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Most reboot news just makes me shake my head in disdain. This movie actually being made would actively piss me off.
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beekaytee - Mar 31, 2011 11:23:47 am PDT #13838 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2011 11:48:02 am PDT #13839 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Most reboot news just makes me shake my head in disdain.
I throw up a little in my mouth every time I see a commercial for Arthur. You cannot improve upon Dudley Moore. It simply can't be done.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2011 11:50:21 am PDT #13840 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I throw up a little in my mouth every time I see a commercial for Arthur.
I'm looking forward to it. Russell and Helen seemed to have an excellent chemistry whilst presenting at the Oscars.
SuziQ - Mar 31, 2011 11:53:02 am PDT #13841 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I was never a Dudley fan, so I'm looking forward to it.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2011 11:54:52 am PDT #13842 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Russell and Helen seemed to have an excellent chemistry whilst presenting at the Oscars.
I'm sure they do, and I like them fine in other stuff, but...just no.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2011 11:58:13 am PDT #13843 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but...just no.
Arthur's a fun movie, but it's not like they're remaking Citizen Kane with talking monkeys. (Which I would totally go see.)
beekaytee - Mar 31, 2011 12:00:09 pm PDT #13844 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I'm looking forward to it. Russell and Helen seemed to have an excellent chemistry whilst presenting at the Oscars.
I was never a Dudley fan, so I'm looking forward to it.
Sure. sure. Chemistry is great. I didn't like Dudley either but STILL.
Make a new movie that takes advantage of that chemistry and eclipses Dudley in our hearts forever. There simply have to be enough stories in the human experience that we don't need to reboottread simply everything.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2011 12:01:25 pm PDT #13845 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Arthur's a fun movie, but it's not like they're remaking Citizen Kane
Yeah, but some things are just sacrosanct for no real Great Intellectual/(Pop) Cultural reason; they just are. Dudley Moore is my Platonic ideal of Arthur, and that's cool.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2011 12:02:49 pm PDT #13846 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There simply have to be enough stories in the human experience that we don't need to reboottread simply everything.
I liked the new Star Trek movie.
And prefer the Daniel Craig Bond to almost any of his predecessors.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 12:06:35 pm PDT #13847 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There simply have to be enough stories in the human experience that we don't need to reboottread simply everything.
I know I'm touchy about stuff like the Crow reboot, but I don't actually have a principle I stand on when I get defensive about remakes. Just because someone's told a particular story once doesn't mean that another telling of it can't be enjoyable or worthy. I'm not sure where all the vilification comes from, unless you're being emotional like I am.
What's wrong with doing it again? Why shouldn't each story be judged on its own merits?