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The Producers Of ALEXANDER and TERMINATOR 2 Ally To Remake Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS!?!?
Merrick here...
This one's a tough one for me; METROPOLIS is one of my favorite movies of all time.
For those who haven't seen it...you should. There's a super-great restoration of the film, which is available HERE. It's a strange movie to be sure, but its thematic & aesthetic impact on the SF genre is profound & is evident in many "classic" entries...including STAR WARS (C-3P0's design, Coruscant in the prequels) and BLADE RUNNER. The list goes on, and is impressive.
Here's a trailer for a recent restoration of the 1927 film:
A previous restoration of the film was mounted by composer Giorgio Moroder back in 1984 , who (quite controversially) re-scored the film with a contemporary soundtrack (including tracks from Queen's Freddy Mercury, Bonnie Tyler, and more).
And now, it seems, we're getting a full-on remake. Producer Thomas Schuehly (Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER and THE NAME OF THE ROSE) and Mario Kassar (Executive Producer of TERMINATORs 2 & 3, RAMBOs 1 & 2, TOTAL RECALL, etc.) are teaming up for a remake.
"With the overwhelming role technology plays in our daily lives, the growing gap between rich and poor, including the gradual elimination of the middle class, the story of 'Metropolis' is a frightening reflection of our society that takes place in an all too possible not too distant future," said Schuehly.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.
I'm really not sure what to say here: the Geek in me kind of wants to see this world realized via modern FX techniques (although I doubt they'd look half as nuanced and atmospheric as the original film's highly detailed & complex model work).
But a bigger part of me fears that...almost certainly...the thematic & spiritual heart and soul of the concept will be ripped from this project in favor of spectacle. "The city's gonna blow up because the workers overloaded The Machines - gotta stop the Machine meltdown!" (cue strobe lighted Michael Bayhem). "Gotta stop the rampaging/partying Maria android! Here's a special EMP gun! One shot..." You know, that kind of crap.
The System rarely (if ever) generates big-budget movies that hinge on esoteric issues like "class struggle" ...although I think a good writer could likely bend the story's conceits to match today's socio-economic landscape here in the U.S. - i.e. tweaking the film's "working class -vs- the elite" scenario into more of a NEW JACK CITY-ish "Republicans -vs- the poor" approach. I'm just using this as an EXAMPLE, but...whatever the case...I firmly believe that (for any METROPOLIS remake to work) it has to feel relevant, and not just be a pointless regurgitation. It has to be a project which encourages audiences to reflect what they're seeing back into the "real world".
But...WOULD this be allowed to happen? Would The Powers That Be actually bankroll a think piece/commentary whose budget would certainly surpass $100,000,000. Provocative and disquieting questions.
PROFOUNDLY interested in how this shakes out. If you know more,
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT!!
A previous restoration of the film was mounted by composer Giorgio Moroder back in 1984 , who (quite controversially) re-scored the film with a contemporary soundtrack (including tracks from Queen's Freddy Mercury, Bonnie Tyler, and more).
And now, it seems, we're getting a full-on remake. Producer Thomas Schuehly (Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER and THE NAME OF THE ROSE) and Mario Kassar (Executive Producer of TERMINATORs 2 & 3, RAMBOs 1 & 2, TOTAL RECALL, etc.) are teaming up for a remake.
"With the overwhelming role technology plays in our daily lives, the growing gap between rich and poor, including the gradual elimination of the middle class, the story of 'Metropolis' is a frightening reflection of our society that takes place in an all too possible not too distant future," said Schuehly.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.
I'm really not sure what to say here: the Geek in me kind of wants to see this world realized via modern FX techniques (although I doubt they'd look half as nuanced and atmospheric as the original film's highly detailed & complex model work).
But a bigger part of me fears that...almost certainly...the thematic & spiritual heart and soul of the concept will be ripped from this project in favor of spectacle. "The city's gonna blow up because the workers overloaded The Machines - gotta stop the Machine meltdown!" (cue strobe lighted Michael Bayhem). "Gotta stop the rampaging/partying Maria android! Here's a special EMP gun! One shot..." You know, that kind of crap.
