Forbidden Planet is being remade... Commence Hollywood hate mail

[Doomhammer828]

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/11/03/commence-incredulity-forbidden-planet-remake-is-coming/

The fact that they are even attempting this is complete ludicriousness so any thoughts.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Except JMS is writing it... which means there's at least a 75% chance of awesome.

 

[Rhodite]

Thats very gutting, I loved the original.

 

[Corven]

They are also remaking The Birds, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Wolfman, it's not really surprising anymore to see hollywood remaking the old classics.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

I just cried real tears at this news. Not because I am happy, but because I have just nailed my hand to my desk with my own pen.

Any word on who is going to direct it? If the names "Joel Schumacher" or "Michael Bay" appear anywhere I will personally see to it that Hollywood burns before this ever sees the light of day.

 

[Doomhammer828]

No word on Director just the screenwriter and probably somewhere they are looking for actors.
Though i agree with cuddly_tomato's statement that if Micheal Bay directs i'll aid in the burning of hollywood.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

You guys DO realize who is writing it right?

Joseph Michael Straczynski
Who wrote...

The Real Ghostbusters Seasons 1+2
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Most of Babylon 5
Changeling

He's fnuckin awesome and tends not to work with people like Michael Bay.

 

[ThePlasmatizer]

Isn't the day the earth stood still also being remade?

Is nothing sacred?

 

[Anarchemitis]

Blind stupid indolence surounded The Day the Earth Stood Still on inception but this is rediculous.

 

[xitel]

Alright, let's be honest. Is anyone honestly surprised that Hollywood is making another bastardized remake of a classic? Just look at The Day the Earth Stood Still remake.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Except JMS is writing it... which means there's at least a 75% chance of awesome.

Even if he had Orson Wells, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Marilyn Monroe; a score by John Williams and animatronics by Henson, it still wouldn't be as awesome as the original.

You simply cannot improve on the originals; even Aliens was a different movie to Alien.

Now if they took the basic idea (The Tempest), transposed it to the beginning or end of the original film and showed the effects of the Id in a different way; then JMS could make a good film.

As it stands, not a hope in hell.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

Except JMS is writing it... which means there's at least a 75% chance of awesome.

Even if he had Orson Wells, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Marilyn Monroe; a score by John Williams and animatronics by Henson, it still wouldn't be as awesome as the original.

You simply cannot improve on the originals; even Aliens was a different movie to Alien.

Now if they took the basic idea (The Tempest), transposed it to the beginning or end of the original film and showed the effects of the Id in a different way; then JMS could make a good film.

As it stands, not a hope in hell.

Agreed completely Root of all Evil.

Forbidden planet was a Sci-Fi retelling of the Shakespeare play 'The Tempest', made back in the day when movies were still watched in movie theatres and telling a good story meant something.

Nowdays it's all about the biggest explosions, the loudest effects, and who can cram in the most product placements. I wouldn't trust modern Hollywood to open a can of beans without a stick of dynamite sponsored by Pepsi-Cola in a CGI warehouse. It is painful to think what they might do with Forbidden Planet.

Jeez... I can just imagine this now. Comander Adams will be Nicholas Cage, running around with that angsty expression he always has that screams "I NEED A BOWEL MOVEMENT", Robby the Robot is going to be some CGI super-machine with glowing red lights for eyes. Morbius is going to be Antony Hopkins reprising his Hannibal Lecter role, complete with creepy voice, fava beans and a nice chianti. Altaira is going to be played by Angelina Jolie, and rather than being completely innocent in the ways of love and social contact, she is going to be a kick-ass action chick who will be weilding pistols in both hands to save the crew in a big showdown with the subconscious manifestation of Morbius' inner demons (sorry if I spoiled it anyone).

And this is the BEST case scenario. Imagine if they get Michael Bay on board to really fuck it up. We really should start some kind of internet campaign going to stop Hollywood remaking all those old classics and maybe, ohh I don't know, try to make something original for a change?

I don't care who is writing it. As soon as Hollywood execs start making demands (I Am Legend anyone?) this story will have the soul ripped right out of it.

 

[PurpleRain]

Guys, we can stop this before it starts! (Grabs pitchfork) To the windmill! Ah, I mean, LA!

 

[TwistedEllipses]

BURN IT TO THE GROUND!
...or we could just write a polite but firm letter stating well thought out arguments to why they're fools.

