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[quote][i]Originally posted by Sean[/i]
[br]From here...

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15211/38_planned_movie_remakes_you_didnt_know_about.html

My thoughts in red, purple or yellow.
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[b]38 Planned Movie Remakes You Didn't Know About[/b]

The Thing? Fame? Footloose? Akira? Just some of the names being raided once more by a Hollywood system that's fast running out of ideas...

[i]Simon Brew[/i]

We�ve already pointed out recently 30 sequels that were in the works in the factories of Hollywood � but how about remakes? Cast your eyes over this little lot, and prepare to be depressed�

The Shadow
Presumably this a reboot of the hilarious-but-iffy Alec Baldwin non-franchise of the mid-90s. Sam Raimi is producing, and the project is at the screenplay stage right now. Expect a release no sooner than 2010.

Battle Royale
The brilliant, brilliant, brilliant Asian movie is getting a Western remake. Producer Neal H Moritz is currently attached to the project, which has been optioned but not yet got much further. It didn�t help that New Line was linked with funding the film, and the same New Line got swallowed up by Warner Bros totally the other week. [V]

Starfighter
A planned remake of the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter, which remains popular today. Nick Castle is currently attached to direct the project (he did the original as well, although his biggest hit as director is the 1993 kids� movie Dennis). We fear this one may get lost in development hell. Hope not.

The Evil Dead
Sam Raimi is attached to the remake of one of his most loved films, with both he and Bruce Campbell on producing duties. Set for release at some point next year, they�ll have to get their skates on, as there�s no sign of cameras being turned on just yet. [V]

Knight Rider
Forget the recent TV rebooting, the Weinstein Company has the option to produce a feature film, and the original creator of Knight Rider � Glen A Larson � is hard at work on the screenplay. Expect a release around 2010/11. If the new TV version doesn�t kill the franchise stone dead, of course�

Conan The Barbarian
The script is still being written for the remake of one of Arnie�s best-ever roles. It�s a fair bet that Arnie won�t be returning, but Sahara scribes Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer are beavering away on the screenplay. Production may yet start this year, apparently. [V]

Logan�s Run
Uber-producer Joel Silver is pushing this long-mooted remake, which has director Joseph Kosinski attached (whose name is also being linked with the new Tron film). Logan�s Run is believed to be first in line, though, and a 2010 release is being mooted. [V]

Death Wish
Sylvester Stallone is set to step into the role made famous by Charles Bronson in a remake of Michael Winner�s violent original. Stallone is set to write, produce and star, and production is planned to start at some point this year. [V]

The Taking Of Pelham 123
Tony Scott is directing, and Denzel Washington and John Travolta are starring in a remake of the brilliant 1974 Walter Matthau original. David Koepp has written the screenplay, and the film will be released in the Autumn of 2009.

Fahrenheit 451
Frank Darabont � he of Shawshank Redemption and The Mist fame � has been linked with a fresh take on the Ray Bradbury book for a while. It seems he�s getting closer to honing a script too for him to direct, but it�s still not ready, so no idea of release date. Tom Hanks had been mooted to star. [V]

Friday The 13th
Marcus Nispel � director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake � has inked his name on the dotted to helm the remake of the original Friday The 13th movie. It�s a great solution: run out of sequels, start at the beginning! It�s in pre-production now for a 2009 release. [7]

Last House On The Left
A remake of the brutal 70s Wes Craven movie, this time it�s relative-newcomer Dennis Illiadis in the director�s chair. The cast is rumoured to feature Liv Tyler, along with Monica Potter, Garret Dillahunt and Tony Goldwyn. It�s due to start filming next month,

Hellraiser
They�ve given up making sequels, so now they�re remaking the 80s original. No sign of Doug Bradley as Pinhead, but Clive Barker has been involved with the script, and Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury will be making their English language directorial debuts with the project.

Tron
Will it be a sequel? Will it be a remake? Will they call it a �reimagining�? All these questions and more are set to be answered, as three decades on, Tron will be heading back to the big screen in 2010.  [:)]

Clash of the Titans
The 1981 film is being remade, and Stephen Norrington has � after not being seen behind a camera since League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen � agreed to direct. He did the original Blade, too. Lawrence Kasdan has been penning the script, and the film is in pre-production for a 2010 release.