The System rarely (if ever) generates big-budget movies that hinge on esoteric issues like "class struggle" ...although I think a good writer could likely bend the story's conceits to match today's socio-economic landscape here in the U.S. - i.e. tweaking the film's "working class -vs- the elite" scenario into more of a NEW JACK CITY-ish "Republicans -vs- the poor" approach. I'm just using this as an EXAMPLE, but...whatever the case...I firmly believe that (for any METROPOLIS remake to work) it has to feel relevant, and not just be a pointless regurgitation. It has to be a project which encourages audiences to reflect what they're seeing back into the "real world".
But...WOULD this be allowed to happen? Would The Powers That Be actually bankroll a think piece/commentary whose budget would certainly surpass $100,000,000. Provocative and disquieting questions.
PROFOUNDLY interested in how this shakes out. If you know more,
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT!!
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And pretty much every sci-fi film after it owes something to Fritz Lang. Remake? No need.
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he loved it and asked why there hasn't been a remake. sad. look out, "M".
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He's the man that broke the bank on The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Gilliam picked up some tinges of bad rep there, but it was all Schuely's fault. He cooked the books, essentially... as well deceiving himself. -
maybe because it was how i first saw it. on VHS in the 80s.
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When in the Cinema of Fritz Lang class I took at Harvard they announced Tim Burton was considering remaking the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with Depp playing the murderous sleepwalker. I'm not sure whether or not I would have liked that remake, but it sure sounded INTERESTING... Course it never happened, so what are the odds this will?
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It would be ruined. There's no way they could capture any of the spirit of the original.
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It'll be the next Star Wars!
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correct me if I'm wrong, I can't remember.
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Into a mediocre anime?
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Steaqling the thoughts from my head...
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Metropolis came out in 1927 and it STILL speaks to humanity today. I dont think the remake would have endurance of 5 years never mind EIGHTY years. And just having the name of Mario Kassar involved makes think this will be an awful movie. Kassar never had a good idea he never wanted to destroy and turn it into a 70 minute cumshot of gunfetish. Nah. Wont happen.
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NExt thing you know, Jack Black will be in a remake of "Citizen Kane"...
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C'mon if there is any director who could make this he can... Dark City's visuals, I-Robot's robotic vs. human scenario... What scares me the most is Mario Kassar... can anyone say Judge friggin Dredd...
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Now we know what the next Will Smith blockbuster will be.
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He was going to make a movie called Megalopolis suposedly inspired by Metropolis. I believe an all star cast was in place and all. I'd rather watch that movie more than a remake of Lang's movie. I am quite curious thou.
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The only way this could work is if they do it all green screen in a completely over the top steam punk world. It could be like Sky Captain but in black and white (damn I hope they keep it b&w). Oh and BTW, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" was remade in 05' in this green screen style too, also another good one is "Able Edwards."
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Starring Mathew McCoaunaughey and Rachel McAdams. Blah.
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As well-intentioned as this seems, remaking "Metropolis" isn't feasible or even possible. I mean, it's possible, sure... but how do you sell it to the iPhone, network-centric public? The whole idea entirely falls apart.
"Metropolis" is a classic film, an iconic film, but the theme of class-struggle and a violent lower-class uprising in this corporately controlled world wouldn't fly to those in control. Not in any way, shape, or form.
Guaranteed.
Which brings me to my next point: a remake wouldn't actually be "Metropolis," it would be a project with the same name but an entirely different plot. You'd have to add dialogue (hmm...), all kinds of modern tweakings and FX, and the product would emerge a silly, stale, meaningless farce that no one would want to see.
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basically you're asking if any of us have hope that Hollywood is capable of remaking an iconic movie, keeping the heart and soul of the original without de-balling it or rendering it useless, keeping the spirit of inventive visual effects while updating them, all the while making a movie that's accesible enough to find an audience...let me ask you this...you think the Seahawks are going to win the superbowl this year?hollywood only cares about money. remaking a movie like this is merely a novelty, and whatever dog and pony show they trot out will have only a superficial relationship with the original, and the result will be a movie that may not be terrible, but certainly will not be a worthy remake on any level. why not just take the source material, flip it enough that it's not exactly a remake, retitle it, and let it stand on its own? using this title makes no sense to me. people that know the original well are jsut going to hateoyu, and people that don't, aren't going to know the difference.sigh...
