Film Flam

[AFK]

Addams Family - being remade by Tim Burton as a stop motion animation flick

Lemme guess, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter?  

[Cramulus]

not a lot from 1989

Top Flicks 1989

Batman - remade as the Dark Knight
The Last Crusade - reactivated as Indy and the Crystal Skull
Look Who's Talking
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Ghostbusters 2 - well there's always rumors about this but nothing definite yet
Little Mermaid
Driving Miss Daisy
Dead Poets Society
Uncle Buck
Field of Dreams
Bill & Ted's - lots of rumors, no dice
The Abyss

[Cain]

They'll get there, sooner or later.

This year has had a very heavy concentration of 80s remakes.  Maybe a bunch of copyrights expired or something? Or maybe the market was getting flooded with comic remakes, annoying people.

I do know this much though: Hollywood right now will take the path of least resistance which allows them to shaft the scriptwriters as hard as possible.  Comics, books, television programs, older movies...anything with a pre-guaranteed audience is going to be a target for a remake.  Guaranteed money, pay the writers less and who gives a fuck if it has any artistic merit or if it's entertaining or not?  KNOWN NAME = PROFIT.  End of story business model.

[AFK]

It's a double hook approach.  You hook the kid with the shiny CGI Sci Fi or Fantasy and you hook the Dad and/or Mom with the nostalgia of something they were hooked on when they were a kid. 

As I was writing this another movie popped into my head, and so I looked, and there it was.

Looks like Falcor and Atreyu will be flying to a theater near you sometime around 2012.   

[Phox]

Looks like Falcor and Atreyu will be flying to a theater near you sometime around 2012.   

Looks like Falcor and Atreyu will be flying to a theater near you sometime around 2012.   

Looks like Falcor and Atreyu will be flying to a theater near you sometime around 2012.   

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[Eater of Clowns]

They cannot possibly make G'mork any scarier. 

[Phox]

 

If they remake Neverending Story, they destroy the last vestiges of my childhood.


'Specially if they change Gmork.

[Suu]

Looks like Falcor and Atreyu will be flying to a theater near you sometime around 2012.   

Looks like Falcor and Atreyu will be flying to a theater near you sometime around 2012.   

Looks like Falcor and Atreyu will be flying to a theater near you sometime around 2012.   

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[Don Coyote]

Why do they have to make sequels of really bad 70s/80s shit, Suu?

Next will be "The Black Hole II".

Will watch.

[Cain]

If they remake Neverending Story, they destroy the last vestiges of my childhood.


'Specially if they change Gmork.

Gmork will be voiced by Samuel L Jackson in the remake.

[Triple Zero]

One of my favorites from when I was a kiddo was The Secret of NIMH.

Isn't that the feature documentary about illegal price-fixings in the rechargeable battery industry?

Next will be "The Black Hole II".

What do you mean, next? Last time I checked on PirateBay, they already released "Black Hole IX: Fist-Fighting For Faecal Freedom" ...

[Cuddlefish]

Saw Black Swan tonight. Daron aronofski nails it again. The only working director that hasn't missed, IMO.

[Suu]

I actually saw Tangled last night with a friend of mine. I've been kinda disappointed with Disney features lately (I miss the old pen and ink animation style), but this was REALLY fun and enjoyable. It is a musical and it is computer animated, but it's they're 50th feature and they went all out.

Plus, Rapunzel is a total flake, Flynn is a sarcastic prick, and the romance isn't annoying and sappy. Parts of it were downright hysterical. I don't think they've done a deliberate comedy since Hercules. So if any of you are a fan of classic Disney fairytale pieces and got fed up with Toy Story, Cars, and all that shit, go see this, it will NOT disappoint.

[Telarus]

I was impressed by some of the animation test and concept art I saw. Good to know it doesn't have a vacant plot too.

[Cuddlefish]

Less Disney, more Black Swan. Has anyone else watched it yet?