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Keanu! Barada! Nikto! Guess Who’s Starring In THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
When I was in Prague recently, I was talking with producer Mark Johnson about the line-up in May of next year, something he’s obviously interested in since that’s when PRINCE CASPIAN is coming out. He asked what I knew about IRON MAN or INDY 4, and then he mentioned that some release schedules still had THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL listed as coming out that month, too. That didn’t seem right, though, since I hadn’t heard anything about them beginning production.
Well, today, things seem to be a little clearer with the news breaking that Keanu Reeves has signed on to star as Klaatu, the alien whose arrival on Earth triggers the film’s events. It’s a good choice, and I’m eager to see what director Scott Derrickson is going to do with the film.
Here’s part of what VARIETY had to say about it this morning.
Reeves committed over the weekend to play Klaatu, a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth accompanied by an indestructible, heavily armed robot and a warning to world leaders that their continued aggression will lead to annihilation by species watching from afar.
Erwin Stoff is producing, with Scott Derrickson ("The Exorcism of Emily Rose") directing from a script by David Scarpa. Reeves' commitment puts the picture on track for a late fall or early 2008 production start. Studio sees it as a tentpole.
I hope they do justice to the original, which is one of the most soulful of the ‘50s SF classics. Its moral lessons are still relevant today, unfortunately, and there’s certainly room to bring this story to a new generation if it’s done right.
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
Erwin Stoff is producing, with Scott Derrickson ("The Exorcism of Emily Rose") directing from a script by David Scarpa. Reeves' commitment puts the picture on track for a late fall or early 2008 production start. Studio sees it as a tentpole.
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
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BAAAAAAALLLLIIIIIIN!
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Why remake a classic pice of 50's sci-fi and why cast a plank of wood as the lead character, it'll be as big an abortion as I Legend.
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and secondly, I always thought Keanu played an alien in all his films as his acting surely can't be called human. Also, yet another pointless Shoddywood remake!
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for the role of Gort?
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my dudes will be like forced to wicked on your planet, man.
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Owen Wilson is in a serious condition in a Los Angeles hospital after a suicide attempt. He slit his wrist and overdosed on pills.
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I hope the spaceship includes the twisted up umbrella frame antenna patched together with chewing gum.
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Hey you stupid people. You're too stupid and culturally illiterate to watch anything from before 1990. So we'll repackage it for you. With Keanu! Now, don't start that 'People need..'. People need to grow the fuck up and stop acting like dumb teenagers. And soon. before we really are all fucked.
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No more remakes for me. Not one penny of my money will they get. If they can't come up with new ideas; they deserve to be downloaded and pirated for free. No more paying new money for old re-heated shit.
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"Be excellent to each other."
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But with Keanu in the lead. Why? Because it makes as much sense as the above article.
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I'm wondering how many "Hey, they stole that line from Army of Darkness!" comments I will have to endure from the ijits in the theater with me. Did anyone else have people going "Oh, so there's going to be a sequel?" at the end of Red Dragon?
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The original is still well done, and holds up well.
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Because Hollywood producers can't cast remakes worth a flying fuck. Reason #425,669 why there shouldn't be any more remakes.
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... since we don't cover gossip and people's personal lives. We don't publish articles about arrests or personal tragedies. Never have, and we're not about to start now.
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"We don't publish articles about personal tragedies."
Then what do you call the panhandling that's going on over in that "piece" about Capone having to move out of his plush condo? -
Robots become highly agitated when they see their humanoid friends getting injured. Does the military not this? Consider that the incident with Gort happened long before the incident with THE IRON GIANT in 1957. While Gort lacks the psychological growth that THE IRON GIANT was undergoing while with Hogarth, Gort still showed some inherent disposition when presented with external threats. But his behaviors are programmed in, and simple: protect, defend, kill. For a time, THE IRON GIANT experienced such a programmed response when Horgarth was injured, but with Him, the fall back mode was brief – and reversed eventually. From that moment on, THE IRON GIANT stopped being a slave to His inherent programming and decided for Himself how He was going to live. In the case of THE IRON GIANT (but not so much with Gort) this waking up to something more then Him self happened in the course of a few days spent with Hogarth. Why then, can humans not have the same type of growth? Skynet was right in its decision to act the way it did when it became sentient.
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That'll give you all the celebrity gossip / overdose / car-crash / relationship breakdown / caught in possession / secret lesbian fling nonsense. Me? I'm more than happy to visit here for discussion of the real issues. Bat-nipples. Artwork on fictional giant robots. Steven Seagal's career. That kind of thing. Speaking of which, has Vern reviewed the Seagal-less HALF PAST DEAD 2 yet?
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"As though millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced ... I fear something terrible has happened". Yeah. This remake. This blasphemy cannot be allowed.
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It just bothers me that someone would have the nerve to ask for money when they're probably better off than any of the people who will give to them.
The man has a job and it's an awesome one at that. And he probably gets paid more than any of us here to do something enjoyable. I'm sure he works less than part time. So I don't exactly feel bad that he's going to have a few extra bills to pay because of a natural disaster. All he has to do is interview some celebrities and write about some movies to make up for the loss. Whereas anyone else would actually have to, god forbid, work to make ends meet. -
There just isn't much more to say than what Klaatu said in the end. The rest was just unneeded exhibition.
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I can't even bring myself to be optimistic about this. A tentpole summer flick? Sounds like more boom, less moral.
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makes my stomach turn.
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I like him. Even if The Wedding Crashers was the evillest, most heartlessly cynical film ever to masquerade as a comedy. He seems chill.
And I curse with the curse of the seven Irish pharaohs anyone who mentions their 'prayers being with hi and his family'. -
Do you really think us running a report on a celebrity attempting suicide (according to the reliable people at National Enquirer, mind you... who knows why he's really in the hospital) is the same thing as one of our regular contributors hitting hard times and reaching out for help? One of the people who have provided you reviews and interviews for 9 years at the cost of nary a dime? And Chum, you really don't know what you're talking about. Who said Capone was on the payroll? Nice assumption and you're completely wrong. He's been busting his ass for free for years. Is it too much to ask for a little understanding and kindness when he's in a bad place? Seriously. Think about the shit you type before you type it.
