Back date a favorite film by 10 years

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I was thinking about favorite films, and the eras that they were made.... how different but probably still funny they'd have the potential to be..

I'll go first:

Ghostbusters, if it was made in 1974 (not 1984):

Dr. Peter Venkman: Gene Wilder
Dr. Raymond Stantz: Harvey Korman
Winston Zeddmore: Richard Pryor
Dr. Egon Spengler: Ron Carey
Dana Barrett: Terri Garr
Louis Tully: Marty Feldman
Janine Melnitz: Madeline Khan
Walter Peck: Mel Brooks
Mayor: David Huddleston
Male Student: Dom DeLuise
Female Student: Mary-Margaret Humes
Gozer: Cloris Leachman
Hotel Manager: Kenneth Mars
Librarian: Carol Arthur
Dean Yager: Dick Van Patten

I might switch Garr and Khan's roles... still mulling that over.​
 
Oh my God! What an idea for a thread! :eek

Oakey-dokey here goes...

"The Terminator" (by coincidence also released originally in 1984):


The Terminator: Richard Kiel
Kyle Reese: Jan Michael Vincent
Sarah Connor: Sissy Spacek
Lt Traxler: Yaphet Kotto
Detective Vukovich: James Caan
Dr Peter Silberman: Donald Pleasence
Matt: Jeff Bridges
Ginger: Karen Black
Gun shop owner: Harry Dean Stanton (or Keenan Wynn)
Future Terminator: O.J. Simpson
The three punks: Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Jack Nicholson ;)


Kevin
 
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Alien if it was released in 69

Dallas - Charlton Heston
Ripley - Jane Fonda
Lambert - Barbara Shelley
Brett - Peter Cushing
Kane - Terence Stamp
Ash - George C. Scott
Parker - Louis Gossett Jr.
Alien - Ted Cassidy
 
Nosferatu - 1912 instead of 1922

It would be 10 minutes long instead? Just using the 1910 Frankenstein as a guide.
 
I'll subvert it with Metropolis (1937)

Maria : Paulette Goddard
Freder : Erroll Flynn
Fredersen : Charles Laughton
Rotwang : Lon Cheney
Slim : Basil Rathbone
Josaphat : Mickey Rooney
Grot : Spencer Tracy
Georgy : Jackie Coogan
 
The Watchmen (80's)

Ozymandius - Tom Cruise
The Comedian - Burt Reynolds
Dr Manhattan - Jeff Bridges
Silk Specter - Michelle Pfeiffer
Silk Specter 2 - ( Rocketeer era) Jennifer Connelly
Rorschach - Mel Gibson
Night Owl - Kurt Russell
Moloch - Tim Curry
 
Lord of the Rings (1991)

Aragorn : Mel Gibson
Frodo : Warwick Davis
Gandalf : Sean Connery
Sam : Billy Barty
Legolas : Julian Sands
Gimli : Danny DeVito
Merry : David Rappaport
Pippin : Tony Cox
Galadriel : Sharon Stone
Sauron : Tim Curry
Boromir : Val Kilmer
Arwen : Jennifer Connely
Theoden : James Caan
Grima : Nicolas Cage
Saruman : Anthony Hopkins
 
Way more than 10, but:

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All do respect to Connery, Heston should have played Indy's father.
 
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A Few Good Men (1982)

Lt. Kaffee- Harrison Ford
Lt. Cdr. Galloway- Geena Davis
Lt. Weinberg- Mark Lin-Baker
Pfc. Downey- Sean Penn
Lance Cpl. Dawson- Forest Whitaker
Capt. Ross- Jack Nicholson
Col. Jessup-Robert Duvall
Lt. Col. Markinson- Gene Hackman
Lt. Kendrick- Tom Berenger
Judge Rudolph- Sidney Poitier

I always thought J.T. Walsh was fabulous as Markinson, but as I was coming up with who could've done this in 1982 I ran the car scene through my head in Gene Hackman's voice (I don't want a deal and I don't want immunity. I want you to know that I am proud neither of what I have done nor what I am doing) I could only think "awesome".
 
