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90-Second Pop, Culture Watch
Aired October 16, 2003 - 07:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: It's "90-Second Pop" time once again. Our pop culture panel is ready to give us 90 seconds on three hot topics.
And with us this morning, B.J. Sigesmund is a staff editor for "US Weekly."
Thank you.
O'BRIEN: Joumana Kidd is a correspondent for the TV show, "Extra."
And you're saying "thank you," because I got it right this time.
And Andy Borowitz joins us from "The New Yorker."
Nice to all of you. Let's begin with the best news I have heard all week, "16 Candles" may be remade. I loved that movie.
ANDY BOROWITZ, "THE NEW YORKER": Are you very excited?
O'BRIEN: Oh, so excited. Does this mean that the original cast is coming back?
BOROWITZ: I don't know. I'm not so sure about that. We all have a lot of different (UNINTELLIGIBLE). This is "32 Candles" now, so..
O'BRIEN: They've all grown up.
BOROWITZ: They've all grown up.
O'BRIEN: It's a brilliant idea.
BOROWITZ: Well, it is. I mean, the problem with remaking the John Hughes over is that I think he made about 900 movies in the '80s.
O'BRIEN: Yes.
BOROWITZ: So, we'll have to see "Pretty in Pink" 16 years later and all of them 16 years later. But, you know, I'll tell you, if we're going to start remaking the movies of the '80s, I want to know what the Porky's gang is up to.
O'BRIEN: Oh, my.
BOROWITZ: I think that would be interesting. SIGESMUND: It's a movie, though, that's loved, and talking about casting. They haven't said whether Molly Ringwald is going to be in it or Anthony Michael Hall. But there are Web sites devoted to finding Michael Schoeffling, who played Jake Ryan, the object of so many girls' obsession in the mid-'80s .
O'BRIEN: Oh, how cute was he?
SIGESMUND: He disappeared from Hollywood after 1991 or something, and there literally are Web sites about trying to find him.
JOUMANA KIDD, "EXTRA" CORRESPONDENT: Yes.
SIGESMUND: He is in Pennsylvania, and he has got two kids. He's married.
O'BRIEN: Oh!
BOROWITZ: I had heard he was a gubernatorial candidate.
KIDD: Oh, gosh. I (UNINTELLIGIBLE) duck wong (ph)...
(CROSSTALK)
BOROWITZ: Well, we have to check his Web site.
O'BRIEN: No one is looking for him.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE) I think I've seen that movie 1,000 times.
O'BRIEN: That is the greatest movie for me.
KIDD: So, if they do it -- actually, if they do it right, it could be so good.
O'BRIEN: It won't work if they don't get Molly Ringwald. That's just my two cents worth.
SIGESMUND: Yes.
BOROWITZ: It's interesting, you know, that people can see the sequel to this one, where so many times they talk about sequels to movies, and you're, like, no, no, no, don't do it. This time, people can have it in their hearts.
O'BRIEN: I vote yes. I'm all for it.
Let's turn to "Coupling," which was a really -- or is, because it's still on TV sort of...
KIDD: Yes.
O'BRIEN: ... a really bad TV show.
KIDD: You know, actually, they're actually not giving up on it, even though it's out there for just a little bit. They're still sticking to it. And I think that right now it's just done so -- it's so tasteless, it's so in your face, it's so, very aggressive and it's very hard to watch.
O'BRIEN: They said that -- or many people have said that they were trying to create something that would take over from "Friends". And this seemed to be, to me, the wrong approach.
KIDD: I think it's way too much. You know, it ha such young, beautiful girls in it, and it's not the right message to send. It's a little bit over the top. And if it's done correctly, I think it just needs a little bit better writing.
O'BRIEN: A little bit...
SIGESMUND: Interestingly, though, they always criticize Americans for taking British shows and ruining them. Well, this time they took the British scripts and left them alone and let American actors, you know, just flesh them out, and it still failed. So, this was a gamble that didn't pay off for them.
BOROWITZ: NBC just seems to only have luck with their "Law and Order" franchises. I think that maybe they should just turn this into a "Law and Order" show.
O'BRIEN: "Coupling."