Akira
A live action version of the iconic anime film of the same name, the adaptation is believe to be being handled in two parts, and Leonardo DiCaprio has been linked with the project. It�s still at the scripting stage, although director Ruairi Robinson is attached to helm.

The Birds
How depressing. Hitchcock�s awesome thriller is getting the remake treatment, with Martin �Casino Royale� Campbell rumoured to be directing, and Naomi Watts linked with the project too. It has a release date of July 2009. [V]

Frankenweenie
Tim Burton�s terrific early short film is being brought to the big screen by� Tim Burton! There�s logic there, somewhere. December 2009 is the targeted release time.

A Nightmare On Elm Street
Hurray! That �reimagining� word is being used to describe the now-in-the-pre-production stages new Elm Street movie. Michael Bay produces, but doesn�t direct. Thank goodness. [V]

Westworld
The terrific forerunner to Jurassic Park � also penned by Michael Crichton � Westworld has long been mooted for a remake. Billy Ray, who directed Breach and Shattered Glass, is the latest writer to take a stab at the theme-park-attraction-goes-out-of-control concept. [V]

The Warriors
Director Tony Scott � once he�s finished on The Taking Of Pelham 123 - remains attached to the proposed remake of Walter Hill�s 1979 classic tale of rival gangs on a mission that takes them across a dangerous city. It�s still in the writing stages, and may be held up in development hell for some time yet.

Piranha
Alexandra Aja, who enjoyed success with his remake of The Hills Have Eyes, is directing a potentially 3D version of Joe Dante�s terrific original. A 2009 release date has been eyed up.

Escape From New York
Another John Carpenter classic is getting remade, and Terminator 3 director Jonathan Mostow � with Ken Nolan - is taking a stab at the script. No word if he�s going to direct, but a 2009 release is mooted. [V]

Meatballs
Another 80s comedy getting a remake, Meatballs has � oh dear � Big Momma�s House 2 (not even the original!) director John Whitesell attached to it. And no sign of Bill Murray, either. Never a good thing.

Howard Stern�s Porkys
A remake of Bob Clark�s bawdy early 80s comedy, this is still in the planning stages with US shock-jock lending his name to the project and the title. It�s planned to have it ready for 2009. Expect an array of shitty sequels if it hits.

The Lives Of Others
The stunning German film is getting an American remake, with Anthony Minghella attached to produce, but not direct. It�s only been optioned so far, so 2010 would be the earliest you see it. Our advice? See the original. It�s genuinely stunning. [V]

Short Circuit
Number Five is, er, still alive, with original screenwriters coming back for the reboot of the 80s original. No news of a finished script, director or shooting date, though.

Straw Dogs
Rod Lurie � the man who directed The Contender � is scripting and directing the remake of the Dustin Hoffman-starring original. It�s only been optioned thus far, and so the planned 2009 release date may be optimistic.

1984
Tim Robbins is apparently hunting for the money for a new big screen adaptation of George Orwell�s classic and never-more-relevant novel. He�s not having much luck though, we�re led to believe. [V]

Red Sonja
Roy Thomas (Conan The Destroyer) has been drafted in to write a screenplay for a new Red Sonja film, although don�t expect Arnie to be in it. Nor should you expect it soon.

The Dirty Dozen
Alias veteran Josh Applebaum has the unenviable task of coming up with a suitable script for the remake of the original classic. 2010 is the earliest it�ll be released. [V]

Footloose
Surely not? The 80s musical could be coming back to life if director Kenny Ortega has anything to do with it. That said, given he directed High School Musical and its spin-offs, he�d probably be allowed to do anything he wanted in Hollywood right now. Sigh. Footloose has thus far been optioned, and may go before the camera this year.

Dune
Frank Herbert�s source material is set to be mined again, for a new movie due out in 2010. Peter Berg, who directed the brilliant Friday Night Lights movie, is waving the megaphone, but further details are still sketchy. [7]

The Thing
A remake of the 1982 classic, that�s got Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D Moore attached to it. That said, it�s being described as a companion rather than a remake. Hmmmm. No word on it going before the cameras yet. [V]

Near Dark
Kathryn Bigelow�s 1987 vampire flick enters the remake chamber, with music video director Samuel Bayer making his debut in the directors� chair on the film. Cast has yet to be announced, but it appears that Bigelow has had a hand in the screenplay.

