Near Dark remake in the works
10-07-06, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by MechanicalMan
Well, that's obviously the perspective of someone who is making money off the film, but why would I feel that way? As a moviegoer, I don't want to see a shitty, embarrassing remake of something like Psycho. If people want to do some remakes, it would be nice if they could be just a little more creative about it. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree about this. Enjoy Psycho, Manchurian Candidate, Citizen Kane, or whatever bullshit remakes come along, but that's not what I want to see.
What's the harm if people never bother to see the original? If their opinion is tainted by seeing a remake? If a foreign film doesn't get released here because some asshole would rather make a bastardized remake for the US market? There is a whole generation of people who think of "Ice Ice Baby" when "Under Pressure" comes on the radio.
10-07-06, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric D.
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm not defending remakes at all. I hate them.
Eric, remakes, sequels and adaptations have existed since film began. You're complaining that they exist now? Not to mention your point of focus is Near Dark, which is only an alright film anyway. Make all the Dracula films you want, but oh, no, don't touch the Lance Henriksen vampire film... I like the original, obviously other people do too.
Originally Posted by Eric D.
Edit: Also you pointing out that another company does remakes is kind of silly and pointless. Like I don't know that?
Originally Posted by Bareit
Why is remaking Near Dark a bad thing? You can still continue to love the original and completely disregard the remake.
Now, off I go to watch my new The Texas Chain Saw Massacre DVD... the original, that is; I don't like the remake... but why let that affect my enjoyment? I'm mature about these things.
10-07-06, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
God, The Maltese Falcon is just awful, am I right? Damn remakes.
Eric, remakes, sequels and adaptations have existed since film began. You're complaining that they exist now? Not to mention your point of focus is Near Dark, which is only an alright film anyway. Make all the Dracula films you want, but oh, no, don't touch the Lance Henriksen vampire film... I like the original, obviously other people do too.
Eric, remakes, sequels and adaptations have existed since film began. You're complaining that they exist now? Not to mention your point of focus is Near Dark, which is only an alright film anyway. Make all the Dracula films you want, but oh, no, don't touch the Lance Henriksen vampire film... I like the original, obviously other people do too.
Originally Posted by Eric D.
What you have to understand is that the reason why I'm opposed to remakes so much is that they leave little room for original stuff to come out. Hardley anybody sells a spec script these days anymore. All studios want to do is play it safe and remake something that they know will find an audience since the original was successful in the past. Remakes are also bad in that no truly original ideas can come out of them. The screenwriter is restricted in a sense that they can't depart too much from the original idea because the studios don't want to take that risk. Also, I find it very embarrassing that filmmakers in other countries are constantly coming up with original ideas and all we can do is just remake them. People always complain that there are no good writers left in Hollywood. That is not true, there are plenty of good writers but they are just not allowed to write original stuff. Because remakes tend to make so much money, I can't really blame the studios for not wanting to take a risk on something different and have it blow up in their face. It is a business after all. But if Hollywood keeps this up long enough, it's going to burn itself out. They are really stretching now as it is with some of the films they are choosing to remake. But I do want to point out that not all remakes are awful films, some of them are pretty damn good. It's just the effect that they have on the industry as a whole that I find so distasteful. If Bay started that compnay to give up and coming directors a shot, and if the films are cheap to make, they why not take a fucking risk on something original once in a while. Sure it may end up being garbage like See No Evil, or it could be something amazing like The Descent. So that is why I don't like PD. They are only about the money despite saying they are for the filmmakers. If they start taking risks and making original stuff, I will love them. Twisted Pictures on the other hand rules. They take risks on original stuff and look what happened...they got a fucking franchise out of it.
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
Well, your tone does seem to be ignorant, so pardon other people for helping you out. Are you angry with everyone who posts in your threads, or just people with different opinions?
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
I'm mature about these things.
10-07-06, 04:36 PM
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Remember when LeAnn Rimes' cover of "How Do I Live" came out at the same time as Trisha Yearwood's original?
How soon before Hollywood goes the same route? "See Clive Owen in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Peter Weir. Then go see Ashton Kutcher in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Brett Ratner!"
How soon before Hollywood goes the same route? "See Clive Owen in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Peter Weir. Then go see Ashton Kutcher in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Brett Ratner!"
10-09-06, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Legolas
Remember when LeAnn Rimes' cover of "How Do I Live" came out at the same time as Trisha Yearwood's original?
How soon before Hollywood goes the same route? "See Clive Owen in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Peter Weir. Then go see Ashton Kutcher in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Brett Ratner!"
How soon before Hollywood goes the same route? "See Clive Owen in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Peter Weir. Then go see Ashton Kutcher in John Grisham's The Partner, directed by Brett Ratner!"
As it is, I find those kind of situations very interesting. You see how different filmmakers will use different things from the source material, and so on.
10-03-07, 12:46 AM
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Helmer Bayer creeps up on 'Dark' redo
By Borys Kit
Oct 3, 2007
Sam Bayer is in negotiations to direct "Near Dark," the remake of the cult vampire movie Platinum Dunes is producing for Rogue Pictures.
Like the 1987 original by Kathryn Bigelow, the remake centers on a young man who reluctantly joins a traveling "family" of evil vampires after the girl he tried to seduce bites him and turns him into one.
Christopher Landon ("Disturbia") is rewriting the script.
Platinum Dunes' Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are producing.
Bayer, one of the big names in music videos and commercials -- he directed Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" clip -- recently won a MTV Video Music Award for helming Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around Comes Around" video that starred Scarlett Johansson.
He is repped by Endeavor and Anonymous Content.
By Borys Kit
Oct 3, 2007
Sam Bayer is in negotiations to direct "Near Dark," the remake of the cult vampire movie Platinum Dunes is producing for Rogue Pictures.
Like the 1987 original by Kathryn Bigelow, the remake centers on a young man who reluctantly joins a traveling "family" of evil vampires after the girl he tried to seduce bites him and turns him into one.
Christopher Landon ("Disturbia") is rewriting the script.
Platinum Dunes' Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are producing.
Bayer, one of the big names in music videos and commercials -- he directed Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" clip -- recently won a MTV Video Music Award for helming Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around Comes Around" video that starred Scarlett Johansson.
He is repped by Endeavor and Anonymous Content.
10-03-07, 12:55 AM
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A couple weeks late on that update:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=512254
Although, yours seems to have a little more info. Plus, this thread did technically exist first, it seems.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=512254
Although, yours seems to have a little more info. Plus, this thread did technically exist first, it seems.
