how would you do it? a more modern version.

Hmmm, let me think about the plot for a second......

I got it! Good vs. Evil; Winner Takes All...

I guess you would first need to clip in???

Well Iv been waiting for this thread to come up for a long time. So if they did make a RAD 2 they should make it where the seconed one left off.........Of course it would be new actors but the RAD racing team took on the world of BMX and defeats all of todays modern bmx companies.

There'd be a bunch of scenes with Jennifer Love Hewitt in her underwear, maybe even have her splashing around in the Kixs bowl.

We'd leave the name "Hell Track,' because the rave about the (controversial) name on the O'Reilley show would be boffo box office.

I'd make the prom dancing bike scene about twice as long.
I would be cast in the role of the distinguishly aging Cru Jones, and Lori Laughlin would play my french maid.

The sound track would be like, Boww chica bow bowww.

I say we use the DQ waffle bowl instead of the cereal bowl

Cru would hit this HUGE tabletop in the first 5 minutes breaking his frame in half. He would steal his dads credit card, keys to his car and go to Wal Mart to buy a NEW Mongoose. He would then continue to lose every race of the season, go to a youth detention center for credit card fraud and the blonde headed badboy, still racing an American made bike would get the girl.

Seems only fair.

I was hoping for some serious reply's.

Ant, you posted that here, what did you expect

I don't see a problem with this plot....

I think if a movie companie made a new RAD it would make BMX popular again and get rid of those dumb mountain bikes.

'Rad2' should be about going to the First BMX Olympic Race.

Cru Jones wants to win the GOLD now!
Perfect plot at the perfect place in time.

I'M ALREADY WORKING ON THE SCRIPT

The hard part is trying to figure out who is going to play Cru Jones in the movie. Any Suggestions?

Do we call Bill Allen or throw some Kyle Bennet in the mix?

Ok, first off, it wouldn't be the Rad we know. It would be something like this.

Kid gets into racing.

Kids parents discourage

Kid does whatever possible to get to races while training his brains out

Kid picks close Nats hits them working at them and doing whatever to it the next one

Kid hits his grove and is winning races (Meets Jennifer Love Hewitt, dancing in her panties), has love intereset pushing him to follow dream

Climatic finish at the grands

No need for a remake it would never mean the same to those who like that movie, but the new version would be a good way to get exposure for a sport and show what BMX and not what the outside thinks it is.

I have kinda an outline LOL in my head for this

the main character would be be mclovin from superbad or nepoleon dynamite.
super thick canadian accent with a lot of "aboots," and "aye."
a guy stuck in the 80s.
all the "cool kids" are in cars and he is on a bike.
he gets picked on a lot like the Daniel from Karate Kid.
he has to [please review the site FAQs] slide with his male friend.
said male friend's parents can't afford a bike so he has a veriflex skateboard and/or rides on main character's pegs.


...I'm sure you get the idea.

Ya that would be pretty sweet to base the movie on the olympics.

What is this, your first day here?

I'd do it like the Brady Bunch movie, where the Brady's are throwbacks still stuck in 70's TV land while their surroundings are all 21st century.

Cru would still be stuck in the 80's rocking a Mike Buff-style perm/fro, OP shorts, hawaiian print Vans and a 18" steel frame with colored parts and a 71 degree head tube angle on the modern racing circuit. Gnarly..

We would have to keep the original 'no bra policy' ...

Why do people always want to mess with the classics?

Should there really be a Jaws II?? Or First Blood (Rambo) II??

When your first try is that good... why mess with perfection?

Richard Vogt
bmxmountainbiker

I got it: Rad, the Musical

I think you both need a hug, and NO, I'm not volunteering

Something I made a while ago. I'd re-do it like this.

We might as well improve on the original, right? Here's a few ideas.

First: hire writers and director who know something (anything) about BMX (you can't race multiple laps around the same "Hell" track for 5 minutes or you'd be dead, for instance).

Second: hire writers and director who can write and direct.

Third: hire actors who can act.

Fourth: hire cinematographer who can make it look good.

Seemingly simple, but surprisingly hard to do within the Hollywood studio system, for some reason.

^ Theres a good straight answer. I would love to see a Rad 2, even if it was a low budget film that didnt make it big screen, with the qualities mentioned above. Also have Jessica Alba, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alessanda Ambrosio.

First off, it'd be called "Radder".
(I've got the most clever name ever for the third edition as well, to make for the perfect Trilogy, but I'm not telling. Don't even try to guess...)

Admittedly, it'd be a trifle formulaic. But hey...

Cru is again a senior in High School still, but has some new hip cool edgy name like Aden or something. He wants to get to the Xgames and compete in Park. He's got a little brother in a wheelchair, dying tragically from something. Only enjoyment he gets is playing Hoffman BMX video game...dreams of being able-bodied. Poor family, no dad around again. Aden fixes bike alongside his little bro who fixes or at least pretends to tinker with his wheelchair. He idolizes his big brother.

