Should the movie '9 to 5' be remade?

[Deja Q]

I'm sure y'all remember the original, which is classic!

[HEyHEY]

1. NO, but the original should be destroyed

[Deja Q]

2. !

:wow:

Why? Inquiring Toads want to know!

[MidwestMomma]

3. Yes but with Donald Trump as the boss that gets duct taped

That I would enjoy.

[General Zod]

4. No way!

I love that movie!

No one, I mean no one, could play a slime-bag boss better then Dabney Coleman.

[Deja Q]

5. Donald Trump plays himself on TV. But in terms of acting, you're right.

:D Trump's no actor, but he can weasel out of his debts any time he likes.

[Rowdyboy]

6. Please try to recast Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lilly Tomlin with

actors available today and justify a remake....No way, no how, no time. The movie has already been done as right as is possible.

[Deja Q]

8. As Bender might say,

"Well, I'm boned."

I can't think of even ONE actress to play any of those roles.

Amazing how time and indolence render people impotent.

[Nevernose]

9. Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore

Okay, so not a one of them fit any of the parts. When has that ever stopped anyone in Hollywood from casting? And, while we're at it, let's portray it as a serious science-fiction melodrama.

[NewJeffCT]

19. Pam Anderson, Natalie Portman & Janeane Garafalo?

Of course, it's early and I haven't had my coffee yet. But, you have the supposed busty blonde bimbo; the pretty but shy intellectual played by a smart woman; and you have a comedian.

[El Fuego]

7. NO!! Spare us for the LOVE OF GOD!!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

10. I love that movie!

[Archae]

11. There was a TV series.

And you bet your stapler it was horrible.
Worse than horrible.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083377/

[Deja Q]

14. OMG. The venerable Jean Marsh was a regular on that show!

:cry:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550577/

[Placebo]

12. No way, the original does and will forever kick serious ass.

And y'all know it!

[Dukkha]

13. 9 to 5 is pactically a historical documentary

an office with no computers at all!
a huge room size Xerox copier
bulky phone receivers with shoulder rests
typewriters that hum louder than a furnace

and find me ONE worker who actually work 9AM to 5PM! Sweet Jesus that would be nice!

[Deja Q]

15. Awesome avatar! And you're right, it is a lovely historical film!

:D

[nuxvomica]

21. When that movie came out, "9-to-5" was unheard of

I, along with most people, was working a minimum 9-to-5:30 at the time. And that's only if you took just 30 minutes for lunch. The movie always seemed clueless to me in that respect. If it were remade today, it'd be 9-to-6.

[NewJeffCT]

25. well, back in the 70s & 80s...

I work in Hartford, CT, which had some huge corporate insurance offices back in the 70s & 80s. Back then, the typical hours of most employees were 7:30 to 3:40 or 8:00 to 4:10, which included 40 minutes for lunch. Most companies had a 37 1/2 hour work week. However, things like job-sharing, flex-time, family leave, working at home 1 or 2 times a week, etc were basically unheard of.

That has since been changed. While most companies are more flexible with hours - I remember when I worked at one insurance company, we had a woman that worked 6:00am to 2:10 each day... - and, they allow things like telecommuting,job sharing, etc, they have also gone to a 40 hour work week.

And, while still not diverse enough, there is much greater diversity in middle & senior management than there was back in the 70s. Some of the big insurance companies are often rated as good places to work for women, minorities, gays/lesbians. Just in Hartford alone, the president of Aetna is African American, the CEO of the Hartford is Indian, the CEO of Phoenix is a woman...Bill Clinton's original nominee for Attorney General, Zoe Baird, came from Aetna. I'm guessing that back in the 70s, they were all white males at those positions.

[mykpart]

16. I voted Yes just so people can see

how little things have changed for women in the last 20 years!

[MrSlayer]

17. Hell No, Once was enough.

Let's all just put the ugliness behind us.

[imenja]

18. "Office Space" is a good corporate angst movie

though it deals with men rather than women.

[terrya]

20. Absolutely not.

The casting was perfect. Do NOT, under penalty of death, remake this film.

[AussieDave]

22. No No A Thousand Times NO !!!!

They'll probably cast Meg Ryan, Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith or some such other "stars" - if it ain't broke don't fix it !!!!

[bridgit]

23. absolutely...into a collage

[baldguy]

24. "Norma Rae" should be remade

It would be a lot more depressing now.