It's time for a remake - The Dead Zone (1983) Discussion

[–] Pictureshow1990 9 years ago

Your'll have one after this year's national election.

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[–] printsofdarkness 9 years ago

Your'll have one after this year's national election.

Have one what? A remake of Johnny Smith's campaign-stump-glad-handing-finger-on-the-nuke-premonition, or failed assassination drawing out the megalomaniacal narcissist (is this not obvious enough?!!) in Trump, doing his equivalent of holding a baby up as a bullet shield? Sure- I get it, by "after this year's national election", you're presuming Trump will win a Clinton-Trump contest, from which one can infer the former. But that presumes that will even be the contest. Sensible people would prefer the latter.

If we're talking a movie remake, I think Corey Lewandowski is the perfect re-casting for Stillson's goon. He has no known acting experience, but he's a natural.

The eleventh hour is 10 o'clock and the end of the day has sweet FA to do with your opinion.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

This post did not age well.

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[–] bandit837 9 years ago

Id like to see it only if they use Kings first choice, Bill Murray.

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[–] wesperkins 8 years ago

A remake with Bill Murray would be interesting. Looking back now it seems an odd choice, but at the time he wasn't just a comedic actor I guess. I was just a small kid when this came out. Maybe they could make his last day his Groundhog Day until he did it right, lol, and show him failing over and over at first. But I wonder what the movie would have been like with Mr. Murray as John Smith?

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

They already had Bill Murray in the Dead Zone it was called Groundhog Day he got to the point where he could predict everything that was going to happen that day.

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[–] poettesse 9 years ago

I've been hoping for a remake of 'The Dead Zone' ever since I saw the original. During watching the movie in the cinema, I kept shaking my head and mouthing "No, no, no" at everything that was WRONG in the film! I think it was RUINED. So much of the casting was wrong. Walken was fine, but Brooke Adams as Sarah? NO. The actor who played Sonny Elliman? WRONG. I also hated how much of the story was different from the book.
I wish someone would re-make the film and this time do it RIGHT!

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[–] FulciLives1972 8 years ago

They tried that with THE SHINING and look how THAT turned out! The later mini-series doesn't hold a candle to the Kubrick film, even if the mini-series is more true to the novel.

So be careful what you wish for ...

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[–] The-Original-Pinky 8 years ago

Kubrick's version sucked. And not because it didn't follow the story. As a film, great visuals, but as a story-line, he failed in direction.

Life can be arbitrary and comes without a warranty.

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[–] poettesse 8 years ago

FulciLives1972, point taken!
Yes, 'The Shining' remake was a disaster. I wasn't happy with ''Salem's Lot,' nor with its sequel. Now I'm just waiting to see what's been done to '11-22-63!'

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[–] TeraisaWrites 8 years ago

I keep feeling like there was a remake with James Franco but maybe that's who I pictured when I reread the novel. Hmmm.

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[–] TeraisaWrites 8 years ago

Probably I watched the Franco/King mini-series and merged the two lol

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[–] euro4569 8 years ago

I think it is time for millennials to quit with the remaking suggestions.

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[–] xPrestonx 8 years ago

Do you know there was a TV series?

It is lighter in tone, but I found it immensely enjoyable up until the last season fell apart.

They Live. We Sleep.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 6 years ago

❤️️
That's what I was thinking when I saw this post....
There was a TV show. I never watched it.
I like the movie and I can't imagine a remake that could top this. I may be wrong....
I was wrong once, a long time ago so it's possible....
All I know is that this movie is one of the few really great movie adaptations of King's work that I have ever seen. Just my opinion, but I know other folks who share it.
There are other really good adaptations of his work, but many were flops.
This is not one of them. It holds up very well too.
Who knows? Some film maker one day will just HAVE to remake this. Good luck topping this.

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[–] samoanjoes (57055) 5 years ago

It's never time for any remake.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I don't know, I think some films are stronger in premise than execution and actually benefit from updating. Cronenberg's The Fly and the Coen's True Grit are two that always come to mind when I think of superior remakes.

There are plenty of unnecessary remakes though, for sure. And I think a film like The Dead Zone is perfect as it is.

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[–] trevorh321 (5495) 3 years ago

Agreed. But only if the cast is much more diverse and by 'diverse' I mean no more white people. Unless you want to make one of the characters a white supremacist named Trump. Then it's ok.

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[–] bobbydallas (8556) 3 years ago

it ain't

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