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Vivianne Draper

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03-21-2006 12:17

so I was at the theatre buying tickets for V and we noticed that many of the movies out today (and for some time now) are remakes. I realized then that, with the exception of Psycho, no one had remade all those great Hitchcock classics: To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest... such wonderful movies and no one has remade them!

I thought that the time was right for "To Catch A Thief" to be remade. It could star Tom Cruise in the Cary Grant role (and Katy Holmes in the Grace Kelly role). Of course that horrified all of us.

This started us on a game of remakes of great movies. Take Casablanca. Couldn't you just see Billy Bob Thorton in the Bogart role? Or George Clooney in the Claude Raines role? Angelina Joile in the Bergman role. Ayeeeeeee!

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Bertha Horton

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03-21-2006 23:06

They never remake "The Making Of ________________".

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Elspeth Withnail

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03-21-2006 23:29

Remaking television shows as movies is the wave of the present! On the heels of such stellar films as The Dukes of Hazzard and Starsky and Hutch, it's inevitable that we can expect Green Acres: The Movie, The Jeffersons Move On Up, The Facts of Life '06, and (if we're really lucky) Identical Cousins: Patty and Kathy Take Manhattan.

... or, if we're even luckier, Hollywood will be sucked into the third circle of Hell, taking the current crop of lame-ass, no-imagination, money-sucking sycophants and morons who 'entertain' us with it.

Gabe Lippmann

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03-21-2006 23:44

They are also remaking all the gore/splatter flicks of the 70s. Hills Have Eyes is coming. Texas Chainsaw just done recently, Evil Dead coming up, etc.

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Eggy Lippmann

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03-22-2006 00:13

The BIRDS! I wanna see a remake of the birds. I love that movie, and in fact, I used to watch all of hitchcock's stuff on tv when I was a kid. Love that opening theme

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Tod69 Talamasca

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03-22-2006 07:05

Oooo! The Birds would be good!!!

Some of these remakes I just cant see spending the money to go to the theater for. BUT, the last good one I saw, even tho not a 'total' remake, was Dawn of the Dead. Still creeps me out!!! Slow, stumbling flesh-eating dead people I can deal with... just walk away. NOW they Run after you!!!

And that lil' girl at the begining!!! Scared the crap outta me!! 'Course I expected the Zombie Baby.

And the ending was not your typical hollywood They-Live-Happily-Ever-After Ending.

Man, I'm gonna watch it again!!! (got the DVD)

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03-22-2006 08:33

From: Vivianne Draper

This started us on a game of remakes of great movies. Take Casablanca. Couldn't you just see Billy Bob Thorton in the Bogart role? Or George Clooney in the Claude Raines role? Angelina Joile in the Bergman role. Ayeeeeeee!

you are very very evil....
*starts to shake violently*
*head explodes*

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Phillip Bligh

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03-22-2006 11:53

The latest 70s TV show to get the movie treatment is "Welcome Back, Kotter" starring Ice Cube as Mr. Kotter, this time the setting will probably be in South Central L.A. instead of Brooklyn.

You can read about it here.

There was also talk of Jim Carrey doing a movie for the "Six-million Dollar Man" TV series, but it has been stated by one of Carrey's people that he has never been attached to the movie.

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Vivianne Draper Registered User Join date: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 1,157	03-21-2006 12:17 so I was at the theatre buying tickets for V and we noticed that many of the movies out today (and for some time now) are remakes. I realized then that, with the exception of Psycho, no one had remade all those great Hitchcock classics: To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest... such wonderful movies and no one has remade them! I thought that the time was right for "To Catch A Thief" to be remade. It could star Tom Cruise in the Cary Grant role (and Katy Holmes in the Grace Kelly role). Of course that horrified all of us. This started us on a game of remakes of great movies. Take Casablanca. Couldn't you just see Billy Bob Thorton in the Bogart role? Or George Clooney in the Claude Raines role? Angelina Joile in the Bergman role. Ayeeeeeee! You too, can play this game
Bertha Horton Fat w/ Ice Cream Join date: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 835	03-21-2006 23:06 They never remake "The Making Of ________________". _____________________ Trapped in a world she never made!
Elspeth Withnail Completely Trustworthy Join date: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 317	03-21-2006 23:29 Remaking television shows as movies is the wave of the present! On the heels of such stellar films as The Dukes of Hazzard and Starsky and Hutch, it's inevitable that we can expect Green Acres: The Movie, The Jeffersons Move On Up, The Facts of Life '06, and (if we're really lucky) Identical Cousins: Patty and Kathy Take Manhattan. ... or, if we're even luckier, Hollywood will be sucked into the third circle of Hell, taking the current crop of lame-ass, no-imagination, money-sucking sycophants and morons who 'entertain' us with it.
Gabe Lippmann "Phone's ringing, Dude." Join date: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 4,219	03-21-2006 23:44 They are also remaking all the gore/splatter flicks of the 70s. Hills Have Eyes is coming. Texas Chainsaw just done recently, Evil Dead coming up, etc. _____________________ go to Nocturnal Threads
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	03-22-2006 00:13 The BIRDS! I wanna see a remake of the birds. I love that movie, and in fact, I used to watch all of hitchcock's stuff on tv when I was a kid. Love that opening theme _____________________ Help us document Second Life history at http://slhistory.org!
Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ;) Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,107	03-22-2006 07:05 Oooo! The Birds would be good!!! Some of these remakes I just cant see spending the money to go to the theater for. BUT, the last good one I saw, even tho not a 'total' remake, was Dawn of the Dead. Still creeps me out!!! Slow, stumbling flesh-eating dead people I can deal with... just walk away. NOW they Run after you!!! And that lil' girl at the begining!!! Scared the crap outta me!! 'Course I expected the Zombie Baby. And the ending was not your typical hollywood They-Live-Happily-Ever-After Ending. Man, I'm gonna watch it again!!! (got the DVD) _____________________ really pissy & mean right now and NOT happy with Life.
Zuzu Fassbinder Little Miss No Tomorrow Join date: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 2,048	03-22-2006 08:33 From: Vivianne Draper This started us on a game of remakes of great movies. Take Casablanca. Couldn't you just see Billy Bob Thorton in the Bogart role? Or George Clooney in the Claude Raines role? Angelina Joile in the Bergman role. Ayeeeeeee! you are very very evil.... starts to shake violently head explodes _____________________ From: Bud I don't want no commies in my car. No Christians either.
Phillip Bligh Newbie!!!!!!! Join date: 3 Mar 2006 Posts: 36	03-22-2006 11:53 The latest 70s TV show to get the movie treatment is "Welcome Back, Kotter" starring Ice Cube as Mr. Kotter, this time the setting will probably be in South Central L.A. instead of Brooklyn. You can read about it here. There was also talk of Jim Carrey doing a movie for the "Six-million Dollar Man" TV series, but it has been stated by one of Carrey's people that he has never been attached to the movie. _____________________ "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain