For the record, I'm not a fan of die hard 4.0 either. I think he has learnt a lot and could just pull off 'Escape' ....just.

but escape from new york? yeah, it's a fun movie, but jesus, how far are we willing to stretch our geek necks to idolize a movie? it's 80's trash cinema. sure, it's fun, and it's probably close to the best 80's trash cinema, but it's not a classic. it's not a true cinema classic. you geeks and nerds know that. film history will judge you for elevating your childhood geekgasms to "classic" status.

let this euro-douche redo this, why not? he's not pissing on your church, he's just staring at it from across the road while he enjoys himself. your sanctity is intact, questionable as it is...

I'm sure a "Live free" afficionado (I mean, a sincere one as I'm sure you are) could come up with better arguments to its defense.

To me this movie is essentially an ugly, unholy remake of DHWAV - the best sequel so far.

Knowing that Dr Boll is Wiseman's master, it puts everything into perspective.

As for the original. Loved it. No, it's not balls to the wall action but I don't think it was ever supposed to be. I don't mind that they're remaking the movie... I really just don't want a glossy pg-13 summer movie version.

BUT the low-budget style of the first movie was maybe a pain in the ass for Carpenter to work with, however it fits the story perfectly. No fancy useless stuff, just lean, mean action and badassness. Besides as much as I can understand that you disliked the movie, it was essentially a low budget early 80's flick, what did you expect?

As for Walter Hill, he's not interested in Sci-Fi and passed on directing Alien precisely because of its genre. I haven't seen Supernova yet. Anyway, Hill at the helm wouldn't change the futuristic setting, and honestly between The Warriors' school of badassness and EFNY's, I couldn't choose one but I'm perfectly fine with Carpenter's. And concerning EFLA, it is maybe sucky at times but it was damn fun on some parts and the ending is a perfect example of what a guy like WiseRat couldn't even dream of: a balanced mix between minimalist setting, political boldness and unusual yet fair use of CGI and H'wood style for maximum impact. I don't love the movie that much but the ending is just genius (and a tasty middle finger to the braindead execs while ID4 was ruling the BO)

Now, to me Wiseman on board is like Star Wars Special Edition: you could just edit the original with state-of-the-art CGI it would be the same. The guy couldn't show some cinematic balls to save his life, will (judging by its past efforts) confuse scope with style and ultimately is a soulless yes-man.

But I must admit, his fucking blue filters will do fine on the movie.

Does that explain why we don't particularly feel European?

Warwick Davies to star in Remake of EFNY. Directed by that blue light addicted Underworld cunt. Written by Helen Fielding. Soundtrack by Outkast.

Dude's, he's not a Euro Douche or a Brit Douche - he's American. HAhaHaHAhA

anglophile or not, you are in no position to comment on either,

DON'T FUCK WITH THE LEPRECHAUN

This Afternoon set to remake my mornings work, due to serious lack of quality as a direct result of indifference. Soundtrack by me crying.

the sad thing is that these pisstakes are not actually worse than what we will get.

As for my cast, I tried so hard to think and feel as a soulless studio exec packaging a movie would do, I think I need a shower. But you have to admit, I pretty much nailed it. I don't know if I should rejoice or feel ashamed. Sometimes they beat me to my own game: never in a million years I could've imagined the Mac kid as a potential sidekick. These guys can't be beaten.

Music by Joe Satriani. Soundtrack on Epic Records, with many hard-ass uncompromised artists such as Kanye West, Chad Kroeger, Slipknot, Marylin Manson and TatU.

Do you REALLY want me to unleash my inner Neal H. Moritz on y'all?

Disclaimer: I'm French, so I'm no xenophobic here - and by "Gayporter" I'm in no means homophobic either.

/PC bullshit

I'm talking about the jury, not the contestants.

And, for the record, I dig Bad Boys II. It pleased my reptilian brain.

And Sally Field is called "Frog" in the movie. I'm pretty sure Roth would cast Julie Delpy just to show us how clever he is.

Do you mind if I borrow your idea for a lil' fanfic I'm writing?

Oh, and for the record too: I liked Transformers. Sue me all you want I'm a rich studio exec I can afford me some Lionel Hutz.

Three horror flicks back-to-back would be greedy. Let him team up in-between movies with the Wachowskys to let off some steam. How about a Larry Hillbloom movie? I want me some paedophile biopic! With Christian Bale as the adventurer-turned-child rapist!