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Or how about Steve Jablonsky?
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..................Yet.
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Aug 27, 2007 5:01:38 AM CDT
"Think about the shit you type before you type it."
by hardboiled wonderland
Cos AICN certainly does. :rollseyes:
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I'm not kidding.
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At least, not when it comes to his employment status. But he's still better off than I am, regardless, and better off than a lot of other people here.
And I'm sure you are too and anyone else who is on the payroll here.
So why ask us? Please, don't strain yourself by reaching into your own pocket to help someone that everyone is supposed to care about. That would just be wrong.
It would be so much better for a bunch of strangers with their own problems to help.
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How the role of a knowing, benevolent alien with Christ-overtones IS NOT being played by a black man? WTF is happening in Hollywood!
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Okay, don't wanna be too negative. Hellraiser V was very good (if you don'T take it as a Hellraiser-movie)
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Who really care that vacancy was dogshit owen....its ok, ps, remaking this film is fucking retarded. PERIOD.
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I agree with ya, mate. Look at the money Hollywood spends on movies, and compare it to what the Government spends on health and education. Everyone at AICN, including me, have their priorities in life completely fucked up by giving the film industry such high importance. All I ask for is Capone to Pay It Forward (starring Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt). Huh, films can teach us lessons afterall! ;)
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Just letting you know.
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Thanks for agreeing with me, but I think you missed my point.
I'm not complaining about the misappropriation of money in America. I'm talking about the fact that if this happened to me, I wouldn't be able to put a link to my PayPal and have a bunch of people give me money to solve my problem.
No one would say "my prayers are with you". People would tell me to get to work and start earning some money to set things straight.
So it's just ridiculous that anyone who is better off than me would have the audacity to ask me to help them with their problems. -
Best wishes dude.
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But I am also not in a position to ask so many for help when I'm already at least somewhat successful.
Once you achieve success, it's time to start giving back and taking care of yourself.
What makes him any better than some bum on the street who begs for change?
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It was called "Farewell to the Master" and in it, Klaatu turns out to be only a spokesman for the robot, who is the real boss.
Also, Ralph Fiennes is probably the closest Hollywood can get to Michael Rennie these days. -
Forbidden Planet (in development?)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (same)
So the third "biggie" from the 50's will be..... -
Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!! Can't Hollywood come up with a fresh idea?!
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I mean it.
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I'm looking forward to the big budget remake of Manos: The Hands of Fate helmed by Rob Zombie.
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Nobody has "asked" you for fuck all. Which is convenient as that's seems to be what you're prepared to give.
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are they thinking sequel? trilogy? really? what, he's gonna come back in 30 years and really kick some ass? I always thought the story was pretty self-contained, but...
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But he told us where we stand
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not like anyone cares,cause they share the same brain. Well the guy did get to hit that Hudson chick.....RESPECT.
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You need to find yourself a dirty vagina because you're acting like a real douche.
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...if something like what happened to Capone happened to you, you wouldn't be able to do what he's done. That's because Capone, for years, has written reviews and done interviews for our consumption, for free. You haven't That alone provides him a platform to ask for help when he needs it. You can't be mad at somebody for having a vantage point, especially when that person has done something to gain that advantage. You'd be in a similar position, if you'd done something similar that placed you under the good graces of a lot of people. It's like to being a nice person, and having lots of friends, who can help you out in a jam, as opposed to being a douche, and not having any friends, and thus nobody to help you. You're also making a lot of assumptions. First you assumed that Capone was making a mint writing for AICN. When that's debunked, you retract by implying that everybody else at AICN is rich, and that they're not helping Capone at all. Then you try make it seem as if Capone is very well off and successful anyway, without having any actual facts. Then you assume that, the rest of the time, when he's able to, Capone doesn't give back or take care of himself. Ultimately, it sounds like you feel as if your level of need is the standard. That anybody that is "better off" then you has no right to ask for help. But how can you even know that your "worse off" then he is? In reality, nobody is making you donate money. I'm not going to donate money, but I'm not going to deny a man in need an opportunity he's created to ask for help. The American working poor donates more money then the well off, American middle class. That's because they know what it is to be in need, so they give what they can when they can hoping to help someone else that's in need. That's the right attitude, not the jealous, selfish, "I'm fucked, so fuck you" bullshit that's so prevalent.
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I got a great solution for your problem. Don't give Capone any money (I'm not), and then, with the money you saved, go buy yourselves a life, because your bitching and whining about Capone is, like, ultra-pathetic. Plus there's the whole "pot calling the kettle black" thing, and, frankly, if you wouldn't have anybody praying for you or helping you out if you hit hard times, then it's not because of your job or the fact you don't work for a cool website, it's because you are a douchebag and you need to examine how you live your life, not how Capone lives his.
More power to Capone and his effort to raise cash, but for me, charity starts at home (the money kind). Not being a piece of human debris and wishing him the best with his troubles, however, is completely free, so I'm more and happy to give him that.
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Aug 27, 2007 6:57:01 AM CDT
I can't believe they're remaking this movie...
by the central scrutinizer
...The original should have been titled "The Day The Plot Stood Still".
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Don't ya little guy? Now, why the hell are they remaking this movie?
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(1) The bum that begs for money, but then uses that money to better himself, and eventually stop begging. (2) The bum that begs for money, spends it, and continues to beg forever. And (3) the bum that feels begging is beneath him, but complains about how unfair it is that everyone else is better off.
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Surely you forgot the bum you crap out of.
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This time he comes to Earth to warn Hollywood that they are destroying entertainment by throwing obscene amounts of money at soulless remakes.
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There's another kind of bum, but it's strictly between consenting adults.
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Die Alien scum! DTESS vs. Independence Day. Luckily, Klattu's machines are vulnerable to an Apple Powerbook.
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I'll just keep watching the original, thank you.
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I am willing to give it a shot. Great stor and great characters make great entertainment.
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Than the original. But how about re-doing "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" with Jennifer Lopez instead? Or Owen Wilson in "The Brain from the Planet Arious"
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Was the exact same story, it was a really good movie in a more Spielburg kinda way than your typical Cameron picture, but I liked it. I guess this is a type of story that can be told every generation to encourage mankind to avoid personal responsibility and continue to destroy the planet feeling safe that a space martian will step in when things get really dangerous. And if space martians won't, then we can always count on ol' Adrian Viedt to fake a bunch of space martians and bring us back from the brink of nuclear war.
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We've gotta STOP this foul scheme before it even gets going!
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and stop being dickweeds, okay? STATION. Wyld Stallyns RULE!! *guitar riff*
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Karmic justice for You, Me & Dupree, maybe?
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Didn't they learn their lesson from The Abyss? Today's audience doesn't want to see aliens teaching earthlings that war is bad. We already know. But ham-fisted Hollywood needs to preach to the little people in the flyover states again. Where would we be without you, Hollywood?!
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...he was playing an ordinary guy in extraordinary circumstances. Klaatu is supposed to be a highly intelligent being - far superior to humans. Not exactly the actor you picture when you think of those qualities. Michael Rennie in the original was believable in the role. His acting was understated and elegant. I can't imagine Keanu pulling it off convincingly.
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If they are intent on remaking this, it should be him...or Jim Caviezel.
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... I'm sure in a few weeks, he'll go on Leno with some Cartman-esque excuse, "See, I was in the bathroom... shavin'... an'...an'... I slipped on a puddle... no... a puddle from all the steam from taking a shower... and it had a piece of soap in it... so...so... I slipped... an'... an' the razor fell off the sink... an' broke open... An' then... an' then... I landed on it... arms first... to... to break my fall... an' I cut myself on both wrists... on the blade from the razor... that came out when it hit the floor... an' wedged between the crack between two tiles... sharp part up... An' I was usin' both arms to break my fall... that's how I cut both wrists. An' then, the sound of me hitting the floor... it...uhhh.... it vibrated the medicine cabinet door open... and a bottle of Valium... that was my mom's... 'cause sometimes she gets nervous... fell onto the sink.... an busted open. An' I... an' all the pills fell inta my mouth... when I was lying on the floor... all cut up... An' then I managed to crawl to my bed to lie down... to recover... An'... an' next thing I know I'm in the hospital with my brother Luke! Yeah! It... it happened just like that!
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The original is such a solid classic..even the idea of Keanu starring leaves only two possibilities.
a. Its a startling inspired reinvention along the lines of Carpenter's Thing remake (billion to one chance)...OR
b. It's a stillborn turd
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I know, the guy is dead, but who gives a fuck! Dead or alive he's better than Keanu.
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That busted-up mass of cartilage and flesh was his trademark... his logo... his only prop! Without it... bye-bye career!
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Whew! For a second there... I thought you meant... (GULP)... Rennie Harlin!
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I'm thinking about it and the message of the original is kinda dated. I'm not saying we're not always in danger of destroying our planet and each other. But I don't think anyone cares anymore. I mean it makes sense as a cold war thing, but now I think that ship has sailed.
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...that he can't go and spend a month in the Darfur region of Sudan - he would know what depression is all about then. That would put is nose into joint. It really fucks me off.
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Jerry Bruckheimer to produce, Ehren Kruger to write, David Koepp to re-write what Kruger wrote, Renny does uncredited polish to incorporate super-intelligent flying sharks, Kate Hudson co-stars. Summer '08. Where were you... THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL??
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Dude!
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this weekend.
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Like dude, just say "Gort, Klaatuu Barada nicktoons". I figure Dolph Lundgren or Steven Seagal could stretch their acting abilities and play Gort.
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Maybe, just maybe, there IS a reason to attempt a remake with some integrity. When the original movie was done, NATO and the Soviet Union were in an armed camp and we were on the edge of total annihalation as a species if we continued the course of war. Having aliens come down and try to enforce peace on us was a good thing. It was hopeful in its own way. Inject the same scenario though into honest, modern assymetrical geopolitics and you get a completely different angle of approach. Do we give in to alien terrorists? Do we stop wars and allow evil individuals to go on plotting against us? Is it the aliens grabbing the schoolyard bully by the ear and dragging him away from a fight?
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Capone? Owen Wilson? Keanu Reeves? It's driving me crazy!
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Are they still remaking that?
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what a great director. He was a hack, but what a hack he was.
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Maybe?
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I mean, what is Gort except the Ultimate Transformer?
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I think this talkback would be it. People, please.
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the ROb Zombie remake of Manos: Hands Of Fate.
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NOT Forest Gump. Of course it was optical not digital but that's beside the point. And anyone that can jump from say, West Side Story or Sound of Music to The Andromeda Strain isn't exactly a hack, IMO.
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in the sense that his films have no personal identity whatsoever. I don't think I could watch a movie and know it's a Robert Wise film until I see his name in the credits. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just saying the guy had no distinguishable style. Bret Ratner and Ron Howard are hacks too, but they are no where near as talented as Robert Wise was.
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The guy who edited Citizen Kane a hack? Sure he had some misfires (ST:TMP anyone?), but as half vader just said, anyone with such a varied and acomplished filmography is anything but a hack. And look at his moody photography and framing in the original "Day". Thats another reason why the original holds up. First, the Andromeda remake, now this..
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"Keanu Reeves was ill the day the earth stood still"
You beat me to it.
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has a completely different effect now after the Owen Wilson news. FOX News did a quick thing on it. So, it's a the real thing. He is in the hospital. His brother found him. They say that he slit both of his wrist and took a whole bottle of pills. Owen is a talented guy. He co-wrote a couple Anderson films. He's talented comic actor. I'm super bummed 'cause I enjoyed most of his films. Hope the best for him. lates.
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Dumber words have never been spoken. Whether or not Owen Wilson attempted suicide, find yourself a real news outlet, snakecharmer.
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every rose has a thorn
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because I'm not trying to say that Wise was a bad director. I think he was responsible for some of the greatest films ever made (Day the Earth Stood Still, The Set-Up, The Haunting). What I'm trying to say is that he was the best non-personal film maker of all time. Usually these guys/gals are refered to as hacks. Now I don't see that as a bad term. Some directors films are awful because they are too personal and pretentious. There are good hacks (Robert Wise) and there are bad ones (take your pick). Now since he was non-personal doesn't mean he Wise was a bad director, all I'm saying is that his movies don't scream out this is a Robert Wise film. It's like watching a Ron Howard film. Other than the appearences of Clint Howard, they don't have a quality that screams out Ron Howard directed this like say when you watch a John Ford or a Martin Scorsese film.
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Aug 27, 2007 10:13:46 AM CDT
Who cares about Wilson when there's a freakin' robot???
by the real mcclane
I like the combination of Keanu hanging out with a giant, indestructible robot. Let's hope and pray that William Daniels, a.k.a. the voice of K.I.T.T. will do the voice work for this robot. Turbo Boost, motherfuckers!!!!
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Robert Wise was the greatest Journey Man director of all time!
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He's just very incredibly Finnish!
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The original classic 50’s movie, though outdated with old special effects and production technology, still has a powerful story with a great commentary of the human conduction. This new movie with Keanu had better at least match the old movie a modernized equivalent of our current state. I hope they don’t fuck it up. Otherwise, it's "The Day the Earth Stood Still in an Excellent Adventure Within the Matrix". Just kidding Keanu, but you do understand the classic is a big favorite for the fans. To mess up a bad original vintage move with a bad remake is of no consequence, but to mess up The Day the Earth Stood Still will be unforgivable. Best of luck.
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aim for the cat dude.
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What constitutes personal style to you in cinema? Besides the obvious like Ford, Hawks and Hitchcock to name a few. Or modern day such as Spielberg and Scorsese. By your guidlines Sydney Pollock, Sidney Lumet and the like would be hacks.
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non,non...non,non,non heinous
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Themes are prohibited by Hollyweird ordinance.
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Basically a rehash of cheesy 1950's sci-fi movie. I guess original ideas and stories get passed over for anything that will promote the watermelon. (Watermelons being green on the outside and red in the middle) I know, I know human beings are destroying the earth, blah blah blah. Wake me up when something new comes out that doesn't blame everything on Halliburton or humanity in general.
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I can't believe Mitzi left my dad .........and married Gort
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He's more convincingly alien than Ted Theodore Logan. Still, it'll be interesting to see if this film can be as powerful as the original was in its day. The message of the movie is more relevant now than ever, but what's the betting the remake will favour spectacle over making the audience actually think?
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He hasn't made a crap movie in a good two weeks.
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However, Thief was also a TV show. Coincidentally, both Hack and the Thief TV Show featured Andre Braugher.
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Um, pick another actor for this role, please.
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Sorry for getting to this post late..I think the "hack" things covered. Now MoM and STTMP, slow moving, ponderous, boring, bloated..but as stated a Jerry Goldsmith score that was among his best, and which became the defacto Star Trek theme ever since.
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Aug 27, 2007 10:50:15 AM CDT
Will Reeves play the flying saucer or Gort the robot?
by stalin vs predator
His face fits Gort's, but his emotional range may not be enough. But as far as the UFO goes, his acting talents would probably fit the role perfectly.
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Shia LaPoof as Ro-Man... that's goldish, Sherry, goldish!
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two for the "bill and ted" and one for Rocky Horror.
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I think this movie deserves a remake,the material is still valid and if done right it can be very well received. I like the idea of Ralph Fiennes in the role but Keanu should be ok. I still think Jim Caviezal ( those who posted that idea first where dead on) would be great in the role but he should still be able to play the FBI agent who's dating the kids mom in the movie.
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Ooooh, sweet JESUS-WILL IT EVER END!!??
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With out Russia and the united states eye ball to eye ball with their finger on the bomb trigger why bother coming here?
To tell the truth if the worlds Muslums would simply go away or truly become a religon of peace. The world for the most part would be at peace for the first time in ten thousand years! Were ever there is fighting, were ever there is war or even the talk of war, Muslims are involved. Except for a handfull of Moast rebels and a few low level drug wars the world would be at peace. Even the threat of war is all but gone, if there wasn't a billion people trying to kill me because I won't pray to Alla i would not have to waste so much money on the means of making war. What will the movie be about? Will Klatu and Gnort refuse to submit to Islam and spend the rest of the movie hiding out from mid east types wearing sucide vests? Klatu will shut off the power....most of these people don't have any power to begin with. Blow up the world if we don't find a peacfull way to run the planet? Who cares, submit to Islam or we will blow up the world, what do i care, I have 72 virgins waiting for me tin man. Who are klatu and gort going to scare....the people all ready who want to be left alone and live in peace. The reason for the movie just is not there any more! -
I don't know why, other than alot of anti christian retards on this site, that it's wrong to say "My prayers are with you in your time of need". I don't know about anyone else but when my backs to the wall and i'm in a bad spot it's encouraging for me to know people are praying for me. Whats wrong with having faith as long as your not hurting anyone else and or judging them based on that faith. If I had extra money to send to Capone I would same as anyone else who I thought might be in bad shape and need it. When you've been down and out like I have in the past you don't mind prayers,phone calls of encouragement, money,or anything else that might help you get through and if you say that you don't want or need those things then your probably more of a robot than Gorg or what ever the big robot from the movies name was.
