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Re: I want Planet of the Apes(1968) Blu-Ray
Hated? I guess I can see how that could be, though I did not hate it. My general take on remakes (though there have been exceptions--The Vanishing, for example, is a remake that was horrible in comparison with the original, IMO, of course) is the same I have on plays. I've seen something like 8 or 9 different versions of Hamlet (on stage as well as on screen) and while I don't like them all equally (and there were some I didn't like at all), I've tried to approach them as different interpretations that do not depend on previous ones (much the same applies for covers of songs). In that light, knowing Burton's style (and usually liking it), I found the movie to be better than average, though not great (there were some themes raised that I would have liked explored further at the expense of the "action finale"). But I can see where his version would not be universally acclaimed (even when I saw it on opening night at the cinema--something I don't do very often anymore).
As to the OP, I too would love to see the original on HDM (I'm format neutral, even if currently only "red" player-wise) and would scoop it up. Not sure about the sequels, though (at least not at current prices).
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I guess I consider remakes, as a rule, as "re-imaginings" (otherwise they would serve no purpose at all--but now it's a matter of definitions and semantics). I respect that not everyone has my view on remakes (my field of research includes historical feature films and, in that genre, there are lots of "remakes/re-imaginings", so I guess I've gotten used to them).
As Paul Giamatti and his films, I actually like Shoot 'Em Up (a live action Looney Toons/Tarentino-like concoction that had me laughing almost all the way through--though, again, I can see where it is not for all tastes) and Lady in the Water (though that's probably more to do with "the lady" in question--I have a soft spot for redheads). I haven't seen Robots, though I believe Sideways and The Illusionist are much better examples of his work as well as films of much higher quality than the others we're talking about here.
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I'd buy all 5 Apes films on blu-ray in a heart beat!
I wouldn't however buy the Tim Burton. It's not that I have anything against remakes, there have been some good ones. The Maltese Falcon comes to mind, but that falls in to Cee's point about remaking a failed film. But for every Maltese Falcon, there is a Psycho.
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Then again, both versions of The Man Who Knew Too Much were pretty good.
And I liked Solaris in its original and remade forms. (just being a devil's advocate
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Gotta go to work now (2 hour drive through freezing rain isn't helping my mood any--I'd rather watch even Burton's Planet of the Apes than do that
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Fox/MGM also released a bare-bones Rocky, which has a good 11 years on Robocop.
Kind of ironic how the UA library began its home video life on Magnetic Video, and now it's back there again. Of course, today it would have to be called "Optical Video."
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The choice will come eventually, I'm sure, though it could be 6-18 months later.
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I wonder what other cut footage Fox will find in their vaults, after finding they had a print of the uncut version of Sand Pebbles all along.
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The roadshow version of South Pacific?
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That wasn't in the vault, that belonged to an English film collector. But Fox did have the good sense to scan it at 4K and hopefully make a negative of the roadshow version.
I wonder what else is out there awaiting discovery.
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