The Swarm
This is more like it! Lots of bees! Frank Schaetzing�s book is plundered again for the big screen, with Silence Of The Lambs adapter Ted Tally on scripting duties. No director or cast yet, though.

Fame
Alan Parker�s 1980 musical is being remade by MGM, who originally had a Christmas 2008 release date inked in. Andy Finkman � who directed The Game Plan and She�s The Man � is down to direct, though, and the project will no doubt move forward shortly.

The Witches
Roald Dahl�s book has already been filmed with Anjelica Huston in the leading role, but Guillermo Del Toro is toying with the idea of having a stab himself. No start date has been announced for the project, though.

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Sean	Posted - 03/25/2008 : 02:57:00 From here... http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15211/38_planned_movie_remakes_you_didnt_know_about.html My thoughts in red, purple or yellow. 38 Planned Movie Remakes You Didn't Know About The Thing? Fame? Footloose? Akira? Just some of the names being raided once more by a Hollywood system that's fast running out of ideas... Simon Brew We�ve already pointed out recently 30 sequels that were in the works in the factories of Hollywood � but how about remakes? Cast your eyes over this little lot, and prepare to be depressed� The Shadow Presumably this a reboot of the hilarious-but-iffy Alec Baldwin non-franchise of the mid-90s. Sam Raimi is producing, and the project is at the screenplay stage right now. Expect a release no sooner than 2010. Battle Royale The brilliant, brilliant, brilliant Asian movie is getting a Western remake. Producer Neal H Moritz is currently attached to the project, which has been optioned but not yet got much further. It didn�t help that New Line was linked with funding the film, and the same New Line got swallowed up by Warner Bros totally the other week. Starfighter A planned remake of the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter, which remains popular today. Nick Castle is currently attached to direct the project (he did the original as well, although his biggest hit as director is the 1993 kids� movie Dennis). We fear this one may get lost in development hell. Hope not. The Evil Dead Sam Raimi is attached to the remake of one of his most loved films, with both he and Bruce Campbell on producing duties. Set for release at some point next year, they�ll have to get their skates on, as there�s no sign of cameras being turned on just yet. Knight Rider Forget the recent TV rebooting, the Weinstein Company has the option to produce a feature film, and the original creator of Knight Rider � Glen A Larson � is hard at work on the screenplay. Expect a release around 2010/11. If the new TV version doesn�t kill the franchise stone dead, of course� Conan The Barbarian The script is still being written for the remake of one of Arnie�s best-ever roles. It�s a fair bet that Arnie won�t be returning, but Sahara scribes Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer are beavering away on the screenplay. Production may yet start this year, apparently. Logan�s Run Uber-producer Joel Silver is pushing this long-mooted remake, which has director Joseph Kosinski attached (whose name is also being linked with the new Tron film). Logan�s Run is believed to be first in line, though, and a 2010 release is being mooted. Death Wish Sylvester Stallone is set to step into the role made famous by Charles Bronson in a remake of Michael Winner�s violent original. Stallone is set to write, produce and star, and production is planned to start at some point this year. The Taking Of Pelham 123 Tony Scott is directing, and Denzel Washington and John Travolta are starring in a remake of the brilliant 1974 Walter Matthau original. David Koepp has written the screenplay, and the film will be released in the Autumn of 2009. Fahrenheit 451 Frank Darabont � he of Shawshank Redemption and The Mist fame � has been linked with a fresh take on the Ray Bradbury book for a while. It seems he�s getting closer to honing a script too for him to direct, but it�s still not ready, so no idea of release date. Tom Hanks had been mooted to star. Friday The 13th Marcus Nispel � director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake � has inked his name on the dotted to helm the remake of the original Friday The 13th movie. It�s a great solution: run out of sequels, start at the beginning! It�s in pre-production now for a 2009 release. Last House On The Left A remake of the brutal 70s Wes Craven movie, this time it�s relative-newcomer Dennis Illiadis in the director�s chair. The cast is rumoured to feature Liv Tyler, along with Monica Potter, Garret Dillahunt and Tony Goldwyn. It�s due to start filming next month, Hellraiser They�ve given up making sequels, so now they�re remaking the 80s original. No sign of Doug Bradley as Pinhead, but Clive Barker has been involved with the script, and Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury will be making their English language directorial debuts with the project. Tron Will it be a sequel? Will it be a remake? Will they call it a �reimagining�? All these questions and more are set to be answered, as three decades on, Tron will be heading back to the big screen in 2010. Clash of the Titans The 1981 film is being remade, and Stephen Norrington has � after not being seen behind a camera since League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen � agreed to direct. He did the original Blade, too. Lawrence Kasdan has been penning the script, and the film is in pre-production for a 2010 release. Akira A live action version of the iconic anime film of the same name, the adaptation is believe to be being handled in two parts, and Leonardo DiCaprio has been linked with the project. It�s still at the scripting stage, although director Ruairi Robinson is attached to helm. The Birds How depressing. Hitchcock�s awesome thriller is getting the remake treatment, with Martin �Casino Royale� Campbell rumoured to be directing, and Naomi Watts linked with the project too. It has a release date of July 2009. Frankenweenie Tim Burton�s terrific early short film is being brought to the big screen by� Tim Burton! There�s logic there, somewhere. December 2009 is the targeted release time. A Nightmare On Elm Street Hurray! That �reimagining� word is being used to describe the now-in-the-pre-production stages new Elm Street movie. Michael Bay produces, but doesn�t direct. Thank goodness. Westworld The terrific forerunner to Jurassic Park � also penned by Michael Crichton � Westworld has long been mooted for a remake. Billy Ray, who directed Breach and Shattered Glass, is the latest writer to take a stab at the theme-park-attraction-goes-out-of-control concept. The Warriors Director Tony Scott � once he�s finished on The Taking Of Pelham 123 - remains attached to the proposed remake of Walter Hill�s 1979 classic tale of rival gangs on a mission that takes them across a dangerous city. It�s still in the writing stages, and may be held up in development hell for some time yet. Piranha Alexandra Aja, who enjoyed success with his remake of The Hills Have Eyes, is directing a potentially 3D version of Joe Dante�s terrific original. A 2009 release date has been eyed up. Escape From New York Another John Carpenter classic is getting remade, and Terminator 3 director Jonathan Mostow � with Ken Nolan - is taking a stab at the script. No word if he�s going to direct, but a 2009 release is mooted. Meatballs Another 80s comedy getting a remake, Meatballs has � oh dear � Big Momma�s House 2 (not even the original!) director John Whitesell attached to it. And no sign of Bill Murray, either. Never a good thing. Howard Stern�s Porkys A remake of Bob Clark�s bawdy early 80s comedy, this is still in the planning stages with US shock-jock lending his name to the project and the title. It�s planned to have it ready for 2009. Expect an array of shitty sequels if it hits. The Lives Of Others The stunning German film is getting an American remake, with Anthony Minghella attached to produce, but not direct. It�s only been optioned so far, so 2010 would be the earliest you see it. Our advice? See the original. It�s genuinely stunning. Short Circuit Number Five is, er, still alive, with original screenwriters coming back for the reboot of the 80s original. No news of a finished script, director or shooting date, though. Straw Dogs Rod Lurie � the man who directed The Contender � is scripting and directing the remake of the Dustin Hoffman-starring original. It�s only been optioned thus far, and so the planned 2009 release date may be optimistic. 1984 Tim Robbins is apparently hunting for the money for a new big screen adaptation of George Orwell�s classic and never-more-relevant novel. He�s not having much luck though, we�re led to believe. Red Sonja Roy Thomas (Conan The Destroyer) has been drafted in to write a screenplay for a new Red Sonja film, although don�t expect Arnie to be in it. Nor should you expect it soon. The Dirty Dozen Alias veteran Josh Applebaum has the unenviable task of coming up with a suitable script for the remake of the original classic. 2010 is the earliest it�ll be released. Footloose Surely not? The 80s musical could be coming back to life if director Kenny Ortega has anything to do with it. That said, given he directed High School Musical and its spin-offs, he�d probably be allowed to do anything he wanted in Hollywood right now. Sigh. Footloose has thus far been optioned, and may go before the camera this year. Dune Frank Herbert�s source material is set to be mined again, for a new movie due out in 2010. Peter Berg, who directed the brilliant Friday Night Lights movie, is waving the megaphone, but further details are still sketchy. The Thing A remake of the 1982 classic, that�s got Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D Moore attached to it. That said, it�s being described as a companion rather than a remake. Hmmmm. No word on