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I was up early this morning watching cartoons with my kids when I saw the commercial for the G.I Joe movie.  Since they went and put Cobra and company on the big screen it got me to thinking about what 80s shows they haven’t made movies of yet. So far they’d done Transformers, Miami Vice, Inspector Gadget He-Man, Scooby-Doo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a host of others. Plus, I hear that The A-Team, Voltron, Thundercats, 21 Jump Street, Robotech, The Smurfs and Fame are already in the works.  But here are some of my favs from the 80s that I think Hollywood should consider if they run out of ideas…again.

Knight Rider

50 Cent as the new Michael Knight hunting down his Maybach-driving foes in his Ferrari..err..Pontiac.

The Facts of Life

Get Monique to be the new Mrs. Garrett and watch all hell break loose.

227

Tell me Tyler Perry couldn’t make millions doing this?

Benson

David Allen Grier plays the butler who becomes Governor after his boss is caught with a high-priced escort. Hey, it could happen…

Quantum Leap

Back then folks called it a Back To the Future rip-off but I think Edward Norton would rock this today.

McGyver

Imagine what craziness he could do with a broken Blackberry, two Q-tips and a Snuggy?

Married With Children

Comedian Katt Williams as Al Bundy and Lauryn London as Kelly. Wanda Sykes could play Marcey Darcey for so many reasons.

A Different World

Yes, School Daze came out a year after this premiered but I think a 2010 edition of the Hillman kids would kick ass.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BabyGyrl810/ BabyGyrl810

    dang, i never thought about this…but yeah these would make good movies….I cant wait to see voltron or thundercats! they can the smurfs..I hate that show!!lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ILLESTNI99AINNE/ ILLESTNI99AINNE

    gtfoh with this s**t never do this hollywood

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Miixxalott/ Miixxalott

    NO! Don’t mess up a classic like A Different World. There’s nobody today that can recreate that magic.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/oo00o_idiva_50288/ oo00o_idiva_50288

    they already made a facts of life movies

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ShaQuana-Tasha/ ShaQuana-Tasha

    Theres already a remake of “The facts of life”. Its a porno though…lol. Its called “The Dirty facts of life”. Tootie is played by Jada Fire. Very creative huh?…LOL. I can’t make this type of s**t up people

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Pleasantly_Cha0tic/ Pleasantly_Cha0tic

    That would be so cool…lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    I could see ghetto ass Taraji Henson in the facts of life..LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanye_125/ nanye_125

    no why ????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nielly_luv/ nielly_luv

    i would like to see them shows

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ncblue42/ ncblue42

    curtis jackson in Knight Rider?maybe dude is on to something.he have to be with a car that talks,because it’s hard to understand his mumbling ass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blaqqunicorn/ blaqqunicorn

    Old boy from the Greenmile can play Panthro or bettah yet The little swole cat from “Why I got married” can play him,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blaqqunicorn/ blaqqunicorn

    Check ya’ll He-man , was a copy before he there was a black Character who made that style poppin, Then when they seen it was sellin they switched the character to a blonde guy. Look up BLACKSTAR! the only black cartoon star who was cool, check if out. Now they need to do that 1!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sylvastar/ sylvastar

    that would be hottt

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blaqqunicorn/ blaqqunicorn

    Last 1, Check this out! And I want ya’ll to feel me on this 1.

    They need to do anutha HARLEMS KNIGHTS!!!

    HEY HAVE QUICK(Eddie Murphy)to bring up his son(Kevin Hart) in the bizznawhzzz.Have Dave Chappelle in it wit kat Williams, Tracey Morgan, Monique and Queen Latifah workin the girls wit Della Reese. and ……Of course we gotta bring Marty Mar to get his clown on! Will can come but he can’t be tryin to hog the camera like in BAD BOYS II! Charlie Murphy as one of the head bangers in Samuel L. Jacksons cartel. and have them go against some body like……..Christopher Walkin or that 1 cat from the Sopranos yeah have him as an Al Capone type and his crew.