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I probably would have said the same thing had I been alive when they announced a remake of Nosferatu...so I guess we need to wait and see who's in the director's chair, but I'm just going to go out on a limb and guess it won't be Werner Herzog (or someone of his caliber)
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You will upset me greatly! I was able to see the restored Kino version when they had a brief theatrical run...probably one of the best cinema experiences I've ever had. Please don't ruin this movie for me!
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mukhtabi: Cabinet wasnt directed by lang, if your implying that. But I would prefer a Tim Burton remake of that movie better anyway.
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I guess it doesn't matter. Nothing original is going to happen when Tool #1 and Tool #2 get together and try to recreate Fritz Lang. I'm sure it will fall into the same hole that the remakes of Psycho and The Manchurian Candidate did. But it's so sad that someone out there wants to remake it. Do they love it that much? No. Do they think they could do a better job? No. But they hope that some of the respectability, taste and visionary creative praise and stature of the original work will at least rub off on their marketing efforts. They will go on and on to anyone who wants to hear, about how much they were influenced by Metropolis and how much this new film is a tribute and an extension of the first film, but it's just the biggest bunch of Hollywood lies. The truth is, that Metropolis has already been remade. In Bladerunner, Star Wars, Terminator, The Matrix, Sin City, THX 1138, Soylent Green, Brazil, Logan's Run, Sleeper, Planet of the Apes, and a hundred other dystopian epics, Metropolis is the foundation and inspiration. So what can happen here? Probably nothing good. If by some small chance, they do make a quality film, I will be happy to see it. If not, I will be happy to see it fall back into the obscure world of remakes. Cheers!
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"...circuses and elephantswhere the oranges grewAnd back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple uswhen I'm standing with you."-The Church
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1927's socio-economic landscape
Same as today's and the not too distant future's and the far distant future. Ho-hum. Boring and out dated theme. -
And this comes from a German with more respect for old movies than most of you!
But if they will make just a Popcorn-remake, this will fail! Maybe they should ask Paul Verhoeven to do this. -
I've just decided that this remake is the last straw for me. From now on I will not have a cent of my hard earned money go to remakes. That means if I saw the original or have the original then the way I see it I already paid for it. I'll be watching bootleg copies and downloaded copies from now on.
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This can't possibly go wrong. AND IT'S INSPIRED ME!!! I'm gonna do a remake of the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and make it a musical (Not so much Sondheim as Rogers and Hammerstein) and I'm going to cast Liza as Cesare.
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By Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham as Antonio, a down and out gangster in modern London, whose bike has been stolen by Russian strong-arms. The cast includes Jeremy Piven as a wise-cracking asshole, and of course Maddonna as the town whore. Coming in 2008.
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Listen, I know you don't think you can enjoy silent films, but you can! I believe in you! First, we could get you into a reading for beginners program and then those words on the screen will make sense to you. It really makes a big difference in understanding the plot. Otherwise, you could have your Mom read the words on the screen aloud for you. She won't mind. She already transcribes your talkback messages for you right? Hey, you got a lot of support there buddy, don't worry. When you get further in your reading you can learn all about how cool silent films were and classic black and white films and even, these things called books! I know you think everyone in the world is just watching color action movies made after 1985 and playing the Super Nofriendo 360, but that's just you and the other 13 year olds you hang with. Trust me pal, there's a bigger world out there and you're going to love it!
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Dec 10, 2007 9:58:58 AM CST
Did they run out of comic book adaptations or something?
by spandau belly
Man, they're digging deep.
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I'd rather see a super-clean, super-sharp version of the original.
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Of all the films I sat through in college film courses, this has to have been one of the dullest. Here's where I get raked over the coals, but how can I get worked up over a remake of something that I wasn't too crazy about in the first place?
