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Merrick here...
Last week, we got our first look at the trailer for this Christmas' remake of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL [HERE].
The last shot in the trailer revealed a "Gort"-like robot zapping something with his laser eye.
The shot evoked this moment from the original film:
This surprised many, as a review of the remake's script by AICN's Uncapie indicated Gort did not appear in the new film.
...we do get a robot to come out of the ship. But it's nothing like "Gort" - nor is it as fierce as "Gort."
Its called the "Totem". It walks around on all fours, does its destructo-ray stuff, and stands upright like a totem pole when its finished.
...said Uncapie, whose write-up you can fine HERE.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (remake) director Scott Derrickson has now addressed the "Gort"/"no Gort" connundrum over at MTV's Movie Blog.
“It was intentional,” Derrickson said. “I certainly took a lot of time to explore other possibilities. It wasn’t just a foregone conclusion in my mind that we would be sticking to the original. I tried looking at a lot of different possibilities, worked on a lot of different ideas with artists and just always a nagging sense that there was something right about the way the original, that there was something about this alien entity choosing a human form or being in a human form that had value even by modern standards, not by 1950 standards. I also am such a fan of the original film. You have to also just have some respect for Gort. Gort is Gort. There’s no question what we designed pays homage to the original.”
...says Derrickson in THIS INTERVIEW with MTV.
Derrickson also talks about adjusting the original film's thematics to make them seem more immediate to contemporary audiences, and indirectly retaining the Klaatu-as-Christ metaphor of Robert Wise's 1951 progenitor.
Its called the "Totem". It walks around on all fours, does its destructo-ray stuff, and stands upright like a totem pole when its finished.
“It was intentional,” Derrickson said. “I certainly took a lot of time to explore other possibilities. It wasn’t just a foregone conclusion in my mind that we would be sticking to the original. I tried looking at a lot of different possibilities, worked on a lot of different ideas with artists and just always a nagging sense that there was something right about the way the original, that there was something about this alien entity choosing a human form or being in a human form that had value even by modern standards, not by 1950 standards. I also am such a fan of the original film. You have to also just have some respect for Gort. Gort is Gort. There’s no question what we designed pays homage to the original.”
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Love IT!
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I did it.
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4th is always better than 1st
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WTF??? Does anyone bother to spell check anymore? For Chrits sake pay attention fuckers!
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I'm Gort dammit!! Huyck huyck huyck ... I's Yam What I's Yam ...
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...son of Gdo?
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First Keanu as the lead,now a four legged totem pole Gort? Yeah,I wont be watching this. What sad is,the original movie was SO GOOD,and for years I've thought it would be perfect for a sequel-not a remake. At the end of the first movie,humanity is basically warned to stop all the bullshit or be destroyed. I always thought a sequel should be about an army of Gorts arriving on earth in present day and,you know...making the earth stand still.
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That's all I got.
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Or the director. And screenwriter. It should have been all Gort, all the time. Or a sequel. Some new dude comes back from the same people who came back in the 50s, and the original is treated as a historical event in the new movie . .. or something vaguely interesting. This looks boring.
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You can pray all you want, but... oh, it's Gort? Not Gorf? http://www.lyonspinball.com/images/video_games/gorf_lcv.jpg
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And of course the new one will be entirely robotic or CGI. Nothing beats the 'ol man-in-suit. To Lock Martin, the Kevin Peter Hall/Peter Mayhew of the '50s!!
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I can understand the knee-jerk aversion to this concept, but let's get serious. It makes more sense doesn't it. I mean why would this alien creature, who is obviously appearing in human form as a way to not freak out us humans, have a humanoid robot?
I love the original with my very soul but for a more contemporary audience this change makes sense. I for one look forward to this remake despite my love of the original. The trailer is interesting and the cast is fine considering the robotic nature of Keanu's charcater and the immense talent of Connely and Hamm. I think this can be really good if handled correctly and it is not dismissive of the themes that make the original so special. -
I just saw the original and liked it mostly. I just can't generate any anticipation for this movie, heavy handed message with Keanu out front, count me...out.
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Everyone already made the easy Chrits jokes! Sucks to have a job. -
This will still suck.
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Thats bad. Horribly bad. If its a college project, someone should be failed out of art school.
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...and nipples on the Klaatu-suit!
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You know this to be true.
Coming July 4th, 2012, we kick Gort's ass. Or he kicks our ass. Either way, it's WAR!! -
..I will probably see this crap on the big screen
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So are you saying Gort is in this movie? Or not? I know that we saw a Gort like figure in the trailer but is that Gort? WTF is going on here?
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I don't get it, how does that article answer the question?
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I'm sick of all the people crying over remakes. I'm not saying I enjoy remakes, nor do I enjoy music remixes. But I give them a shot, there's always bound to be some good ones, excluding Prom Night, When a Stranger Calls and Japanese-American remakes. If I like the original, then i watch the remake once in the mindframe that this is another persons take on the movie, and I respect that. But what about remixes, look at this new Kid Rock crap, we need to ban crap like that. But regardless, there have been successful remakes, like The Hills Have Eyes, King Kong and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, not including The Beginning.
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Does that clarify it for you?
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But this whole blurb was a waste of time and monitor space, It addressed nothing.
How about writing an article on how everyone has to eat crow over Hancock being a success and Wall-e’s lack luster box office receipts?
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If memory serves me right, Gort acted as bodyguard/policeman for Klaatu. And since they were greeted by a military presence, an imposing humanoid form that would strike fear would make sense.
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WallE took 63million opening weekend.
HanCOCK had the July 4th weekend, traditionally huge holiday weekend, and got 66million.
WallE is now up to 128 million. Strong word of mouth will keep it there.
Let's see where HanCOCK is, after the word of mouth gets around.
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and arrive at Christmas 2009 so we can watch AVATAR!
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I hope that in the end of the movie, Keanu reveals to Jennifer Connelly his true form as a Spore penis monster. Then he tells humans to recycle as he's crucified (again).
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It's interesting that your ID is from the film whose remake has been debated back-and-forth on this site, and given your liking of useless remakes like Hills and Texas, I imagine you liked Zombie's "remix".
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...directed that shit-bomb "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," which means "The Day the Earth Stood Still" will suck, too. Dude's a hack, plain and simple.
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so wall-e is at 128 million currently? well hancock has already made 107 in approx. 5 days. wall-e is at 128 and its been out a few weeks now. that doesnt mean anything but since people are using numbers, thought i'd pitch in. :)
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why fucking use the same name, sure make whatever fuckin shit they want, but is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to soil the name of a classic? THATS the bit that pisses me off about these Sci-fi remakes..
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Nothing new here,but Fuck Hollywood, seriously. It is shit like this that made people unsympathetic to the "writers" when they were striking. For every hard working , original writer, there are 10 film school, writing 101 hacks.
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Because if they're just sampling an original track they PAY for their SAMPLES and CALL IT SOMETHING fucking ELSE instead of calling it a remix...which retains the NAME of the ARTIST. These movie remakes use the name of a classic and do their own wank..thats FINE but call it something ELSE.
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I think we'll be okay.
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GOT TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION?
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TOTAL rip-off from Army Of Darkness, man. ;)
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so I'm at least cautiously optimistic about this. And even the Keanu Reeves bashing...Michael Rennie was pretty stilted in the original, as well.
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than a Gort dog
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It wasn't great but it was decent. This movie needs to be great.
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Try 10 days.
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I never saw the original...should I be ashamed? But aside from the cheesy destruction stuff I think it looks promising. Keanu as an alien makes way too much sense, and the idea that maybe these aliens want our planet for themselves but realize we are destroying it is as good a motivation as any for this type of story.
I'm far from anticipating it but the idea seems cool. And I am with most of you who are SICK of the GO GREEN propoganda that is everywhere now. Global Warming is Bullshit. -
...yawn?
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son of Gosh, Church of the Holy Moly.
All should obey or you'll go to Heck. -
Just seems so boring. You know if a Keanu movie is going to be good if it doesn't seem boring (Speed/Point Break/B&T/Matrix) but this just seems boring. File under (Street Kings/Chain Reaction/The Watcher/Hard Ball).
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Why remake good movies? The remake is almost always grossly inferior. (Like Andromeda Strain)
Why not remake a movie that had a good concept but bad execution?
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Where have I seen that before?
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really?
i was too young, i don't remember that.
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Now that's a t-shirt i'd wear.
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Some asshole keeps trying to defend shitty movies using the BO. I hate assholes like this. First off WallE was out for one week dick head not a couple weeks and 128 is a lot fucking money in a crowded market. It also opened against Wanted which did very well too. Hancock is a piece of shit which idiots like yourself flooded into because they love Big Willy. Sure it made 107 million in 5 days but that was over the holiday weekend. Will see how word of mouth works for this piece of shit I bet it makes 25 million next weekend against three new movies. And actually Hancock cost over 170 million so I believe it was way more expensive to make. Also if you want to talk about failures it was one of the lowest July 4th outings for a big movie ever! So oops. Also this remake looks like ass. I can the suit meeting now "Well we can't have the original Gort but we have to have it... So lets make it a dog!" and then everyone blindly agrees.
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you know you want to.
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Sigh....yeah, who cares what all those dumb scientists think, what wit htheir facts and figures and all.
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hey, i'm on a roll here.
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okay, that's enough. i'm sleepy now.
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Remixing, sampling, it's all bullshit...when I was your age we didn't have to remix our music *shakes my fist*
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HA HA HA HA
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Maybe not The Happening bad, or The Love Guru bad but pretty damn close.
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After The Matrix and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Keanu is in another Christ analogy movie?
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I mean specifically? Because to me it looks pretty good. And don't say Keanu becasue his character is supposed to be stilted.
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They are mighty find tools to have.
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http://tinyurl.com/59m28k
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"this is my happy face"
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about Box office receipts.
Wall-e cost 180 million to make and “world wide” in it’s second week it’s only made 131 million. It hasn’t even made it’s budget back yet.
It only made 128 million domestically and it’s not like it’s going to magically go way up.
This is a punch in the nose for Pixar. There is no reason a CG film should cost almost 200 million in the first place, someone is paying way to much for a hammer.
I can see Dreamworks spending that much because they bet on hot star bankability and an expensive soundtrack, another fucking lame feature.
Don’t get me wrong I liked Wall-e, it’s like my second favorite Pixar film but don’t try and tell me the suits are happy about how it’s doing at the box office.
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runs "worldwide" in
Israel 3 Juli 2008
Kuwait 3 Juli 2008
Ukraine 3 Juli 2008
Mexico 4 Juli 2008
and hasn‘t even started in the biggest cash cows U.K., Germany Spain and France.
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I haven’t seen Hancock.
Hey at least this is better talkback material. -
On Box Office Mojo (tm) when they say world wide what part of world wide do they mean?
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at the imdb startdates. Worldwide i guess is any other country than usa. No matter how many
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the choices are Domestic and Worldwide
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the choices are Domestic and Foreign
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LUKE..I'M YOUR FATHAAAAARRRR
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http://www.boxofficem ojo.com/movies/?id=wall-e.htm
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...because it is fucking music. NOT a narrative story with plot points and actors' performances. You never see remixes of narrative songs like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"...only dance music. Now, we get bad remakes of songs all the time...and we mostly avoid them to listen to the original...so why don't we do that with movies--avoid them?
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...you should be a LITTLE ashamed for not seeing the original. It is one of the best Science Fiction movies ever made. Go rent it...NOW!
