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POSTED:Thu, July 24, 2008 @ 10:40AM

More, Really?

This blog is quickly becoming nothing but my outrage at Hollywood's lack of inventiveness with the rising number of remakes and sequels, but I couldn't resist this one.

Entertainment publication Variety is reporting that MTV will be remaking the cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” I beg the question: why? Is there an actor out there who can take on the roll of Dr. Frank-N-Furter with the pizazz and gusto Tim Curry threw into the role? Who can play the naive and awakening Janet like Susan Sarandon? Also, Riff Raff? Who is going to pull off the amount of creepy as Richard O'Brien and be willing to shed their looks for those of a pasty hunchback?

Its absolutely preposterous to me to want to change the perfection of the 1975 version that launched so many careers.

Can't movie makers leave anything well enough alone?

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thatsjustme
07-26-08 8:44 AM
No, they can't leave well enough alone. Remakes are nothing new, they've been a popular way to make a movie for a long time. I don't like them any better than you.

My favorite sci-fi film is being remade and I'm sick about it judging from the trailers I've seen and the lead actor they're using. The Day the Earth Stood Still, the early 1950s classic featuring Klaatu and Gort as an alien traveller and his nine foot tall companion and enforcer sent to Earth to deliver a warning message has wonderful religious and philosophical undertones. Klaatu will be portrayed by Keanu Reeves. Yuk.

The plot has been twisted and the visuals seem to destroy the feel of the original. This film presented the lives of every day people who feared the unknown and the media hype using the fear to espouse their views.

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