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Dec 10, 2007 10:07:00 AM CST
They already did some weird remake of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
by series7
haven't seen it but its in the queue. The only way a Metropolis remake would be worth considering would be if they gave it to a director that gave a shit. I say this could be the chance for Tom Tykwer to make it big in America. Or give Darren Aronofsky a chance to make a huge movie. Though hopes are slim for that to happen. So one of my favorite movies is going to bastardized. Plus this can't be a CG all the way it needs to have sets and models. I could however see Downy Jr. as the lead role? Man I would like to see this happen, but again I don't. This movie is by far the only silent movie that could probably be shown in theaters today and people would go.
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Also this was Hitlers favorite film! Maybe king jew himself Steven Spielberg will do this? A jew remaking a jew's work? Starring our most important Jew John Stewart! No wait Tom Hanks pretending to be jewish.
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If this is to be remade, please get a good director.
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from whatever Hack Pack member they can get.
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Dec 10, 2007 10:22:06 AM CST
A movie I really hate is Goddard's Breathless, remake that!
by stormwatcher
Everytime some jerkoff talks about french cinema and how great Breathless, or Goddard in general is I want to knock over their chai latte and cause them 2nd degree burns. I hate that hack. Christ is that a crappy movie but people, like my sister, seem to think it makes them smart and in the know to reference it. Piece of crap.
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That ill-conceived type of transposing a great work onto modern American political turmoil is exactly what ruined V For Vendetta. "Why, any good writer would take the anarchy vs fascism theme and water it town to the less polarizing neo-conservatism vs liberalism, and add a nigh-treacly love story to boot!". Bah.
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For the robot hot babe stripper, get one of those Jessicas, Alba or Biel.
Big battle with robots at the end.
All right, people, let's make some magic. -
that this link was a joke...
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The future conflicts predicted in Metropolis don't seem to be manifesting yet. Bah.
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Just having fun. Sorry to be an asshole. The truth is, everything that was the genius of Metropolis has been appropriated to the point that a remake Today won't really turn on the unwashed masses. They will see it as unoriginal, because they have seen it's prodigies. Unless it's really an inspired work, I can't see this as anything but a poor first contact between the public and a moment of cinematic excellence. Cheers Buddy and fellow film geek!
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Directed by Len Wiseman. Wack.
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why not go and remake The Bycycle Thieves while you're at it, then remake L'avventura, and do a teen version of Fanny and Alexander (from Josh Schwartz and Chris Weitz). C'MON PEOPLE!
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Go to Shanghai, they're building it now.
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This is insane. Why would they do this? This should be one of those movies you aren't allowed to touch.
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Do these shitheads really think they can match Fritz Lang? Hollywood needs an enema.
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that is all.
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I can no longer live in a world where the movie industry would do this to me. 3:10 to Yuma? OK, I can deal with that. But this is just absurd. What's next, Citizen Kane? I would argue that Metropolis is the PERFECT silent film. In fact, I've watched it with people who supposedly hate silent films and they barely noticed they were watching one. This is the worst idea for a remake since House of Wax.
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Was basically about a lower class uprising against a totalitarian system. That got made.
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This is one of them. I don't want future geeks saying, "Oh, Metropolis? I don't want to see the original. I saw the remake." That's tragedy beyond scope.
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Starring Jackie Chan as the Kung-Fu Tramp, and Jackie Chan as the Blibd Girl!
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...that Seven Samurai project they were talking about? They're not still going to do that are they?
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Sorry. I just had to get that out. *clears throat*
I have an idea. Why don't we just assume that everything is going to be remade and just not talk about these cinematic abominations anymore? :D I almost jumped out of my window when I saw Stallone discussing 'Rocky, the musical' on TV the other day. How long do you think it'll take for the movie version of that musical based on the film to be greenlit? I'm not sure how much more I can take. -
NUFF SAID.
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Ben Stiller as Freder, Jack Black as Rotwang, Vince Vaughn as Grot, Owen Wilson as the Thin Man, and Christine Taylor as Maria. With special guest appearances by Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, and David Cross. A HILARIOUS ROMP THROUGH 1920'S SCI-FI.
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It is a great film. Just re-release it. Don't erase it with a crappy remake.
