I have to say, those of you who were able to keep it to eyerolling and growling have my respect. I'm pretty sure my "oh FUCKING FUCK NO" was clearly audible.
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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amych - Jul 21, 2008 6:34:56 am PDT #7265 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
DavidS - Jul 21, 2008 8:51:19 am PDT #7266 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frank Miller doing the Spirit is like Oliver Stone doing a remake of Bringing Up Baby.
The mental image that I always get of Frank Miller is
I met Frank Miller once. When I was working for Fantagraphics I had to stop by his house o pick up some art for one of their many comic defense fund benefit books. He was weedy and rat-faced. And I say that as a fan of much of his early work.
megan walker - Jul 21, 2008 9:01:58 am PDT #7267 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oliver Stone doing a remake of Bringing Up Baby.
My eyes! My eyes!
Don't tempt the gods, it's bad enough they remade The Women.
Fred Pete - Jul 21, 2008 9:13:06 am PDT #7268 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I can imagine a cast that could do a credible remake of Bringing Up Baby. However, when there is the perfection that is the original, there is no need for a credible remake.
SailAweigh - Jul 21, 2008 9:30:38 am PDT #7269 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Didn't stop them from fucking with Sabrina and Born Yesterday. Hollywood is always looking for ways to ruin the best of the best for us.
Fred Pete - Jul 21, 2008 10:21:57 am PDT #7270 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oh, no quarrel there. Hollywood doesn't consider "there's no need for this movie" to be a reason not to make it.
And not just for remakes. (How many Rockys did the world need?)
JZ - Jul 21, 2008 10:32:21 am PDT #7271 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I don't know. I thought the script for the remake of Sabrina was much, much better than the original. Which was lovely, but kind of anemic, and totally reliant on Audrey Hepburn's glowing radiant presence to fill in the extremely sketchy pencil lines of the character as written.
Polter-Cow - Jul 21, 2008 10:33:58 am PDT #7272 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hollywood doesn't consider "there's no need for this movie" to be a reason not to make it.
They're remaking The Monster Squad.
Miracleman - Jul 21, 2008 10:35:37 am PDT #7273 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
They're remaking The Monster Squad.
There is no God.
SailAweigh - Jul 21, 2008 10:44:15 am PDT #7274 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
totally reliant on Audrey Hepburn's glowing radiant presence to fill in the extremely sketchy pencil lines of the character as written
And that's all I need from that movie. It will always be my favorite of her movies. Of course, you must understand that when I saw it for the first time that Harlequin romances were the height of literature for me at that stage of my life, too. The movie holds an innocence for me that I associate with that time of my life and I want to keep it that way. But, that's why they do make remakes, sometimes stories can be improved. I just chose not to watch that one for reasons of nostalgia.