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10-28-2004, 10:16 AM
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THE FOG Remake
Okay, I've officially given up being outraged by Hollywood remakes. It's become as expected as sunrise and sunset now.
The Fog Remake
If Carpenter is okay with it, who am I to pitch a bitch?
And you believe, at heart, everyone's a killer...
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10-28-2004, 10:31 AM
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Actually, this might not be such a bad idea. Sure, I wish they would make more original horror movies, but this isn't such a done-to-death concept. I just hope they don't go to the CGI well too much.
I think people sometimes forget that previous movie decades have seen tons of remakes. Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy have seen numerous re-dos. Most of the Hammer movies, which I and many others love, are remakes.
A horror remake can really bring something new to the mix. People put down the Dawn of the Dead remake for lacking the social criticism of the first, but I think that the remake tried something new and had more of a dark, apocalyptic flavor. I love them both and perhaps I'll love both these versions, too.
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10-28-2004, 10:33 AM
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I doubt it will happen.
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10-28-2004, 10:42 AM
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I'm worried that now John Carpenter will simply live off his name and use the "John Carpenter Presents" to bring us crapfests like those "Wes Craven Presents" movies awhile ago.
And since Revolution bought the rights, I don't doubt at all that the remake is a go, especially with THE GRUDGE doing as well as it has. But it's no wonder a guy can't sell an original horror script these days! If it isn't based on a Japanese horror movie or a remake it just won't sell. 
And you believe, at heart, everyone's a killer...
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10-28-2004, 10:55 AM
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I guess I'm not really offended by this, and might see it depending on the talent involved. Seriously, though, what can they possibly do to make it better? The Fog isn't Carpenter's best (it's still behind Halloween, The Thing and Prince Of Darkness in my opinion) but is still an effective and underrated piece of work that really does a great job of scaring you with what you don't see. My big fear would be it turning into some sort of unsubtle schlock-fest.
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10-28-2004, 11:05 AM
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Well, the writer, Cooper Layne, wrote THE CORE. Not exactly a movie that raised goosebumps for me.
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10-28-2004, 01:31 PM
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Cynically speaking, this film will only get greenlit if it has more gore (mostly in CGI) than the previous release, I fear. Carpenter hated how much he was forced to show in the first release, and I think this is another remake that few will really like better than the original.
\"Film is not created in a vacuum. Rather, it results from a combination of forces and personalities, coupled with limitations of time, budget, and technology, which all converge in a way that is unique to a moment in time.\"--Robert Wise
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10-28-2004, 02:24 PM
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.......*sigh*.......I.........whatever, man.
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10-28-2004, 02:57 PM
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.......*sigh*.......I.........whatever, man.
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Couldn't put it any better myself!  
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10-28-2004, 05:30 PM
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Chainsaw and Dawn were decent remakes but why more???
Next we'll see remakes of Friday the 13th, Halloween, Poltergeist and so on!!
 
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