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RE: Remakes
July 27, 2016 at 7:39 pm
I'd like to see a remake of 'Rocky'.
Oh, wait - I have. Six fucking times.
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RE: Remakes
July 27, 2016 at 7:41 pm
I'm one of the few that really didn't care for the original Ghostbusters, so a remake holds no special interest for me.
I hated the first re-imagined Star Trek enough to swear off seeing any more.
I REALLY liked Cronenbergs remake of The Fly.
Alien and Aliens recycled some scenes and plot elements of Dark Star, love all 3 movies.
The Terminator is a pretty direct remake/expand of an apparently unacknowledged Outer Limits episode, still love Terminator, and the scene with Kyle Reese telling Sarah he came through time for her really grabs me emotionally.
The Lost in Space movie reboot of the series was pure dreck.
The Psycho remake was horrid. Beyond horrid actually.
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RE: Remakes
July 27, 2016 at 7:49 pm
(July 27, 2016 at 6:54 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: (July 27, 2016 at 11:25 am)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: I figured someone would be stupid enough to think my comment is about race and not continuity.
What continuity? Why would creators of a play based on a book have to be constricted by the casting of the movies? None of the other actors look like the ones in the movies. And it's theater - people KNOW those people are actors presenting a story.
Of course it's about race - some people can't look past it, even if it's essentially irrelevant, as in the case of Harry Potter play.
(July 27, 2016 at 11:25 am)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: You've pegged me as a bigot and nothing I say will change your mind. Whatever...
Nice dodge. Whatever.
Your straw men deserved better? Piss off.
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RE: Remakes
July 27, 2016 at 7:59 pm
(July 27, 2016 at 7:49 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Your straw men deserved better? Piss off.
Again - what straw man? I asked for a justification of your arbitrary judgement regarding casting of the Potter play. All you've been doing is getting defensive, dodging and insulting me - not even attempting to give a coherent answer.
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RE: Remakes
March 23, 2017 at 3:54 pm
And what about sequels? For instance for the last few months news surface now and then how Cameron has back rights for Terminator and GENISYS producer few days ago announced more Terminators - prequels or reboots who knows.
I don't know about you but too much movies about Terminators are really making Terminators lame. I mean how many times can you watch them lose and fail to do their job of terminating? They should be called Lameinators.
But at least one movie is safe from re-making and that is "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" since due to global warming there are no more snows on Kilimanjaro.