THE FOG Remake - Page 4

Scott Weinberg · 06-20-2005, 05:40 PM

You hear this kind of thing a lot from people who are working on horror remakes, but here's the main problem I have with it:

Is the new House of Wax more "sophisticated" than the original? Is The Amityville Horror? Hell, not even the remakes that I (and most people seem to) enjoy (Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, etc.) are in no way more "sophisticated" than their forefathers are.

I think "sophisticated" is just the production buzz-word that the filmmakers are used to employing.

I think they should retire "sophisticated" and start using "slick" -- because that's what they really mean, anyway.

Inspector Hammer! · 06-20-2005, 05:45 PM

Your right, Scott, remakes as of late aren't more sophisticated, they are the same story just with a fresh coat of wax applied to them.

Greg_S_H · 06-20-2005, 05:51 PM

I think what he basically means is, modern audiences aren't as willing to overlook a monster that is obviously a guy in a rubber suit, just to use one example. I'm not sure if that makes them more sophisticated or less so, though. I mean, I'd rather be able to get lost in an old movie and not worry about how obvious the effects may be. I can see the strings when Buck Rogers flies off in his ship, but it doesn't faze me.

Like John, I like Welling because of his work on Smallville, but I see he is taking on the Tom Atkins role. Sorry, but Atkins cannot be replaced in anything. The man is just cool. Which reminds me, where is my Night of the Creeps on DVD?

I'm stubborn anyway and wouldn't watch a Fog remake.

Inspector Hammer! · 06-20-2005, 06:29 PM

I have a couple of questions, first, who's going to play the Jamie Lee Curtis role and second, are they going to stick with the original's charactor name's?

Like 'Nick Castle', it was an homage to John's friend from Halloween, and it was clever and appropriate for that film because of the team involved, but now it would seem out of place I think.

And yes, Greg, I too am waiting on Night of the Creeps on dvd. If Anchor Bay could get there hands on that it would be cool, they always hook us up.

Malcolm R · 06-20-2005, 06:33 PM

The issue is not that today's audiences are more sophisticated.

The issue is that today's audiences have a lot less imagination.

Greg_S_H · 06-20-2005, 06:52 PM

According to the IMDb, which is not entirely reliable of course, the character names are the same. Hence, Welling plays Nick Castle. Someone called Maggie Grace has the JLC role, and Selma Blair takes Adrienne Barbeau's place. As someone has noted, there are certain aspects of that latter casting that are polar opposite from one another. I shan't elaborate.

Inspector Hammer! · 06-20-2005, 06:54 PM

Yeah, that's definitley one of the fall-outs of the CGI revolution I think, too much is shown because it looks cool.

On the other hand CGI hasn't completely ruined things quite yet, modern audiences CAN still be frightened by a horror film if the team involved in making the film put's any effort and skill into it at all, hell, they can even use CGI if they want, but for pete's sake use it sparingly.

Having said that, I hope to God that Blake and his crew aren't CGI!

Kevin M · 06-20-2005, 07:42 PM

Maggie Grace is apparently one of the stars of the tv show Lost, here is what she looks like:

: pretty easy on the eyes but....well, I had the biggest crush on Jamie Lee when I was growing up so it's pretty hard to best that kind of "burned in" memory.

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As someone has noted, there are certain aspects of that latter casting that are polar opposite from one another. I shan't elaborate.

Hell, I will!

Both of those girls come from the "featherweight/diaphanous" school of actresses while the original stars are from the...um..."full of life/voluminous" category.......aw hell, the new gals are comparatively flat-chested compared to JLC and AB...OK?

Greg_S_H · 06-20-2005, 10:01 PM

Scott McGillivray · 06-20-2005, 10:46 PM

Count me in the group of doubters that this could EVER come close to the original. How can one top the start of the film with that excellent, creepy midnight ghost story being told by the legendary John Houseman? It was perfect. The kid in the movie was classic 70's style annoying kid, he could be improved upon, but Adrienne Barbeau? Nah...she was perfect for the role. The musical score? Perfect. The ending? Perfect. I could go on and on about how great this film is. How in the world could a re-make do it justice? I just would hate to see this with a bunch of computer graphics and shock-style editing.

Man...I sound like an old fart.

Where is Mike to "whippersnapper" some of these youngsters?

Michael Allred · 06-20-2005, 10:47 PM

Dunno if this was mentioned but Latino review had a look at the script for the remake:

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptre...og/review.html

and I didn't like this bit either:

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Oh yeah, this being a horror remake, they have more money for effects and this fog is a lot more gruesome and aggressive. This Fog will be gorier. At least that is how it read. It takes many shapes and forms kind of like the liquid Terminator. It can do whatever it wants.

Just what we need more of, needLESS CGI and according to the script review, the opening ghost story is gone. Instead of allowing the audience to think and IMAGINE what happened, they'll just show it. Yippee.