I'd watch the shipping forecast if it had Christina Hendricks in it.
Which reminds me, it must be time for a Firefly rewatch.
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Another remake - Logans Run
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Posted 8 months ago #
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and i prefer Omega Man to I am legend
+1 daddio
It's difficult to think of anything that the 2010s could bring to the script that the 1970s couldn't.
Certainly not going to have anyone as good as Michael York in it!
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I'm excited to hear that but I just know that any Logan's Run remake will be a pile of shit. When the original was made, they knew the effects and sets couldn't hold up to close scrutiny - they form a (reasonably effective) backdrop and the actors / plot / dialogue hold centre stage, which is as it should be.
The remake will inevitably be big budget, which means they'll feel obliged to add a bunch of overdone CG scenes, action sequences and pacing climaxes in an effort to attract the masses and recoup investors money, the storyline will go to pot and the acting will play second fiddle to the tech and "forced" set pieces.
The central moral issue of the film (A utopian society with the flaw that everyone is "terminated" at age 30...Logan's job of terminating "runners"...Logan about to turn 30...the lifecalcs...the conspiracy of "carousel" etc.) could make a really good film. I think it is possible to make a great remake of it (much better than the original, in fact) I just don't believe for a second that they won't screw it up!
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I wouldn't have called Tron Legacy a remake ... I think if you watch the 2 of them, they do compliment each other ... its definitely a sequel, not a remake.
Agreed with a lot of new movies simply falling into relying on CGI for effect, rather than story telling.
Although, I would argue that the last 2 batman films have been considerably better than their immediate predecessors.
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its definitely a sequel, not a remake.
It's not quite one or the other; it's a remake in sequel trousers.
See also, Evil Dead II, Escape From LA.
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Why do remakes of films that were pretty big? Why not the good stuff that lies at the back of the cupboard?
Soylent Green? The Man who haunted himself?
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Wasn't The Island essentially a remake of Logan's Run?
Not unless I missed part of one of them.
The island was about a colony of clones bred to provide spare body parts for rich people.....I def thought The Island took a fair few ideas from Logan's Run
logan's runs is an ace film and should be left alone
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It would be easy to improve Logan's Run, plenty of ideas in the book that weren't used in the original film.
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logan's runs is an ace film and should be left alone
A remake doesn't change the original, y'know.
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The new Logan's Run should be set in Brighton, it's already a glimpse of a dystopian (or possibly utopian) future society given that there is absolutely no sign of anyone over the age of 30 there.
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Tron Legacy isn't a remake and is on a par with the original (IMO).
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According to this month's SFX, there's a remake of Wargames in the pipeline...
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But we already know that the only way to win is to not play!
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the only way to win is not to split infinitives.
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Cougar - Member
According to this month's SFX, there's a remake of Wargames in the pipeline...Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Sacrilege!!!
FFS, Just been emailed a chance to win tickets to the what must be one of the most remade films in the world The Three Musketeers (wasn't even aware there was a new one on the go.. I'm not entering)
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At least Ferris Bueller's Day Off is safe - or is it?
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Fact - Jenny Agutter is my wife's Aunty
she (my wife) refers to Logans Run as that rubbish film with pointless aunty nudity
I don't think she has seen Walkabout
A remake could be good, but depends which direction they take with it
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the is nothing pointless about Jenny Agutter in the buff. IIRC correctly there were at least two points of interest.
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Logan's Run was pretty cheesy;
And this is what they will miss.
There's plenty of reason to make a dystopian film about population reduction nowadays though.
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The new Three Musketeers movie is a steampunk interpretation, with airborne galleons and other fun stuff. Rather looking forward to it.
Re: the I Am Legend ending, maybe I'm immune to that sort of propaganda, but I didn't really notice it. I saw the Heston version in the cinema when it first came out, and I can't say I was terribly impressed at the time. Preferred Soylent Green.Posted 8 months ago #
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