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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[whitiger.livejournal.com]

Hollywood is afraid of technology that isn't used to create all that eye candy they seem to be so big on. If they would just pull their heads out of the sand they might find that there's a lot of original thinking people out there on the net doing their own thing.

Hollywood has lost it's glamor and have become so political anymore that it's just too painful to watch. Ah well... more important things to do than to watch movies. Like pull my peach cobbler out of the oven before it burns. :P

[katmaxis.livejournal.com]

I want to see the Get Smart movie. If it is anything remake wise of Police Squad [tv show] and the Naked Gun movies, it might still be good. I don't think it is so bad to take an older hit show and make a few movies out of it, like very long episodes modernized.

I wish they would do more Naked Gun movies.

[quasiskunk.livejournal.com]

Wait til you see the trailers/posters for the

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Wait til you see the trailers/posters for the <i.Alvin and the Chipmunks</i> movie x.x

And we already know that Underdog is gunna suck the slime out of the sewers :P

[hartree.livejournal.com]

I had a super strong urge to punch Ferris in the snoot. Or dump him in some quick setting cement.

Ben Stein was the one I really had empathy for in that movie. I knew what Smoot Hawley was.

[tecknow.livejournal.com]

Sci-Fi is doing a science-fantasy remake of The Wizard of Oz called "Tin Man" and they appear to be doing a remake of Flash Gordon as well. BSG gives me some hope that it can be done well, they might have new freshness, topicality, and insight. A properly remade classic can be FANTASTIC. On the other hand, poorly remade classics can suck like nothing else.

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[gentiger.livejournal.com]

I will probably see Hairspray out of morbid curiosity, that and seeing John Trovolta in a dress has gotta be good for a few laughs.

One movie remake recently that rawked however...Transformers. Hells yes.

No

[artyskox.livejournal.com]

They're remaking Ferris Buellers Day Off......... huh?!

[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.

[rasslor.livejournal.com]

Oh, here's a much better copy of the Tony's Rocky Horror clip, including Dick Cavett. And then there's Chicago, and Wicked. I'm sure you can think of others. Oh, Wild Wild West with Wil Smith. And, according to the last trivia night that I went to, Damon Wayans was originally up for the role of Robin in Batman and Robin.

Alright, I should sleep. Love you bunches. I must hump your breasts more the next time I see you.

[rasslor.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I keep responding to this. The new Get Smart movie has Terence Stamp. Ya gotta love any film that has Terence Stamp in it. Don't you?