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Milk And Cheese
Lensman, I miss you more than my civil liberties.
...Smoking Astronaut...
W T F?!!?!?!?
JMS Babel 5 - a soap opera in space , I mean it had some good but come on
These writers are so obsessed with the 'look what's diff' I chnaged this' and 'he is now a she' movie making -
GET SOME IMAGINATION
Do all you people bitching about remakes even have a clue about the history of Hollywood or movies? Remakes are NOTHING NEW. They are a fucking staple of Hollywood and ALWAYS have been. Mary Pickford starred in "Tess Of The Storm Country" in 1914. She remade the movie in 1922. Another version was made in 1932 and yet ANOTHER version was made in 1960.
The Maltese Falcon...you think the version with Bogey was the first? NO. It was the THIRD. Five years prior to that there was a "remake" that was based on TMF, with different names for the characters, a different McGuffin, but obviously the same story. They even list Dashiel Hammett in the credits. It was called Satan Met A Lady.
Prior to that, was the original Maltese Falcon made in 1931.
In the space of a decade, the movie was made THREE TIMES. And some of you people are whining that they're remaking a movie that was made half a century ago? If you people had had YOUR way, we'd never have gotten the classic Bogart version because you'd have been whining about "nothing new in Hollywood" or "Hollywood's out of idea's" or some other bullshit.
Funny how people in the past never had a problem with remakes. Seems to be a recent phenomenon by ignorant film snobs who think Hollywood rarely ever remade movies.. Sci-Fi film snobs are the worst.
What's the matter? You scared that a newer version may supplant the version you know and love in the public consciousness as Bogarts version did to the prior two versions of The Maltese Falcon?
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Everyone Booze Up And Riot!!!
Milk And Cheese
Lensman, I miss you more than my civil liberties.
...Smoking Astronaut...
It's a classic - like CASABLANCA and 2001 - it's perfect just as it is and I don't believe it needs a remake or re-imaging. I know that's probably a minority position, but it is just fine as it is. But, Warner Bros. is obviously looking for a property with good potential to put butts in seats and make money - it's a business venture after all.
God helps us if they're thinking franchise development.
I congratulate JMS, BTW, on his new film that's out in theaters - CHANGELING - directed by Clint Eastwood - it is very good. I understand that script has been floating around Hollywood for some time until Ron Howard and Brian Glazer read it and suggested it to Eastwood.
It's interesting to read this about the 1956 classic film. Here in Australia, another 1950s (designed) classic is set for a re-imagining:
"The Sydney Opera House House is to be reconstructed. Designed in the 1950s and completed in 1973, the iconic building will be completely replaced. 'While it was a remarkable achievemnt in its day, we now feel that it's time to bring to Sydney a new building for a modern audience,' said a spokesperson for the project. 'But fans of the orginal building shouldn't worry,' she continued, 'We love and respect the classic building and we will be true to its spirit while at the same time changing the shape, colours and materials to better reflect contemporary tastes. After all, it's been fifty years since the building was designed and a lot of progress has been made. I mean, who can take sails seriously any more?'
The project is set for completion in 2025, just in time for Greenhouse-induced rising sea levels to fully engulf it."
I like JMS and he's done some good stuff, but unless they're planning to retro the hell out of this thing, it won't work. And as noted there already was a remake of FP ... it was called Star Trek. And with Star Trek itself getting a reimagining, it could render FP in the Galaxy Quest position of coming off as a parody of Trek.
Rather than continually remake these things, they should just upgrade the hell out of the original and re-release it to theatres.
Al
Whats the "£%-in deal!???, next up the will remake Citizen Kane!
This is as bad as the news about @new versions of classic Star Trek, or The Day The Earth Stood Still when I hear news like this I want to go live on Titan!
I will post you all from there and bring....
THE CLASSIC ROBBY THE ROBOT WITH ME, He will be my friend from Hollywood, now that they have betrayed me for the last time!
SATURN AS SEEN FROM TITAN
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This project has been floating around for a number of years. Several years ago J. Michael Straczynski's friend Harlan Ellison wrote about the project. He said on several occasions he urged the producers to consider a sequel, rather than a remake. He, like many fans, felt it impossible to improve upon the original.
I tend to agree. But having said that, the theme and plot of FP are well-suited to
Straczynski's tastes. All that ancient evil stuff. A new production will of course have all the familiar elements, cutting-edge music, and a darker, more terrifying version of the ancient terror. Or an attempt in that direction, anyway.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Babylon 5 producer J. Michael Straczynski is penning a long-in-the-works update of the 1956 sci-fi classic movie Forbidden Planet for Warner Bros. Joel Silver is producing via Silver Pictures.
"long awaited"? Says who? What a horrible idea! Another stupid remake. We can add Straczynski to the list of over rated write out of ideas.
Forbidden Planet didn't invent ideas like FTL travel and teleportation, etc, anymore than Star Trek did.
I wonder if Straczynski will be claiming that Forbidden was all his idea all along, back in the '50s when he was a baby?
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"I would be happy for Star Trek to come along decades later with a new group of minds. I'd love someone to say, 'Besides this one, Gene Roddenberry's was nothing!'" - Gene Roddenberry
"...I think it would be wonderful years from now to see Star Trek come back with an equally talented new cast playing Spock and Kirk and Bones and Scotty and all the rest, as they say tomorrow's things to tomorrow's generations..." - Gene Roddenberry
RE: FB
by Logic Incarnate @ 14:06:23 on Oct 31
I hate the idea of a remake of this movie. I cannot think of anyway this movie can be improved upon. This is a movie I can watch over and over again and not get sick of it. It just pains me that someone feels it has to be remade. Yes, I know we can say that about a lot of movies. Still, this was a movie way ahead of its time and it stands very well on its own.
Having said this, if there is going to be a remake, it had better be identical to the original. The sounds and magic. No FX filler bull! Should have Lesie Nielson somewhere. What about Robbie? Bring him out of retirement. NO CGI ROBBIE!
Am I the only who thinks this is a bad idea? It has nothing to do with JMS' capabilities. I would not even object to a Forbidden Planet sequel where time has passed or something. I don't know. As folks have mentioned this was the model from which GR created Star Trek. You look at Leslie and Shatner and I see much similarities. There's other things too. OK, I'll stop whinning now......
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There has been talk over the years of Forbidden Planet as an influence on ST. I think it's undeniable, really. The first mention in print I recall was David Gerrold in "The World of Star Trek" calling FP the "unofficial pilot."
What I'm curious about is this: Is there any documentation of Roddenberry acknowledging its influence on him? "Horatio Hornblower" and Isaac Asimov are the only influences I've been able to find acknowledgments for.
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