What is it about Hollywood's nature to shit all over itself? I'm no psychologist, but I'm sure there is a name for the disorder that makes you tear down your victories and crap on them and set them on fire and then blame conservatives for not attending. -
For the love of god, stop doing remakes. There are hardly any remakes of classics which bettered the original. Make films which Films like Metropolis inspire you to make. Not remake them or copy them. If a film maker loves metropolis than do what Ridley scott did with blade Runner, or Luc bessant did with Fifth Element, etc. Ie be inspired, dont be a fraking copycat. Sorry, I am talking to the film maker who aint gonna read this, not you, my fellow AICN reader!
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I'm just saying, why take something perfect and destroy it through remakes?
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PLEASE FUCKING STOP WITH THESE REMAKES!!! LEAVE THESE WONDERFUL FILMS ALONE AND COME UP WITH YOUR OWN FUCKING IDEAS HOLLYWOOD!!!
I feel better now; fuck this remake and fuck everyone involved with this idea. I'm sick to death of all of these fucking remakes and now Metropolis? Give me a fucking break. -
Capone, what are yout talking about?
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as a Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson comedy road trip with The Rock in the Mifune role and Cameron D as the Princess. and have Wilson commit sepicu at the end, you know he wants to.
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First they piss all over our comic books and now they come for our silent films? DEATH!
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Buster Who?
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Starring Sienna Miller and Jeremy Irons.
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(oh wait, Tim Burton remade that in every single one of his films save Ed Wood)
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Only a matter of time
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Wim Wenders. I think he could pull it off. Is he even directing any more?
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But I love how Republicans represent the rich elite when we need bad guys who are anti-poor. Or, when needed, Republicans are inbred hillbilly, fly-over state, stupid useless rednecks when we need an argument against democracy.
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Can somebody just poke my eyes out with a pointed stick? I'm normally pretty upbeat, but this project is a really, truly lousy idea. Let us all pray it never sees the light of day.
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Just to give it that fresh, new generation feeling.
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Maybe someone already addressed this but didn't they make some sort of anime rendition of this film already?
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Basic Instinct 2, I Spy, Showgirls and the film that bankrupted Carleco, Cutthroat Island..
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it makes me realize that in hindsight we went a little overboard on Ted Turner et at . for colorizing black and white movies. How dare he we said.... With all the garbage that is remakes as Hollywood can't come up with an original idea, and not only doing remakes, but trying to remake classics and pawn it off as something great well I think Ted can be forgiven. What he did was nothing in comparison to these hacks. Sorry Trillionaire Ted.
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Maria is modelled after Dorothy Day, who is being pushed as an American Catholic saint. Also, Maria's message is pure Marian devotion, with its accent on Stillness. Google the 'Catholic Worker Movement' if you don't believe me.
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Metropolis (the original) is still relevant, it needs no remake.
These bozos should try and make some thing original that will still be relevant in 100 years.
If they can do that, THEN they will be qualified to touch Metropolis.
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You think Hollywood can keep the original themes intact. They can not. History has shown us they will fail so extravagantly that the remake will virtually erase all memory of the original. Or, even worse, render the original only viewable in the context of the remake - basically dragging the original down with it. The original will become "quaint."
You think the masses will seek the original if they are exposed to a retread. They will not. Most young people today aren't even aware that they are watching remakes.
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If you ban a movie it will become a classic.
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...can Hollywood close it's own film making book and go away? It makes a nice start and finish, sorta. Like bookends, except the modern one will stink like rotting flesh. Anyone else got some stupid remake ideas while we're here? Citizen Kane? C'mon, out with 'em. It's your last chance, you creatively bankrupt pinheads.
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you know history is going to look back on this period as one that was bloated with pointless remakes
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As long as this remake is re-imagined with planes on sticks, electric trains and cardboard buildings I will not be there to see it. I swear.
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Democrats like to define themselves as the party of poor and middle-income Americans, but a new study says they now represent the majority of the nation's wealthiest congressional districts.
In a state-by-state, district-by-district comparison of wealth concentrations based on Internal Revenue Service income data, Michael Franc, vice president of government relations at the Heritage Foundation, found that the majority of the nation's wealthiest congressional jurisdictions were represented by Democrats.
