Next Monday on NBC, Carrie, the new version?
10-24-02, 11:02 AM
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Next Monday on NBC, Carrie, the new version?
What? Where did this movie come from? I remember hearing they were remaking Carrie, but I never heard was it a made-for-tv movie!
10-24-02, 01:58 PM
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Steven King is a crybaby that complains that after his stories are turned into movies, they are butchered by their respective director (DePalma, Kubrick, etc...), yet he continues to sell his story rights to motion picture production companies....
He feels that he can always make a better version, just because he wrote them. I agree that The Shining mini-series was good, and showed a tiny bit of improvement, but with Carrie, why mess with perfection? The movie is R rated for a reason, the mini-series will suck.
He feels that he can always make a better version, just because he wrote them. I agree that The Shining mini-series was good, and showed a tiny bit of improvement, but with Carrie, why mess with perfection? The movie is R rated for a reason, the mini-series will suck.
10-24-02, 02:02 PM
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It is a remake just like The Shining (except this is just a movie and not a miniseries). It doesn't air until Monday November 4 - talking about BLOWING it NBC! Why wouldn't they air this the week of Halloween?!
This from StephenKingNews.com:
This from StephenKingNews.com:
NBC has announced a remake of "Carrie" that will also serve as a backdoor pilot for potential new weekly series or franchises. While NBC has so far ordered only scripts on the Carrie project, both projects are likely to end up on the air. Scribe Bryan Fuller is attached to write the new "Carrie," which will follow closely the plot of the original 1976 feature about a teenage girl with special powers. The new picture, supervised by MGM TV topper Hank Cohen, will be set in the present and feature greatly enhanced special effects. The story will also be tweaked to allow for either a weekly series or movie franchise.
10-24-02, 02:52 PM
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"The story will also be tweaked to allow for either a weekly series or movie franchise."
Oh crap, that's the funniest thing I've ever heard! Those wacky network execs....
Oh crap, that's the funniest thing I've ever heard! Those wacky network execs....
10-24-02, 03:04 PM
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Originally posted by rfduncan
Why wouldn't they air this the week of Halloween?!
Why wouldn't they air this the week of Halloween?!
Honk!
10-24-02, 11:22 PM
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I can't wait either. Carrie is one of my all time favorite movies. Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, etc. were the tops! This doesn't mean that I can't enjoy another telling of the story and I am certainly looking forward to it. Maybe it will be a little more like the book and things will make more sense (ie. the rocks that fall onthe house at the end...there is no mention in the movie that this same rock storm occured the day Carrie was born. Not an important fact but it would have beennice to know.)
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10-25-02, 02:45 AM
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"The story will also be tweaked to allow for either a weekly series or movie franchise."
I can see it now....
"Next time on Carrie.....Carrie gets an D in english class. And her newfound friend Bethany gets a date with the guy Carrie has secretly had a crush on."
It'd be like Dawson's Creek, only with pigs blood.
The movie was fine the way it was, was there really a need to make a watered down TV mini-series?
I can see it now....
"Next time on Carrie.....Carrie gets an D in english class. And her newfound friend Bethany gets a date with the guy Carrie has secretly had a crush on."
It'd be like Dawson's Creek, only with pigs blood.
The movie was fine the way it was, was there really a need to make a watered down TV mini-series?
10-25-02, 03:57 AM
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I was horrified by the idea at first...... but..... I don't know why, but the more I think about it the more I like the idea of a Carrie TV series... if they did it sort of like Buffy... hmmm it just might work. I'd watch.
"On the next Carrie...."
"On the next Carrie...."
10-25-02, 08:59 AM
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Originally posted by Brain Stew
Steven King is a crybaby that complains that after his stories are turned into movies, they are butchered by their respective director (DePalma, Kubrick, etc...), yet he continues to sell his story rights to motion picture production companies....
He feels that he can always make a better version, just because he wrote them. I agree that The Shining mini-series was good, and showed a tiny bit of improvement, but with Carrie, why mess with perfection? The movie is R rated for a reason, the mini-series will suck.
Steven King is a crybaby that complains that after his stories are turned into movies, they are butchered by their respective director (DePalma, Kubrick, etc...), yet he continues to sell his story rights to motion picture production companies....