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fucking tired of it
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a movie where everyone on earth died. Why do all disaster movies need to be about the triumph of the human spirit? Let's some actual end-of-the-world shit for once.
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Yep.
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Wasn't that the ending of A.I. ?
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I'm still going with Psycho (1998).
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The Haunting (1999).
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Citizen Kane (2011)...Star Wars (2017)...The Godfather (2022)...Bad Boys II (2024)
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Dana Carvey needs some work.
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Don't you see the red birth mark on his head!
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...am i crazy, or did the article state that after considering different designs, they actually DID stay close to the original Gort? fucking IDIOTS...
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Goby is his evil twin with a green birth mark on his cranium.
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Robert Wise that is.
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cuz that would be awesome.
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Well, the proper analogy for a remake would be a cover version of a song, not a remix. A remix is more like a director's cut (or another director's cut). The cover version is someone else taking the song and starting it over from scratch, thus a remake. My attitude toward both is the same. If you're doing it just to repeat the original and make cash, it's likely going to suck (see Gwen Stefani's cover of Talk Talk's 'It's My Life'. If you have a new idea that improves upon the original idea, or makes us think about the original in a new context or from a new perspective, without completely shitting on the original, I'm all for it. The best stories are always told and retold throughout generations. The savior story (Jesus, Superman), the sacrificed god story (Jesus again, Orpheus, Osiris, etc.), warrior tales, other things like Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, Rashomon, all these stories have been told and retold. It's the approach and perspective that make them work. Just like the best cover versions of songs try a different twist on the original. Look at how Johnny Cash approached his covers. When he did Nick Cave's Mercy Seat, or Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus, it's like the song was always his. When he did Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, it raised an intense song to the level of pure transcendence. Siouxsie and the Banshees covering the Beatles' Helter Skelter in 1978 as a horror show (post-Manson). Brilliant. These versions aren't necessarily superior (though one could certainly argue that with Johnny Cash's 'Hurt'), but they offer a worthwhile take on the original. Unfortunately, the tendency for movie remakes is to go for the quick cash grab. So rarely does the remake hold up. But that's not because remakes in and of themselves are bad. It's all about how it's done. I'm keeping an open mind with this one. I just hope it's not another Wicker Man remake (shudder).
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seriously, i laughed out loud as keanu delivered his lines in the trailer. fucking awful.
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Jul 07, 2008 2:29:49 PM CDT
Fred say: Wall-E cute but not masterpeice - kids get bored
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Wall-e not get lot of repeat business. It not that good. Kids like robot scene, but get bored at long dragged out no dialogue no action stuff. Wall-e cute movie, but it not greatest thing since flavored spam. Fred got a little bored too.
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"I hope that somebody rescues the 'blooper reel' from the original DAY/STILL. I dropped my pants twice; the crew was hysterical but Bobbie Wise threw hissy fits--and made damn sure that I'd never work again (pussy!). In regard to the remake, it's gonna be Suck City. Well, back to flipping burgers...Klaatu barada nikto."
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Hancock sure did make 107 mil in 5 days, Wall-E made 128 mil in 9 days. That's pretty damn good if you ask me. My official guess is Hancock will stall around 225 mil and so will Wall-E. Domestically that is.
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Because its the same fucking movie as the original....
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Keanu plus some good trailers and commercials will make this a hit, just like Hancock.
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I haven't seen the original so there is no memories being raped, and if I did see it now, I'd be able to appreciate it, but I wouldn't be amazed. This looks entertaining in the same way War of the Worlds was. It's a servicable remake with the same story but with updated effects.
It's movies like these where I don't mind the remakes, current effects make these classics fun for a new generation, which doesn't ruin the old movie, it makes the old movie MORE important because it can transcend generations and be fun and enjoyable for each new one. Now THATS a classic. So I'm not opposed to this and will probably enjoy it, similar to how I enjoyed War of the Worlds. Not saying it will be a classic, but a fun event flick, and there's nothing wrong with that. -
gets a free pass from me -- but, one has to acknowledge the fact that I have no taste...
