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Old 08-25-2008, 02:55 PM
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NO ! Well, shit, while we're at it let's remake Gone With The Wind, too...or that OTHER 1939 turkey, Wizard of Oz...Lawrence of Arabia-I'm SURE that POS could be topped...A Man For All Seasons-Get me Rewrite ! Does anyone in Hollywood think w/anything other than their wallet or genitals ?!?
Ironically, the Wizard of Oz was itself a remake- it had first been made in the silent film era. But I agree with you. Hollywood is lazy and a remakes are low-risk ventures.

Of all movies, I cannot imagine a remake of Rocky Horror flying at all.
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My wife's favorite movie of all time. I bet she won't like the idea.
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Where you gonna find a slender girl with a rack like young Sarandon's?

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The re-make of The Thing from Outer Space was okay, but pales compared to the original. No special-effects is a good thing a lot of times.
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Old 08-15-2008, 02:17 PM
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Where you gonna find a slender girl with a rack like young Sarandon's?

"I'm a wild and untamed thing, a bee with a deadly sting...."

The re-make of The Thing from Outer Space was okay, but pales compared to the original. No special-effects is a good thing a lot of times.
I dunno, Jennife Love Hugetits?
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The re-make of The Thing from Outer Space was okay, but pales compared to the original. No special-effects is a good thing a lot of times.
I always think of a movie that was a favorite at my High School. We had noon movies where they showed 16mm films. Everyone's favorite was "Night of the Living Dead."

It was creepier in B&W than almost any horror movie I've seen since in color.

It's also another example of a movie that didn't need to be remade (twice!).
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Old 08-26-2008, 02:44 PM
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I always think of a movie that was a favorite at my High School. We had noon movies where they showed 16mm films. Everyone's favorite was "Night of the Living Dead."

It was creepier in B&W than almost any horror movie I've seen since in color.

It's also another example of a movie that didn't need to be remade (twice!).
I hate to contradict you, and know that I love NOTLD, but the B&W classic is itself a remake of sorts. Its basically a variation of I Am Legend that was first made in 1964 as The Last Man on Earth. And it has spawned two other direct remakes- The Omega Man and then the recent I Am Legend with Will Smith.

The story goes that George Romero met Richard Matheson and immediatly threw up his arms and said, "I did not make a nickel off it!"
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I hate to contradict you, and know that I love NOTLD, but the B&W classic is itself a remake of sorts. Its basically a variation of I Am Legend that was first made in 1964 as The Last Man on Earth. And it has spawned two other direct remakes- The Omega Man and then the recent I Am Legend with Will Smith.

The story goes that George Romero met Richard Matheson and immediatly threw up his arms and said, "I did not make a nickel off it!"
Matheson hopes the new Legend movie will serve his novel better than Hollywood's two previous attempts, 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man. ''They've never really done the book as I wrote it,'' he says. And that's not counting uncredited homages like George A. Romero's 1968 zombie flick Night of the Living Dead. '''Homage' means 'I get to steal your work,''' says Matheson. ''George Romero's a nice guy, though. I don't harbor any animosity toward him.''

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Old 08-27-2008, 08:59 AM
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Matheson hopes the new Legend movie will serve his novel better than Hollywood's two previous attempts, 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man. ''They've never really done the book as I wrote it,'' he says. And that's not counting uncredited homages like George A. Romero's 1968 zombie flick Night of the Living Dead. '''Homage' means 'I get to steal your work,''' says Matheson. ''George Romero's a nice guy, though. I don't harbor any animosity toward him.''

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I just read the book and have looked up alot of interviews with him. He basically does not like any of the versions although he says the first came the closest (he did work on the script under a false name). He would have liked Jack Palance to be Neville back then and Harrison Ford now.

This might be common among authors seeing their work turn into films. I asked Richard Price about it at a signing and he does not like any of the films made from his work- although he does a cameo in each!
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And WHO would they get to play the Narrator ? (Where's Yer F!ckin' Neck ?!?) Or Brad ? Or Riff Raff ? Yeah, Sarandon was an UBER-BABE in those days, wasn't she ?
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Old 08-15-2008, 04:59 PM
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Not a chance. She doesn't even come close to having that wide-eyed "Bang me!" look that Sarandon had back then. ESPECIALLY in that movie.
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I will not throw toast at THIS one.
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