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[BREVARD, Adrian R.]

> >     Really?  I thought _Lost in Space_ was aggressively
> >unremarkable.  So it goes.  I'm pinning my hopes on _The Avengers_
> >now :)
>
> I'm not!


>This whole damn trend of remakes and movie versions of old TV series
is so completely nowhere it makes me sick every time I hear about
another one! It's like the sequel plague of the 1980s -- not a shred
of originality to be seen! It's like if a script isn't based on a
book, an old movie or a TV series, studios don't wanna know from it.

Yeah thats my general feeling.  Hollywood has really hit a creative lull
or they have gone the way of the record companies, maximize the profits
by putting a slightly new spin on what has been done before.

Some of the worst I have seen -

Mission Impossible - Egads what an utterly horrible movie.  I cannot
believe they are considering a sequel.

Lost in Space* - From the report my kids gave me this one should never
have left the cutting room floor.

*refused to see it.

Movies/TV Series I'd hate to see them try -

Anything Hitchcock, especially Rope, my fave.

The Prisoner - Hollywood would be too tempted to make this a big FX ride
and not a real story.

Casablanca - Don't dare touch this one.

Ultra Man (TV Series) Who the hell could play Hyata? (sp)

Speed Racer - Do not attempt to adapt this cutting edge cartoon to a
live action movie, they'd cast Tom (yeech) Cruise as Speed and Tommy Lee
Jones as Racer X .

Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Are there enough real comics in the
world today to even try?  Could ego's be set aside?  Could Hollywood
even afford the payroll?

TV Series that are actual re-makes without the guts to admit it...

Fake                    Original

Seaquest DSV - Voyage to the Bottom of The Sea.

Sliders - Time Tunnel


>I'll give credit to X-Files...I'm not a fan of the show and I didn't
see the movie, but it was a much different concept, and far more
relevent than a 90s version of Lost in Space or The Avengers.

Its a pretty good TV series when it isn't too pretentious.  Most
X-filers I know who have seen it said it captured the flavor of the
series.

>To my mind, if you're gonna mess with an old spy show, the only way to go
is the road Mike Meyers took with Austin Powers.

Heheheh, wonderful stories about this one.  Why not find the right guy
and re-make some of those "Our Man Flint serials..." do the opposite
however don't make it a spoof.

>The one that really makes me wanna puke is Nicolas Cage doing a
remake of The Courtship of Eddie's Father (yes, it's happening, and
it was HIS IDEA!). There's one guy I never thought I'd lose respect
for!

Well for light hearted drama you stand a better chance of making a more
relevant film.  I really like Cage's work.  Recently had an argument
with my wife that Nick should be the Jimmy Stewart character in a
re-make of the X-mas classic, "It's a Wonderful Life."

>My one guilty pleasure -- Dragnet with Aykroyd and Hanks.

O Yeah!  A wonderful little movie cast in the correct light.  I just
love the way the landlady goes on and on describing Emil Muzz "That
miserable bag of puke..."

>Spoiler Alert!!!  I'm about to give away some good stuff on Saving
Private Ryan!!!
Pvt. Ryan is a hundred times bloodier than Braveheart, that was just
the only recent flick I could think of that even came close.

Yeah this word leaked during the opening weekend.  Speilberg won't let
his 13 year old son see this one.   War is Hell, let there be no
misunderstanding.

>I've heard good things about this, but I'm a WWII hobbyist
from way back--particularly on European ground war stuff.  Gimme a
nice muddy tank over some flashy aeroplane any day :)

But would you want to be a driver or gunner in a tank?
Air battles are more glamorous and modern day warfare says you must rule
the skies to win a war.  Back then War was won by the guys on the
ground.  No Farkin way would I ever want to be a tank commander, then or
now.  Nothing but a moving coffin.  Besides the Air Force is the only
branch of American forces where you can sleep in a bed during conflicts.

>Didn't see it, for obvious reasons:  Monster looks like a gay TRex
from Lost World, and snub of BOC's song...

Howls I have heard many descriptions of the new 'Zilla but never one put
quite that way.

Well I'm just gonna mosey in for my eye candy, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Sure this is typical "Al Bundy" approach to choosing a movie but a babe
that overwhelming deserves to be seen on the big screen.

Ghost In The Ruins ...

...who is turning into a cynical old chauvinist...

"..all that and a bag a chips too!" - Johhny Bravo

Watch it you Elvis rip-off...