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What a retard, the single most iconic feature in the original, and he's just paying "homage" to it. Why fucking remake it at all then.
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100+ years of industry (cars, factories,etc.)pumping fumes, has nothing to do with the environment. I'm sure those California folk in the 1800's had a helluva time dealing with smog and haze back then.
t contribute, but deep core ice samples have shown an increase of carbon in the air since the turn of the century (20th that is).
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Sure the 50's original is dated but it's also a perfect snapshot of that era and a movie about basically smart, peaceful *human looking* aliens telling mankind they were on the brink of being a universal threat was pretty revolutionary at the time. This remake looks like another ham-fisted liberal twist on terrorism (I'm surprised KeaNeo wasn't being water boarded in that interrogation scene) overloaded with uneccesary "epic" cgi scenes. I fully expect this movie to piss off even more knowledgeable, passionate film fans than that brick stupid scene for scene remake of "Psycho" nearly a decade ago.
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The four legged Gort is no more. Its a real Gort or at least thats what i think i'm reading.
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Don't attack the messenger. Man made global warming is a hoax. Use your brains, people. When we were kids Newsweek was trying to sell "Global Cooling", suggested we melt the polar ice caps on purpose to warm the place up.
And Skimm, the earth was warmer before our 100+ years of industry. Think about it, when AP writes "The hottest year in 150 years" think "It was hotter 150 years ago."
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What Big Oil-sponsored website did you pick that crap from? How convenient for you to give out this "information" without pointing to a single scientist not employed by energy companies who confirms that nor do you cite any journal, respected or not. If you've got actual published material you can cite to, then so be it. But, I know you don't, so shut the fuck up and go back to jerking off to Michael Savage you douche bag.
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Did you recently study a Sean Hannity primer? Anything you said was counteracted by the statement "lib pukes".
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Logic and critical thinking also involve studies being referenced from peer-reviewed journals, not scientists hired by oil and energy companies.
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Jul 07, 2008 4:45:36 PM CDT
skimn,Re:California folk in the 1800's had a helluva time dealin
by mace tofu
Just like we have today from the 1800 lighting fires going on around California in the last two weeks. Mother Nature is a bitch.
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Include Adam Sandler's LONGEST YARD on the list, which spit upon Robert Aldrich's original, dark masterpiece.
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And current studies show NO connection between the activities of mankind and the temperature of the earth. The fact that other planets in our solar system show the same signs of heating and cooling should be a clue that we've got nothing to do with it.
Journals do point out, however, that there is a strong connection between global warming/cooling and the sun.
When you read about the effects of global warming in the paper it is ALWAYS speculation. That is what I mean about critical thinking. -
Harken, children, and I shall deliver unto you the name of the Shitfest That Surpasseth All Understanding. I have been to the mountain. I have beheld it with mine own eyes, yet they were not burnt from my skull. In that as in all other aspects, it defies all logic and sense. Yet it was created by the hand of man, and is cherished in the hearts of a suspect few. Some of you have spoke of pretenders to it's cradle of meh, it's dumpster of incompetence, yet you know not of what you speak. You would know, aye, if thou had but seen it for yourselves. Perhaps you have, but your sanity has needfully blotted it from your senses, for the most part - except for those moments when you stick a screwdriver in your eye, or a draft horse steps on your neck - and a voice in the back of your mind goes "Eh. I've been through worse." I speak, of course, of "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier". Hush now, don't start crying again, goddammit - you know it to be true.
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1. Whether you accept that there is global warming, let alone if it is man made, doesn't that 'massive' internet scouring intellect of yours that is so brilliant at detecting when we're being 'had' by evil scientists not agree that even if we ARE being 'had' then the general advice of the course of action (ie renewable energy and reducing emmissions) is STILL a fucking good idea? Dickheads..you're obsessed with politics and being 'right', not slightly concerned about what's good for us all.
