Remakes are fine, provided they offer something that the original lacked- better production values, different artistic perspective, whatever. John Carpenter's Thing is still just as much fun to watch now as the first time I saw it; something that I doubt many could say about "Thing from another World".
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:29 PM, twilitezoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think some people fear it will turn into a Rob Zombie Halloween. > Some movies really should be left alone. > > > On Dec 6, 9:53 am, Shag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Maybe it's just me, but I think it's kind of funny everyone is so >> opposed to a remake of John Carpenter's "The Thing". The reason I >> think it's funny is that John Carpenter's "The Thing" was a remake >> itself of the movie "The Thing from Another World". >> >> The Irredeemable Shaghttp://onceuponageek.com >> >> On Dec 5, 12:54 pm, BossHog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > 'They Live' is a classic piece of film making. I saw the film in the >> > theater (Cineplex not Broadway... though a musical version would be >> > AWESOME!) when it first came out. The thing I remember most about the >> > movie is the alleyway fight and how ridiculously long and drawn out it >> > was - good stuff though. >> >> > The story on the surface is a good (if not fairly basic) one - so I am >> > okay with a treatment that would do the story justice. >> >> > Thing remake = Fail! >> >> > On Dec 4, 2:06 pm, "Cary Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > A redo of "They Live" is in the works from the producer that was >> > > responsible for "Children of Men" (great movie if you haven't seen >> > > it). While I enjoyed the original's cheesy goodness, it does strike me >> > > as a movie that would really benefit from better production and some >> > > artistic license with the script. >> > > The article later mentions a possible remake that would be akin to >> > > sacrilege- The Thing. Leave that one alone, you putzes. It has held up >> > > to the test of time remarkably well, and I honestly don't see how it >> > > could be improved on. >> >> > >http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i5a49... > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
