Hey Vern! Ernest is getting a reboot!

How does this work? It's like making a Pee-Wee Herman movie without Paul Reubens.

And who are they making the movie for anyway?

 

Really not seeing why this needs to be done. Certain characters are just only playable by the person who created them. Ernest, Pee Wee Herman, Larry the Cable Guy, Lucy Ricardo, etc. Just leave them alone.

 

Um,...okay, then.

 

Ok this...not so cool with.

Who is going to play Ernest, Zombie Jim Varney?

 

This will fail, and deserve to.

 

*sigh* Sure, why not? Who cares anymore?

 

"Son of Ernest"...are you freaking kidding me

 

Well, it did work for Son of the Pink Panther and Son of the Mask, to name but two....Oh, it didn't? Didn't work at all? Huh.

 

Jim Parsons was born for this role.

 

I just.... I can't even.

 

I can't see anyone else playing Ernest. At least they were wise enough to create a son. I think some younger kids might enjoy this but that's about it.

 

And it's such a niche character. Ernest was a product of his time and he was popular, especially when you live in LA/OC with his Cerrito Auto Square commercials.

That's why I'm wondering who they're making this movie for.

 

Damn Mayans were right about the 2012 apocalypse after all.

 

I would argue that Ernest Saves Christmas was decent due all thanks to the hot girl and the actor who played Santa. This old dude was acting his ass off especially in that one touching scene about believing.

 

Yeah, Ernest Saves Christmas was enjoyable.

 

Man I like all the Ernest movies. Doesn't mean they are all good but I enjoy them all.

Not sure how I feel about this though.

 

John Cena is Ernest. I can feel it in my bones.

 

What an odd thing to remake or reboot.

 

The same goes for James Bond and Batman. Those characters are only playable by the actors who created the live action versions. Leave them alone!!!!

 

No...they're literary characters.

Pee-Wee, Ernest and even Larry were created as very specific comedic personas for Reubens and the others actors/comedians.

Anyway, we're actually debating the artistic integrity about Ernesr here. How absurd is that?

 

It has more to do with how connected a character is to the actor.
How about Indiana Jones. Wasn't written for the actor who got the part. Right?

 

I could have sworn that Tom Selleck was offered the role first.

 

There are no absolutes so there are exceptions. You are right, I am right..it depends on the casting.

But we're mostly talking about self-created personas for comedians where as Indy was a very Hollywood invention from big directors designed for a film.

For example, Paul Rebens created Pee-Wee when he did stand-up and inprov at The Groundlings. Pee-Wee was conceived as a 'struggling bad comedian' before hitting his stride. It was Paul's creation strictly intended for himself and career when he was an up and comer.

I don't know if Varney how involved he was with Ernest's initial conception but he was there from the start. Ernest started off in local commercials. Yes he was a commercial character that popular.

But like Pee-Wee, Ernest was created from something very small from no names before Hollywood took noticed.

 

He was.

What I was telling Airwings that the creation of Pee-Wee and Ernest are very different from the creation of Indy.

Indy was created by Lucas when he was at his career high. And it was intended as a big tentpole and for an actor to play the role. If Lucas created Indy for himself to play in the local stand-up circuit then there's more of a comparison.