2.If you care so much about this evil liberal conspiracy, why dont you pull your dicks out of your asses, stop wasting your time trying convincing people on a movie info site like this and GO change the world BACK the way you want. -
When I read the phrase "hottest year in 150 years" esp from AP, I tend to think that is in recorded years. AP was established in 1846, just about 150 years ago. So no, I will not think the earth was hotter 150 years ago, because you say so. THATS logical thinking.Deep ice core samples have shown a drastic increase of carbon in our atmosphere, timelining it at about the industrial revolution and forward. I'm not saying nature does not play a significant role, via volcanic activity, animal methane, solar flares, etc. I'm just saying you can't dismiss our role in the environment.
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I hope its not the final music.
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to global warming, here's a chance to win a half-million dollars: http://tinyurl.com/3d68ua
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Jumping from man-made global warming to simple concern over the human role in the environment are two different things - a non sequitur.
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humans role in the environment and man-made global warming are NOT related? If by man-made global warming, your implying total responsibility, than maybe we are closer to the same page of thought than I thought.
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There is no linear relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide change and global mean temperature or global mean temperature trend -- global mean temperature has both risen and fallen during the period atmospheric carbon dioxide has been rising.
As for humanity's role in the environment:
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those problems are.....?
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Jul 07, 2008 5:57:17 PM CDT
So, instead of focusing on truly effecient energy solutions...
by skeletonparty
we've got zillions of tax dollars going toward this kind of nonsense: http://tinyurl.com/5rl9pb
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Instead of creating efficient nuclear power plants or oil refineries we've got politicians suing the oil companies for bringing us power. We've got politicians who want a "carbon footprint" tax. Stupid stuff.
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It's funny that you are saying that a movie that makes over $200 mil domestic is a disappointment (without factoring worldwide, which will be HUGE). Yet Indiana Jones will still kick both of their butts. Does that help or hurt your argument? Also, Wall-E's gonna get at least one Oscar. What's Hancock gonna be up for? Visual effects sucked. I can't remember any score except "Get Out the Way," and sound design was pedestrian at best. So, they will equal box office and people will forget Hancock in 2 years (like "I am Legend"). What's more important? Good night.
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thank you sir, you got there before I did.
quite honestly, the amount of "legitimate" scientists who don't think that humanity is at least partly responsible for climate change is barely higher than the amount of "legitimate" scientists that don't believe in evolution.
the difference is, most people who don't believe in evolution and make up some awkward and spurious pseudo-scientific claims, do so for religious reasons. as for the people who adamantly ignore evidence of global warming and humanity's part in it...maybe they all just suffer from paranoid personality disorder, and therefore just want to find the weirdest explanation for anything.
in all honesty, I would LOVE to have someone do an informal study to see how many people who don't believe humanity is contributing to global warming, also believe in bigfoot and the loch ness monster. throw creationism in there too, why not.you people will be looking upon in a couple decades the way we looked at people who rallied against the civil rights amendment. apples and oranges, maybe. but you're gonna feel the same historical derision they do.and PLEASe don't respond: "WTF, ok so thinking global warming is dumb is like being racist? u r dumb!"...read what I wrote. -
Jul 07, 2008 6:04:49 PM CDT
TERRIBLE - IDIOT REMAKE - DESTROYING WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT THE ORI
by radii
Once again, the gen-x idiots who now run Hollywood are going to to utterly destroy a classic film. Since they have no talent nor the ability to create anything new they're remaking The Day the Earth Stood Still. WHAT MADE THE ORIGINAL GREAT? It was very literal. A ship landed, a spaceman came out and gave the Earth an ultimatum. Simple. Along the way he tried to learn what humans were like. The remake has thrown every single good element out the window. It is going to SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK. It already looks terrible and that's just the trailer! Kenanu Reeeves has the acting range of a dead twig with zero gravitas. No Gort???? Why not go drive your car without wheels? Idiots. Idiots. Idiots. This remake will be as bad as The terrible Omen remake.
