I think the remake thing is getting out of hand, lately.
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erikaj - May 20, 2009 11:22:39 am PDT #1616 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Connie Neil - May 20, 2009 11:24:03 am PDT #1617 of 30000
brillig
I bet they will, except they'll re-envision the character as "edgier."
Hubby can do edgier. He has axes.
edit: The scene: Church, during the sermon. Camera pans to man sleeping in congregation. Wife reaches over to shake him awake. Man wakes up swinging an axe because he doesn't wake up easily. Bloodbath in church.
Audience approval of new Footloose through the roof.
Polter-Cow - May 20, 2009 11:25:51 am PDT #1618 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think the remake thing is getting out of hand, lately.
Hasn't it been out of hand for the last few years, really?
But it really is getting out of hand. They're remaking—excuse me, rebooting—Cliffhanger. CLIFFHANGER. Look, I love that movie, but there's no reason to "remake" it. It was Die Hard on a mountain. Just rip it off and call your movie something else if you're that intent on making one. Isn't that cheaper than getting the rights or whatever?
tommyrot - May 20, 2009 11:26:43 am PDT #1619 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.
::sets off to write Die Hard in a Die Hard Movie Convention::
Theodosia - May 20, 2009 11:26:59 am PDT #1620 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
You know, I don't think the new Holmes movie can be any worse for the canon than Young Sherlock Holmes or a number of other movie variations we've seen in the past.
Connie Neil - May 20, 2009 11:27:29 am PDT #1621 of 30000
brillig
rip it off and call your movie something else if you're that intent on making one
I bet the producers said, "But won't everyone just say 'It's just a remake of Cliffhanger'?"
"I know! We'll just call it Cliffhanger!"
"Brilliant!"
§ ita § - May 20, 2009 11:31:24 am PDT #1622 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He had a little help there.
It's not the only movie he had looked younger in. That's just the one where deaging him was the point. Not everyone washes out without looking like the lens is coated in vaseline.
Polter-Cow - May 20, 2009 11:39:23 am PDT #1623 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You know, I don't think the new Holmes movie can be any worse for the canon than Young Sherlock Holmes or a number of other movie variations we've seen in the past.
Young Sherlock Holmes was awesome!
Barb - May 20, 2009 11:52:26 am PDT #1624 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
You know, I don't think the new Holmes movie can be any worse for the canon than Young Sherlock Holmes or a number of other movie variations we've seen in the past.
I loved YSH, but then again, I was also seventeen and nursing a mad crush on Anthony Higgins (Rathe).
I also absolutely love the score to that film and wish to high heaven I could find it.
Strega - May 20, 2009 1:07:42 pm PDT #1625 of 30000
I'm not remotely concerned about damage to the canon. The canon can look after itself. I'm concerned that people keep making movies I really ought to be interested in, except they look so crappy. Hollywood is not meeting my entertainment needs, and it's a drag.