I’m getting sick and tired of the lack of imagination in Hollywood. The recycling of old movies and ideas has almost never resulted in something worth watching, and this latest development is certain to be no exception. Apparently producers are working on a sequel to Sixteen Candles entitled 32 Candles which “update[s] the lives of Sam Baker, Farmer Ted, Long Duk Dong and the rest of the gang.” This is just sickening to me. Sixteen Candles is one of the iconic trilogy of John Hughes/Molly Ringwald movies in the ‘80s, the others of course being The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink, and I can’t imagine this “sequel” doing anything but tainting the memory of the original.
Update: Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, I read this post that noticed something that I had previously overlooked: this project will not be on the silver screen but is instead intended as a “made-for-television special.” So not only will this suck, but it will suck even worse because it won’t even be good enough for a release in theaters. Lovely…