But Ratner contacted Ted Danson to replace him. So it's ok.

BTW- forgot to say: Woody is producing the paedo biopic.

Why his power went batshit and bluelit Kelsey is beyond me, though.

Someone should tell the Rat that with great power comes great responsibility.

With a soundtrack by Michael Jackson, including never-heard-before songs like "I can hear you crack", "The toddler is mine" and "Blood on the diapers".

Other Jackson songs were commissioned including a cover of Elton John's "Don't let your sun go down on me" (that isn't a typo), and a cover of Massive Attack's Teardrop.

As for Farrow: Full Circle, Rosemary's Baby, Secret Ceremony, The Great Gatsby, Death on the Nile... she wasn't EXACTLY an actress struggling to pay the rent before her Woody Allen's flicks.

The remake will be PG-13 and suck anyway.

I think we've just coined a notion. I hereby claims the paternity of this term, and will sue anyone using it outside this TB without authorization. Yours truly, George Lucas.

Also, how about Peter Segal, Dennis Dugan, Staven Brill, Rupert Wainwright, Nick Cassavettes, Kevin Donovan, Tom Dey, Thomas Carter, ROB FUCKING COHEN GUYS!!!, F Gary Gray, Renny Harlin, Paul Hunter, Andrew Davis, Roland Emmerich, Geoff Murphy, Dwight Little, David Hogan, Stuart Baird, Marco Brambilla, Luis Llosa, Danny Cannon, Paul WS Anderson, Jon Turtletaub, Mick Jackson, Mimi leder, Philip Noyce, Kevin Reynolds, Chuck Russell, Joel Schumacher and Roger Spottiswoode???

Even without the delicate and introspective John Carpenter at the helm, maybe there's hope for this movie in Gerard Butler. His nuanced emoting in 300 have set him up to be the perfect heir to Russell's revealing turn as the complex Snake Plisskin.

And thanks for the username tip. I'm proud of it indeed. First time someone gets it, it is either too obvious or too obscure for most of the TBers to notice it.

Starring Will Ferrell as Will Graham, and Kevin Smith as Lecter. Music by Ennio Morriconne.

I hear he's set to re-imagine Lawrence of Arabia. Set in compton, starring Ice Cube, soundtrack by Sting.

Love Commando, but c'mon!

Funny thing, I remember T3 was rated R, yet DH4 had more violence.

Do I like Wiseman? Not really. I hated Underworld and never bothered with Part 2. But to compare him to Anderson? A man who was given so many chances and has never knocked one out the park? A man who single-handedly ruined Resident Evil? That's going overboard. AvP was the biggest piece of junk I have ever seen. It was an unwanted sequel that tainted what was great about both franchises.

With DH4, it got a lot of kids (like my little brother, who enjoyed the latest installment) to go out and buy/rent the originals.

Are there better directors out there to remake Escape From New York? Yeah. But this is what we got to work with here. And correct me if I'm wrong, but the original film's pacing is slow and it could benefit from an entra jolt of adrenaline.

And at least the film is being made by a director who is capable at directing action, and framing it all in a way where you can see everything going on on screen. Not like other directors who film action sequences as if the action exploded in your face and you don't know what the fuck is going on half of the time.

With the right cast and script, this movie will turn out fine in Wiseman's hands.

"n Corey's case, he is given a substantial salary to work on whatever, by a very wealthy businessman named Allan Zeman and Nelson Leong. You'll notice Allan's named as a producer on all of Corey's projects. Allan is Corey's boss if you will, without Allan, there is no Courtney Solomon,director. " Cypress Chariot.

Nepotism is obviously a bad thing

And yes, they should remake THE RUNNING MAN.

In short, a fucking tool.

how about a Troll 2 Remake- starring all the suspects mentioned above, written by AnimalStructure (another right cunt).

Next time I get banned I'm coming back as NIlBOG

the Sommersverse was Ms. Valerious' horrid justification for Van Helsing (I think).

I was just thinking about a truly horrible one: a "Hard Boiled" PG-13 remake by Randall Wallace, starring Jude Law and Dougray Scott. Soundtrack by Prince.

Also heard DH4 was awesome, though haven't seen it yet.

Did you guys ever see the cosplay pics Valerious posted links to? The ones where she dressed up as characters from LXG?

I would love to see the cosplay pictures. Bet that's funny.

Also, I like they live and pod. Pod is not, however, perfect.