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Last I checked we (i.e., all taxpayers) gave them unprecedented subsidies (supposedly because their risks are so high, even though they set new profit records EACH QUARTER). And when they obviously DO have accidents and create natural disasters and victims sue, appeals courts have taken away the victims' judgments. So you have no point, in other words.
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I recommend a large number of you call that to get some assistance with reading, because apparently a large number have NO FUCKING READING COMPREHENSION. Gort will be the humanoid robot version. I swear you're probably the same people who run into talkback crying about "plotholes" that aren't really plotholes, but you just not paying attention during the damned movie/tv show/etc.
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a guy named "JimBobCooter" just rationally and concisely owned 2 people in 10 minutes...weirdness....
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http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=78797396&albumID=1322516&imageID=14168999
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yea, who needs Gort... Keanu is wooden enough to act as a Gort tribute
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It would surprise me greatly if Gort or totem or whatever the fuck it is in this remake is actually shown full frame at all in this flick. Prolly end up silhouetted against bright lights or some shit for a few minutes then not show up again. Fuck Fox.
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Word.
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not the movie but the book or short story this is based on, Gort does what he does and then you after the humans agree to what Klatuu demands, then the space ship takes off, and you find out that the robots are what are ruling, not the other way around. The robots took over after being given this ultimate destructive power and travel around quelling the up and coming planets.
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It is called "Farewell to the Master" written by Harry Bates.
It is pretty good pulp fiction
I will find it hard to fathom if this movie does as well as expected. Not that I wish it any bad luck but the original will be so hard to top.. The d.t.e.s.s. is such a masterpiece of what 1950's S.F. really stood for. The
paranoia,red scare, visitors from outer space. This movie has an exceptional cast and frankly in my opinion couldn't be improved on. The music score by Bernard Herrman is incredible and the effects were top notch for there time. This film is a class act all the way and is Robert Wise's
best film.
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This is coming on DVD 10/7
A Touch of Evil will include 3 versions of the film - the 96-minute theatrical version, the 111-minute restored version and the 109-minute preview version (anamorphic widescreen video). You'll also get a replica of Orson Welles' legendary 58-page memo to the studio, Bringing Evil to Life, Evil Lost & Found, audio commentary with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and restoration producer Rick Schmidlin (restored version), a second commentary with Schmidlin (restored version), the theatrical trailer, audio commentary featuring writer/filmmaker F.X. Feeny (theatrical version) and audio commentary featuring Welles historians Joanthan Rosenbaum and James Naremore (preview version).
This is scheduled for dvd release only as of now.If this becomes available on Blu-ray I will be very happy.
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remakes and adaptations will stay at the forefront until the audience starts spending more money on original material. studios keep making it because that is what the audience is saying they want based on what sells.
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So far, from what's been described, I'm expecting a very stiff, wooden, mechanical performance - and a CGI robot...
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Also, remakes don't "ruin" the original films. Anyone who says that is foolish. Just because a bad remake comes out, doesn't mean the original is any worse. You can still watch those with the same level of enjoyment.
But it's true, I'm sure the studio is saying "fuck those internet nerds" when they green light these projects, they know damn well we're not the ones they're marketing it to and we're not the ones (largely) paying to see it.
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The trailer looks LAME! Everything about it says BOMB AT THE BOX OFFICE. Hope Fox didn't waste more than 50 mil on this shite.
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...is why movie makers think their remakes will be better than the classics.Who in their right mind would consider remaking The Day THe Earth Stood Still without Gort? Gort is an iconic Science Fiction character, who in their right mind would consider not having him?Movie studios seem to forget that there is a reason these movies are the ones they are remaking - because they were popular. If you are remaking a movie that was pretty dreadful (Hello Oceans 11) then feel free to change it as much as you like. Remaking a classic? Don't change a damn thing.
