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O' my word they have remade the 1950's classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. I wonder if it is any good. :hmm:
Trailer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xP1NVnLY_vU
O' my word they have remade the 1950's classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. I wonder if it is any good. :hmm:
Trailer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xP1NVnLY_vU
Remakes usually arent that good. Just look for example the Halloween series' new additions, rubbish. Another good example is the remake of John Carpenter's 'Fog' one of my all time favorite horror movies, complete trash with it's teen actors straight from the "Dawson Creek's Actor School". :nope:
Yea, just have to see what the critics make of it.
I was griping about remakes last week.
Not that its of any personal interest to me, but my girlfriend brought it to my attention that they made remake of the film Hairspray. So, they are now remaking films that were made less than 15 years ago! :doh: Is hollywood really that short on creativity!? They have already disgraced some of my favorite childhood shows with stupid, pathetic attempts at remakes (Dukes of Hazzard, Starsky & Hutch, Miami Vice)
The only remake im grateful for is I Am Legend (remake of Omega Man). It kicks Hestons ass.....
Sailor Steve
07-11-08, 03:36 PM
Except that Omega Man was a remake of The Last Man On Earth, starring Vincent Price. I've heard it was better than either of the remakes.
And Dowly mentioned John Carpenter. He did his own remake of The Thing, which was closer to the short story Who Goes There? than the original movie was.
What about the remakes of War Of The Worlds :down: and Earth Versus The Flying Saucers (Independence Day) :down: ?
The only remake im grateful for is I Am Legend (remake of Omega Man). It kicks Hestons ass.....
Gotta agree, I am legend was a good flick. :up:
Another good example is the remake of John Carpenter's 'Fog' one of my all time favorite horror movies, complete trash with it's teen actors straight from the "Dawson Creek's Actor School". :nope:
Is that the one with Adrian Barbeau?
Another good example is the remake of John Carpenter's 'Fog' one of my all time favorite horror movies, complete trash with it's teen actors straight from the "Dawson Creek's Actor School". :nope:
Is that the one with Adrian Barbeau?
Yup. :up:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080749/
I'm not a fan of horror movies but that one WAS good!
Adrianne Bazongas FTW!
Sailor Steve
07-11-08, 09:52 PM
The only remake im grateful for is I Am Legend (remake of Omega Man). It kicks Hestons ass.....
Gotta agree, I am legend was a good flick. :up:
Gotta disagree. I like Will Smith, but I thought it was lame. But I thought that about the Heston one too. Guess I just didn't like the story all that much.
Monica Lewinsky
07-11-08, 10:37 PM
The original movie is near and dear to me. It was released the the day I was born. I have always wondered why I am such a Sci-Fi nut case.
Message to Gort: "Nickti, burabus, nicktoo". Gotta watch the original movie to understand that. "We came in peace, but these robots are our police force".
The original movie is near and dear to me. It was released the the day I was born. I have always wondered why I am such a Sci-Fi nut case.
Message to Gort: "Nickti, burabus, nicktoo". Gotta watch the original movie to understand that. "We came in peace, but these robots are our police force".
Dont you mean "Klaatu barada nikto" ?
http://www.gausswerks.com/img/r006.jpg
Monica Lewinsky
07-11-08, 10:57 PM
Dont you mean "Klaatu barada nikto" ?
F'ing experts ..... shrugs her head in shame. Multiple Shame. Fricking know-it-alls of foreign languages. I concede shame ... to being WRONG with the wording. :D
You are correct, my bad. now Gort vaporize StdDev, FIRE!!! Make sure sure he has no electricity for one hour.
I just LOVE the opening and ending music from the original movie.
darius359au
07-12-08, 12:44 AM
Dont you mean "Klaatu barada nikto" ?
F'ing experts ..... shrugs her head in shame. Multiple Shame. Fricking know-it-alls of foreign languages. I concede shame ... to being WRONG with the wording. :D
You are correct, my bad. now Gort vaporize StdDev, FIRE!!! Make sure sure he has no electricity for one hour.
I just LOVE the opening and ending music from the original movie.
What happens when you say the wrong words ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i622sjh3ZPQ&feature=related
Onkel Neal
07-12-08, 01:13 AM
Except that Omega Man was a remake of The Last Man On Earth, starring Vincent Price. I've heard it was better than either of the remakes.
And Dowly mentioned John Carpenter. He did his own remake of The Thing, which was closer to the short story Who Goes There? than the original movie was.
What about the remakes of War Of The Worlds :down: and Earth Versus The Flying Saucers (Independence Day) :down: ?
What? Independence Day was way better than Earth Versus The Flying Saucers :lol: Compare the scene in EvsFS where the scientist and his gf are driving the car looking up through the windshield at the saucer (off camera) with the scene in ID where Will Smith steps out for the paper... :arrgh!:
Well at least we got Gort in the film and it may be OK film but we will all have to wait on its release.
Tchocky
07-12-08, 08:15 AM
I Am Legend was awful. I'll let Cracked explain http://www.cracked.com/article_16258_5-awesome-movies-ruined-by-last-minute-changes.html
Skybird
07-12-08, 09:07 AM
The only remake im grateful for is I Am Legend (remake of Omega Man). It kicks Hestons ass.....
Gotta agree, I am legend was a good flick. :up:
Gotta disagree. I like Will Smith, but I thought it was lame. But I thought that about the Heston one too. Guess I just didn't like the story all that much.
Read the novel. The Heston movie did not do it justice, but for itself was not a too bad movie. But the Wilbur Smith movie almost raped the novel - very bad style. I think somebody decided that the audience must be saved from the novel's grim essence.
FIREWALL
07-12-08, 09:10 AM
All I got to say is " I'm glad Hollywood and other filmakers DON'T LISTEN to the Great and WELLKNOWN movie critics of SUBSIM. :p :rotfl:
All I got to say is " I'm glad Hollywood and other filmakers DON'T LISTEN to the Great and WELLKNOWN movie critics of SUBSIM. :p :rotfl:
What a great idea for a whole new thread. :up: :rock:
Platapus
07-12-08, 10:30 AM
I am usually not a fan of remakes, but I have to admit that the remake of Hanover Street was way better than the original so "some" remakes aint that bad.
Sailor Steve
07-12-08, 12:35 PM
What about the remakes of War Of The Worlds :down: and Earth Versus The Flying Saucers (Independence Day) :down: ?
What? Independence Day was way better than Earth Versus The Flying Saucers :lol: Compare the scene in EvsFS where the scientist and his gf are driving the car looking up through the windshield at the saucer (off camera) with the scene in ID where Will Smith steps out for the paper... :arrgh!:
Are you kidding? I was six when I watched that seen from the back seat of my parents' car at the drive-in - scared the willies out of me! And Jeff Goldblum only had a plain old laptop - EVTFS had UNIVAC! Right there on the screen! Filling up a whole warehouse! I could even see the little calculator rods going up and down! Talk about special effects!:rotfl:
I Am Legend was awful. I'll let Cracked explain http://www.cracked.com/article_16258...e-changes.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_16258_5-awesome-movies-ruined-by-last-minute-changes.html)
Cool! I LIKE the "supposed to be" ending! I like a movie that actually makes you think.
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