I waiting for the LOTR remake in 2040

Amazon funded TV series in development right now, so no need to wait that long – probably be out in a couple of years time.

Posted 10 months ago

There’s a big difference between making a film of a book and a series of a book. So that’s allowed IMO.

Posted 10 months ago

Well out of that list none will take any harm of being remade as they were all shite.

Posted 10 months ago

Macaulay Culkin responded to news of the Home Alone reboot by offering what it would look like today:

Posted 9 months ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49416629

The Matrix? Really?! We’ve already had two too many.

Posted 9 months ago

“Lana is a true visionary – a singular and original creative filmmaker – and we are thrilled that she is writing, directing and producing this new chapter”

Or to put it another way “From the people who brought you Jupiter Rising and Cloud Atlas.”

Posted 9 months ago

I actually quite enjoy the loonacy of the Warchowskis’ recent output. Cloud Atlas is one of my favourite ‘it’s so bad it’s good’ movies!

Posted 9 months ago

It’s not a remake – it’s The Matrix 4.

(Thread is about remakes, not sequels, you see)

Posted 9 months ago

Sorry.
It is still going to be a turd rolled in glitter.

Posted 9 months ago

Turd Rolled In Glitter 3

Posted 9 months ago

Which is a crappy American remake of the obscure but excellent Le Merde Scintillait by Georges Le Gloupier

Posted 9 months ago

crappy

Chapeau!

Posted 9 months ago

Chapeau!

Crapeau?

Posted 9 months ago

Chapeau de toilet

Posted 9 months ago

Jacob’s Ladder.

Posted 9 months ago

Jacob’s Ladder.

What? The Tim Robbins one?

@Drac re: Dambusters – my mate reckons he’ll make it into a three part epic with lots of lingering shots of the crews being trucked across Scampton to dispersals.

Posted 9 months ago

Didn’t Neo die in Matrix 3? I’m sure he did.

Turd of a film anyway.

Posted 9 months ago

re: Dambusters – my mate reckons he’ll make it into a three part epic with lots of lingering shots of the crews being trucked across Scampton to dispersals.

That’d be a shame, doesn’t need to be THAT long. 🙁

Posted 9 months ago

I don’t think that was a serious comment.

Posted 9 months ago

It’s Jackson. I wouldn’t be so sure.

Posted 9 months ago

I know it’s a sequel, not a remake, but is there really a single person in the entire world who wants to see another Rambo movie?

Posted 9 months ago

I wasn’t aware of this until recently….

I don’t think you can make a bad movie better by just remaking it….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU6xHjVSMwk

Posted 9 months ago

Ace another Rambo switch off entertainment instead of trying to do a clever storyline that is predictable and dull.

Posted 9 months ago

Katniss Everdeen has let herself go a bit

Posted 9 months ago

Ace another Rambo switch off entertainment instead of trying to do a clever storyline that is predictable and dull.

I parsed that about 10 times before I think I understood what you intended, but I’m not really sure.

Posted 9 months ago

I know it’s a sequel, not a remake, but is there really a single person in the entire world who wants to see another Rambo movie?

Yes, I’m looking forward to it.

Posted 9 months ago

Yes, I’m looking forward to it.

Posted 9 months ago

Posted 9 months ago

Looking at the Rambo trailer I’m hoping to get some home security tips for protecting the garage! I’ll be watching it (but maybe waiting until its on telly).

Posted 9 months ago

RAGE

Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra says that “very famous people whose names I won’t use” want to redo Norman Lear’s ‘The Princess Bride’ https://t.co/xGHdIxW2bf pic.twitter.com/uvHjWzpj9t

— Variety (@Variety) September 17, 2019

Posted 8 months ago

Another Rambo film, I could get behind. I mean, it’s been diminishing returns since First Blood so meh, yet another brain out action flick.

But remaking The Princess Bride though? That’s a very very bold notion indeed. That will go one of two ways and I suspect it’ll be the Not Good one. About the only person I can think of that might possibly get away with it is Joss Whedon.

Posted 8 months ago

Another Rambo film, I could get behind. I mean, it’s been diminishing returns since First Blood so meh, yet another brain out action flick.

True. FB was a very good, post-war drama. The rest were just wham bang boom films. Fun, but not in the same space as First Blood.

Posted 8 months ago

Took my little girl to see the Aladdin remake at the cinema last weekend.

Fair play to Will Smith for having a crack at it but Robin Williams is a hard act to follow and it just lacked the ‘zing’ and fun of the original. I thought a proper comedian with a distinctive voice like Chris Rock, Jim Carrey or Will Ferrell might have done a better job.

A plodding pace too in a few parts and it doesn’t help that the way they’ve animated the animals means they completely lack emotion. Poor casting too for the other characters I thought. My littlun completely lost interest by about 2/3s of the way through.

The only good part was the carpet, and that was no better than what was in the original.

Posted 8 months ago

Wesley doesn’t appear to be impressed.

There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one. https://t.co/5N8Q3P2e5G

— Cary Elwes (@Cary_Elwes) September 18, 2019

Posted 8 months ago

First Blood is a great film and all the others (especially 3) are firmly in so bad it’s good territory. New one looks a bit like Home Alone on a farm without Joe Pesci.

Posted 8 months ago

Oh Frak Cylons are returning
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/…robot-creator/

The new show will be “an updated, more modern look at the world” based on the 2004 edition, THR says, not the 1978 original. The show will be helmed by Sam Esmail, who is best known as the creator of Mr. Robot. The final season of Mr. Robot will be airing this fall, freeing Esmail up for other projects. He will reportedly also be heading up two other series for the streaming service, including an adaptation of the classic 1927 film Metropolis.
In a tweet posted after this story was originally written, Esmail clarified that the show is not a straight remake but instead something of a spinoff, “because… why mess with perfection? Instead, we’ll explore a new story within the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. So say we all!”

Posted 8 months ago

Bring on Rambo, sorta film I can go watch with the old man.

Posted 8 months ago

i hear they’re making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this…

Posted 8 months ago

Make it about a Mexican trying to cross Trump’s wall but with echoes of Le Carre’s Berlin books.

Posted 8 months ago

I would look at the PB remake the same way as ghostbusters… you already have a nigh-on perfect movie, the remake can only ever be worse, what’s the point?! (I mean, money obviously, But artistically… why would anyone respectable take it on?)

i hear they’re making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this…

he’s not as funny as he used to be, but at least it will have (and be written by) Eddie Murphy (and Arsenio Hall). Plus… Wesley Snipes! Who is actually cooler than ever now IMO!

Posted 8 months ago