it going before the cameras yet. Near Dark Kathryn Bigelow�s 1987 vampire flick enters the remake chamber, with music video director Samuel Bayer making his debut in the directors� chair on the film. Cast has yet to be announced, but it appears that Bigelow has had a hand in the screenplay. The Swarm This is more like it! Lots of bees! Frank Schaetzing�s book is plundered again for the big screen, with Silence Of The Lambs adapter Ted Tally on scripting duties. No director or cast yet, though. Fame Alan Parker�s 1980 musical is being remade by MGM, who originally had a Christmas 2008 release date inked in. Andy Finkman � who directed The Game Plan and She�s The Man � is down to direct, though, and the project will no doubt move forward shortly. The Witches Roald Dahl�s book has already been filmed with Anjelica Huston in the leading role, but Guillermo Del Toro is toying with the idea of having a stab himself. No start date has been announced for the project, though. 12/03/08
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randall	Posted - 03/29/2008 : 19:25:07 quote: Originally posted by silly Why didn't we think of it before: Logan's Run, the Musical! Today in weekly VARIETY, I saw a photo from... MASK: THE MUSICAL! Yeah, the one with Cher and Eric Stoltz. They will be singing, for Pete's sake! What's next, ELEPHANT MAN?
thefoxboy	Posted - 03/29/2008 : 04:33:54 I would go see a remake of Fahrenheit 451. Loved the book and think that a better version could be made.
Sean	Posted - 03/28/2008 : 07:30:24 quote: Originally posted by MisterBadIdea Ah, but I don't read movie critics because I always agree with them. I read them because they're excellent writers, or failing that, because they bring insight I might have missed, All I'm interested in in a movie review is whether to go see it or not. I simply couldn't care less what someone else thought about it, the only opinion that matters when I see a movie is mine. The only time I'm interested in analysis is for those movies where I didn't understand everything after a viewing and need others' interpretations. quote: Westworld, for example, is not boring. It's just decidedly minor, the characters aren't particularly compelling, and it doesn't really go anywhere. It's more of a dry run for Jurassic Park than anything. I found it much more entertaining than Jurassic Park. quote: Logan's Run, also, is not boring. The first half of Logan's Run is boring. The second half is campy and incredibly stupid, but not boring. (Fish! Plankton! Seagreens! Proteins from the sea!) Even for those of you who don't find the first half dull and the second half ridiculous, how do you reconcile the two? Are people really gonna sit here and tell me that Westworld and Logan's Run resonate the same way Soylent Green, The Stepford Wives, THX-1138 do? Yep. They're fictional entertainment based on an extrapolation into the future. Sure, some are darker than others, (THX-1138 for example). And some are perhaps more feasible than others.
MisterBadIdea	Posted - 03/28/2008 : 05:28:50 quote: Originally posted by Se�n quote: Originally posted by MisterBadIdea quote: BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'... I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic) You're one of those critics I ignore (I ignore most movie critics). Your taste and my taste in movies have only moderate correlation, and there are far too many movies that you like that I think are garbage, and that you think are crap that I think are great. I'm guessing you'd also ignore my movie recommendations. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Vive la Diff�rence! Ah, but I don't read movie critics because I always agree with them. I read them because they're excellent writers, or failing that, because they bring insight I might have missed, and generally just to increase my knowledge of movies. Of the movies listed, I would say only The Birds, Straw Dogs and, for previously mentioned reasons, Tron should be left untouched. All the other ones, even the good ones, could stand a good remake, I think. And as a side note, I think I'll retract some of my statements about movies being boring. Westworld, for example, is not boring. It's just decidedly minor, the characters aren't particularly compelling, and it doesn't really go anywhere. It's more of a dry run for Jurassic Park than anything. Logan's Run, also, is not boring. The first half of Logan's Run is boring. The second half is campy and incredibly stupid, but not boring. (Fish! Plankton! Seagreens! Proteins from the sea!) Even for those of you who don't find the first half dull and the second half ridiculous, how do you reconcile the two? Are people really gonna sit here and tell me that Westworld and Logan's Run resonate the same way Soylent Green, The Stepford Wives, THX-1138 do? My statements on Conan the Barbarian stand. It is super-boring. (I would even go so far as to obscure/underline my point by calling it "fucking" boring. Because it's really, fucking, boring.)
