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Discuss: Your Favorite 'Safety Net' Films
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After a marathon four-day weekend full of moving more stuff than you can ever imagine, I've finally settled into my new digs in Massapequa, Long Island. (I thought, hey -- if this town produced the Baldwin boys and Seinfeld, perhaps there's something special in the water, ya know?) While moving, my friend and I got to quoting Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (for some random reason), which lead us to discuss our favorite safety net films. What's a safety net film, you ask? Well, we've defined a safety net film to be a movie you'd totally watch on TV if you channel-surfed through ... but you'd still prefer to see what else is on.
You know those moments: You're surfing through the channels, stop briefly on a film like, say, Adventures in Babysitting, and while you'd totally be down for watching the rest, something inside propels you to continue surfing just in case there's something better on. But it's cool because you now have your safety net film if all else fails. Safety net films are weird; for me, they're movies like Don't Tell Mom or Babysitting or Airborne -- these random flicks that have mini-followings and fans, but rarely show up on any lists, and, if anything, are always briefly mentioned in a passing conversation. Safety net films usually come into play on a lazy Sunday afternoon when you'd rather surf the channels than commit to a DVD or two.
What are some of your favorite safety net films? And what was the last movie you used as a safety net while channel surfing?
[Special thanks to Aaron L. for naming them 'Safety Net Films']
Stars in Rewind: Jack Black Gets Called 'Bra'
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Oh, how I wish I could show you Jack Black as a Skinhead on Life Goes On, but I have to take what I can get, which is him trying to be a tough bully when facing 90s cutie, teen heartthrob Shane McDermott. This is before he was scrap in Demolition Man, chilled with Margaret Cho in All-American Girl, or finally made his big breakout in High Fidelity.
The movie was Airborne, and it starred McDermott as a California surfer who has to go live with family in Ohio -- which means rooming with his cousin -- the red and hairy Seth Green. He gets on the bad side of the high school hockey team, and well, you know how things go. I really can't blame Black for being a jerk. The word "bra" is pretty annoying.
Whatever happened to McDermott anyway?
John Moore to Rewrite and Direct 'Airborne,' Minus the Rollerblades
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I swear to you, when I first read the headline for this story I thought, for a second, they were remaking the very awesome 1993 sports romantic comedy Airborne, starring Shane McDermott (whatever happened to him?), Seth Green and, in one of his first roles, Jack Black. But then I got realistic (I mean, out of any movie, why in the world would they remake freaking Airborne?), and realized that this is something entirely different. Variety reports that John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines) will rewrite and direct a different Airborne. Instead of focusing on a bunch of kids from Cincinnati who race each other on roller blades, Moore's Airborne looks to be an action flick set on an aircraft carrier. And the theme to Top Gun has officially entered my head.
Producer Arnold Kopelson acquired the original script, penned by Eric Tipton, using his Equus Media development fund, and has decided to hand it off to Moore for another go-round. They already have the Dept. of Navy's approval, but have not ironed out a start date just yet. Kopelson, along with his wife Anne, have produced some excellent films over the years -- including Platoon, Se7en and The Fugitive ("You find this man!"). Apart from Behind Enemy Lines, Moore directed last year's The Omen remake, as well as 2004's Flight of the Phoenix. Additional plot details are being kept under lock and key. Bummer.
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