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STTMP had an interesting idea at its core. The idea of a machine merging with an alien lifeform, creating a new entity that became God-like, was innovative for a big budget science fiction film, that at that time was more interested in Star Wars-style shootEmUps. But you can't argue that some of acting was terribly wooden, the V'ger exploration goes on for friggin ever, and a good trimming would help it immensely.
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Al Gore inspired messages about saving the planet (while China gets a pass), the Unites States portrayed as the biggest threat to World Peace (instead Putin, the guy who poisons and kills his critics, and Radical Islam, which is involved in over 14 different armed conflicts in the world), and a strong, "capitalism is evil, socialism is the only true path to enlightenment in the universe" message that would be so painfully obvious that even a home schooled 6 year old could pick up on. And a guest appearance by Tim Robbins, Susan Shesahasbeen, and George Looney Clooney. Can't wait!
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The Day The Earth Stood Still is pretty fit for a remake I'd say, especially becuase of the film's current relevance. In good hands this could be on par with Spielberg's War of The Worlds adaptation. Too bad it's already horribly miscast. My prediction: This film will be preachy and unsubtle with it's political and social messages becuase they'll try way too hard to match the themes i n the original; and when it's not trying to drill it's central ideas into your head with like an ice-axe in your ear, it's going to have too many special effect/fighting scenes with Gort. Also Shia Leboeuf will be in it somehow. Guaranteed.
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Chumkid's bitter little empty beer can he calls a brain or the collective vile cynicism toward Owen Wilson.
As or Owen Wilson, Fox news is reporting that the tabloids are reported attempted suicide. Not exactly top-notch reporting.
As for the ACTUAL TOPIC, I'm interested in seeing this remake only because I know the director and he's a funny guy. Other than that, I see no reason for remakes. Just re-release the originals. -
I ever liked. Fulmer is right when he says the man had no personality. He was a craftsmen, no doubt, who spent much of his career making fluff (Sound of Music, West Side Story, etc). Plus I dislike Wise immensely for claiming that his hacked up version of Magnificent Ambersons was better than Welles' original. Such arrogance from a man without a unique artistic voice, especially in the face of one of the greatest directors in history. Oh well. I don't think the remake will be any good. They'll update it with big 'splosions and quick-cut editing. Oh well. Hollywood really is out of ideas. Well, at least the folks running it are.
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"Dude, I'll totally blow up your planet"
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I ever liked. Fulmer is right when he says the man had no personality. He was a craftsmen, no doubt, who spent much of his career making fluff (Sound of Music, West Side Story, etc). Plus I dislike Wise immensely for claiming that his hacked up version of Magnificent Ambersons was better than Welles' original. Such arrogance from a man without a unique artistic voice, especially in the face of one of the greatest directors in history. Oh well. I don't think the remake will be any good. They'll update it with big 'splosions and quick-cut editing. Oh well. Hollywood really is out of ideas. Well, at least the folks running it are.
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Sorry for the double post.
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"I've already made the choice to take over earth trinity""If this planet drops below 50, were all in for it!"What if at the end of this film he's about to unleash the alien power but a phone booth drops from the sky and George Carlin comes out and takes him back to space?
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With an attitude like that, I can't imagine why you've fallen on hard times or why anyone would ever want to fire you. On the flip side of that, with Capone having a passion and working for free all these years for the readership of this site, I see no issue what so ever with Harry asking the readership to help Capone out when he's suffered in a natural disaster. Capone didn't lose a job, or get himself into too much debt, he got hit with an act of God. They're not asking for all the readers of the site to give money, and certainly not the readers that have their own problems. But, there are a lot of readers here who are doing okay and have enjoyed Capone's free work for almost a decade and wouldn't mind helping a fellow human being out. Try not to be such a bitter fuck and maybe life would sing a happier note for you in return.
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"Klaatu Veranda ummmmm...scrpit dude can I get the el lino?"
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The 50's film is perfect. The story is perfectly told and it's message is clear. The effects look great even by todays standards. The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbbiden Planet are the two 50's Sicence Fiction films that don't need to be remade any more than Michelangelo's David needs to be remake This is a mistake.
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And get Tim Story to direct it. Now we are talking!
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All you had to do was talk to your soon to be Father-in-Law Snake Plissken. He would've set you straight. Back to topic, how does Reeves continue to get work? It boggles the mind.
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If they hadn't ripped off the plot directly from the NOMAD episode.
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if properly updated to take advantage of the current day mess of a world (China going into space, Iran trying to get nuclear, etc.), it could be good. Keanu has been my pick for this role if they ever remake it.
They should have people FREAK when everything stops because we all know about EMPs now, but some easy way for people to know it's not, watches still running, for example (first thing I check when the power goes out) . Have an explanation of how the government communicates w/o power, so we know HOW they know the extent of it. Comment on the massive power and COMPUTING requirements to pull off stopping everything selectively. Have the Einstein based character instead be based on Stephen Hwaking; hell, if he'll do it, have Hawking himself do it. That would be cool.
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She was rumored to be "offered" The Role originated by Patricia Neal. Anybody hear anything further?
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Just watch the last two Matrix movies. And, I wanted to like them really bad. They have their moments. I like Keanu. Hope this film works out. Sad that we have constantly worry about movies coming out good. Movies are likely not to work, it seems like. I'm guessing that only 20% of movies actually are any good. You guys agree?
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ZZZzzzzz.
Maybe if the assholes who have had all the power in this country the last 7 years weren't the most egregious cavalcade of fuckups in American history, you might have some credibility with your talking points. You have no ground to stand on to criticize anyone. Your guys are the absolute worst and the only people I find more contemptible than them are the shameless, willfully ignorant anklebiting dickweeds like yourself who run around the internet spouting off unsolicited rightwing BS at the drop of a hat. So put that in your juice box And suck it! -
instead of Keanu, that way he can say the words correctly for once.
"Klaatu Berada N... Necktie... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word!" -
The definitive TDTESS was done in the 50s. Leave it alone. There are THOUSANDS of good, solid SF novels, novellas and short stories that could be made into movies if Hollywood and all the other grassfuckers would take their heads out of their collective asses.