He also found that more than half of the wealthiest households were concentrated in the 18 states where Democrats hold both Senate seats.
"If you take the wealthiest one-third of the 435 congressional districts, we found that the Democrats represent about 58 percent of those jurisdictions," Mr. Franc said.
Mr. Franc's study also showed that contrary to the Democrats' tendency to define Republicans as the party of the rich, "the vast majoritiy of unabashed conservative House members hail from profoundly middle-class districts."
"I just found the pattern across the board to be very interesting. That pattern shows the likelihood of electing a Democrat to the House is very closely correlated with how many wealthy households are in that district," Mr. Franc said in an interview with The Washington Times. -
My last post should have read as follows: Unless this remake is re-imagined with planes on sticks, electric trains and cardboard buildings, I will not be there to see it. **Thank the internet for anonimity**
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...and they were not funny nor was the one post worthy of me correcting. Sorry guys. Some days you got it some days you don't. **rubs forhead and hits the refresh button**
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you're on crack.
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...no one went to see it. Not saying the remake is a good idea, just that the idea that rereleasing the original would reach anyone but film buffs is butkus. Skip the remake and just let Coppola make his Megalopolis film.
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screw everything up. When the bottom line is the bottom line everyone suffers. "Because it can make money" should never be enough of a reason to make a film. Maybe thats overly idealistic but thats my belief. Imagine how many starving people could've been fed withthe money it cost to make "Bewitched"
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I saw that same article. I know people say you can manipulate statistics, but you know ... lots of limosuine liberals out there!
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Dec 10, 2007 8:22:50 PM CST
NO! If "The Godfather", "Blade Runner" or "Star Wars" is next...
by eman_1293
I will never walk into a theater again. Are they insane!? This has made me realize that there should be films that are legally 'untouchable' in the industry. For example: *see topic*, "Pulp Fiction", "Alien", "Scarface", "The Terminator", etc. When is Hollywood gonna grow a pair and come up with something original? So far, Alfonso Cuarón ("Children of Men"), Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth"), and the Coen Bros. ("No Country for Old Men") seem to be the only ones who've brought something refreshingly new to the table.
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Are the Power centers way of distracting you from the truth... There are no real political parties. Oh there used to be.. A certian group of people who ideals were similiar to yours so you naturally gravitated to them.. That doesn't exsist anymore. Parties take you attention away from the real struggle, money, power and energy. the US has the power, China has the money and the middle east and south america has the energy.. Don't associate yourself with a political party in the US.. Your party should be "READING"... Read about how the wealthy countries are being destroyed by free trade and the developing world is reaping the benefits.. If the American consumer, who spends 13 TRILLION dollars a year stopped spending money, the whole system would crash.. It's all bullshit. Political parties take your focus away from unfair trade agreements, soft borders flowing drugs in, intercontinental superfreeways, worthless currency, poor credit ratings for your contry, constitutions being ignored, rights taken away in the name of liberty and "war of terror".... WAKE UP.. It's happening...
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Merrick, Merrick, Merrick.There once were these two fellows, both the same age. They grew up in the same town together. Went to the same schools. Worked at the same place.Then the one day finally came for their mutual retirement and they found themselves both seated outside Human Resources waiting for their gold watch. One turned to the other and said, "You know something? You always were and likely always shall be... the second biggest cunt in the history of the whole world."The second man turned to the first and begged the obvious question, "And why not the first?"The second man replied, "...because you're a cunt."And you, sir, Mr. Merrick... are that second man.
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The second man turned to the first and begged the obvious question, "And why not the first?"The first man replied, "...because you're a cunt."And you, sir, Mr. Merrick... are that second man.
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Do those of you who live in Los Angeles know that the Chinese are building a massive shipping port on the southwestern coast of Mexcio so that when the US is done building the NAFTA freeway (with Rudi Guilanni's law firm buying all the land and overseeing the planning), they will start sending all the ships there???? In effect, taking away 95% of all ships docking there??? LA will be crippled after that and the US will no longer control what comes into this country.. That is both parties pushing for that..
Also, they are now drilling for oil off the coast of CUBA, 75 miles from the US coast, in oil well reserves that run under what is now considered both Cuban and US waters.....
