Hollywood's remade Zardoz.
What!?!??!? I missed that somewhere along the line. Why, dear lord, why?
Of course, even if the original was good, I'd ask "Why?" because I don't get the rationale for director-oriented films being remade.
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Frankenbuddha - Jan 28, 2010 10:06:46 am PST #6335 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Amy - Jan 28, 2010 10:21:35 am PST #6336 of 30000
Because books.
Hollywood's remade Zardoz. How much more bottom can you get?
When they remake Cabin Boy ?
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2010 10:22:36 am PST #6337 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did see facetious remarks that Book of Eli was a Zardoz remake. It was pretty funny. But I haven't seen anything in seriousness.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2010 10:25:35 am PST #6338 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When they remake Cabin Boy ?
In my opinion, that movie is totally worth it for Ann Magnuson as Shiva.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 28, 2010 10:33:25 am PST #6339 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In my opinion, that movie is totally worth it for Ann Magnuson as Shiva.
These pipes...are CLEANNNN!!!!
I also like Letterman's cameo.
Jon B. - Jan 28, 2010 10:33:53 am PST #6340 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I did see facetious remarks that Book of Eli was a Zardoz remake.
Ha!
I stumbled onto Zardoz really late one night a few years back. I could not turn the TV off, it was so oddly compelling.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 28, 2010 10:36:19 am PST #6341 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I stumbled onto Zardoz really late one night a few years back. I could not turn the TV off, it was so oddly compelling.
The DVD has a commentary by Boorman which is basically two hours of "I'm not sure why I did that. I'm not sure why I did that either."
I got to admit, bad movies by Boorman tend to be compelling (see also, if you dare, Exorcist II: The Heretic). They certainly aren't boring.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2010 10:38:03 am PST #6342 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently Zachary Quinto just sent a facet of fandom into a tizzy by saying he wasn't doing any more Spock for two years. He had to post on his site that he meant apart from the movie--he's not doing any conventions or anything in the meanwhile. No Spock until the movie.
I guess he's assuming he's going to be pulling a paycheque for Heroes or conventions as Sylar?
Jessica - Jan 28, 2010 10:38:38 am PST #6343 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The DVD has a commentary by Boorman which is basically two hours of "I'm not sure why I did that. I'm not sure why I did that either."
One of my favorite commentary tracks of all time. "I...don't know what this scene was about, actually. I don't really remember shooting it..."
javachik - Jan 28, 2010 12:16:41 pm PST #6344 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
The Steven Soderbergh/Mike Nichols commentary on the Catch-22 dvd is awesome like that. I really enjoyed when Nichols talked about casting and also how difficult it was to get the movie to deal with the book's non-linear narration.