My favorite speculation in the whole piece is that the shark would be loud.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2012 kind of also took care of most of the natural disaster films in one > great swoop. > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> I should add that it was due before 9/11, but was shoved back, for obvious >> reasons. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> No, Mr Worf. IMO, we never need to remake another one again. I posted >>> this more as a thought exercise than anything else, because I don't see how >>> the vibe of it can be recaptured at any level. >>> >>> And yes, The Towering Inferno is already in the pipe. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This would be very plausible. I can see them doing something like this. >>>> The problem is that I don't think that you can do it in a way that would >>>> capture the feelings that the first movie was able to stir. >>>> >>>> Things like the innocent dangling of legs off of the edge of a boat or a >>>> child swimming became points of tension throughout the original film. >>>> Attempting to recapture that would be difficult because we all know what is >>>> about to happen. (That is why good editing is important too.) >>>> >>>> Do we really need to remake every movie that was made? >>>> >>>> Speaking of 1970s movies, I am sure that someone is remaking Towering >>>> Inferno, Airport 79, and a few other classics. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Martin Baxter >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Normally, I'm not big on remakes (as you all know), but this... >>>>> >>>>> ======================================================================= >>>>> >>>>> Read this hilariously accurate depiction of what *Jaws* would be like >>>>> if it was made today. Starring Sam Worthington as Chief Brody (who has an >>>>> ultra-dark NYPD past), Michael Cera as Matt Hooper, and Samuel L. Jackson >>>>> as >>>>> Quint. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://chud.com/articles/articles/23893/1/WHAT-IF-JAWS-WAS-MADE-TODAY/Page1.html >>>>> >>>>> Martin (waiting for the line "Get this motherf*ckin' shark outta my >>>>> motherf*ckin' boat!") >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>>>> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>> Mahogany at: >>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > >
