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Title: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Turnsky on April 22, 2006, 06:44:19 am
can't do "original" anymore  :wtf:

original (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069113/)
2005 remake  (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419358/) (for TV, mind you, but still!)
2006 remake (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409182/)

not to mention i've heard tell that they're making a scary movie 5
i tell ya, hollywood is now a dead horse the size of manhattan, with thousands of producers all clambering over it, hitting it vigorously with sticks.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Mefustae on April 22, 2006, 06:52:28 am
There is still hope for Holywood. If we ever see remakes of the true classics, like War of the Worlds, then it is truly a lost cause... hey, wait a minute...
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Turambar on April 22, 2006, 10:07:33 am
there's always some hope

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ok, maybe not
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: castor on April 22, 2006, 10:31:01 am
 :wakka:
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Mefustae on April 22, 2006, 10:32:50 am
*Golf-clap*
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Flipside on April 22, 2006, 01:45:03 pm
:lol: Thanks, that cheered me up!
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Flipside on April 22, 2006, 03:24:41 pm
It gets worse....

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20060421/114563244000.html
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: neo_hermes on April 22, 2006, 03:30:02 pm
Oh God No!
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Fineus on April 22, 2006, 04:05:39 pm
This feels appropriate...  :doubt:

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Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: aldo_14 on April 22, 2006, 04:07:14 pm
I'm still waiting for Ridley Scott to make The space horror on Button Moon.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Flipside on April 22, 2006, 04:13:49 pm
Invasion of the Klangers!! ;)
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Fineus on April 22, 2006, 04:16:27 pm
"Klangers on a mother-****in' moon!!"[/b] ;)
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: starfox on April 22, 2006, 05:20:01 pm
"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" 
Truly an anti-classic...
I just hope they will never attack us again..... :lol:
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Kosh on April 22, 2006, 06:17:57 pm
Quote from: Flipside on April 22, 2006, 03:24:41 pm
It gets worse....

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20060421/114563244000.html


Oh my god we're d00m3d!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 22, 2006, 06:39:10 pm
Quote from: Flipside on April 22, 2006, 03:24:41 pm
It gets worse....

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20060421/114563244000.html

There. Is. No. God.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Turnsky on April 22, 2006, 08:50:38 pm
Quote from: Flipside on April 22, 2006, 03:24:41 pm
It gets worse....

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20060421/114563244000.html

if there was anything that would make my eye twitch, that was it.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Nuclear1 on April 22, 2006, 10:30:21 pm
Great, so Gurinder Chadha is to old TV shows as Uwe Boll is to games.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Solatar on April 22, 2006, 11:02:57 pm
I just saw a preview today of a movie about 9/11. Not a conspiracy theory one or a documentary. Looked like an airplane thriller/emotional film...kinda made me sick. I mean, I know they do movies about other disasters like wars, ships sinking (titanic), and other stuff but I think 5 years after the fact is just not long enough to wait.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Mefustae on April 22, 2006, 11:36:28 pm
Quote from: Solatar on April 22, 2006, 11:02:57 pm
I just saw a preview today of a movie about 9/11. Not a conspiracy theory one or a documentary. Looked like an airplane thriller/emotional film...kinda made me sick. I mean, I know they do movies about other disasters like wars, ships sinking (titanic), and other stuff but I think 5 years after the fact is just not long enough to wait.
A common complaint i've been reading [and hearing], although nobody really seems to mind the fact that American Politicians bring it up at every turn. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Col. Fishguts on April 23, 2006, 04:08:47 pm
Quote from: Turnsky on April 22, 2006, 06:44:19 am
2006 remake (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409182/)


I was the trailer for that one a few weeks ago, and was thinking why anbody would want to see a remake of a movie that was bad in its original form ?
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: aldo_14 on April 23, 2006, 04:21:55 pm
Quote from: Col. Fishguts on April 23, 2006, 04:08:47 pm
movie that was bad in its original form ?

but... butbutbut - Ernest Borgnine!
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Col. Fishguts on April 23, 2006, 05:19:22 pm
Quote from: aldo_14 on April 23, 2006, 04:21:55 pm
Quote from: Col. Fishguts on April 23, 2006, 04:08:47 pm
movie that was bad in its original form ?

but... butbutbut - Ernest Borgnine!