BOROWITZ: Special (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
KIDD: And they're trying to keep up with the Joneses. They're trying to -- you know, and I understand that to a point. And I still -- I'm being the devil's advocate, even though I was not at all impressed by the show, I still think that it could somehow be created with a little bit more...
O'BRIEN: Hope springs eternal, Joumana.
KIDD: I'm being very positive here.
O'BRIEN: Let's talk quickly, because we dont have a ton of time, about some of the movies that are coming out this weekend. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." I thought that movie was over.
SIGESMUND: It's like, you know, a remake of a movie from 1974 that people who are in their 30s don't even remember. I'm not sure who this is for. It's a slasher...
BOROWITZ: Well, it's for people who found "Kill Bill" too violent. This is (UNINTELLIGIBLE), I think.
SIGESMUND: Yes, it's a slasher flick starring Jessica Alba who is "Dark Angel" on TV.
O'BRIEN: How about "Veronica Guerin."
SIGESMUND: Rights, it's based on a true...
O'BRIEN: Wonderful reviews.
SIGESMUND: Yes, it's Cate Blanchett in a true story about an Irish woman who took on the biggest...
O'BRIEN: A journalist.
SIGESMUND: Yes, a journalist, who took on the biggest drug king in Dublin and actually paid for it with her life, which you learn at the very beginning of the movie. I don't want to destroy it for anyone.
O'BRIEN: We're completely out of time, but "Runway Jury," yes or no? Go see it or not go see it?
SIGESMUND: "US Weekly" gave it two and a half stars. They say it's pretty good.
O'BRIEN: OK.
SIGESMUND: Pretty good.
KIDD: Well, that's my kind of movie. I think it's going to be good.
O'BRIEN: Really?
KIDD: Yes.
(CROSSTALK)
BOROWITZ: I like any movie where Gene Hackman shouts a lot. This looks like one of those.
O'BRIEN: That's very true. Well, Andy and Joumana and B.J., as always, thanks you guys. We certainly appreciate your insights this morning.
KIDD: Thank you.
BOROWITZ: Good to be here.
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Aired October 16, 2003 - 07:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: It's "90-Second Pop" time once again. Our pop culture panel is ready to give us 90 seconds on three hot topics.
And with us this morning, B.J. Sigesmund is a staff editor for "US Weekly."
Thank you.
O'BRIEN: Joumana Kidd is a correspondent for the TV show, "Extra."
And you're saying "thank you," because I got it right this time.
And Andy Borowitz joins us from "The New Yorker."
Nice to all of you. Let's begin with the best news I have heard all week, "16 Candles" may be remade. I loved that movie.
ANDY BOROWITZ, "THE NEW YORKER": Are you very excited?
O'BRIEN: Oh, so excited. Does this mean that the original cast is coming back?
BOROWITZ: I don't know. I'm not so sure about that. We all have a lot of different (UNINTELLIGIBLE). This is "32 Candles" now, so..
O'BRIEN: They've all grown up.
BOROWITZ: They've all grown up.
O'BRIEN: It's a brilliant idea.
BOROWITZ: Well, it is. I mean, the problem with remaking the John Hughes over is that I think he made about 900 movies in the '80s.
O'BRIEN: Yes.
BOROWITZ: So, we'll have to see "Pretty in Pink" 16 years later and all of them 16 years later. But, you know, I'll tell you, if we're going to start remaking the movies of the '80s, I want to know what the Porky's gang is up to.
O'BRIEN: Oh, my.
BOROWITZ: I think that would be interesting. SIGESMUND: It's a movie, though, that's loved, and talking about casting. They haven't said whether Molly Ringwald is going to be in it or Anthony Michael Hall. But there are Web sites devoted to finding Michael Schoeffling, who played Jake Ryan, the object of so many girls' obsession in the mid-'80s .
O'BRIEN: Oh, how cute was he?
SIGESMUND: He disappeared from Hollywood after 1991 or something, and there literally are Web sites about trying to find him.
JOUMANA KIDD, "EXTRA" CORRESPONDENT: Yes.
SIGESMUND: He is in Pennsylvania, and he has got two kids. He's married.
