Assault on Precinct 13 - Starring...Brian Dennehy & Ja Rule?
07-31-04, 10:58 PM
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Originally posted by RyoHazuki
Bah! Remake$$!!! When will $t00pid Hollywood get their 0wn idea$1!!!!11
Bah! Remake$$!!! When will $t00pid Hollywood get their 0wn idea$1!!!!11
Remakes are nothing new - Hollywood discovered remakes before talkies were invented.
08-01-04, 12:43 AM
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I just watched the origional last night...good camp factor, but what a poorly acted movie!
08-01-04, 08:47 AM
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I love watching the original in that it is very much a precursor to Halloween (which is one of my all-time favorites). You take "minimalist" score and the slow building tension involving mute attacker(s), add the horror influence of Black Christmas, and Halloween was the logical progression of John Carpenter. I hope the remake turns out well. The casting is looking good, although I'm not too sure about the acting ability of Ja Rule. Comparitively speaking, his Scary Movie 3 line delivery makes LL Cool J look like Marlon Brando.
08-01-04, 10:49 AM
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Not sure about some of the casting, but this is one I really don't mind seeing remade. I thought the original had a great premise, with some nice touches (the score in particular) but had a lot of flaws.
08-01-04, 08:20 PM
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Originally posted by mookyman
What's next, a remake of The Thing? Leave the originals alone.
What's next, a remake of The Thing? Leave the originals alone.
SInce you mention The Thing, not only was that already made (The Thing From Another World), but it was an adaptation of a short story (Who Goes There?). Calling either of them "originals" is, well, silly.
Originally posted by RyoHazuki
One problem I forsee is it will probably be PG-13.
One problem I forsee is it will probably be PG-13.
While I very much doubt that a remake would be less than an R, you could very easily make a PG-13 version of Assault... After all, a lot of the violence is offscreen.
08-01-04, 08:55 PM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Assault On Precinct 13 is far from original. It was a modernized Rio Bravo.
SInce you mention The Thing, not only was that already made (The Thing From Another World), but it was an adaptation of a short story (Who Goes There?). Calling either of them "originals" is, well, silly.
Assault On Precinct 13 is far from original. It was a modernized Rio Bravo.
SInce you mention The Thing, not only was that already made (The Thing From Another World), but it was an adaptation of a short story (Who Goes There?). Calling either of them "originals" is, well, silly.
Daht's dah johke.
08-01-04, 10:09 PM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
A film's quality is not decided by its rating.
A film's quality is not decided by its rating.
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08-03-04, 01:01 AM
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Originally posted by mookyman
Daht's dah johke.
Daht's dah johke.
(See, I use smilies. Everyone's happy that way.)
08-03-04, 12:17 PM
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This is the funniest thing in a long time . . . people complaining that remakes suck and they shoudl leave the originals (specifically Assault and the Thing) alone!
Face it, we have hit a point in society where creativity is running very low. I was adverse to the remake thing, but then I have come to embrace it in some instances. Remakes can be a good thing if they 1) are a re-imagining of the material, not just knocking off the original with hip young [air quotes]actors[/air quotes] OR 2) bring to the screen a movie that many people would have otherwise never even heard of (such is the case with a lot of the foreign import remakes).
Face it, we have hit a point in society where creativity is running very low. I was adverse to the remake thing, but then I have come to embrace it in some instances. Remakes can be a good thing if they 1) are a re-imagining of the material, not just knocking off the original with hip young [air quotes]actors[/air quotes] OR 2) bring to the screen a movie that many people would have otherwise never even heard of (such is the case with a lot of the foreign import remakes).
08-03-04, 01:44 PM
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Originally posted by harosa
Somehow I doubt anything in the remake will top the shock of the little girl at the ice cream truck in the original.
Somehow I doubt anything in the remake will top the shock of the little girl at the ice cream truck in the original.
08-03-04, 04:09 PM
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Originally posted by harosa
Somehow I doubt anything in the remake will top the shock of the little girl at the ice cream truck in the original.
Somehow I doubt anything in the remake will top the shock of the little girl at the ice cream truck in the original.
I love that movie - but I really hate that scene... it's 1000 times more disturbing than anything else in the film.
08-03-04, 06:38 PM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Indeed, it was as obvious and funny as when the pictured character tells a joke... are you sure you weren't just wrong and are now trying to cover your tracks?
(See, I use smilies. Everyone's happy that way.)
Indeed, it was as obvious and funny as when the pictured character tells a joke... are you sure you weren't just wrong and are now trying to cover your tracks?
(See, I use smilies. Everyone's happy that way.)
I don't usually use smileys because I don't like them. Sorry.
