A-Team. What a TERRIBLE movie. What a terrible idea for 80s TV show movies.

This Chips movie will just come and go.

eviltimeban

Tony EH wrote: »

No.

But neither was 'Starsky and Hutch' or '21 Jump Street', but they've been made so by producers (or so they think so) looking for insipid, light hearted, nothing films.

No doubt this will be as meh as the others.

The original Chips wasn't a comedy show.

Tony EH

That's what I said.

FunLover18

Deleted User wrote: »

H
Edit: They are doing the same formula they used for the A-team. The original was never funny it was light action. Then they made the blockbuster movie which came out a few years ago and had multiple laugh out loud moment. Some douche in hollywood has now decided lets do all 80's saturday afternoon classics using the same formula, over the top humour and its a guaranteed success.

Except its not. They got away with it in The A-team. Just. I think audiences will tire of the formula very quickly if they havnt already.

Eh, have you ever seen The A-Team series?



It was very funny at times, they were always up to goofy shenanigans while wearing ridiculous costumes and then you had the montage of BA converting a pickup truck into something from a PG Death Race. If anything the movie took a darker tone (don't get me wrong, it was The Dark Knight) with arcs like BA's attack of conscience and it wasn't not nearly as knowing or tongue in cheek as the Starsky and Hutch or Jump Street adaptations.

I agree that the formula is getting old though, Baywatch looks ridiculous (but I'll probably still go see it).

readytosnap

Deleted User wrote: »

Edit: the A-team. Then they made the blockbuster movie which came out a few years ago and had multiple laugh out loud moment.

I must of seen an edited version, I cant remember laughing even once. There is the possibility that I fell asleep though.

Outlaw Pete

People should do time for making this.

Eh, have you ever seen The A-Team series?

Of course Ive seen it. Im intimately familiar with it. I said "It was never funny", what I meant to say was "It was never meant to be taken as funny", at least not in the way you would now. Of course there were funny moments but then what TV program doesnt have funny moments from time to time?

Now in 2017, a montage of BA turning a flatbed truck into an Armoured Personnel Carrier with a welder and some corrugated metal does seem pretty hilarious but I'm certain that was not the desired effect.

The original ChiPs - not a comedy
The original A-Team - not a comedy
Baywatch - not a comedy.

Remake movies of above - parodies of themselves by making them comedies.

* Im using the term comedy very loosely by the way.

I must of seen an edited version, I cant remember laughing even once. There is the possibility that I fell asleep though.

I'll admit I did laugh at the bit where they are in the tank firing its gun and there is the shot of the "command centre" and the officer asks "Are they firing at the drone" and some low level analyst goes "No...they are trying to fly the tank".

Shurimgreat

I saw it Saturday night. Movie of two halves, first half a snooze fest, not funny, odd characters. Second half picks up and there's a handful of laughs. Its stupid but oddly entertaining in parts.
I'd give it 2.5 out of 5.