O'BRIEN: Oh!
BOROWITZ: I had heard he was a gubernatorial candidate.
KIDD: Oh, gosh. I (UNINTELLIGIBLE) duck wong (ph)...
(CROSSTALK)
BOROWITZ: Well, we have to check his Web site.
O'BRIEN: No one is looking for him.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE) I think I've seen that movie 1,000 times.
O'BRIEN: That is the greatest movie for me.
KIDD: So, if they do it -- actually, if they do it right, it could be so good.
O'BRIEN: It won't work if they don't get Molly Ringwald. That's just my two cents worth.
SIGESMUND: Yes.
BOROWITZ: It's interesting, you know, that people can see the sequel to this one, where so many times they talk about sequels to movies, and you're, like, no, no, no, don't do it. This time, people can have it in their hearts.
O'BRIEN: I vote yes. I'm all for it.
Let's turn to "Coupling," which was a really -- or is, because it's still on TV sort of...
KIDD: Yes.
O'BRIEN: ... a really bad TV show.
KIDD: You know, actually, they're actually not giving up on it, even though it's out there for just a little bit. They're still sticking to it. And I think that right now it's just done so -- it's so tasteless, it's so in your face, it's so, very aggressive and it's very hard to watch.
O'BRIEN: They said that -- or many people have said that they were trying to create something that would take over from "Friends". And this seemed to be, to me, the wrong approach.
KIDD: I think it's way too much. You know, it ha such young, beautiful girls in it, and it's not the right message to send. It's a little bit over the top. And if it's done correctly, I think it just needs a little bit better writing.
O'BRIEN: A little bit...
SIGESMUND: Interestingly, though, they always criticize Americans for taking British shows and ruining them. Well, this time they took the British scripts and left them alone and let American actors, you know, just flesh them out, and it still failed. So, this was a gamble that didn't pay off for them.
BOROWITZ: NBC just seems to only have luck with their "Law and Order" franchises. I think that maybe they should just turn this into a "Law and Order" show.
O'BRIEN: "Coupling."
BOROWITZ: Special (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
KIDD: And they're trying to keep up with the Joneses. They're trying to -- you know, and I understand that to a point. And I still -- I'm being the devil's advocate, even though I was not at all impressed by the show, I still think that it could somehow be created with a little bit more...
O'BRIEN: Hope springs eternal, Joumana.
KIDD: I'm being very positive here.
O'BRIEN: Let's talk quickly, because we dont have a ton of time, about some of the movies that are coming out this weekend. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." I thought that movie was over.
SIGESMUND: It's like, you know, a remake of a movie from 1974 that people who are in their 30s don't even remember. I'm not sure who this is for. It's a slasher...
BOROWITZ: Well, it's for people who found "Kill Bill" too violent. This is (UNINTELLIGIBLE), I think.
SIGESMUND: Yes, it's a slasher flick starring Jessica Alba who is "Dark Angel" on TV.
O'BRIEN: How about "Veronica Guerin."
SIGESMUND: Rights, it's based on a true...
O'BRIEN: Wonderful reviews.
SIGESMUND: Yes, it's Cate Blanchett in a true story about an Irish woman who took on the biggest...
O'BRIEN: A journalist.
SIGESMUND: Yes, a journalist, who took on the biggest drug king in Dublin and actually paid for it with her life, which you learn at the very beginning of the movie. I don't want to destroy it for anyone.
O'BRIEN: We're completely out of time, but "Runway Jury," yes or no? Go see it or not go see it?
SIGESMUND: "US Weekly" gave it two and a half stars. They say it's pretty good.
O'BRIEN: OK.
SIGESMUND: Pretty good.
KIDD: Well, that's my kind of movie. I think it's going to be good.
O'BRIEN: Really?
KIDD: Yes.
(CROSSTALK)
BOROWITZ: I like any movie where Gene Hackman shouts a lot. This looks like one of those.
O'BRIEN: That's very true. Well, Andy and Joumana and B.J., as always, thanks you guys. We certainly appreciate your insights this morning.
KIDD: Thank you.
BOROWITZ: Good to be here.
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