remake / re-imagine
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UPDATED: Saturday, September 8, 2007 16:15
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Originally posted by SlyC:
Roger Ebert definitely has his biases
I think at this point critics are pretty much useless. I don't like people telling me what they think I would like. I have seen enough movies that critics said were bad that I thought were quite good and movies that they said were good that I thought were pretty bad. So If I see a preview (or trailer or whatever you cal it) and if the premise or if there is something I like about it I will go see it. I never look to critics to tell me anything. Also I just don't like spoilers.
Now, I'm not saying that critics are always right, or that they should tell people what to think (not that I think that's what they do - they usually just give opinion). But I'd rather look to a critic for an impression concerning a new film, as someone who is generally well-informed, studied, and knowlegdable about film as an artform, than a trailer, which is constructed by marketing people to trick you into buying a ticket, regardless of qulity.
It's that mentality that has led to the consistant decline on the quality of films over the years, IMO. Mrketing over quality is bad for art.
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'The Matrix' was a remake of sorts, more of a ripoff actually. It's the same basic movie as 'Dark City'.
That's not really fair to say. The Matrix was well into filming before Dark City was released (and written long before). If anything, call the simmilarities a matter of cultural zeitgeist - it was just time for those types of stories to be told.
And to answer the question at hand - I'd like to see a remake/re-boot of Highlander. Cool premise, which has gotten more and more rediculouse over the years, due to a staggering stream of bad, bad ideas.
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Good call! The Stainless Steel Rat has been mentioned before on another thread...
where? context? - influence on hitchhikers maybe??
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That's not really fair to say. The Matrix was well into filming before Dark City was released (and written long before). If anything, call the simmilarities a matter of cultural zeitgeist - it was just time for those types of stories to be told.
You may well be right, Storymark. It may be complete coincidence. Also from what I've read they might both have been ripping off Plato. There's nothing new under the sun, as they say.
At the very least I'd have to say that it's definitely less of a ripoff than I thought.
But still it doesn't sit right. Many times in movie and tv history one company gets wind of what another is doing then takes the idea and makes their own movie. Maybe that's what happened here. Either way I can accept the explanation.
The Stainless Steel Rat...
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If it helps clarify more, the Matrix was in development as far back as at least '95. The Wachowski's tried to set it up as their directorial debut, but the studio was doubtfull that they could pull it off. they made Bound (released in '96) as a way of proving that they could pull off a feature, albiet on a much smaller scale.
The premise behind Dark City was Alex Proyas' baby, and he had also been developing the story for a while, though I know not how long. But given the Wachowski's being based in California, and Proyas operating out of Australia, I doubt there was much connection between the two.
It's just one of those things, where people happen on the same idea at the same time (happens to me fairly frequently, and it's irritating as hell).
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Was just watching Samurai Jack and trying to decide if it would work live action. I'm watching a realising that there is often very little dialogue and inbetween the action it is the sound design that conveys the atmosphere of the show. Silences and ambient noise are a big thing and I'm not sure it would translate. Plus Mako who did the voice of Aku died recently and it just wouldn't be the same without him.
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OTOH, the Mako soundalike they have over on Avatar seems like he'll do a good job (according to "School Time Shipping," which is the only place we've heard him so far).
Actually, a live-action Samurai Jack has been in talks for a while now. In fact, when Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai was announced, people thought that was it (there was massive [and pointed] bitching about "Jack" needing to be Japanese or the whole story becomes meaningless).
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Just Googling around and found this:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967622.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ni
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So they are going to do an animated feature but no news on a live actioner as yet.
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not to give my fic writing research methods away ha ha) but - anyone remember a show called TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY?
this could easily be remade with Fillion and Chrisitina H. in lead roles...
also - Romancing the stone - (Jewel in the nile was crap but...) which (like the above) was an influence on Mal, i think.
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TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY... with Mark Sheppard as Bon Chance Louie?
With Indiana Jones making a comeback, maybe we WILL see a reimagining of TotGM, not to mention FRANK BUCK'S BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE and CASABLANCA: THE SERIES.
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