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Subject: Whats up with Hollywood?
Posted by: sarge33rd
- [544411918] Thu, May 19, 2005, 23:06
Watching TV tonight and seeing the upcoming movie ads;
Remake of Willy Wonka essentially, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Remake of Bewitched,
Remake of "The Longest Yard",
Remake, remake, remake....cant bring them all to mind, but struck katie and I as WTF? Are there NO original story lines left to be told? Has Hollywood run its course and is now living upto (down to?) the South Park episode where the boys went to Lucas home (or was it Spielbergs????) to get their money back?
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| 1 | Perm Dude
ID: 474521710
Fri, May 20, 2005, 00:35
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Don't worry--Indiana Jones 4 is coming!
Saw a preview for War of the Worlds tonight, too.
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| 2 | katietx
ID: 544411918
Fri, May 20, 2005, 00:41
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That's right...we did see the WW tonite as well.
another Indiana Jones? Isn't Harrison Ford getting a bit old? or, are they going to cast someone else...maybe make it a "before" movie?
Also, a new batman coming as well.
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| 3 | Bond, James Bond
ID: 324151722
Fri, May 20, 2005, 01:11
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...and another Superman movie is being cast.
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| 4 | Rendle
Donor
ID: 014815714
Fri, May 20, 2005, 03:40
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The Superman movie sounds pretty good. Kevin Spacey and the director of Usual Suspects are connected to the project. The new Batman movie should also be good. The director of Memento is attached to direct.
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| 5 | katietx
ID: 544411918
Sat, May 28, 2005, 18:55
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Trailers for Batman look very good. Hopefully better than the last one.
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| 6 | Great One
ID: 6452919
Sat, May 28, 2005, 18:57
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this is going to be the worst of all...
The Honeymooners! with Cedric the Entertainer. ugh. They really ARE out of ideas. Its ridiculous.
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| 7 | Great One
ID: 6452919
Sat, May 28, 2005, 19:13
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King Kong
Chocolate Factory
Honeymooners
Bewitched
Longest Yard
Amityville Horror
House of Wax
Dukes of Hazzard
Herbie
THe Bad News Bears (nooo!!!)
don't forget last years...
Stepford Wives
Manchurian Candidate
Ocean's 11/12/1040660
Dawn of the Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
and milking a past success...
Batman
Star Wars
what am I forgetting?
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| 8 | tastethewaste
ID: 4111372521
Sat, May 28, 2005, 19:58
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Starskey and Hutch
Fat Albert
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| 9 | Aris
ID: 166571316
Sun, May 29, 2005, 02:27
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The "Dukes of Hazzard" !!!
That's amazing!
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| 10 | Cosmo's Cod Piece
ID: 11314719
Wed, Jun 22, 2005, 06:10
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A remake of "The Warriors" is coming out in 2006 directed by Tony Scott. No official cast has been announced yet.
I really liked the original movie and I wish they'd leave well enough alone.
For those who haven't seen The Warriors I would highly recommend that you take a stroll to Blockbuster or cyber-stroll to NetFlix and scope it out.
Hollywood and the media are wondering why revenues are down and I think this is a huge reason. No original ideas and the fact that its cheaper to wait eight months and own the movie than it is to go to the theater means less movie goers.
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| 11 | Tree
ID: 215341418
Wed, Jun 22, 2005, 07:44
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warriors, come out and play...
let's get down to it, big boppers...
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| 12 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 41831612
Wed, Jun 22, 2005, 08:02
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That's one of my all-time top 10.
And can you believe the video game is on its way, allegedly following the movie pretty close? After all these years??
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| 13 | C1-NRB
ID: 24050310
Wed, Jun 22, 2005, 11:26
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Can you dig it?
I'd go see it, which answers the "why?" question but "how" do you remake The Warriors? The 70's were such a simpler time for gangs. The whole set up was that someone had a gun.
I saw The Warriors a few years ago on Joe Bob Briggs Drive-In Movie Show on USA(?). He had some interesting commentary about how it was based on an "Odyssey"-type story from the Greek city/state times. An army had to fight their way back home after allegiances changed while they were out. He also said the Transit Authority had a problem with the movie because it showed people how to jump over the turnstiles in the subway. As if...
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