Matt Stone
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I'll admit I'm real curious.
I echo your feelings, Scott. I'll at least see it.
I'll admit I'm real curious.
I echo your feelings, Scott. I'll at least see it.
What part of it is B.S.? It said "Inspired" not "Based" and it was inspired by Ed Gein, among other things.Wrong Turn said:Quote:
Fifth problem: "New Line is making a toned-down version of the 1974 gorefest..." WTF, why tone it down.
Huh???
TCM is no gore-fest...there's barely any blood in the film. If anything, the remake will be gorier.
You do realize that David Fincher directed Aerosmith, Paula Abdul, George Michael, Wallflowers and Madonna music videos before becoming a generally well-respected director, right?Planet of the Apes said:Quote:
The remakes doesn't ruin the film, but for the average movie goer will say, "why watch the 1974 version, when there is this nice shiny 2003 version".
Who cares what other people think? Popular opinion doesn't dictate whether something is good or not, and it certainly doesn't negate the existance of the previous film.
I was kinda mad when this was originally announced, but after more thinking...the worst case is that it's bad (still leaving the original), and the best case is that it's good. In any event, I still have the original to watch...so I'll give it a shot.
I stand by a hard fast rule that unless you are damned sure that you can top a classic, then don't bother. There are so many original stories left to be told.
i tend to agree with this principle: i think it shows distressingly poor judgment and an alarming misallocation of resources to spend time and money on remaking a movie that is pretty much incapable of being improved-upon.
of course, i also make what i'm sure the hollywood movie-moguls would consider the incomprehensible assumption that there's something far more important to movie-making than making money.
But the very first example that leaps to mind is Ben-Hur, a classic that replaced a classic...but if they had blown it then it would have been a mistake to try. You can't judge the effort a posteri like that. After all, plenty of originals are also made with no idea if they will become classics or bombs.
hey, man - i think there are a lot of "classic" movies that can be improved-upon. there's also a fair number of recent movies that would not benefit from being remade, you know?
i was speaking merely about movies that cannot reasonably be supposed to be capable of being made better; i don't know how many movies are on that list, and all i'm saying about those movies, really, is that the chances are against you making a better version than the original - it's certainly still possible to beat the odds and do justice to the original....