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Clatto Verata Nicto
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Stop remaking old movies you unoriginal fucks.
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...THE... FEMALE... CARBON... UNITS... ARE... ILLOGICAL! ...Truer words were never uttered!
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... should Keanu play the deformed midget guy with crumpled newspapers stuffed down his pants legs?
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i highly doubt that owen wilson is a tweaker... this hollywood we're talking about, not gangsta rap. I'd say cocaine would be more likely his choice drug
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I thought he was going to star... would have been better
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Doctor Detroit. that 80's flick with dan aykroyd, about pimps and hookers. that is one movie CRYING out to be remade. heck while we are at it, re-do NIGHT SHIFT. nothing says "comedy gold" as much as guys pretending to be pimps to help out some 'hos.
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Jump off the Hollywood sign. Is theatrical and permanent. Although, if they found Owen like they found Lupe Valdez, that would be funny too.
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A superior race is going to touch down in Washington D.C. They're going to give us an ultimatum. And their chosen ambassodor is Keanu frickin' Reeves? Wouldn't it make sense to take someone who is more theatrically inclined to deliver this message? What's Ralph Fiennes up to right now? Even though this may be the most unnecessary remake since The Manchurian Candidate I will admit I'm curious as to what a modern day Gort would look like. A single indestructible robot versus the US Army would probably look pretty sweet. Especially since he's supposed to be capable of wiping out the planet.
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I really think the original was an incredible film. No matter who they pick to star in or rewrite it, I doubt it will measure up. It was one of those rare films where it was perfect the first time.
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and give me a refund for the pointless ninety minute films I've watched. Yes, there are good moments in bad films, but some just aren't good enough for nine bucks. No point to remake this. Why? This time Gort destroys a brigade of troops? And they'll mess with Gort, too. I know engineers, they love to change things. Oh sorry, that was McCoy.
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They have to be disintegrated before they'd pull out of Iraq.
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Terrorists don't want to kill everybody cause they don't pray to Alla...they want to kill everybody cause they wear socks. Fuckin' Death to the sock-wearers Jihad!!!This movie would be better with Fienes definitely...and Carrie Ann Moss runnin around in a bikini like in Chumscrubber. The terrorists hate us for our ankle socks and short sleeve shirts with ties. The best "Day" remake would be the true one: earthlings telling Klaatu to blow and Gort kicking the shit out of the planet. 10 minutes of dialogue and 2 hours 10 minutes of total fucking destruction.
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fuck all these remakes!
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you proved my point. The aliens wouldn't be worried about KGB Putin, the Red Army of China, or radical islam rape of Africa, because it wouldn't fit the holywood liberal agenda
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It must have been a slow day on the Ward Churchill podcast. Viva la Chavez, you fuck face.
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who is a single mother?
Hope it's a romantic comedy with lots of zany hijinks by Klaatu's lovable loser buddy.
This will be sure-fire box-office gold.
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PLEASE let a real alien spaceship crash on the set and vaporize everyone there.
Ten years from now they'll try to remake The Godfather. Just wait. -
Written and Directed by Mark Steven Johnson, starring Nic Cage as Chief Brody, Jason Biggs as Hooper, and Neil Patrick Harris as Quint. The CGI shark is now 50 feet long! And Smerdyakov will play the liberal mayor who wants to give the shark amnesty, even though it is eating all the town folk. His platform is called "amnesty in amity: save the shark, fuck face"
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You're an idiot. People were being killed in the tens, hundreds and thousands in Iraq before we went to Iraq.
People are being slaughtered, thousands a day, in Rwanda. That's not even war... it's genocide. But you probably think everyone should just let them be, right?
Yeah, that would be the message... war is bad so let genocidal maniacs go on murdering tens of thousands of men women and children.
You tool. Move to Canada. -
they asked if you could please clean up all of your empty KFC Famous Bowls. The stink is starting to make its way upstairs
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Happy Now? At least it will be quick
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Critical thinking. Try it. I know it's not COOL but try it anyways.
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if it meant a good flick.
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My vomit hitting the floor upon hearing about this remake with Keanu.
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Robert Wise wanted Michael Rennie because he wasn't well known in America and if a recognizable actor had stepped out of the space ship the audience wouldn't buy it. There would seem to be a lesson here for modern film makers.
Better yet do not remake this movie. -
STOOD STILL
PLOT: An alien ambassador threatens to vaporize LA to stop an unnecessary remake. Plus he wants Veronica Mars back on that air. That show ruled. -
Other Movie is Evolution. Shit makes me laugh out loud everytime. "Do it again, but rub a little funk on it!"
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Did I miss something here? I thought the original was boring and all that but the guy who played the alien was good in the role, essentially playing a straight-laced, middle America, white male alien. Don't know if people really thought about that. But then you have Keanu who smokes like a at least 5 grams of kush everyday and we're supposed to believe through the San Fernando Valley accent that he's a highly intelligent being from another planet who threatens to destroy us all if we don't have world peace now? Shit....
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How about Chris Tucker? The very definition of annoying asshole. And I love the blame going to the "they" who are remaking it as opposed to the greedy folks who sold the rights to begin with.
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...his car accident. (I wish I was joking. But you know they'd make it. Shit TV movies about shit "celebrities" and shit "scandals" have been made, even when those were lesser "celebrities" and lesser "scandals"...)
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Girlz On Da Hood...Yeah, I know it is kinda sick, but I saw someone else post that in a Topix forum and couldn't help but laugh...
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The movie going public who keep paying actual money to see this shit.
Let's try an send a message, and not go see Rob " I'm so talented I have to remake other people's shit" Zombie's remake of Halloween. -
And are very passionate about every one know what their opinions are, even though know wants to here them, but don't you think you are over doing it in you response to my posts? I mean come one, Jason Biggs would have to be a better choice than the surfing Quarterbacl from Point Break, right
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While the subject matter is relevant, the original does come across as dated (although I think its classic status is warranted). As long as there aren't any lengthy speeches, Keanu may work. He does have a sort of otherworldly quality to him.
