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Re: More Remake Bad News

Brian — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:10:58 -0000

A Dallas remake?! Good grief... say it ain't so. :o

Brian

Re: More Remake Bad News

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:34:56 -0000

Yeah, I read about that one as well. I neglected to mention it above, but I suppose I should have.

Vic

Re: More Remake Bad News

Brian — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:48:13 -0000

A Dallas remake?! Good grief... say it ain't so. :o

Brian

Re: More Remake Bad News

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:16:47 -0000

You said it Vic.

To my utter dismay I saw on cnn.com today that there is a "Dallas" movie in the works (don't know if you've commented on it before and I just missed it), with John Travolta in the running as J.R. and JLo being offered the part of Sue Ellen. I remember my mother used to watch the show. Is this REALLY something that needs a movie/remake...and what the heck is Travolta thinking? :shock:

Dale

Re: More Remake Bad News

Brian — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:16:47 -0000

The original Ocean's 11 wasn't very good; Soderbergh did a better job with it in the remake. That's the point Vic was trying to make -- if you have to do a remake, why remake something that was awesome the first time around? You're absolutely right about Hollywood being afraid to take risks, though. That's why remakes have been around for so long, and will be for the foreseeable future.

Brian

Re: More Remake Bad News

Richard Brunton — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:34:49 -0000

Well that is true, but it doesn't mean it can't work.

However I think what the problem is really is lack of investment and time in original ideas and allowing talent to pursue those original ideas.

Hollywood has no balls anymore, they are playing the safe option for consistent revenue, not pushing the storytelling to get great films and find big returns. That's too risky.

Re: More Remake Bad News

Vic — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:26:31 -0000

Dude, anything is possible of course, but I think that part of the problem with a lot of movies today is that "style and bags of cash" have replaced great stories and casting. 8)

Vic

Re: More Remake Bad News

Richard Brunton — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:49:00 -0000

Vic, I was musing about this and wondered if it might just work. If they threw the Oceans treatment at it. Huge, big star cast (as the original) and modernised it with style and bags of cash...you know, it might just work.

Imagine the story updated like Three Kings with the cast of Oceans Eleven? Surely that's huge entertainment potential?