Aden is something of a Lone Wolf, as there are no other BMXers around. At all. Except one, his best friend and sidekick, who is a total zany geek cutup comic relief...totally lacking skills but not enthusiasm for BMX. Neither of them get any love from the at all from the geeks, brains, jocks, gearheads, skaters, etc. at school. Except the girls are all hot for Aden...cuz he's the sexy smart Lone Wolf that he is. He's always going on dates and being cornered and propositioned and whatnot, but the girls that are chasing him are all completely insane the way young sexy aggressive girls can be. Hilarity. (when it's not happening to you...imagine the drunk-driving chick in 40 yr. Old Virgin.)
Jealous boyfriends are chasing them in their car. Great potential for street riding stunt scenes.

He likes the visiting Nurse Aide who visits his little bro, but is too shy to say anything.

He's the only night shift security guy at a mall. He rides white tires so's not to leave marks and tapes up his pegs and pedals and barends and practices and trains for hardcore nine hours every night mon-fri inside the mall...improvising maneuvers on all sorts of architecually interesting structures. He invites the Nurse Aide for some window shopping some night and busts some moves and it's a really good scene.

For drama, this whole time, somebody is chasing Aden. Not important who or why at this point. The more the better. Not just jealous boyfriends. Like in the True Romance, you had the cops, the pimp, the mafiosa...or in Blues Brothers, where you had the cops and the nazis and and ex-fiance and Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin and the owners of Bob's Country Bunker and the Good Ole Boys and everybody else they ran into. At some point near the very climax, all the chasers converge.
So for whatever reason, all these people are chasing him (comedy/drama/action tri-fecta)...possibly for his bike (we'll iron out details later). Like I say not important exactly why at this point. Have a few beers with a funny friend and play AdLibs with a good funny motive and you're all set.

Against all odds, he makes it to the Xgames. He feels like a very small fish in a very large pond, rubbing elbows with the pros for the first time ever. Brilliantly funny cameos. Not only riders, but the judges will be cast as themselves and include Woody, Haro, McCoy, Hoffman, etc...
In fact there will cameos throughout.
Maurice Meyer will be the day security gaurd with a ****-on for his job.
I don't know Elvis, but I'd love to cast him in a role like David Letterman in Chris Elliot's Cabin Boy: "Hey, fancylad, Jennifer, wanna buy a monkey?".

Along with the trophy for the Park Event winner, is a prize of a vintage '82 Haro Freestyler, built up as a Haro replica or something really nice eye-candy-ish like that, as provided by event sponsor VBMX or whatever.

Doesn't get much respect. His bike looks pretty crappy in a custom kinda way. But of course when he rides he chokes and just doesn't hit anything cool like he did while practicing back home. Maybe he wins "best trick" during qualifyers...by accident or something...something totally amazing....that allows him to sneak into the finals! (didn't see that coming, did ya?)
Of course he still gets no respect from the other (playing charicaturistically snobby) Pros: "Yeah, If he could ever do that again, I'll give him my Mercedes..."

So anyhow, we're coming to the climax:
Everyone is chasing Aden after they catch up with him after qualifyers. They get his bike right before finals...practically as his name is being called to report for his final run. And he somehow gets injured. Not incapacitated, just banged up. Maybe he gets tazed or maced or drugged or whatever, too. Drama, baby. He cleverly loses these people in a tri-fecta way, but the point is...his bike is lost in the frenzy.

"Last chance for Aden Smith to report to the Xgames Park Arena for his final run..." the loudspeaker echoes. Cameras are showing a vacant riding area with Aden's name up on the Jumbotron and the announcers are trying to kill dead air time.

Aden looks out to see his little brother with his Nurse Aide across the bleachers. Mat Hoffman is there autographing the kid's game controller or something. Aden and his brothers eyes meet from a distance and in slo-motion, Aden can see the desperation in his dying eyes, and clearly see the kids mouth from the words "What the **** are you doing?".
At the last moment Aden jumps on the Vintage BMX Freestyler trophy/prize and puts on the routine of a lifetime.

After that, Mat Hoffman freezes the little brother in Carbonite and kidnaps him and the Nurse Aide to his warehouse.

We'll leave the audience with a classic cliffhanger, to bring them back for "Raddest" (Oops, I guess the cat's out of the bag on that one... )

It will involve battling rabid ninjas with uzi's at the warehouse, for the little bro and the chick. Tarentino will direct the last episode of the trilogy.

It wouldn't really be a particularly expensive film to make (we're talking relatively, here). Could probably make something quite good for a half million (no stars, of course), and something presentable for a quarter, assuming the riders, crew and cast were down for working cheap (again, relatively, cheap in the film biz is still three to five times what one would make at Walmart). So who wants to be the "executive producer" (money man)?

I'd vote for believeable characters and a sense of real life, myself. But let's not forget that Rad was made for 10-16 year olds, and that audience isn't really looking for nuance.

I just want Rad officially re-released on DVD. Forget a remake cause they will ruin it! Always do!