    Call it “Harlem Knights in Chicago”

    Awwwwh that would be so hard!!!

    now that’s a movie!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SUMMER_SO_FINE/ SUMMER_SO_FINE

    HELLO MY PEEPS, FIRST OF ALL, LET’S TALK ABOUT A HELL OF A REALL MOVIE THAT WOULD HAVE THE WORLD IN KNOTS!!! SHENEHNEH (MARTIN LAWRENCE) AND WANDA FROM IN LIVING COLOR (JAMIE FOX)TALK TO ME PEOPLE. IF ANYTHING, I THINK THYRECE WOULD MAKE A GREAT KNIGHT RIDER INSTEAD. THE FACTS OF LIVE, LOVE IT. 227 LOVE IT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KaiDiamondOasis/ KaiDiamondOasis

    If I they do a remake of A Different World I would Audition for Whitley Gilbert lol But That Harlem Nights idea is definitly not a bad idea!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mike_diesel27/ mike_diesel27

    First of all, whoever wrote the captions for these pics is a jack ass. David Alan Grier was probably in the 6th grade when Benson was on TV. That was Robert Guillaume who played Benson. Anyway, I think they should make Thundercats movie. With technology today, it should be easy to make humans look like cats. There is a movie coming out with the Green Lantern. With Ryan Reynolds playing the Green Lantern. Also, Capt. America is making a movie but I don’t know who’s playing the lead role. I think they re-do Episodes 4-6 of the first Star Wars trilogy. Yeah I’m a Star Wars geek lol. But the old sitcoms would seem so weird without the original characters playing them. Hell, they’re all at least 40 now lol.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jarreous7/ Jarreous7

    That Harlem Nights idea is F**kin GENIUS!!! But instead of Kevin Hart let’s go with say… Damon Wayans Jr. Up and comer and pretty funny. Could u imagine the scenes with Chappelle and Samuel L. with Charlie? Priceless. F**kin priceless.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/charlie358olay/ charlie358olay

    A different world as soul man intergraded and you got a movie. Don’t you think so?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ID0NTDATEBLACKGIRLS/ ID0NTDATEBLACKGIRLS

    mike diesel, ur the idiot, they didn’t mean that david played that role, they meant that david should play in the remake, if there’s any. personally i think all these shows are crap and they will never be movies. especially 227, Tyler Perry will lose millions instead of making millions with that if it was a movie. Tyler Perry makes original stuff, not remakes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Twistedverbally69/ Twistedverbally69

    Well… first they have made movies for transformers, ninja turtles and inspector gagdet..they do have spin offs for most of the movies listed.. quantum leap… was quantum.. but, anywhoo… they will only remake those that will make cash flow in.. Tyler Perry could work it.. but, he tends to stick to his own inspirations… THE ENDING OF ALL IS.. we recycle everything.. fashion, art, political battles and more.. just give it time

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mwee/ mwee

    Well to me sitcoms like Married with children cant be made over because i dont think that no one could replace the original characters.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lahdeia/ Lahdeia

    not so sure about quantum leap.That was my show back in the day. ed norton would make a good al, not sam. It is actually a little better than back to the future. Marty went back to his own past, not into a whole different person.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JasonMays/ JasonMays

    ID0NTDATEBLACKGIRLS, Tyler Perry what? His stuff may be “original” but ever since his 1st 2 plays, he’s been so typical, repititous & predictable. A lil 227 might rebirth his career.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KBNewYork/ KBNewYork

    Three words… The Cosby Show

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HIGHER_STANDARDS/ HIGHER_STANDARDS

    Thats dumb to make a sitcom into a movie. Benson? 227? hell no!!! Sitcoms do not translate to the big screen very well. Quantum leap is a good idea. Facts of life movie? Come on bruh….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kmdenver/ kmdenver

    The movie’s already been done. It was called “School Daze” by Spike Lee. Look it up.

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