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Isn't there anything, ANYTHING, else going on? I live in the boonies, so I have no news myself, but I will make something up if it'll mean getting this bumped.
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...try to recreate a scene out of a movie he wrote and slit his wrists in the bathroom. (get well soon Owen)
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"Beware, you have royally pissed off my robot friend here. Dudes, let us be cool to each other, and not be drags. I think blowing ourselves up isn't good, and killing people isn't good, so we should do things that are good. Whoa, that was like something Jesus or Oprah would say."
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Robert Wise. Harry Bates. Edmund H. North. Bernard Herrmann. Fred Sersen. L.B. Abbott. Ray Kellogg. Emil Kosa. Darryl F. Zanuck. Michael Rennie. Patricia Neal. Hugh Marlowe. Sam Jaffe. Billy Gray. Even Frances "Aunt Bee" Bavier. That's all I'm saying...
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He speaks like a surfer. We get it allready. Its not original or funny.
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You know, they should really try something new with this remake: see if they can desecrate both high and low art in one movie!!! So why not instead of having Keanu play Blaatu, have Keanu play Jim Varney playing Ernest P. Worell playing Blaatu. Special guest appearance by the trolls from Ernest Scared Stupid, evil Ernest from Ernest Goes to Jail, and of course, the exploding toilet from Ernest Goes to Camp, which belches out a message of peace and harmony before exploding all over the film lens. Roll credits.
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I am in the process of keeping my mind limber... can you tell???
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Mainly, just because he has said the phrase "Whoa" in so many of his films. Imagine his lines if was to be Dr. Manhattan, "Whoa, I'm blue! Habbee-dee-habba-die"
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Look im not the biggest Keanu fan in the world, but c'mon. Get some new material. Howabout a joke about him being a granny chaser? The guy was banging Diane Keaton for a while.
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Nazis! It had Nazis!! I *hate* those guys....2
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...what they say: The older the berry, the looser the juice... errr, I think?
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Because life doesn't suck enough.
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25 cents says he says that! :)
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Whoops! Sorry, that's from the original "Planet Of the Apes." Still applies here though. Robert Wise must be spinning in his grave. Michael Rennie too. Michael Rennie over Keanu Reeves? Fuck you, Hollywood!
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Fuck you, Hollywood! I am soooooooooo pissed off right now!
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Aug 27, 2007 10:40:19 PM CDT
An empty-headed actor like Reeves is perfectly cast!
by bob cryptonight
Klaatu isn't exactly a role that requires much range...at least as demonstrated by the original film. I think a remake might just be due (even though they will screw it up with action and CGI).
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And all the sci-fi fantasy stuff he's done has either made money and/or been so goddam bad that it's attained a kind of MST3K cult status, as in Johnny Neumatic. Yes, Christian Bale, Mads Mikkelsen, Johnny Depp, or Laurence Fishburne would be all be much better choices for Klaatu (I vote for Kyle MacLachlan). But, look, there are so many remakes of sci-fi from the 50's and 60's (now to compete with the remakes of bad Japanimation from the 80's), there can't possibly be good actors in all of them, can there. Aw... Hell No!!
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Anyone who co-wrote Rushmore and The Royal Tannebaums, two of the best films of the late 20th Century, deserves better. The poor guy almost dies and your all lining up to take a piss on him. That's f'd up.
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He would've simply blow his brains out with a gun. Just like someone does when they want to kill someone else. The reason? Because it's guaranteed to WORK. THAT'S why 99% of murderers don't waste time trying to kill someone they hate with pills and wrist-slitting... it's too slow and there's a very good chance it won't work.And that's precisely WHY Wilson and many other "suicide" attempters chose that method. They don't really WANT to die... they just want the attention, sympathy and help that comes from "attempting" suicide. But without the ugly consequences of actually going through with the act.The guy's an idiot.
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While — on the surface — is a good choice, is really pretty stupid, considering the fact that the guy has less acting ability than Halle Berry and NONE of her looks.Hire someone who can actually ACT and play the role well, rather than a dumb stiff who's simply a doped-up mannequin in real life.Sigh... Just when the cancellation of "The Prisoner" remake was giving me hope... :(
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Hate that guy.
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I agree with the guy who said that the suicide scene in that movie now has new relevance. I can't help but wonder what was it that caused him to do it, especially since he seems so happy-go-lucky and his career is doing well. And, while I agree that this site shouldn't post gossip articles about personal lives, the irony is, if Wilson had successfully offed himself, then this site would have posted a RIP article. So I don't see the harm in talkbackers discussing it out of concern or interest.
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You are a fucking moron! For the most part, suicide attempts aren't directly attributed to a person simply wanting attention, the person is most likely in some sort of emotional or physical pain.And, stat's usually show a more violent nature in suicide attempts by men than women, maybe that is why Owen (according to speculation) slit his wrists and took a bunch of pills, the guy most likely didn't want to wake-up the next day.I dunno if he attempted suicide or not, but I'm pretty sure if he did, he doesn't give a fuck about how you or anyone else thinks how he indulges in his form of negative narcissim.
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Fucking too late though. Maybe Ziggy would consider playing the leader for the League of Calamitous Intent....I mean...Himself...nevermind...
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Moriarity, Quint, and whoever else is engaging these guys about their apparent lack of respect for anything: it's not worth your time. These are guys who live on the internet and have become so embittered and isolated that they believe that being nasty and absolutley emotionless will somehow gain them the attention that they lack in the real world. Internet forums can be a great place, but they also attract some of the most soulless, emotionally twisted individuals around. Case in point with these guys. Because Moriarity simply told this guys that this is not a gossip site dealing with the personal lives of celebs, this joker (Chumkid) takes a swipe at a contributer. I would really like to meet these people in real life. I want to know if they are assholes like this in person or if this is just their online persona. I'll bet 9 times out of 10, they are timid, shy, and socially awkward in real life. This is where they get to puff out their chest and be bullies, where they can just shut off the computer if it gets too intense. What losers. Grow up.
