Hollywood Making Cr@p for the M@sses: A Video by Taualumna

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

ok...

All the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Remakes, The 39 Steps done 4 times,1984 and The Fly (which is due out AGAIN in 09),King Kong, even your aforementioned Wizard of Oz was a remake (not referring to the Wiz)

I think we are trying to say the same thing and with that awareness, there is much frustatration to see something fresh...technology has helped Hollywood stay in the game but the lack of great stories or worse the lack of EXECUTING a great story is what is holding Hollywood back.

Ooooookay...none of this about the dumbing down of movies for Americans unless people add their own spin.

Some people really enjoy remakes. Some of these people aren't familiar with the originals and others are familiar but like the breath of fresh air.

I happen to like the original Texas Chainsaw movies but even in the 1980s that movie was worn out by all the sequels. Then in the 1990s-2000s they decided to redo the original so a new audience (that isn't drawn to horror from the 1970s) can watch it. The remake wasn't bad. Night of the Living Dead was redone and the genre of the undead has been beaten to death (Dawn of the Dead's remake wasn't too bad).

I mostly watch horror and the remake of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Nicole Kidman was unnecessary because the original was so good. On a nonhorror take, there were even 2 different versions of my favorite movie, Imitation of Life and one wasn't that good.

As long as they don't remake my favorite horror movies The Exorcist or Poltergeist, I won't have to cut anyone. But if they do, there were talks of Dakota Fanning playing the lead in The Exorcist which will of course piss me off, that still won't be about the dumbing down of movies for Americans.

I get excited when I talk about horror movies.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Ooooookay...none of this about the dumbing down of movies for Americans unless people add their own spin.

Some people really enjoy remakes. Some of these people aren't familiar with the originals and others are familiar but like the breath of fresh air.

I happen to like the original Texas Chainsaw movies but even in the 1980s that movie was worn out by all the sequels. Then in the 1990s-2000s they decided to redo the original so a new audience (that isn't drawn to horror from the 1970s) can watch it. The remake wasn't bad. Night of the Living Dead was redone and the genre of the undead has been beaten to death (Dawn of the Dead's remake wasn't too bad).

I mostly watch horror and the remake of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Nicole Kidman was unnecessary because the original was so good. On a nonhorror take, there were even 2 different versions of my favorite movie, Imitation of Life and one wasn't that good.

As long as they don't remake my favorite horror movies The Exorcist or Poltergeist, I won't have to cut anyone. But if they do, there were talks of Dakota Fanning playing the lead in The Exorcist which will of course piss me off, that still won't be about the dumbing down of movies for Americans.

I get excited when I talk about horror movies.

They attempted a remake of the Excorcist 2 years ago didn't they or was it some prequel BS?


I missed it.

[33girl]

That was prequel BS. They've already had 2 sequels as well.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by 33girl

That was prequel BS. They've already had 2 sequels as well.

Yes. Sequels and prequels don't bother me--plus no one cares about those Exorcist sequels and the prequel, really. I just don't want them to touch the original Exorcist or The Poltergeist (Poltergeist 2 was good but 3 was horrid).

[They already jacked up The Omen by giving that nonspeaking little boy a role. But I don't think they did that because they were dumbing it down.]

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Yes. Sequels and prequels don't bother me--plus no one cares about those Exorcist sequels and the prequel, really. I just don't want them to touch the original Exorcist or The Poltergeist (Poltergeist 2 was good but 3 was horrid).

[They already jacked up The Omen by giving that nonspeaking little boy a role. But I don't think they did that because they were dumbing it down.]

It's just like music...I really don't care too much for remixes or remaking of anything....it's not much that has been done out here that has been 'remade' that i like..I can think of a few but they escape me right now.


As long as they don't try to do another Godfather sequel or try to do a remake... I am good....

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

It's just like music...I really don't care too much for remixes or remaking of anything....it's not much that has been done out here that has been 'remade' that i like..I can think of a few but they escape me right now.


As long as they don't try to do another Godfather sequel or try to do a remake... I am good....

Yeah.

So do we all agree that this topic isn't really about what Taualumna tried to make it about?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

It's just like music...I really don't care too much for remixes or remaking of anything....it's not much that has been done out here that has been 'remade' that i like..I can think of a few but they escape me right now.

Just to quibble a little, it's like some music. No, we don't really need to many remixes or covers of popular music -- The Beatles did "Hard Days Night" just fine, thanks. (Although I have heard some covers I liked better than the originals.)

But then there's other music. Another recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony? Sure! Another production/recording of "West Side Story" or "Carmen." Sure! I may hear different nuances or approaches in the different recordings or productions.

In that vein, should they stop making movies of Shakespeare? Who needed a new movie of "Richard III" (with Ian McKellen) in the 90s, when we already had Laurence Olivier's masterpiece? But I'm glad that Ian McKellen's was made, and I'm looking forward to his new "King Lear."

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

So do we all agree that this topic isn't really about what Taualumna tried to make it about?

Definitely.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

They attempted a remake of the Excorcist 2 years ago didn't they or was it some prequel BS?


I missed it.

It was a prequel.