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (1999)

Anakin Skywalker: Nick Stahl in what would be his first film role.
Qui-Gon Jinn: Michael York
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Kenneth Branagh
Queen Amidala: Winona Ryder
Jar Jar Binks: Meshach Taylor
Chancellor Valorum: Patrick McGoohan
Darth Maul: Taimak
Yoda, Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious, C-3PO, R2-D2: Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmid, and Kenny Baker, respectively.

And no, it wouldn't have made it a better movie.
 
Star Trek Into Darkness

Captain Kirk - William Shatner
Spock - Leonard Nimoy
Bones - Deforrest Kelly
Uhura - Nichelle Nichols
Scotty - James Doohan
Sulu - George Takai

Khan - Ricardo Montalban ( that guy from Fantasy Island)
 
Jet Beetle said:
Star Trek Into Darkness

Captain Kirk - William Shatner
Spock - Leonard Nimoy
Bones - Deforrest Kelly
Uhura - Nichelle Nichols
Scotty - James Doohan
Sulu - George Takai

Khan - Ricardo Montalban ( that guy from Fantasy Island)
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I'm thinking Jack Lord for Kirk.
 
The Big Lebowski 1998/1988

The Dude - Bill Murray
Walter - Robert DeNiro
Donny - Dennis Hopper
The Stranger (Cowboy) - Clint Eastwood
Maude - Sean Young
Mr. Lebowski - Albert Finney
***** - Cheech Marin
 
Blade Runner (1972)

Deckard - Burt Reynolds (but Steve McQueen would have been incredible in this role)
Rachel - Victoria Principal, Julie Christie, Ali McGraw (only if Steve McQueen was playing Deckard)
Roy Batty - Klaus Kinski, Max Von Sydow ... or Bruce Lee (I can imagine Bruce doing an an awesome reading of Roy's death scene ... which would become legendary and prophetic after his death), Tim Curry (?)
Pris - Elke Sommer ... Twiggy? ... Tim Curry (he could do Pris or Roy)
Leon - George Kennedy
Zhora - Raquel Welch
Bryant - Warren Oates
Gaff - Freddie Prinze?
Tyrell - ???
J.F. Sebastian - Michael J. Pollard (no question here) ... maybe Bruce Dern but Ernest Borgnine would be an interesting interpretation, too
Hannibal Chu - Toshiro Mufune (I know he's Japanese but that's never stopped Hollywood casting)
Abdul Ben Hassan - Zero Mostel
 
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X-Men 1990

Professor X - Anthony Hopkins
Magneto - Ralph Fiennes
Wolverine - Tom Cruise
Cyclops - Ben Affleck
Jean Grey - Julia Roberts
Storm - Angela Bassett
Rogue - Demi Moore
Mystique - Cameron Diaz
Sabretooth - Hulk Hogan
Toad - Robin Williams
Senator Kelly - Gene Hackman (because he was basically in everything)
 
Zero Mostel - wow, yes!!

dascoyne said:
Blade Runner (1972)

Deckard - Burt Reynolds (but Steve McQueen would have been incredible in this role)
Rachel - Victoria Principal, Julie Christie, Ali McGraw (only if Steve McQueen was playing Deckard)
Roy Batty - Klaus Kinski, Max Von Sydow ... or Bruce Lee (I can imagine Bruce doing an an awesome reading of Roy's death scene ... which would become legendary and prophetic after his death), Tim Curry (?)
Pris - Elke Sommer ... Twiggy? ... Tim Curry (he could do Pris or Roy)
Leon - George Kennedy
Zhora - Raquel Welch
Bryant - Warren Oates
Gaff - Freddie Prinze?
Tyrell - ???
J.F. Sebastian - Michael J. Pollard (no question here) ... maybe Bruce Dern but Ernest Borgnine would be an interesting interpretation, too
Hannibal Chu - Toshiro Mufune (I know he's Japanese but that's never stopped Hollywood casting)
Abdul Ben Hassan - Zero Mostel
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Lost21stJedi said:
X-Men 1990

Professor X - Anthony Hopkins
Magneto - Ralph Fiennes
Wolverine - Tom Cruise
Cyclops - Ben Affleck
Jean Grey - Julia Roberts
Storm - Angela Bassett
Rogue - Demi Moore
Mystique - Cameron Diaz
Sabretooth - Hulk Hogan
Toad - Robin Williams
Senator Kelly - Gene Hackman (because he was basically in everything)
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Diaz wasn't around in 1990
 
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