Years ago, the Chris Rock show had a fake commercial for a movie called "Explosions" or "The Explosions". Chris's character is a cop obsessed with the explosions. At one point, Chris's wife says to the effect, "It's either me or the explosions." But then she gets killed by an explosion.
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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tommyrot - Mar 31, 2011 1:21:07 pm PDT #13871 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2011 1:25:04 pm PDT #13872 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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?
My issue with the Arthur remake is not so much the retelling of the story, but that Dudley Moore was so excellent in the original, I don't want to see anyone else in the role. I get that the remake has been updated, blah blah blah, and I don't have a problem with that. (I quite liked Clueless as a modern adaptation of Emma, and I have nothing but big love for 10 Things I Hate About You [pause to sniffle over Heath].)
I just love Dudley Moore too much in the title role to be cool with someone else doing it. (To be fair, I *also* thought that Gene Wilder should have reprised his role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I'm just One Of Those People.)
Jessica - Mar 31, 2011 3:52:39 pm PDT #13873 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My issue with the Arthur remake is that from all the trailers it looks like one of those "We bought the rights to the original so I guess I we had to give it the same title" remakes that's just dumb. (I have affection for the original, but not nearly as much as I do for Bedazzled, and I was pleasantly surprised by the remake of that. So I'm not opposed on principle, but dude, at least pretend to use the original story as something more than a marketing ploy.)
My issue with the Time Bandits remake are the ones DJ articulated.
tiggy - Mar 31, 2011 5:08:05 pm PDT #13874 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
i'm usually a purist when it comes to remakes, but i actually think Russell Brand will pull off Arthur very well.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 31, 2011 5:53:41 pm PDT #13875 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
I think the difference is that we get big budget movies that may be worse than Plan 9, and the publicity jammed down our throats so much that they are actually successful.
I'd rather watch an Ed Wood movie than a Transformer movie. The laughs are better and I don't see the money going to waste that could have been better spent on...anything, including how many Ed Wood movies it could have purchased.
Liese S. - Mar 31, 2011 6:07:08 pm PDT #13876 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I just now realized that "Leaves of Grass" was about pot. I don't know what I thought it was about, maybe some sort of poetry?
DavidS - Mar 31, 2011 6:42:29 pm PDT #13877 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
maybe some sort of poetry?
You're saying Walt Whitman was a pot-head?
billytea - Mar 31, 2011 6:44:41 pm PDT #13878 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
You're saying Walt Whitman was a pot-head?
That'd make Whitman's samplers a lot more popular.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2011 6:46:50 pm PDT #13879 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That'd make Whitman's samplers a lot more popular.
"The Candy Man makes / everything he bakes / satisfying and hempalicious / you can even eat the roach clippies..."
Liese S. - Mar 31, 2011 6:55:00 pm PDT #13880 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
OMG! Is "Splendor in the Grass" about pot?