I must be lucky to be able to post news about two of my favorite movies two days in a row. Yesterday it was the Child's Play remake and possible sequel, now it's a... remake of Back to the f*cking Future?!?!  I'm sorry, but whenever I hear the words "Back to the Future" and "remake" following it, something inside me just snaps. It's just one of those movies that you can't really remake without losing all the flavor of that universe. Not that I'm the most objective person to talk about this, being that Back to the Future is my favorite movie trilogy of all time (the 2nd being my absolute favorite), but still, I make a valid point, don't I? It's not even about making a time travel movie. It's about the chemistry between the characters, mainly Marty and Doc, and that's something I scantly believe can be recreated.

That being said, when I checked my email today to see an adventitious tip about a possible Back to the Future remake on the way, I nearly flipped a table. Not only that, but the remake would be in the hands of the people who directed American Reunion and are responsible for the Harold & Kumar films, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Yeah, apparently since they signed a 2-year deal with Universal (which owns both the American Whatever franchise as well as the Back to the Future films), that gave them free reign over Universal's back catalog of movies to either remake or make sequels to. When asked by Moviehole if there was one franchise they'd like to resurrect, the duo said to an ominous drum score, "Back to the Future. That's our favorite trilogy."

Yeah, no sh*t. That doesn't mean you're worthy of remaking one of the best film trilogies of all time. I mean, I enjoy the Harold & Kumar movies immensely on an immature-13-year-old level, but I'd prefer it if cock-meat sandwiches were absent from the Back to the Future universe. Hit the jump to see more of the interview as well as me ranting.

[Via Fandango, Moviehole]