I agree, but I think that it may have a lot to do with using directors that think like that now. Then again it may all be the marketing people's fault. A good example of that is Kingdom of heaven where they forced the editing of the movie to be more about Orlando Bloom's character. (according to Ridley Scott on the dvd.)
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > See to me, that's an example of a movie that *doesn't* need to be remade. > It's suspenseful and great just as it is. I can't imagine what a remake > would do to improve it. I'm okay with some remakes if they can deal with > newer social issues, perhaps put people of color or women in roles to which > they were denied back in the day. > But in this case? The way directors are so gung ho on music video level > camera effects, and can't hold a scene for more than two secs, I just don't > see anyone being able to capture the real suspense of the movie. And lord, I > don't want to hear of anyone updating it for the "modern" audience > sensibilities! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr Worf" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2010 3:28:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Movies that they haven't remade yet but should > > > > I posted this topic to another group and one of the suggestions was The > Duel with Dennis Weaver. I thought that was an excellent choice especially > with so many stories of road rage nowadays. > > --- In [email protected] <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, George > Arterberry <brotherfromhow...@...> wrote: > > > > The Car was a great choice. > > > > Mine: > > > > Cujo > > > > Â > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@...> > > To: [email protected] <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 5:15:35 AM > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Movies that they haven't remade yet but should > > > > Â > > I was watching a re-run of an episode of Criminal Minds. A psycho was > running people over with his truck. That's when this idea popped into my > head. > > > > What old B movie should they remake? My answer is The Car! Which movie > would you pick? > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ > of_darkness/ > > > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