It's an odd logic they use. A name is a blessing and a curse, you can only get so far by remaking a film. I can't think of a single remake (other than the superhero reboot) that haven't met with failure or faced second place to the original.

Bad remakes:
- The wicker man
- War of the worlds
- 101 dalmatians
- 39 steps
- all the kings men
- Amityville horror
- Bangkok dangerous (cage again)
- bedazzled
- dawn of the dead
- Get Carter
- Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
- Mr.Deeds
- ocean's 11
- psycho
- texas chainsaw massacre
- shaft
- the shining
- vanishing point


Okay remakes, but not great:
- The Italian Job
- gone in 60 seconds
- 3:10 to yuma
- the departed
- Charlie and the chocolate factory
- The Manchurian candidate
- The mummy
- 12 monkeys

Too many remakes to tell coherently which is best:
- The Fly
- king kong
- planet of the apes
- godzilla

Here's an idea Hollywood - don't try to remake films that define the era they were created in or films that are highly critically acclaimed or successful, remake a bad film for once. That way the only way is up...

 

[AwesomeHat]

It's an odd logic they use. A name is a blessing and a curse, you can only get so far by remaking a film. I can't think of a single remake (other than the superhero reboot) that haven't met with failure or second place the original.

Oh man, I spent days once trying to think of a good remake, and I finally succeeded!

But.. dammit, I can't remember it now.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

I did find a few I liked, but they're outweighed heavily be the ones which I don't. Maybe I'm too picky...

also note the fact how many remakes have been made over the past 10-15 years...

 

[Doomhammer828]

Here's an idea Hollywood - don't try to remake films that define the era they were created in or films that are highly critically acclaimed or successful, remake a bad film for once. That way the only way is up...

i agree completely, or they could remake old films that were really mediocre and improve upon the areas in which they failed like improving the story, acting, and script of Tron or something.

EDIT: Apparently it can happen as they say that filming for Sin City 2 is going to begin in April and hit late 2009 or early 2010. Apparently Christmas miracles are real

Of course RR should realize that if he delays it again the studios he works with will be the first part of hollywood to burn.

However we all know that this idealistic utopian ideas chances of coming true are around as much as Sin City 2's chances for ever being released.

 

[Ultrajoe]

As a thought: Why do we give a flying spitoon what hollywood does? Are they going back in time to actually hut your favorite films? No? That's what i thought. A remake is a new film based off an old story. Novels did it, TV thrives off it, Artists do it. Film is just following the tradition.

Still pouting like a porn star and refusing to come out from under the bed until the bad men stop? Then ignore it, don't see the movie and stop acting as if they have your balls in one hand, a nail gun in the other and the voices are telling them to make a teste kebab. Because you don't have to pay them an iota of attention.

I personally, always look forward to a new directors take on a story that the original director no more owned than J.K Rowling does 'Magic'. It's a story, we are about to see a new interpretation of it. That is all. Untwist thy panties.

 

[MONTGOMERYWOODRUFF69]

This just proves that there is no imagination left in Hollywood, but I've been saying that for years.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

As a thought: Why do we give a flying spitoon what hollywood does? Are they going back in time to actually hut your favorite films? No? That's what i thought. A remake is a new film based off an old story. Novels did it, TV thrives off it, Artists do it. Film is just following the tradition.

Still pouting like a porn star and refusing to come out from under the bed until the bad men stop? Then ignore it, don't see the movie and stop acting as if they have your balls in one hand, a nail gun in the other and the voices are telling them to make a teste kebab. Because you don't have to pay them an iota of attention.

I personally, always look forward to a new directors take on a story that the original director no more owned than J.K Rowling does 'Magic'. It's a story, we are about to see a new interpretation of it. That is all. Untwist thy panties.

You would think so, but the world doesn't work this way. Do you realise that there are myriad games out there with great stories that could work quite well on film, but Hollywood execs won't touch them? Do you know why? Uwe Boll. And the other film makers who have turned out retarded filth (Doom anyone)? Because of their utter failures and determination to carry on in the face of all that is sane, they killed off any real serious notion about taking the plot-line of a video game and turning it into a movie.

Condemned would work very well as a film. Jade Empire has all the makings of a martial arts epic. Gonna see them? Naah, we are getting Terminator 4 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/] instead. If those films come at all they will come as Uwe Boll films (someone, please assassinate that man).

If they do Forbidden Planet right then... ok. I will be as happy as anyone. If they do it wrong they will destroy the entire thing.