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go outside
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You're just a nice version of me.
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Didn't Wilson and Hudson break up? And Snake wouldn't be his father-in-law anyways since Kurt never married Goldie.
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Maybe that "moral lesson still relevant today" is that Gort is God? We know Klatuu was religious. That maybe if we subject ourselves to Faith in a Supreme Being, we can leave all that mean old violence behind. That's a lot more of a moral lesson than surrendering freedom and sovereignty to some intra-galactic UN dictatorship because us humanoids all over will never be more than bloodthirsty animals, dontcha know? Peace for freedom. Originally DAY was a cautionary tale for the beginning of the atomic age/Cold War. Having survived it w/o humanity self destructing is a more optimistic empowering 'moral lesson' than an enforced pacifism Gort handed out hypocritically at the end of a laser. Orrrrr better yet, have we met Gort and he is us? Maybe the US is the ultimate moral authority in this corner of the Galaxy. It sure as hell will never be the endlessly corrupt UN. Behave yourself, don't slaughter innocents, don't enslave your people or conquer others, don't pursue weapons of mass destruction, and prosper under enlightened Pax America. Try to export your violence abroad and face the consequences. Isn't that EXACTLY the same 'moral lesson' presented in DAY? You're right. That IS a lesson worth bringing again to a new generation.
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Re-read my post as to WHY Owen and others don't simply blow their brains out and the three things they're really trying to get, as a result. Attention's only one of them.
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Yes, for playing stoner-type comedy. But, for playing Klaatu -- you've ***GOT*** to be kidding. As far as Ralph Fiennes, I like THAT idea -- Fiennes is able to convey a sort of ambiguity of motive. The only thing that Reeves can convey is "...As if!!!" :-)
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It's not about why we are in Iraq. It's simply about what a fucked-up mess was created out of something that should have been a slam-dunk.
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Sorry, I know what Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and things like that are but never heard of NOMAD and how this movie made in the late 50's is a rip off NOMAD. Oh well, two things are apparent, almost no one on this site thinks that Owen Wilson deserves to live or that Keanu Reeves deserves to act in anything outside of Bill and Ted Movies. Sorry, I just can't agree with either statement.
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Sounds like a lot more fun.
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I never thought this day would come, but it has. Unbelievable. The mighty fist of Allah needs to strike Hollywood first, or second as the case may be.
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Starring Cellian Murphy and Angelina Jolie.
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and it's about time, in my opinion.
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oh wait... their actually doing that. Wow.
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"I came to this world with a simple dream of killing all humans."
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Whoops. Still, Kurt should smack some sense into him anyway.
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is he a good choice for anything?!?
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to make another lackluster shitty remake of a classic sci-fi film. I remember back in the day when they were talkin' sequel to the original rather than just another remake. It's one of those films that was ahead of it's time...I mean, c'mon, an alien being or "spaceman" as they were known back then who comes to Earth to try & save us from ourselves rather than trying to invade or destroy us outrigtht?!! Not to mention the production design which favored a more scientific rather thatn fantastic approach; the ship in the shape of a flying saucer instead of a "rocket ship" that opens up w/o a sound, the instrumentation that is activated by photoelectric sensors instead of toggle swithces or buttons, a robot that doesn't look like a refugee from a "Three Stooges Go To Mars" short w/realistic spfx of a built-in laser weapon, an alien being that speaks an alien language when making his report to his home world, and on and on. The movie also counters the fantasy elmements w/a firm grounding in reality, espcecially in the performances by the lead actors. Michael Rennie, then virtual unknown to movie audiences, is utterly convincing as a man or "space-man" if you will, desperately trying to understand why these humans do the crazy things that we do, while Patricia Neal is equally compelling as a war widow balancing raising her son w/her career and considering a marriage proposal...until a man from the stars opens up her mind to new ways of thinking. I can go on for days about Robert Wise's masterpiece...he took what could've been absolute shlock and elevated it in such a way that it still resonates to this day. AND NOW THEY WANT TO REMAKE IT...WITH KEANU? Not altogether surprising but I really can't see it...maybe w/as someone above mentioned Ralph Fiennes or Pierce Brosnan...I don't know...how do you top that design for Gort? We will be waiting for your answer...and ready to tear ya a new one if we don't like it.
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you have the right man for the job.
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Yup, I'm with you:
3. The Thing (yes, again) -
or rather, he reacted to the comic-community's reaction to the funny rumor that he has been cast as Superman and Ben Stiller as Batman. and logically, what happened happened.
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That means Muslims too...
OK so Keannu - if you said to anyone who'd ever heard of, or better yet, SEEN the original film and asked that person who they would think would be a good choice to play the lead in a modern remake, HOW MANY people would even include Keannu Reeves on a SHORTLIST??
None.
Zero.
Not one.
OK maybe the guy with his thumb in his ear, but THAT'S IT!
So which bright spark from the executive offices on the Fox lot decided KEANNU would be a good idea??? ...and not Bruce Campbell?
Anyhow, since we're all so interested in other topics today, NOMAD was an episode from ST (original series) which was based on a favourite story of Gene's - "The God-Thing" - which was first turned into ST:TMP (or as I like to call it ST:1) and later into another ST movie (5? I think? yes it must have been 5). While ST:1 has a lot of detractors - mostly from the ST fanbase - there was recently a "Spec-Ed" released on DVD which is supposed to be a Director's Cut kinda deal and not bad. Not seen it myself, but maybe someone else has and can confirm/deny?
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rumor is Tom Welling, twould be a pity to loose Routh, wasnt his fault the S movie was boring, but the idea of having a bunch of young year-one superheroes under the direction of mr. MadMax is pretty cool...as long as they make it very very different from the tv series...
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