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Published on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - 3:11am |
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Crappy remake idea #4988... David Cronenberg's THE BROOD now to be Somebody Else's THE BROOD!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I love Cronenberg's early stuff... and his recent stuff, of course... But there's something really disturbing about his very early work, a tone that is so purely Cronenberg that the idea of remaking one of those films just seems silly to me. SCANNERS, VIDEODROME, RABID, SHIVERS... even up to DEAD ZONE and THE FLY, although those both have more in common with his later work than his early work.
THE BROOD is a personal favorite. Oliver Reed was the man and he kicked ass in that one. If you haven't seen it, it's about a dude who has a wife committed and begins suspecting her treatment might be a little shady... also, there is a pack of murderous mutant children to fuck things up.
So, of course, they have to remake it. They being Spyglass Entertainment who have hired Cory Goodman to write the remake script. He's writing PRIEST and the KUNG FU big screen adaptation. Who will be better than Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar?
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Reader Talkback
testing 1 2 3 by xega | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:21:39 AM | "We mortals are but shadows
and dust!!!!!!!" by kwisatzhaderach | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:28:15 AM | for fuck's sake by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:31:22 AM | and almost everything
Cronenberg has done rocks by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:32:32 AM | "It Came from Within".. by nolan bautista | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:33:43 AM | and now- I'm going to spend
the whole working day by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:34:18 AM | Because 'Eastern Promises' is
making money by charon | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:35:44 AM | OK- Just a little challenge to
keep the talkback going by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:41:41 AM | I think there should be some
sort of Karmic balance by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:02:31 AM | Aww crap... by bb6634 | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:03:34 AM | 'Scarface' ..... umm....err
....... crap by Big_Bubbaloola | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:05:22 AM | you can have both by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:13:40 AM | and before anyone points out
the obvious: by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:16:46 AM | Cronenberg Blows and so do his
movies... by shmu65 | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:22:21 AM | I just got the dvd by red_weed | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:23:07 AM | Freaky Friday by jpdisco | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:29:05 AM | Ocean's 11 by jpdisco | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:30:15 AM | Cape Fear by jpdisco | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:32:02 AM | Get Carter by jpdisco | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:32:27 AM | So Now Cronies gone
mainstream... by FILMFUNK | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:54:59 AM | Oceans 11 you can have- by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 05:13:44 AM | shmi by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 05:14:37 AM | or even shmu by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 05:15:07 AM | Movie are like Aluminum by DigitalDong | Oct 2nd, 2007 05:40:01 AM | I think at some point they
were remaking "Fly" as well by Gozu | Oct 2nd, 2007 05:54:47 AM | With Shia la Boof as the
killer baby! by JackPumpkinhead | Oct 2nd, 2007 06:13:54 AM | Nice zinger, Gozu,,, by tonagan | Oct 2nd, 2007 06:15:37 AM | The Thing isn't a remake in
the traditional sense by Lost Jarv | Oct 2nd, 2007 06:44:31 AM | The Brood by Jaws Wayne | Oct 2nd, 2007 08:03:55 AM | I've given up on complaining .
. . by Nice Marmot | Oct 2nd, 2007 08:52:36 AM | Kill´em!!!! by Wronazky | Oct 2nd, 2007 09:58:15 AM | how old is the Brood and
where's the xmen? by theonecalledshoe | Oct 2nd, 2007 10:07:51 AM | Of course it will be
TEEEEEEEEEEEEN Brood by kabong | Oct 2nd, 2007 10:40:40 AM | shmu65 by long live the new chris | Oct 2nd, 2007 10:52:43 AM | begging to be remade by Trapped Under Ice | Oct 2nd, 2007 11:20:25 AM | Not surprised by Boromir187 | Oct 2nd, 2007 11:22:06 AM | Also... by Boromir187 | Oct 2nd, 2007 11:23:14 AM | Dead ringers hbo pilot? by sinus111 | Oct 2nd, 2007 11:35:16 AM | who the hell can replace
ollie? by reckni | Oct 2nd, 2007 12:28:53 PM | OMFG!!! by skimn | Oct 2nd, 2007 12:40:29 PM | It is probably up to 4988 for
this year alone... by Alonzo Mosely | Oct 2nd, 2007 12:55:15 PM | Let's remake: by Dark Knight Lite | Oct 2nd, 2007 01:23:47 PM | I always love "the Fly" and
"The Thing" argument by skimn | Oct 2nd, 2007 01:43:04 PM | Jeez by TattooedBillionaire | Oct 2nd, 2007 02:07:28 PM | Cronenberg had by skimn | Oct 2nd, 2007 02:34:07 PM | Can someone explain
Videodrome??? by Thworldisyours1 | Oct 2nd, 2007 02:59:59 PM | MoM by skimn | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:20:45 PM | You know, this remake trend
would be a good idea IF... by TheNorthlander | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:52:47 PM | Stereo and Crimes of the
Future... by AssWhole | Oct 2nd, 2007 03:56:38 PM | HBO series: Dead Ringers by RaRoMo | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:03:54 PM | three days ago.. by cp | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:42:44 PM | Northlander by Jaws Wayne | Oct 2nd, 2007 04:53:20 PM | Jaws Wayne by TheNorthlander | Oct 2nd, 2007 05:16:24 PM | Memories of Murder by Jaws Wayne | Oct 2nd, 2007 05:59:31 PM | Cronenberg is my favorite... by FraDolcino | Oct 2nd, 2007 06:16:40 PM | Craven... by VegasRon | Oct 2nd, 2007 08:12:14 PM | Wait, I Can Explain Videodrome by Aquatarkusman | Oct 2nd, 2007 11:11:02 PM | VegasRon/NecGray by Jaws Wayne | Oct 3rd, 2007 02:21:13 AM | In defence of Craven by Lost Jarv | Oct 3rd, 2007 09:33:41 AM | videodrome = by long live the new chris | Oct 3rd, 2007 09:56:47 AM |
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