Red Dawn - Remake 2012 release
08-20-12 | 10:05 AM
#51
Re: Red Dawn - Remake 2012 release
The original was a really cool B movie. The invasion here doesn't appear to have the ominous elegance of the original. What was once the odd sight of a couple of silent parachuters landing outside of a high school window has become a CGI-fest of explosions and fiery airplane parts. That there's a "secret weapon" the kids are after now is kinda lame.
Really, I'm furious that the American film industry has become so pussified that it's preemptively kowtowing to a brutal communist dictatorship without China even ASKING or voicing any protest about the movie. What's even dumber is that they think there's a chance in hell of this movie getting cleared to be distributed in China anyway, given that it's still an anti-communist movie if NK is the villain.
Our art should not be shaped by the delicate sensitivities of repressive regimes. We're America for fuck's sake! Offending authority and calling assholes assholes is our tradition. And China is ruled by assholes. We should be verbally and artistically bashing dictatorship all day long, not kissing its ass. This movie won't get a penny from me.
Really, I'm furious that the American film industry has become so pussified that it's preemptively kowtowing to a brutal communist dictatorship without China even ASKING or voicing any protest about the movie. What's even dumber is that they think there's a chance in hell of this movie getting cleared to be distributed in China anyway, given that it's still an anti-communist movie if NK is the villain.
Our art should not be shaped by the delicate sensitivities of repressive regimes. We're America for fuck's sake! Offending authority and calling assholes assholes is our tradition. And China is ruled by assholes. We should be verbally and artistically bashing dictatorship all day long, not kissing its ass. This movie won't get a penny from me.
Amen, brother.
BTW, the New York Times today has a reference to the original RED DAWN as being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most violent movie ever made. In what universe was that? I saw RED DAWN back in the '80s and I don't remember it being that violent, even by the standards of the time. What's the story here?
08-20-12 | 11:57 AM
#52
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Re: Red Dawn - Remake 2012 release
Amen, brother.
BTW, the New York Times today has a reference to the original RED DAWN as being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most violent movie ever made. In what universe was that? I saw RED DAWN back in the '80s and I don't remember it being that violent, even by the standards of the time. What's the story here?
BTW, the New York Times today has a reference to the original RED DAWN as being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most violent movie ever made. In what universe was that? I saw RED DAWN back in the '80s and I don't remember it being that violent, even by the standards of the time. What's the story here?
