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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 25, 2004 1:12:15 GMT -5
ROTF! Oh man that's painfull and they'll do it too. I don't mean to sound like a remake snob, I'm actually looking forward to seeing how the talented Cohen Brothers and Tom Hanks do with their version of "The Lady Killers". But sometimes, I just don't get it. They do a big movie version of "The Saint", but it's nothing like the original "Saint". Why call it something if it doesn't relate at all to the title character? That would be like the next Bond picture: Having 007 become a techo-phobic, dresss wearing television repairmen. Sounds funny sure... but that's not James Bond! The Coen Brothers can do no wrong with me. I'll be there as soon as I can get a babysitter, and I'm pretty sure I'll love it. |
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Post by al27 on Mar 25, 2004 9:13:06 GMT -5
"Walking Tall" was the true story of Buford Puser, a pudgy white guy who lived in Tennessee and carried a big stick. I'm sorry, but to cast this movie with the Rock, change the characters name, move the local to the pacific Northwest. Why is this called "Walking Tall" again? Oh, yes, they kept the big stick. Sigh, Hollywood sucks. I'll be passing on this one. What's next? A remake of "The French Connection", only this one stars Carrot Top and he's fighting crooked powdered donut salesmen in sunny Hawaii! Oh for fun!  Can you REALLY blame them for changing his name? C'mon, Buford Puser, could there BE a lamer name? Sorry for sounding like Chandler there, but really, Buford Puser...(sigh) -al27 |
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Post by marytrobot on Mar 25, 2004 10:09:23 GMT -5
Oh and what about You've got Mail,(I can't remember the origional title of the old one but it was good) or or The Parent Trap... or Flubber,...
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Post by marytrobot on Mar 25, 2004 10:10:08 GMT -5
Don't even get me started on sequals... |
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Post by mightyjack on Mar 25, 2004 11:22:18 GMT -5
Can you REALLY blame them for changing his name? C'mon, Buford Puser, could there BE a lamer name? Sorry for sounding like Chandler there, but really, Buford Puser...(sigh) -al27 Yes, I can blame them and the fact that there was a successfull franchise of movies about a character with that name, proves that changing it is just more Hollywood poppyc0ck. |
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Mar 25, 2004 12:09:26 GMT -5
Oh, praise be, someone else noticed the hideous lame ending of Planet of the Apes!!!!!!!!
I swear we only went to see it to kill some time. We were in Spokane for my friend Susie's wedding, and basically had a day to mooch around town, so my boyfreind at the time and I decided to take in a matinee. And what better timewaster than a big Tim Burton remake?
I was in that happy numb daze for most of the film, not expecting much out of it--the ape makeup was quite good, Tim Roth made a heroic effort, etc....but than THAT ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!
Marky Mark goes back in time, to EARTH, to find that Tim the Monkey has gotten there first and taken over as a world leader! NO! NO, I SAY!!!!!!!! The movie had clearly established that the space station from the beginning of the film had crashed on a random planet that was not earth, was in fact nowhere near earth, so even if they WENT back in time, it would be to the time period on THIS planet, NOT EARTH!!!!!!!!!!! RAAAGH!
My poor boyfreind had to listen to me rave about this for twenty minutes, trying to calm me down while pointing out that it was just a movie. I'm sorry, but how, on a big budget film, does nobody notice a logic lapse of this magnitude? They spent millions outfitting apes and rigging blonde bimbos into fetching spandex rag outfits, and they couldn't hire one sci-fi geek to vet the script?
Blah!
mrsphyllistorgo
Beth Wilbraham? Can she be legally arrested now?
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Post by al27 on Mar 25, 2004 12:25:26 GMT -5
Oh, praise be, someone else noticed the hideous lame ending of Planet of the Apes!!!!!!!! I swear we only went to see it to kill some time. We were in Spokane for my friend Susie's wedding, and basically had a day to mooch around town, so my boyfreind at the time and I decided to take in a matinee. And what better timewaster than a big Tim Burton remake? I was in that happy numb daze for most of the film, not expecting much out of it--the ape makeup was quite good, Tim Roth made a heroic effort, etc....but than THAT ENDING!!!!!!!!!!! Marky Mark goes back in time, to EARTH, to find that Tim the Monkey has gotten there first and taken over as a world leader! NO! NO, I SAY!!!!!!!! The movie had clearly established that the space station from the beginning of the film had crashed on a random planet that was not earth, was in fact nowhere near earth, so even if they WENT back in time, it would be to the time period on THIS planet, NOT EARTH!!!!!!!!!!! RAAAGH! My poor boyfreind had to listen to me rave about this for twenty minutes, trying to calm me down while pointing out that it was just a movie. I'm sorry, but how, on a big budget film, does nobody notice a logic lapse of this magnitude? They spent millions outfitting apes and rigging blonde bimbos into fetching spandex rag outfits, and they couldn't hire one sci-fi geek to vet the script? Blah! mrsphyllistorgo Beth Wilbraham? Can she be legally arrested now? Yes, I do agree, I saw the POTA remake too and was confused. With the original, at least it was a surprise ending, but this was just there because Mr. Burton apparently thought it had to end weird. Stupid Mr. Burton, he should have been working on a Mars Attacks sequel instead of that remake. Mars Attacks was cool. -al27 |
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 25, 2004 19:57:10 GMT -5
YOU get lost! (Thanks for correcting me. I knew "shut up" didn't sound right, but it was late.) |
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