MASH (remake)

[fatsack]

My favorite TV show of all time is MASH.

Me and the g/f (who also loves MASH) were discussing last night, if they were to remake the MASH series, who would play which part?

Here are my first round of guesses:

Col. Potter: Christopher Walken
Radar: Tobey McGuire
Klinger: George Lopez
Hawkeye: Steve Carell (The office)
BJ: Jason Lee (My name is Earl) maybe Adam Sandler
Frank: Damon Wayons
Margaret: Chloë Sevigny (Big love)
Father Mulcahey: David Shwimmer (Friends)




Please feel free to upgrade the list.

[clambake]

you forgot Trapper John and Henry.

[fatsack]

you forgot Trapper John and Henry.

i was going with the later series after they left ( in season 3)

if I had to cast a Henry, it would be a Ryan Stiles kinda guy.

Trapper John - Owen Wilson (if he's still alive)

[Sunshine]

I think Kim Cattrall would make a great Margaret Houlihan.

[fatsack]

I think Kim Cattrall would make a great Margaret Houlihan.

she is smokin.

[samikeyp]

I think Kim Cattrall would make a great Margaret Houlihan.

Nice.

[PakiDan]

Mash sucks fat sack.

[atxrocker]

mash ing blows.

[CuckingFunt]

When I first saw this thread, I thought someone was planning a remake of the film.

[IceColdBrewski]

When I first saw this thread, I thought someone was planning a remake of the film.

Probably not out of the question. I don't get why film makers keep doing these ty remakes.

I always loved the Halloween movies (well most of them) and saw that a remake was coming out. Halloween is one of those movies that should've just been labled untouchable. MASH is the same way.

Does anyone do anything original anymore?

[samikeyp]

Halloween is one of those movies that should've just been labled untouchable. MASH is the same way.

I agree. Leave it to Hollywood though to that up eventually.

[ShoogarBear]

When I first saw this thread, I thought someone was planning a remake of the film.

Me, too. That would have pissed me off.

Actually the TV show had very little to do with the movie. I like them both, but the only commonalities were the names of the characters.

Oh, and Gary Burghoff, of course.

[CuckingFunt]

Me, too. That would have pissed me off.

Actually the TV show had very little to do with the movie. I like them both, but the only commonalities were the names of the characters.

I only ever saw the show in syndication when I was a kid, but never really got into it. The movie, however, is ing genius.

[ShoogarBear]

The TV show was groundbreaking in many ways that seem dated now. I think it was the first sitcom to have multiple arcs in each episode. It was the first sitcom where death was a recurrent theme. It was one of the first TV shows with big ensemble casts where the "star" might not have such a big part in several episodes. But if you weren't around for the first-run episodes, I could see why it wouldn't seem like such a big deal.

[ShoogarBear]

Trivia on the movie: Nowhere in it is the word "Korea" mentioned. Altman intended it to be an anti-Vietnam movie, but the studio made him put in the crawler at the very beginning that specified Korea.

[dickface]

if they remake MASH then absolutely nothing is sacred in Hollywood. They might as well make a movie where Jesus gets the beaten out of him for 2 hours.

[fatsack]

the g/f asked who i would put in as Col Flagg .. the Intellegence Officer.

perhaps a Matt LeBlanc type... he's weird enough.

too bad there's no room for David Hassellhoff in there somewhere.

[ShoogarBear]

the g/f asked who i would put in as Col Flagg .. the Intellegence Officer.

[samikeyp]

^^^^ Good call.

[fatsack]

nice.