Movies

DL: WB wants [RZEME] to direct a straight remake of 1939's Wizard of Oz. Antibody Nov 16, 16:21

No. Original. Ideas. Left. {nm} lesana Nov 16, 16:28

1939 Wizard of Oz wasnt an original idea. Its based on a book published 39 years earlier. {nm} Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:06

But this is more like GVSAN's Psycho, than the typical remake. {nm} Antibody Nov 16, 17:14

I'm not disagreeing that its a dumb idea. I just don't get the frustration over remakes. No Idea Left? Agree. Is that a problem? Nope {nm} Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:20

Not my point. Remaking classics is lame, no matter what they were based on... lesana Nov 16, 17:16

"It's not where you take things from, its where you take them to" - Goddard {nm} Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:21

"I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones." John Cage {nm} lesana Nov 16, 17:26

I'm sticking with Goddard. He made movies. I for one am happy to live it a world with remakes and recycled ideas cause I hate to think of {nm} Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:31

losing the movies made from old parts. Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:31

Except the old movies are *preserved* in their original form, true to their time, and updating them... lesana Nov 16, 17:39

That means no Cronenberg's The Fly, Carpenter's The Thing, Herzog's Nosferatu, Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. No Let Me In {nm} Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:44

Do I want people to see Point Blank instead of Payback? Hell yeah, but its never an absolute black and white issue {nm} Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:48

And Demme's Manchurian Candidate... Agreed, there should be some exceptions, where there is genuine NEW VISION. lesana Nov 16, 17:51

with you on all three points. and I thought I was the only one who liked the Manchurian Candidate redux {nm} Moviesnob Nov 16, 17:58

One of my all-time faves. And Schrader's Cat People is a guilty pleasure. {nm} lesana Nov 16, 18:03

Now that is a great quote. (So is the Cage one, btw). GalacticPothealer Nov 17, 00:30

Honestly, I first saw it in this Jarmusch quote (which is equally as good) Moviesnob Nov 17, 10:11

and your blog entry was a great read {nm} Moviesnob Nov 17, 10:11

I feared this might happen someday. I echo the sentiments of the comment section....leave Oz alone. {nm} Rolling_Thunder Nov 16, 17:29

Hollywood, you suck. Time to close up shop. {nm} HarryWarden Nov 16, 17:31

Says the person who doesn't bother to trade any stocks... {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Nov 17, 06:23