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ULTIMATE remake cast, jusy try to beat this one!


Lt. Colonel Henry Blake - JK Simmons

Radar - Michael Cera

Klinger - Demitri Martin

Hawkeye - Ryan Reynolds

Father Mulcahy - Mike White (Ned from School of Rock)

these are all ive come up with, i think that's a pretty badass cast. especially the inclusion of demitri as klinger!

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klinger wasn't in the movie

"people are bastard coated bastards with bastard filling" -Dr. Perry Cox/Dr. Bob Kelso

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yeah, but they'd obviously put him in a new movie, he's become one of the most recognizable traits of the franchise

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fair enough

"people are bastard coated bastards with bastard filling" -Dr. Perry Cox/Dr. Bob Kelso

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There is no ULTIMATE remake. MASH is a classic and should be left alone. I can't imagine any new cast doing a better job then the original. Sutherland, Skerritt, and Gould are at their best. Leave well enough alone. Leave it alone so folks who haven't seen the original can enjoy.

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honestly, if they made a MASH movie now it would just be a movie version of the TV show, like Starsky and Hutch or The Brady Bunch movies

it wouldnt be remaking the classic Altman/Gould/Sutherland film because it would probably have a whole new plot line and whatnot, just like when the tv show came out, it was just the continued adventures of 3 army doctors...and if i remember correctly that show ran for more than a decade and was critically acclaimed.

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Yes, classic films should not be remade just for a new generation.
And a new version could never get away with the anti-authoritarian tone which is one of the film's strong points.

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I can't say what I think about your remake cast as I have not heard of any of them.

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Wait wait
I so luv these dream lists

Oprah as hotlips
Morgan Freeman as Henry
Will Smith as TraperJon
Don Cheadal as Hawkeye
Kenan Thompson as *beep* Red
Martin Lawrence as Radar
Danny Glover as Frank Burns
JLo as Dish
Jay Z as Painless


I'm thinking
SpearChucker s/b white
How about John Malkeovich






U can get happy in the same pant U got pissed in. - Sue

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Very funny! I think the idea of recasting great films is just silly.

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A remake would be a box office disaster. Personally, I would like to see a reunion instead. It's 40 years later, and everyone still among ther living gets together at a barbeque. They all are teaching a new generation of military medics. Know it sounds bit sparse, but that could work.

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Lt. Colonel Henry Blake - Jeffrey Tambor

Hawkeye - Robert Downey Jr.

Radar - Jay Baruchel

Hot Lips Hoolihan - Rachel McAdams

Trapper John - Neil Patrick Harris

Frank Burns - Danny Huston (Col. Stryker from Wolverine)

Father Mucahy - Hugh Laurie

Klinger - Jonah Hill (although not in the original movie)

Capt. 'Painless' Waldowski - Jason Segel

I like Ryan Reynolds for Hawkeye too. I don't think this would be too hard to remake. Since Hollywood can't crap out an original movie these days, they might as well remake something worthwhile.

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Fail. The big flaw is that both Simmons and Cera come across as too cerebral to play the addle-brained/naive characters of Henry & Radar, respectively. (And yes, I know Radar wasn't as juvenile in the film as he was on the series).

I can't picture Cera carrying a teddy bear or Simmons getting tangled up in fishing line, can you?

"My brain rebelled, and insisted on applying logic where it was not welcome."

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