Red Dawn - Now with added DPRK

Oberon · 03-16-11, 09:14 AM

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...0,995726.story

Takeda Shingen · 03-16-11, 10:49 AM

Ugh. I am probably the only person on the boards that didn't like the original. I have no interest in the remake. Still, to the point of the thread, China would be the more logical antagonist, as North Korea has positively zero ability to project power.

Sailor Steve · 03-16-11, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Ugh. I am probably the only person on the boards that didn't like the original.

You assume too much. I thought the original was one of the stupidest movies I had ever seen. It did lead to one great story, though. I was at a wargaming convention when the subject came up. One of the people there, a former Soviet officer who had defected to the US, said that one of their greatest fears during the Cold War was to be ordered to invade America.

"We knew for a fact that every American owned a gun, and knew how to use it."

SgtPotato · 03-16-11, 02:32 PM

Are you serious? We both made US and China to be friendly from the outside. But in the inside, we're still spying each other with cloak and dagger.

Raptor1 · 03-16-11, 10:57 AM

Eh, I enjoyed the original, it wasn't terribly good, but it wasn't all that bad either.

Replacing the Soviets with the Chinese was, in my opinion, a bad idea to start with, but North Koreans? That's just ridiculous.

BTW, this seems to be the exact same thing that happened to Homefront, as it was originally supposed to have Chinese bad guys too.

EDIT: Ah, just noticed that's stated in the article. Should really read the whole thing first.

Growler · 03-16-11, 11:31 AM

Realities like force projection never did matter much in Hollywood.

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It's all about maintaining access to the Asian superpower's lucrative box office.

^^There's your bottom-line reality.

Kaye T. Bai · 03-16-11, 12:14 PM

Red Dawn 3: Liberia invades Cambodia!

TLAM Strike · 03-16-11, 12:22 PM

I'm surprised that Hollywood to get a bigger audience didn't make it a movie about evil American troops invading some tiny crappy communist dictatorship and the brave partisans who rise up to fight them.

gimpy117 · 03-16-11, 12:43 PM

great, now republicans can watch a movie that reinforces their paranoia that socialists are everywhere.

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SgtPotato Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In your ocean, sinking your ships Posts: 721 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Are you serious? We both made US and China to be friendly from the outside. But in the inside, we're still spying each other with cloak and dagger. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Eh, I enjoyed the original, it wasn't terribly good, but it wasn't all that bad either. Replacing the Soviets with the Chinese was, in my opinion, a bad idea to start with, but North Koreans? That's just ridiculous. BTW, this seems to be the exact same thing that happened to Homefront, as it was originally supposed to have Chinese bad guys too. EDIT: Ah, just noticed that's stated in the article. Should really read the whole thing first. __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

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TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I'm surprised that Hollywood to get a bigger audience didn't make it a movie about evil American troops invading some tiny crappy communist dictatorship and the brave partisans who rise up to fight them. __________________

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Ugh. I am probably the only person on the boards that didn't like the original. I have no interest in the remake. Still, to the point of the thread, China would be the more logical antagonist, as North Korea has positively zero ability to project power.

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