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War of the Worlds remake
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Mindwalker
Regular
I just hope there is no Love story...the orginal did not have one did it?
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Mike G
Guest
Spielberg is the one to do it if anyone.
A_M_Swallow
Regular
If the invaders are Al Qaedra in discuise He may be able to make a good story out of it.
phoenixrising
Regular
My question is, why a remake? Why not do the original novel as a period piece, set when H.G. Wells set the story (which was around the turn of the century), complete with the tripod war machines?
Also, why do people insist on messing with classics? Unless you can do something really cool with the subject, just leave it alone. We have enough abortions of remakes out there.
Also, why do people insist on messing with classics? Unless you can do something really cool with the subject, just leave it alone. We have enough abortions of remakes out there.
hypatia
Regular
Yes, indeed. And this is an argument that I think can be quite valid. I hate some remakes. Love others. "A Star is Born" is one example I can think of, off the top of my head late Saturday night, of a remake that stunned the living crap out of the original. There are others, but yes they are few and far between.
Unless you object to remakes in principal, then remember: theater was made to be redone. With different stars. In different years.
Movies we identify as classic have spoiled us. Well, they have spoiled me, at least. But a new generation might just find them very interesting and invigorating.
I know I am tending more in that direction than to science fiction films these days. I'd rather see this remake of "The Lion in Winter" than another comic book adaptation.
(And for those of you who are cynical: my beloved Patrick Stewart is in both these days. I much more look forward to "The Lion in Winter" than I do the next X-Men film.
Don't you devils tell Galen I said that.
)Glacophane
Regular
I love the orignal move and even liked the tv series that was on for 2 or 3 seasons back in the late eighties.
As for other remakes, I kind of liked the remake of The Time Machine but I really loved the original as well. But sometimes I think it goes a bit far. There are soo many movies coming out that are "updates" and "remakes" of older movies and tv shows. Where will it end?
As for other remakes, I kind of liked the remake of The Time Machine but I really loved the original as well. But sometimes I think it goes a bit far. There are soo many movies coming out that are "updates" and "remakes" of older movies and tv shows. Where will it end?
hypatia
Regular
Yes, this is a debate I remember reading here some time ago. Why does it seem that everything is either a sequel or a remake?
IMHO because Hollywood spends and must make far too much money. I wish our independant film studios were where we'd all put our entertainment dollars.
I'm sick to death of the same movie being remade over and over again. Change the name of the hero and the color of his gun and you have a new movie. Anything original and it won't make it to the screen (big or little) until all of its originality has been leached out of it.
IMHO because Hollywood spends and must make far too much money. I wish our independant film studios were where we'd all put our entertainment dollars.
I'm sick to death of the same movie being remade over and over again. Change the name of the hero and the color of his gun and you have a new movie. Anything original and it won't make it to the screen (big or little) until all of its originality has been leached out of it.
KoshN
Super Moderator
What makes you think the new one won't be set in 1890's England?
From the Cinescape link:
Screenwriter David Koepp (SECRET WINDOW) is rewriting the latest draft turned in by Josh Friedman (SAHARA). According to the first reports from '02, the film is supposedly set in 1890s England just as Wells' novel is.
Because new ideas require thought, and are "risky," and Hollywood is playing it safe. If they just update the story with today's effects, and use some of today's qualified actors (no miscasting blunders, please; and for God's sake, no Will Smith!), it could be good.
phoenixrising
Regular
Because whoever originally posted this said it was a remake, which to me says it is a refilming of the 1953 classic. If what you say is the way they are doing it, I am most happy to see that.