Even Ernest "Santini" Borgnine couldn't save this one.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: aldo_14 on April 23, 2006, 05:40:12 pm
Quote from: Kalfireth on April 22, 2006, 04:16:27 pm
"Klangers on a mother-****in' moon!!"[/b] ;)

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"Stay away from my pots, *****!"
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Flipside on April 23, 2006, 05:49:13 pm
:lol:
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Solatar on April 23, 2006, 05:50:51 pm
Quote from: Mefustae on April 22, 2006, 11:36:28 pm
Quote from: Solatar on April 22, 2006, 11:02:57 pm
I just saw a preview today of a movie about 9/11. Not a conspiracy theory one or a documentary. Looked like an airplane thriller/emotional film...kinda made me sick. I mean, I know they do movies about other disasters like wars, ships sinking (titanic), and other stuff but I think 5 years after the fact is just not long enough to wait.
A common complaint i've been reading [and hearing], although nobody really seems to mind the fact that American Politicians bring it up at every turn. :rolleyes:

...I do. Not that I want to forget about it or anything, 'cause I'm sorry for the people and their families. The fact is...I'm sick of it being the "reason" for everything we do. It's turned into a propoganda thing.

Although I don't really mind that as MUCH as I mind a (seemingly) suspenseful thriller/blockbuster film based on the events. A documentary I can deal with...
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 23, 2006, 06:35:15 pm
To be totally honest, I haven't actually heard 9/11 brought up as justification in a long time. Implied, perhaps, but not explicitly said.

On the other hand perhaps I'm just not listening.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Solatar on April 23, 2006, 08:48:57 pm
Well, I haven't followed the news as much lately, but I assumed (dumb, yes) that if Mefustae was seeing it as such a problem that politicians were spouting 9/11 at every turn, then there must have been a problem. I was merely agreeing with him in a twisted sort of way. :D
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Deepblue on April 23, 2006, 09:24:11 pm
Can someone explain to me why Flight 93 is too soon when the producers talked to every single family member involved on the plane and got unanimous approval before producing the movie.

I'd even go so far as to say it's not soon enough. People shouldn't forget things like 9/11.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Ford Prefect on April 23, 2006, 10:13:23 pm
I don't think it's too soon. I think it's a stupid ****in' idea.

And how on Earth is anyone going to forget September 11? I would be really interested to hear someone's theories on this phenomenon.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Carl on April 23, 2006, 10:14:37 pm
Deepblue, I don't think that we would be forgetting any time soon, with or without a movie.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Flipside on April 23, 2006, 10:34:39 pm
It's not the forgetting that is the problem, it's the forgiving, I wonder how far this movie will allow that to happen?
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: Nuclear1 on April 24, 2006, 09:08:07 am
Quote from: Col. Fishguts on April 23, 2006, 04:08:47 pm
Quote from: Turnsky on April 22, 2006, 06:44:19 am
2006 remake (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409182/)


I was the trailer for that one a few weeks ago, and was thinking why anbody would want to see a remake of a movie that was bad in its original form ?

Well, one of the problems with the original one was that the cause was unbelievable (well, so is the ship turning completely upside down and remaining afloat, but still), being the result of
Spoiler:
a tidal wave kicked up by an undersea earthquake in the Meditte...Mediter...that one sea; of course, a tidal wave never reaches that high out at sea, but instead builds up in the shallow water at shore.

This version is supposed to make more use of the freak wave concept (which is actually more than plausible now; a few months before the shooting for the remake took place, something similar happened off of the coast of Georgia with a 70-foot freak wave; the wave in the movie is supposed to be about 100 feet).

Still, it looks like it would be interesting and reasonably good entertainment value, at least.
Title: Re: further proof that hollywood...
Post by: aldo_14 on April 24, 2006, 09:09:39 am
Quote from: Ford Prefect on April 23, 2006, 10:13:23 pm
I don't think it's too soon. I think it's a stupid ****in' idea.

And how on Earth is anyone going to forget September 11? I would be really interested to hear someone's theories on this phenomenon.

September 11?  When did that happen?

EDIT; something else http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2005/092005.shtml