Heidi Klum Still Likes That Old Time Rock n' Roll

Brett Ratner strikes again! The director of the Rush Hour trilogy has a well-known love for Guitar Hero, and during the season finale of American Idol this past May, two Ratner-directed commercials debuted, featuring finalists Davids Cook and Archuleta reenacting the famous "Old Time Rock n' Roll" scene from Risky Business.This week during Monday Night Football, Ratner used that same approach again, only this time, he chose a better fit for the target audience of the show and the game. Heidi Klum strutted her stuff in a pair of commercials for Guitar Hero, but with a variation on the theme. In the commercial that aired first, Klum mimicked the moves of Tom Cruise in her long-sleeve button down shirt. In the second, which aired in the second half of the game - presumably when kids would have been asleep or something - off came the shirt.See if you can spot the difference: This is evidence of a few things: The process of childbirth somehow agrees with Heidi Klum, that movie scene is one of the most iconic of the past 30 years, and Brett Ratner should only make commercials from now on, especially if they're knock-offs of famous movies.

Brett Ratner Not Making 'Guitar Hero' Movie

You will not find me leaping to the defense of director Brett Ratner very often, but when he said he'd love to make a movie based on Guitar Hero, I thought he'd be ideal for it. Why? Because it's not exactly Anna Karenina, now is it? I mean, The Rat can make big budget movies. That's all he's done. And because he seems to draw all his power from playing Guitar Hero or referencing it in his latest work, I can't think of anyone I'd rather have directing a completely superfluous movie that doesn't have my interest in the first place. But now Ratner tells Entertainment Weekly (via Worst Previews) that Activision, the video game company with which Ratner enjoys a profitable professional relationship, says it won't happen. "I'd really like to do it, but they're not letting me," says Ratner. "I expressed my interest, but because it's such a success, it's like now there's no reason to make a movie about it." He remains undaunted, however: "I might prevail," he added. "I usually do."

Brett Ratner Wants to Bring 'Guitar Hero' to the Big Screen

Brett Ratner gets a lot of grief and he deserves a lot. It's really not even because of his movies; his personality is the biggest problem I have with him. Anyway, in the perfect situation, I think he could be a perfectly serviceable director. I don't want him taking over a Terry Gilliam film or remaking Kurosawa, say, but you can find a good project for a guy with well-honed hack skills. Case in point, The Rat would hypothetically love to direct a Guitar Hero movie. Sitting down with MTV, Ratner drooled over the prospect of another video game adaptation (he's linked to God of War, which is not an ideal pairing). "I would love to do a Guitar Hero movie, if Activision would ever let me," he said. "I’m trying to convince them, but why would you have a movie screw up such a huge franchise? Not that I would make a bad movie. So that would be cool, to do a Guitar Hero movie. ” If anyone would have the ear of Activision, it would be Ratner, who has weaved Guitar Hero into music videos for Miley Cyrus and Mariah Carey, and he also directed a pair of commercials for the game that aired during the American Idol finale this May. “I have a deal with Activision for their branding,” he explained. “For instance, naming Guitar Hero: World Tour, coming up with the new Guitar Hero game name. It’s sort of like [MTV's] Rock Band. So they said: ‘Come up with a name.’ And I did, and it became Guitar Hero: World Tour.” The math is pretty simple, really: Pop culture phenomenon + Low expectations + Two-bit director = Coming Soon to a Theater Near You.