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i'll admit, i like some remakes and updates that come down the pike. and some of them are better than the originals..."the fly" comes to mind. while i would like hollywood to take more risks, i certainly have no problem with the current trend of unoriginality...as long as the movies are still good. there's a thrill to be had to see characters or ideas get a contemporary makeover. my only gripe would be all of the a.d.d prone gen mtv tweaks who feel that they now have the best possible exccuse to never check out the originals...that is if they even know it's a remake or update. by the way i love artist alex tuis' take on gort
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Is that Fox will probably re-release the original on blu-ray around the time this turd hits theaters to capitalize on the title.
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i just can not get on this bandwagon that says that keanu reeves is a terrible actor. he won't be winning any awards any time soon...but he inhabits his roles just fine.
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You're absolutely right. Keanu Reeves is not a terrible actor. That does him a disservice. Keanu Reeves is THE WORST ACTOR WHO EVER LIVED IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF FILM AND STAGE. The people who made this atrocity should be burned at the stake and their worthless ashes pissed on by sick farm animals.
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... getting rid of as much of the toxins and poisonous gasses we dump into the environment would be a *good* thing - for *our* health.
Want to know how long on average Beijing Traffic Police live? That's right, not that long compared to most of the rest of us. -
How many more Emmerich inspired sci-fi cautionary tales must we sit through? Rickey had hoped that this classic would always be left to history as one of the films no one would want to remake because it is so good. Rickey hopes we never see a new Forbidden Planet.
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Gort Does Golf Vols.1-12, Cooking With Gort, and The Best of Gort.
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The Cylons look sexier.
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To be honest i'm not big on Zombie, the only thing about him music wise I enjoy is Hellbilly Deluxe and the remixes from that. But between remixes and remakes, if I like the original, I will give the new version a try, if I like it i like it if i hate it i hate it. It's hard for me to say i dont enjoy the Halloween remake, being the original was the 1st horror movie i ever saw and still remains my favorite. Growing up I always wondered what Mike's life was like and to be honest I kind of envisioned what Zombie did. Granted there is some stuff in it I didnt like, I still enjoyed it.
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I agree 100% I think you just misunderstood me, i meant i'm surprised more people dont whine these days about music remixes because many have been coming out, I can't help but hate how Kid Rock butchered Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London and trying to cram them together, god awful. But yeah, there are some bad remakes, luckily I didnt see the remake of Wicker Man, being that I didn't like the old one. I usually only watch remakes if I liked the original. But I see what you're saying.
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Thanks for posting the most revelatory news accessible on this site, i.e. TOUCH OF EVIL (3 different edits and Welles' 58-page memo!). Can't wait!
In regard to the DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL remake, it's just another Hollywood abortion. The anti-nihilism message, flawlessly summarized by Michael Rennie at the film's fade-out, will be belabored to the point of those Sex-Is-Nasty "documentaries" that were required viewing at high schools. Watch for montages of war, the H-bomb, civil riots, et al followed by a legion of lectures. They lost me with the CGI shit. I do respect Jennifer Connelly (insisted on a breast reduction so the public would "look" more closely at her acting aptitude...she'll haave another quarter of a century of work. Bimbos like Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards? They're 15 minutes are up (hence, their desperation has driven them to really pathetic options). -
What has happened to Jennifer's ample breasts? The question is has Jennifer Connelly had plastic surgery to reduce them or just some weight loss? Connelly's publicist Cari Ross
"It's absolutely not true -- swear on my life. She simply lost weight, and when she did she apparently lost weight in her breasts as well. She's put on weight since the Oscars, and you can see in pictures taken since then that they're sort of back."
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Oops...I stand corrected. I'm glad that Connelly's hooters are making a comeback...happily, they're both attached to a really underrated actress.
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