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Post by the guy in Control on Jul 13, 2008 23:52:48 GMT -5
this is why i think The Nude Bomb was such a failure as a Get Smart movie: - they didn't have enough of the characters/actors from the original show to make it work - supposedly this is because none of the originals (besides Larabee) wanted anything to do with the project, which should have been a sign that it was a bad idea
- it was too outrageous, even for Get Smart - while the concept of KAOS wanting to blackmail the world with a nude bomb was okay, the pantyhose-headed villain, his zippered mountain hideaway, and the cloning/de-cloning machine were way over the top, IMO
- there were too many basic changes from the series - Max is not married (nor is the subject even addressed), there's sexual innuendo, Max and other characters cuss repeatedly (in a picture rated PG, even!), and Max doesn't even work for CONTROL (nor is the organization even referred to)
this is all the more disturbing when you consider that The Nude Bomb was actually written by Arne Sultan, Bill Dana, and Leonard Stern... now Sultan had been a writer on several episodes of the original series, Dana was one of Max's long-time friends (Max appeared on The Bill Dana Show before he did Get Smart, and Dana was in a couple episodes of Get Smart), and Leonard Stern served as Producer for the first 3 seasons of the show! when you see their writers' credits at the beginning of the movie, it gives you the false impression of, "Alright, this can't be that bad!" ...it's really sad... now i'm not saying that The Nude Bomb was a complete disaster - it has its moments, for sure - but it's really disappointed that they messed with the formula so much and basically ruined what should have been a great thing...  |
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Post by Gobi-1 on Jul 14, 2008 14:05:06 GMT -5
A PG rating back in 1980 was basically a PG-13 rating by today's standard, hence the profanity, sexual innuendo and brief nudity. Too much for a G but not enough for an R so PG was a catch all rating until PG-13 came along in 1985.
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Post by the guy in Control on Jul 14, 2008 15:59:02 GMT -5
yeah... it was never very consistent, though... for instance, i don't think The Jerk was really any worse than this movie, but it got an R rating... just depended on the moods of the raters on any given day, i guess...
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Post by amy on Apr 12, 2009 1:55:52 GMT -5
I tried watching this the other night on Hulu and just with the opening sequence I was already feeling iffy about the whole thing. I stopped at 15 minutes into it. I'm going to try again to watch it...maybe tonight.
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Post by the guy in Control on Apr 15, 2009 12:47:44 GMT -5
i'd be interested to hear your thoughts if you make it all the way through!
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Post by amy on Mar 25, 2011 2:51:21 GMT -5
haha rereading my post there I have to give an update...still haven't seen it! Hulu no longer has it but Netflix does.
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