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remake

posted 18 years ago by spkrmn88
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yep they should remake this film it would be cool

[–] TheReelMcCoy 18 years ago

I can't believe I am actually saying this but I would like to see a remake. Well, no...not a remake....because William Hurt, Bob Balaban and Charles Haid do such a good job in this movie. I wish there was someway to update everything but keep the performances the same. It's the optical effects and the continual religious allegory I don't care for. One sequence of it would have been OK.

[–] mls186 17 years ago

i HOPE THEY DO A REMAKE EXCEPT i WANT TO SEE MORE WEIRD DERANGED THINGS. The ape man though that was dumb. They should make it an evil beast thingy that noone has seen.

go ahead, struggle, i'll just make it hurt worse

[–] Drillbitch 17 years ago

The ape man was supposed to symbolise the character 'devolving' back into an earlier stage of evolution just as he eventually becomes just anti-matter in the final scenes, it suggests a return to the dawn of creation/big bang depending on your theory. Making some dumb CGI monster instead would be ridiculous and totally change the concept of the script.

Question: Did you ever hurt yourself to make somebody sorry?

[–] CSMV 17 years ago

Anyone who attempts to remake this should be shot.

[–] pinkspoons-1 16 years ago

Why does EVERY classic film as yet unsullied by the suspiciously brown smear of 'remake' have people wishing for it not to be so?

If you think the concept is awful, then go watch another film. If you think the religious imagery is offensive, then why are you watching a Ken Russell film? If you think the story is great but that special effects are awful, then read the book!

But don't ask for a remake. It's lazy, and utterly futile as 99.99% of contemporary remakes are steaming dog-eggs.

[–] Nick_Jones 16 years ago

I love this film. I'm old, on Social Security (translation: broke), in ill-health, physically and mentally, and in constant pain. I have nothing to lose, so I'm volunteering as hit man if a remake is ever announced.