If someone tries to remake Auntie Mame, I will kill them with fire.
The musical doesn't count as a remake?
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
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Tom Scola - Mar 31, 2011 12:31:20 pm PDT #13852 of 30000
hwæt
erikaj - Mar 31, 2011 12:35:20 pm PDT #13853 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
The occasional remake doesn't bother me that much(and much as I liked the original Arthur, I think I'd be amused by the latest one,) but I do sometimes think it's getting to be too much of a crutch and/or I'm worried that people old enough to be my kids will only see my old childhood crap in a new package. Which really strikes me as wrong, somehow, in a way I'm having trouble describing. TV is SO MUCH better than most movies right now.
Atropa - Mar 31, 2011 12:39:00 pm PDT #13854 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The musical doesn't count as a remake?
I've never seen it, and I refuse to believe it exists. Rosalind Russel is the only possible Auntie Mame. (I may be a touch irrational about this, I admit it.)
Atropa - Mar 31, 2011 12:40:17 pm PDT #13855 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
On the other hand, I want as many remakes and versions of Dracula as possible, because then someday SOMEONE may get it right.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2011 12:41:13 pm PDT #13856 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
TV is SO MUCH better than most movies right now.
I would concur. Hell, Justified pretty much gives us what I would've called movie-quality show every week.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 12:42:52 pm PDT #13857 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
what I would've called movie-quality show every week
Do people just ignore Plan 9 from Outer Space when they say movie-quality? And its ilk, I mean. I guess I remain unconvinced movies are worse than they ever were.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2011 12:45:50 pm PDT #13858 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I don't think I am, and I can only speak for myself. I mean, I sat (most of the way) through Mixed Nuts.
I think tv shows are getting more nuanced and complex and movies are getting more formulaic. Not across the board, but trending.
erikaj - Mar 31, 2011 12:46:29 pm PDT #13859 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Still haven't seen it yet. Bad media geek, no biscuit. Must conflict with Maddow, because otherwise? Olyphant+ Leonard=swooning But as Rachel Maddow goes, so goes my nation.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2011 12:48:12 pm PDT #13860 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
You can watch it (late) on Hulu.
erikaj - Mar 31, 2011 12:48:25 pm PDT #13861 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Barry Levinson said some time ago that if you want stories about people, you want television.