Poseidon Adventure remake?

I completely agree! The original, while somewhat cheesy, is still one of the best disaster movies ever. And I think it works still to this day because they used 'real time' special effects, not some over the top CGI stuff.

The article about it that I saw said *I believe* that it will be a TV miniseries.

Trailer is up ...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/poseidon/

Looks a lot better than the horrible tv version.

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Well, considering that Peterson has proven that he can do realistic and harrowing water-related peril (The Perfect Storm), and that he knows how to create and maintain suspense while onboard submerged vessels (Das Boot), I have the highest confidence that he will give us remake to be proud of.

As directors go, they could have done far, far worse than Wolfgang Peterson.

Ummmm.... no, thanks...

Is it just me or does everything just look better in HD? I find myself seeing something and thinking "my, that's impressive" and then wondering if it's just because of the video quality.

It most certainly isn't just you. I could watch paint dry if its in HD .

It's great to see Richard Dreyfuss return to big screen acting. I'll go & see this just because of that guy

I'm surprised someone hasn't remade The Last Remake of Beau Geste.

For me, it's Kurt Russell. I'll see about anything ol Jack Burton is in!

Who here thinks that if Poseidon cleans up at the box office, a remake of The Towering Inferno can't be far behind.

Chris

I think burning buildings are still taboo, even if there's no terrorism involved.

I hear you Joel, but I when $$$ are involved, I wouldn't put anything past Hollywood.

Chris

What about Ladder 49?

Looks decent, from what we see of it. I'll definitely at least give it a rental.

Anyone got a link for a downloadable trailer?

I wouldn't mind a remake of Earthquake myself, with moderen visuals that would rock...and roll.

It would also be one of the greatest home theater dvd's I would imagine.

Would anyone be suprised if there was a remake of all the 70's disaster movies. Think of the possibilities with today's visual effects. Personally, I'm waiting for them to redo Airport '79 (insert sarcasm).

Chris

I would be up for a remake of The Towering Inferno because they then might release a decent DVD of the original.

I'm with you on that one Dale. Out of all the 70's disaster movies, I enjoyed The Towering Inferno the best. Speaking of which, does Fox plan on revisiting the original Poseidon Adventure?

Chris

Yeah, I thought of that one. I was thinking more along the lines of skyscrapers and people falling out of the windows.



http://www.apple.com/trailers/

Full trailer is out...

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/p...railer2_hi.mov

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Sing along everyone...

"There's got to be a morning after..."

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I find myself in a dilemma. I hate remakes. Despise them and refuse to see them since it just encourages Hollywood to make more of them which for the most part are unnecessary and worse.

I did see King Kong but that is a bit different. I would refuse to see Casablanca and probably picket the theater.

With all of that said, Poseidon looks pretty good and I LOVED the original.

What to do?

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Yeah that would rock me too! (((Sensurround))) syndrome, I’m still suffering from aftershocks!

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Count me in, I think this remake issue is getting a bit out of hand, why doesn’t Hollywood recruit new screen writers with fresh ideas, instead of this nonsense they keep turning up, just for the sake of few dozen CGI and some Dolby Digital noise!