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AfterElton Fantasy Casting: With "G.I. Joe" in theaters, help us cast these other 80's animated classics
With G.I. Joe gunning its way into theaters, we thought we'd do a little creative casting for a few other classic cartoons from the 80's. I know you're thinking "wait a minute ... haven't we done this before?" Yes, we've already done fantasy casting for the upcoming big-screen adventures of He-Man and Jonny Quest, but there are plenty of other 80's cartoons begging for the live-action treatment. Take a look at four animated classics and our ideas for perfect casting, and submit your own ideas ... and remember, this is fantasy casting, so feel free to go as "outside the box" as you want! Jem Like many gay boys I had to keep my love for the mid-80's Jem a secret, lest I arouse ... suspicions. Jem was a pop singer who kept her real identity secret from her fans (yes, Hannah Montana is a total rip-off), while trying to avoid being upstaged by jealous rivals The Misfits (a girl group, not to be confused with the horror punk band). Her tour manager is named Rio, and he dances on the sand, just like that river twisting through a dusty land. He also has no idea that his girlfriend Jerrica is Jem's alter ego. He's kinda dumb. Lady GaGa, The Donnas, Jared Padalecki Let's face it, Lady GaGa is probably the closest we're going to get to a pop-singing cartoon character, and The Donnas would make perfect foils for Jem and her band The Holograms. Why Jared Padalecki? Well ... he's hot. Thundercats Thundercats was a show about a bunch of ... Thundercats, led by Lion-O, a red-headed, muscular hunk who wielded the legendary "Sword of Omens". He was also known for hocking up gross fur balls and spraying behind the TV (oh wait, that's my cat). Carrot Top Yes, I'm serious. She-Ra Princess Adora was the twin sister of Prince Adam (He-Man), and like her obviously gay brother, had a dual identity. As Princess of Power She-Ra, she fought the forces of evil while always maintaining runway glamor. RuPaul, Candis Cayne She-Ra needs to be blonde and regal and able to kick-ass, which both RuPaul and Candis Cayne would have no problem with, and can you imagine what Ru could do with a line like "my beloved steed?" Thundarr The Barbarian By far my favorite early-80's hero, Thundarr was a mono-syllabic muscle-hunk with a heart of gold, who traveled the land doing good deeds with his "fabulous sun sword" (which was so not a light saber) and his faithful companions Ookla the Mok (who was so not a Chewbacca rip-off) and magical Princess Ariel. Nick Adams, Gerard Butler I think Broadway hunk-a-dunk Nick Adams would be perfect as the young, open-hearted hero, with Gerard Butler (who I'm totally not obsessed with lately) as his grizzled, hairy companion. You may be asking "what about Princess Ariel". Unfortunately, in my version, Princess Blocker is out of the picture, having suffered a tragic demise after falling into a bottomless pit. This frees up Thundarr and Ookla to ... further ... their relationship. I see them having many sweaty adventures ... perhaps in 3-D. What do you think? What would your fantasy casting choices be, and is there another animated series from the 80's you'd love to see in live-action on the big screen? Submitted by on Fri, 2009-08-07 11:22. |
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Jem! I would be first in
Jem! I would be first in line to watch a Jem movie. Especially if they made the starcrossed-friends Stormer and Kimber into starcrossed-lovers.
Man, now I wawnt to find my old Jem paper dolls.
OMG - Thundarr!!!
I loved "Thundarr the Barbarian" cartoon! I had completely forgotten about it until this article. With all the remakes happening in Hollywood I suppose it is only a matter of time before this becomes a live action film. Ookla is uncastable - he'd have to be mainly CGI like Gollum. I think Matt Damon would make a decent Thundarr. And Princess Arielcould be played by Jessica Alba.
A couple other things... you need to warn folks before you post pictures of Carrot Top. Granted, he does look exactly like the, uhhh, cat in Thundercats. But I'm eating lunch here!
Also, I'm feeling bummed at my 12 year old self for not being secure enough in his masculinity to watch "Jem" - sibling opinions be damned! If the lead character was named "Jerrica" I mean what else needs to be said? The show must have been awesome.
I love how...
I love how I only had to read the title of the post and see those pictures and I immediately knew this would be a Snicks post. ;-)
Josh
Author of the Killian Kendall Mystery Series
truly, truly outrageous
i confess i stole my sister's she-ra and jem dolls as a child.
jem should mos def be played by a rocker who can channel debbie gibson. i would support an american idol alum, like whatserface from season whichever. you know, the blonde one.
i also love that she-ra gave us scenes like this:
OMG! Jem!
Seeing the Jem intro reminded me that when I was a little girl, I had Jem dolls as well as Barbies and the Jem dolls were just enough bigger than the barbies that their clothes and shoes fit on Ken dolls. Coincidence? I think not. Needless to say, I had lots of cross-dressing Ken dolls. I would also cut off some of my Barbies' hair and color their scalps with magic marker to make them butch looking. Some might think I was a disturbed child. ;)
"It's weird. It's just different. It's not men. It's just him. It's only him." - Ianto Jones
Jem begat Hannah Montana
Sadly, you've reminded me where this whole Pop Princess Schizophenomena came from. It was SOOOO fun with Jem (truly outrageous... truly truly truly outrageous). Then came the "Wow, they're really doing that?" with Mariah Carey switching to her Mimi side and Beyonce has Sasha Fierce! Then, of course, there is the insufferable, please-let-this-fad-die that is Hannah Montana.
I digress... I'd totally give Jem to Beonce. Other picks coming up.
Hugh Jackman as..
THUNDERCATS HO!
Lion-O - Unfortunately my favorite Ginger right now is Rupert Grint but I just don't see him filling this roll. Well, it's fantasy, so Rupert Grint after he took weight gainers and trained for six months (he can fill out them broad shoulders he's grown up with)
Tigra - NPH... 'cause NPH will probably make it onto any of my fantasy casts.
Cheetara - Elizabeth Berkley. Yes I would still give ol' Jesse Spanno work and I want my Cheetara to be campy and "look at me; I'm a leggy dancer" type.
Panthro - Taye Diggs. Purrrr
Wilykit and Wilykat - Zac Efron and Chase Crawford. I'm pretty sure one of the twins was a female and one was a male but I truly couldn't tell. They were the most androygenous of the group.
Snarff - Seth Rogen
She-Ra
My sister had She-Ra dolls and they were about 3/4 the size of my He-Man figures. So all the She-Ra guys looked like the twink partners of the bears from He-Man. Likewise, She-Ra looked like Evilyn and Teela's lil sister.
Anyway, I'd put Blake Lively in as She-Ra and the cast of Gossip Girl as She-Ra's uninteresting friends.
Which would basically be...
Haaa haaaa
Adam Lambert
First, although Hannah Montana may be a direct descendent of Jem, they both owe everything to Josie and the Pussycats. So there.
Now, obviously the perfect person to play the part of Jerrica/Jem is Adam Lambert. Although he would have to wear less makeup than he's used to.
it's showtime synergy!
there have been rumors all over the internet about there being a jem movie. hasbro even filed for jemandthehologramsthemovie.com and jemmovie.com but nothing confirmed. it would really be truly outrageous if they did a jem movie!
i vote for mandy moore, jem/jerrica was the girl next door who was also a pop star and i think mandy fits in there nicely and she got some pipes on her too!
shows over synergy!
I second that!
I second Mandy Moore as Jem. She has the right voice for it.
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