He feels that he can always make a better version, just because he wrote them. I agree that The Shining mini-series was good, and showed a tiny bit of improvement, but with Carrie, why mess with perfection? The movie is R rated for a reason, the mini-series will suck.
"Carrie," "The Shining," "The Dead Zone?"
10-25-02, 09:00 AM
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I wonder how they'll handle the opening shower scene ("Blood Sport" chapter from the novel) for network television?
10-25-02, 08:25 PM
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Originally posted by Brain Stew
The movie is R rated for a reason, the mini-series will suck.
The movie is R rated for a reason, the mini-series will suck.
By todays standards Carrie is really tame. There was no blood in the movie at all (except for what was dunked on her), no sex (except the bj in the car), and really no nudity (except for a cuppla boobies). And both of the latter scenes really had nothing to do with progressing the story. I really would be interested to know what it would be rated today. I'd say PG13.
As for the TV series...bad idea
I think I am enjoying the TV ersions better because you get more time to flesh out the story whereas the movies are usually "lets hurry up and get to the scary stuff" since the audience paid for it after all. Like Cliff's Notes.
Just my opinion.
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10-27-02, 08:18 AM
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This looks like a joke! I agree that the material is very tame compared to what is put out today - and besides....Sissy Spacek's performance can't come close to being matched!
Don't even get me started on the Shining. What ever happened to original material?
HBO.
Don't even get me started on the Shining. What ever happened to original material?
HBO.
11-05-02, 12:39 PM
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Originally posted by HotThang
..and what reason is that?
By todays standards Carrie is really tame. There was no blood in the movie at all (except for what was dunked on her), no sex (except the bj in the car), and really no nudity (except for a cuppla boobies).
..and what reason is that?
By todays standards Carrie is really tame. There was no blood in the movie at all (except for what was dunked on her), no sex (except the bj in the car), and really no nudity (except for a cuppla boobies).
So you're saying there was blood, sex and nudity.
11-05-02, 04:25 PM
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HAHHA I know! As I typed each 'except' I felt sillier and sillier! But hey I can laugh at myself.
All in all I didn't think it was bad at all. I am glad that the LEADS didn't try to mimic the incomperable performances by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. I did not lik the ending AT ALL but Mr. King has always said that
I'd get it when it comes to DVD and stop watching it about 10 minutes from the ending (sorta like how I watch A.I.)
Sam
But hey I can laugh at myself.All in all I didn't think it was bad at all. I am glad that the LEADS didn't try to mimic the incomperable performances by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. I did not lik the ending AT ALL but Mr. King has always said that
Spoiler:
I'd get it when it comes to DVD and stop watching it about 10 minutes from the ending (sorta like how I watch A.I.)
Sam
11-05-02, 11:12 PM
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Originally posted by HotThang
HAHHA I know! As I typed each 'except' I felt sillier and sillier! But hey I can laugh at myself.
All in all I didn't think it was bad at all. I am glad that the LEADS didn't try to mimic the incomperable performances by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. I did not lik the ending AT ALL but Mr. King has always said that
I'd get it when it comes to DVD and stop watching it about 10 minutes from the ending (sorta like how I watch A.I.)
Sam
HAHHA I know! As I typed each 'except' I felt sillier and sillier!
But hey I can laugh at myself.All in all I didn't think it was bad at all. I am glad that the LEADS didn't try to mimic the incomperable performances by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. I did not lik the ending AT ALL but Mr. King has always said that
Spoiler:
I'd get it when it comes to DVD and stop watching it about 10 minutes from the ending (sorta like how I watch A.I.)
Sam
Spoiler:
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01-08-09, 07:55 PM
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Re: Next Monday on NBC, Carrie, the new version?
I'm watching this now for the first time on the chiller network, and I think it is very good! I'm at the part where Carrie is trying to learn how to use her special powers - practicing on a hair brush in her room (4 days from the prom)..............
01-08-09, 07:57 PM
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Re: Next Monday on NBC, Carrie, the new version?
I thought they already remade it but then remembered it was this.
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01-08-09, 08:26 PM
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Re: Next Monday on NBC, Carrie, the new version?
This may be the least necessary thread revival I have seen around here.
Do you report in every time the TV is on or changes channels?
Do you report in every time the TV is on or changes channels?