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Thanks for bringing this up!! I'm Serious. People need to know about the "North American Union" and the "Amero" (do a google search). That will coincide with what you are talking about. Just go to www.spp. gov *Remove the space of course* and don't beleive them when they tell you their purposes for forming this North American Union. Oh boy...I could go on for weeks. You people better wake the fuck up. We can joke all day long and trust me we need humor in our lives but you need to pay attention to whats going on beyond your comics and movies.
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GO THERE!! WAKE UP!! CANADA, MEXICO, NORTH AMERICA = North American Union. Don't beleive me? Do your homework.
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Has already arrived. Video stores will be history in no more than three years; the only theatres still extant will be either IMAX 3-D or arthouse; everyone else will stay home or go to experia clubs to be *in* the movie. Passive 2d entertainment is effectively dead. Lucas, Cameron and Zemeckis are busy hammering nails into the coffin. I'm sending this little note out on a 10 Meg dedicate line, and I live in the frozen north! Good luck, lower 48...
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This is usually a bad idea. One of my Top 10 movies of all time is Nosferatu, and the attempts to make a talkie version of it-- well, they suck. "Nosferatu the Vampire" was awful. It was true to the original, but mixed in elements of the Hollywood Dracula movies to get a weird amalgam that was just slow, dull, and annoying.
How would people feel if they remade City Lights, or Gold Rush, or any of the classic comedies? These would SUCK, because silent film is a different medium entirely, and the stories for silent films don't usually lend themselves to sound effects and actors who need to be heard. It will end up being too noisy. People will be talking constantly just to fill space.
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I don't think they would, as the FINAL CUT was just in theaters and did OK.
However, I would FULLY SUPPORT a new movie based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" that is a closer, more faithful translation of the book, with Mercerism, Buster Friendly, and all the characters and locales being what they were in the book. I want a "DADoES?" that has Luba Luft, and is based in San Francisco. I want the situation with Pris to be as tense and sexual as it was in the book. I want J.S. Isidore and Roy Baty instead of Roy Batty. I want the fake police station filled with androids. I want Buster Friendly and his Friendly Friends to be broadcasting Verhoeven-style between scenes. I want Iran to threaten to dial an argument. I want Rick to pine for that real animal, and lament his broken sheep.
Blade Runner is NOT "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" --- It's a gorgeous, perfect fucking movie, but it's a creature all it's own, with very little reference to Phillip K. Dick's original story. The book deserves to be seen by the masses in it's full form, with religious and social commentary intact, and none of this Ridley Scott belated "Deckard is a Replicant" crap (I love Ridley Scott, but his whole Deckard thing is just weird and not at all true to the book, original script, or original version of the film. It was a fucked-up afterthought that he ran with, and it's really annoying.)
Remaking "The Godfather" wouldn't matter much. The original was pretty true to the books-- Just distilled a bit.
Remaking Star Wars would be a bad move, but it might also be interesting if it weren't George Lucas (whom I respect and admire for giving us Star Wars in the first place) were not the director, and didn't write any of the dialogue. I mean, I'd pay to see a Star Wars remake directed by Peter Jackson or Sam Raimi. I'd say Paul Verhoeven, but he already sorta did that with "The Fifth Element"
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It was based on the Japanese comics of the same name by Osamu Tezuka, and it was directed by someone named Rintaro. It was the same basic story, with an extra character or two and a couple more relationships for the viewer to focus on. But other than that, same story.
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It came out in 1984 and starred Richard Gere and french actress Valerie Kaprisky and they were all naked and crap! And Gere's character liked the Silver Surfer! That's as much as I remember from it...
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Queen!
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Dec 11, 2007 1:11:20 AM CST
What'll really ruin this movie? If Superman showed up!
by mrmysteryguest
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It was a reflection of the times (Hitler actually admired the fil, but the director [Lang] defected to America. His wife, a Nazi sympathizer, remained in Germany). A film that is so flexibly (mis)interpreted will look, Hollywood-style, like Ron Howard's HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (pastels/MTV editing in lieu of Expressionism). Jesus, why not hire McG to direct, cast Pam Anderson as Robotrix and be done with the whole thing?
