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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 06/12/2008 : 8:33:47 PM
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Just saw CLOVERFIELD -- I think that could be a very good movie if they remade it using "regular" movie style. Of course, CLOVERFIELD itself kind of came across as a remake of THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
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Freschel
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 06/13/2008 : 03:04:05 AM
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Originally posted by Sardu
Hmmm. I vote that going from animation to live action and vice-versa is a new medium and therefore not a remake (for our purposes, anyway). It's tempting to rule out features redone as mini-series (The Shining, Dune, etc.) but maybe that's going to far. Thoughts??
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
--Tampopo
I was thinking of the animation angle, too. BTW I second it.
It's Coacoa Puffs, Bob. I have no idea why, but it fits the equation. |
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
118 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2008 : 5:50:40 PM
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While reading the most recent copy of Archaeology magazine (published by the Archaeological Institute of America) I came upon an article about the new movieThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and an interview with its director Rob Cohen. Interesting write-up on the making of the movie. Unfortunately, it also has some spoilers, so read at your own risk. Here is an online link to the interview:
http://www.archaeology.org/0807/etc/conversation.html
In other movie remake news apparently there is a new version of Brideshead Revisited in the works. Miramax is behind the new version. Trailer can be found here:
www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/bridesheadrevisited/
Jonathan V. Last over at the Weekly Standard has a critique of the new remake. It can be found here:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/259qcdat.asp
I had some other info on another movie remake, but I seem to have lost the link. Hmmm, not sure how that happened? Maybe another brewski will help refresh my brain.
Ciao for now!
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, aka "Tuco," aka "the Rat," aka "Ugly," aka "il Cattivo" |
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RossM
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2008 : 6:48:25 PM
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| Actually the original A Star is Born is a remake of a movie called What Price Hollywood which was made just a year or two before. In the days before television and home video remaking movies very quickly was rather common. Hollywood also remade many movies from silent to talkies to color and then again. |
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
118 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 01:53:09 AM
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Just thought of one remake that was better than the original: Micheal Mann's The Last of the Mohicans
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, aka "Tuco," aka "the Rat," aka "Ugly," aka "il Cattivo" |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 02:02:44 AM
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| Wyatt Earp, though flawed in many ways, was nonetheless an enormous improvement over earlier film attempts like My Darling Clementine (ugh). (Victor Mature as Doc Holliday?) |
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New Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
469 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 04:01:19 AM
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Wyatt Earp, though flawed in many ways, was nonetheless an enormous improvement over earlier film attempts like My Darling Clementine (ugh). ([i]Victor Mature as Doc Holliday?/i])
I havn't seen WYATT EARP, but what was wrong with Victor Mature as Doc Holliday? |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 2:02:45 PM
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Bad actor for one thing. The other thing, he was too beefy for the part. Mature in his day was noted for playing musclebound heroes in movies like Samson and Delilah. Doc Holliday was dying of tuberculosis.
At least Dennis Quaid in Wyatt Earp (and to a lesser degree Val Kilmer in Tombstone) looked sick. Mature in My Darling Clementine looked like he was ready to benchlift Henry Fonda. |
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New Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
469 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2008 : 03:50:51 AM
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Bad actor for one thing. The other thing, he was too beefy for the part. Mature in his day was noted for playing musclebound heroes in movies like Samson and Delilah. Doc Holliday was dying of tuberculosis.
I didn't know that. Its a very good point. |
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Enda80
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 03:46:30 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by CDiehl
[I'll bet that, if a remake of Invasion USA were made, it would actually be the movie of 24, because the only character out there who people will accept going on a one-man anti-terrorist rampage would be Jack Bauer.
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An acquaintance of mine noted that "I honestly thought that after 9/11 we might have seen a rebirth of the action novel/movies with terrorist hunters but that never really happened. I think part of the problem is the fact that Hollywood is openly critical of the War on Terror and its incursions into Iraq and Afghanistan so we get movies like Lions for Lambs and Stop Loss and Rendition". I guess it just seems today overly jingoistic, if not bigoted, to have such a narrative today. That pretty much means that a serious adaptation of Matt Helm, a Penetrator (Mark Hardin) film, a Mack Bolan film, or a Vince Flynn based film for the Mitch Rapp series, would have serious problems. That may explain why sci-fi/fantasy movies have received such interest-they have nothing to do with current political realities if they take place in other times or planets.
That said, apparently a remake of 1981's The Amateur stands as a possibility.
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 6:44:57 PM
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Just reading in the today's paper that the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 is coming out soon staring John Travolta and (I think) Denzel Washington . Coming soon to a theater near you!
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, aka "Tuco," aka "the Rat," aka "Ugly," aka "il Cattivo" |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 10:01:05 PM
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Originally posted by niccolom
staring John Travolta and (I think) Denzel Washington .
Those two things sorta cancel out.
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2009 : 1:13:42 PM
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2009 : 8:16:47 PM
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Wasn't there already a remake of Pelham with Vincent D'Onofrio?
There was a TV-movie remake about ten years ago. If I recall, Edward James Olmos and Lorraine Bracco were the cops. Also, if memory serves, that version was awful. |
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 04/28/2009 : 6:38:11 PM
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Originally posted by BradH812
There was a TV-movie remake about ten years ago. If I recall, Edward James Olmos and Lorraine Bracco were the cops. Also, if memory serves, that version was awful.
Yep, with Vincent D'Onofrio in the Robert Shaw role.
IMDB write-up is found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140594/
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