With the summer in full, and the Cubs competing for the worst record in the majors, the BCB faithful should be looking for better ways to spend their time. As always, the summer box offices are thriving, as the annual blockbusters hit the theaters. However, this summer, Hollywood is going Chicagowood... as Cubs themed re-makes are flying to box offices in groves.
Here are a some previews for movies you all might enjoy, instead of watching the Cubs turn into doormats.
Feel free to copy any images and re-post in threads where applicable. And, of course, your own movie title re-makes are more than welcome.
WEEKEND AT QUADE'S
A pair of losers try to pretend that their dead manager is really alive.
SEMI-PRO
Mike Quade, the owner-coach-player of the American Baseball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their MLB dreams come true.
THE PATH TO DEAD OCTOBER
In 1984, the USSR's baseball captain, with their newest club, violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect from the National League, or to start a war with the NL West?
DUMB AND DUMBER
The cross-country adventures of two good-hearted but incredibly stupid baseball coaches.
REAL GENIUS
Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a laser that fails to pin-point the strike zone.
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
Eccentric man-child Pee-Wee Herman (Mike Quade) embarks on the big adventure of his life across the US mainland, as he sets out to lose against every team in the National League.
DUDE, WHERE'S MY MANAGER?
Two pitchers wake up from the seventh inning and can't remember if they even have a manger.
THE NAKED CUB 102 1/2 (The Naked Gun 33 1/3)
Mike Quade comes out of retirement, as a 3rd base coach, to help Minor League Baseball infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the All-Star Game.
Poll
Which movie title gets your "two thumbs up?'
WEEKEND AT QUADE'S (80 votes)
SEMI-PRO (23 votes)
THE PATH TO DEAD OCTOBER (25 votes)
DUMB AND DUMBER (37 votes)
REAL GENIUS (2 votes)
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (17 votes)
DUDE, WHERE'S MY MANAGER? (86 votes)
THE NAKED CUB 102 1/2 (26 votes)
296 total votes












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