Cru sweeps the X-Games, Dew Tour and the Olympics and pulls a front flip whip over the finish line.

Somebody get Eaton on the phone asap!

Well, Axlepeg, you do seem to have it all worked out. But I'd leave out the brother in the wheelchair... This is the $2-10million version of the remake, clearly. I like putting Maurice Meyer in it, that's a great touch with lots of star power

While we're getting 'way over the top,' maybe Aden needs to stumble across a "guru" old school BMXer who's got a big collection of vintage bikes, and coaches Aden to become a "BMX master."

In reality, a film under a million could probably be put together with financing from product placement (Redline or Haro, DC or Vans, etc). Just a matter of working out a presale, at least straight to home video, and insuring that you could get a host of pros to do cameos. Now who here is a producer? I'm just a cinematographer, and I have no aspirations to be on the phone all day putting together deals...

Guys you're missing the point. We need to reach the target audience.

"High School Rad Musical 2" featuring Hannah Montana as the trophy girl and Billy Ray Cyrus as "the vet pro"!

And "Mini Me" as Donny Robinson!

Ken

hey if everybody is worried about ruining rad by making a RAD 2 then they should make a BMX BANDITS 2 its impossible to make it worse then the orignal:)

I like the way you think, frazer.

We drop the little brother. Right. Who needs 'im? Forgotten.



I like it. I like it. That's how come he knows how to rock the oldschool bike for his finals run. We could incorporate a little modern-day target audience fodder and have the guru hand-down some sorta mythical/magical doo-dad...which is why everyone is chasing Aden...kinda like Harry Potter meets Eddie Roman's 1989 Aggroman with the secret necklace and the Ninjas...AND your motive problem is solved: kill two birds with one stone. Brilliant.

Keep it going.
Talk to me. Talk to me...

I would play Cru.

Cathy would play my love interest & we would be rocking the BMX dance at our local indoors. Strobe lights, disco ball & Donna Summers "I feel love" cranking on the PA.....& yes, this is what she would be wearing.


Gork would play the evil corprate guy.

Elvis would play Mr. Hands part. Instead of the "flipping the bird " scene, I would have Elvis pull out a 4ft' sword & chop his head off to kick off the opening ceremony.

I would clone Greg Hill to play the evil twins, I would name them "Greg & Greg".

Bill Curtain would play the motorcycle cop because he kindof looks like him anyways.

...& the last change to the cast would be me tossing that tired ol' harpy who played Mom in for Julie Newmar. Yeah, she's like 80 now but I bet she could still bring it in that Catwoman suit.

Of course I wouldn't change the ending.

"OH my heart!- A Backflip!"

Hey, Some band came out with a music video and it was supposed to be like the RAD dance. It was in one of the bmx mags in November or so. Has anybody sceen it.

Have any of you guys actually seen Jennifer Love Hewitt lately? I thought the luggage rack freestyle bikes had a lot of room in the rear...she's got them beat....hands down. Baby got back....

I've been sayin' that for years about License To Drive. Just leave it alone.


But IF we're gonna remake Rad, I don't see why we shouldn't just put Hal Needham back to work. I can see him now, dustin' off his cowboy boots.

The man gave us Rad, Cannonball Run II, Smokey and the Bandit, Stroker Ace, Hooper, and Body Slam!

Surely he can whip us up another classic.

Thanks for the chuckle Bruce, LMAO.

Hudson, would you say no to her if she walked up to you? Bet not

Well I'm stickin with the DQ Waffle Bowl then....For some reason seeing Cathy falling into a HUGE bowl of Ice Cream and Strawberries, kinda does it for me..

Guys gunna need to be practicing the triple backflip in the park onto a mattress.

Hopefully they will find 2 equally nasty fashion statements of clothing for 2 guys to be wearing at the prom.

The RAD 2 movie would be Cru sitting in front of his computer looking around on vbmx while he crapped his pants cause he is an old man now, wishing it was the old days,

Watching that would still be better than watching the first RAD that movie was terrible, the bmx action in the movie was great the dace scene was pretty gay, it is great that they put BMX on the big screen and that quite a few BMX legends got to take part in all the action, and maybe it brought some new kids to the sport, but leave it to Hollywood to try and make a buck off of something that was popular and then destroy it at the same time with a bunch of gay actors and a crappy plot,,,just my .02

RAD II would be filmed in Chicago. Cru Jones is down on his luck working as a bike messanger in the city. Still rockin a BMX bike, doing crazy X-game style dirt jumps and under ground flat land contests. The year is 2015 and the 2016 Chicago Olympics are approaching. Mayor Daley has just signed the papers to have Cru's trails demo'd for the building of the Olympic BMX track. The track is off limits to locals, but Cru and his buddies know the security guards and are hitting the track every night! The Olympic qualifiers come and underdog local Cru Jones makes the team as an alternate. The day before the olympics Bubba Harris goes down hard and breaks his femur. Cru is called up and dominates both days and wins a gold medal.