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people are going to go see this. whether they want to talk about how much they hate it, are intrigued, or after the flashy trailer with plenty of namedropping is attached.
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I'm not usually too riled up by the thought of unnecessary remakes. It can be frustrating, but generally, I figure I'll always have the original and if the remake is at least popular with the masses, then I can hope that the new generation will be spurred to pick up the original and discover something special. But for me, there are some classics that shouldn't be touched. Some movies that I feel should be left alone. Metropolis is one of those movies. Updating that silent black-and-white world to one of colour and noise is a depressing thought.
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just a post: A remake of this per se is not a bad idea- It's 80 years old. It isn't like remaking the HItcher from 1980-something. however, they will utterly fail to transpose anything that was good in the original and will turn it into a CGI wankfest starring Big Willy Style and SHia Lebeouf as "amusing sidekick bnumber 1" which makes it an awful idea. Scarface is a successful remake. Casablanca has been remade- into Barb Wire. It was shit. Why is anyone surprised at this?
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I can see it now: with the Farrelly's potty humor, this would likely be retitled . . . METROLOPISS.
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Abel Gance's Napoleon. Jean Vigo's Zero for Conduct. Most 30's sound Laurel and Hardy films. However, there are 10 places within 1 mile of my home that each have Police Academy 4 and Bedazzled.
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the disappearing posts. I posted on this topic. I called this idea cinematic vandalism. but my post is gone. weird....
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Casbalanca...remade...into...Barb wire....
Youre taking the piss.....
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I'd like to learn more about the tards who make these types of decisions, I really would. Do they scratch around in their own faeces, wake up one morning - blood pouring from their anuses after a long night of snorting cocaine and rigorous ass-plunging and just decide, "what the fuck, lets remake that Metropolis movie from like before CGI even existed, nobody even knows it existed right" Next in line will be the raping of M (Kevin Spacey in the lorre role, that's my bet). Thankyou remake tards, thankyou very much.
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genuinly- have a close look at it, it follows casablanca even to the ending.
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So I can duck when the cowboy shoots me at the end.
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hmm... mine seems to have disappeared too. Was it because I mentioned something about the death of Hollywood and asshat film making decisions over there? AICN does some weird shit sometimes.
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and roger eberts, so you got two more fans besides u and pops, zero corpse
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What in the cock are you talking about? You mention the issue of class-identity, and the one cinematic example you can come up with is New Jack City? Go punch yourself in the face a thousand times before the next time you write something, please.
The World of Fritz Lang Seen Through the Prism of Mario van Peeples! If that doesn't put asses in seats, I don't know what will. -
is that some more people will get to know Lang's film. And I'm not even saying "the original" because this film - if it is ever going to be made will have nothing to do with Metropolis.
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I could never watch barb wire. even though it has pamela anderson in black leather and riding a very large bike. That film got so badly kicked that i cant watch it. I cant watch anything with pamela anderson in it. They even put her in a sitcom and that tanked. But and here is the thing, Pamela anderson as wonderwoman. she cant act for shit but that body in that suit.
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Seriously, if you're gonna mention one of the greatest rock frontmen of all time, could you at least spell his name correctly? It's Freddie Mercury, not Freddy. What's next? Mike Jagger?
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Birth of a Nation, City Lights, Citizen Kane, The Seventh Seal, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Taxi Driver...but more New Jack City-ish.
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I think that what they could do is Citizen Kane as the Orson Welles Biopic. All that story about Welles and Hirst maybe Partially true. Kane was about welles. I know they did some tv movie about the making of Kane. But a remake of Kane about welles would be a very good idea.
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Dec 12, 2007 1:55:15 AM CST
Quentin Tarantino presents Nosferatu. Directed by Eli Roth
by zombie vig
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Metropolis is definitely a movie of it's time, and it can't fit our world today. It's a beautiful, lyrical work of genius by Fritz Lang, and I'd hate for some contemporary tyro screwing with the story, setting, etc. to be "relevant" for audiences now. Just a brainless thing to do.
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I'd love to see this remade.
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