randall	Posted - 03/27/2008 : 18:37:46 quote: Originally posted by MisterBadIdea quote: BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'... Man, am I that transparent? Yeah, I don't know if you were joking, but you got me dead fucking right on, dammit. I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic) for a small bi-weekly paper in Virginia, and I greatly dislike not being able to curse in my fucking reviews. I wasn't joking, just paying attention to the rather obvious id-spews [they don't improve one's argument, they simply underline/obscure it]. I've been a critic too, and I'm a native of Virginia. So goddam fuck fuck fuck it is, my brutha.
Wheelz	Posted - 03/27/2008 : 11:16:21 quote: Originally posted by ChocolateLady quote: Originally posted by silly Why didn't we think of it before: Logan's Run, the Musical! Why stop there? What about: Psycho: The Musical! Many years ago, a friend and I cooked up the idea for Friday the 13th: The Musical! The opening number went something like this (very up-tempo; think "Oklahoma" or "Comedy Tonight"): Jason, Jason Comin' at you with a knife Jason, Jason Wants to terminate your life You're gonna get maimed, you're gonna get bloody Think you're gonna live? I got news for ya, buddy: Jason's on his waaaaaaay! ...and on like that. Of course we never did anything about it.
BaftaBaby	Posted - 03/27/2008 : 09:38:13 quote: Originally posted by Se�n Vive la Diff�rence! Ooh, I think you just invented a good name for a transsexual stripper!
Sean	Posted - 03/27/2008 : 07:33:53 quote: Originally posted by MisterBadIdea quote: BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'... I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic) You're one of those critics I ignore (I ignore most movie critics). Your taste and my taste in movies have only moderate correlation, and there are far too many movies that you like that I think are garbage, and that you think are crap that I think are great. I'm guessing you'd also ignore my movie recommendations. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Vive la Diff�rence!
ChocolateLady	Posted - 03/27/2008 : 06:10:05 quote: Originally posted by silly Why didn't we think of it before: Logan's Run, the Musical! Why stop there? What about: Psycho: The Musical!
ChocolateLady	Posted - 03/27/2008 : 06:08:28 quote: Originally posted by MisterBadIdea For what it's worth, I thought the Hairspray remake was way better than the original, Yes, Hairspray was okay. Fun to see Travolta in a fat woman's suit, some nice music, something to escape into for a bit but ultimately forgetable. It was simply missing pizazz, if you ask me.
MisterBadIdea	Posted - 03/27/2008 : 00:14:04 quote: BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'... Man, am I that transparent? Yeah, I don't know if you were joking, but you got me dead fucking right on, dammit. I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic) for a small bi-weekly paper in Virginia, and I greatly dislike not being able to curse in my fucking reviews.
silly	Posted - 03/26/2008 : 23:50:32 Why didn't we think of it before: Logan's Run, the Musical!
randall	Posted - 03/26/2008 : 23:24:56 quote: Originally posted by Se�n quote: Originally posted by MisterBadIdea quote: All great movies, and certainly not boring. They certainly are. Are not. These you've cited are not boring. Not not not. Give reign to reality, for God's sake, MBI -- or else frickin wake from your boredom and REVIVE! BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'...
Sean	Posted - 03/26/2008 : 22:28:51 quote: Originally posted by MisterBadIdea quote: All great movies, and certainly not boring. They certainly are. Are not.
MisterBadIdea	Posted - 03/26/2008 : 13:26:45 Psycho the remake was a weird little experiment, it's a bit different from most remakes. The original movie was about Norman Bates and Marion Crane and so on; the remake was about the movie "Psycho." Artsy and pretentious. I enjoyed it quite a bit. The Producers movie musical was simply one of the worst movies ever made. Not because it was a remake, or the original was untouchable. (For what it's worth, I thought the Hairspray remake was way better than the original, and the Little Shop of Horrors remake was pretty damn good.) No, it sucked because the director didn't do a goddamn thing but film the stage production. No changes at all. It's an entirely different thing when you have to play for the rafters to a live audience who can only see the damn thing from one angle. It really is just terrible, especially when you compare it to something with the energy of Hairspray. Terrible, terrible movies. quote: All great movies, and certainly not boring. They certainly are. All three of them seem to me have far better premises than execution, thus making them ripe for remakes. Maybe this time they can give Westworld an ending, or infuse Logan's Run with some logic, or take the leaden pretension out of Conan the Barbarian.

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