Gotta admit, I'm a little offended...

[datahawk]

I'm tired of the remakes...

So, they remade Hairspray. WHY? WHY? WHY? Divine is divine and no one can replace her. Yet John Travolta tries? Bah. My love for plus size positive movies may out weight my choice to skip this.

They made Get Smart the movie. WHY? WHY? WHY? Which is what I was thinking, if I didn't actually say it when I saw the preview. I enjoyed the show when I was a kid. I haven't watched it in years. I may see it, the preview made me laugh.

They are remaking Ferris Buellers Day Off. WHY? WHY? WHY? It's a cult classic. It's not a special effects movie. There is nothing new to be brought to it. I will not see this if it makes it to completion. Much like I refused to see the remake of Miracle on 34th Street.

Hollywood needs to quit spending the money on the drugs and spend it on some writers who do something other then rehash classics.

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[rasslor.livejournal.com]

In Hairspray's defense, this is actually a movie adaptation of the hit Broadway show. So, technically, it's a remake of the musical adaptation of the original show. John Waters, a man who I don't think has ever really sold out, has been involved with all three. Harvey Fierstein played Edna Turnblad in the original Broadway version, so at least that stayed close to Divine's role. I guess I would have enjoyed seeing Nathan Lane as Edna, but oh well.

Hollywood, and Broadway, has always borrowed from each other and the past. There's Legally Blonde, the Musical, Xanadu on Broadway with the tagline "Xanadu on Broadway. Seriously.", and not to mention all the Broadway versions of Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King, and whatever Disney might do. Rocky Horror was redone, with Dick Cavett and Lea Delaria as Eddie/Dr. Scott. And in that YouTube video above of Rocky Horror at the Tonys, one of the dancers tries to get Mel Brooks to dance. He was there because he had just brought the Producers to Broadway. So there's another example of a movie going to Broadway to become a musical and then turned into a movie of the musical.

The Ladykillers, the Manchurian Candidate, Dangerous Liaisons, Willy Wonka. All have been remade. Why, here's a list that Wikipedia had to split into two entries: Titles beginning with A-M and then N-Z.

And if you want to talk about movie adaptations of books, the list gets even longer with all the Harry Potter, James Bond, and Bourne films. Not too mention Nancy Drew. And you can pick lots of other ones.

So, I guess my point, other than proving I'm really gay by wanting to go see Xanadu on Broadway, is that years from now, there will be someone lamenting the remake of some seminal movie (or book or toys) from their childhood. For that, I reference this recent PvP comic strip.



Now, I have to go put on my Walkman, leg warmers, sweatshirt with the neck cut out, and roller skates, and listen to ELO and Olivia Newton-John.

[duncandahusky.livejournal.com]

Now, I have to go put on my Walkman, leg warmers, sweatshirt with the neck cut out, and roller skates, and listen to ELO and Olivia Newton-John.

I want pictures.

[datahawk.livejournal.com]

Movies from books never bothered me. And remakes that aren't remakes don't bother me as much. charlie and the chocolate factory was made to be closer to the book. Willy wonka is great and has it's own special place in my heart.

btw, love the comic :D