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NEAR DARK remake gets a director!!

F..... by Cagliostro	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:43:34 AM
U!!!!!
Nathan Petrelli by sean bean	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:46:46 AM
I only realise that retrospect that Pasdar played the vanilla protagonist. But Henrikson and Paxton were the real stars
Too Soon.... by Cagliostro	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:48:32 AM
One of my favorite films (back when Jenny Wright was still hot and not MIA). No need for this. Ugh.
I'm past getting upset about re-makes by Boba Fat	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:49:06 AM
They're are just part of being a movie fan of a certain age I guess. At least at the moment it's that way. I did see Control last night and that was a truly original film with an amazing lead performance from unknown Sam Riley. So, it's not like good films aren't being produced.
Wow by Forsakyn	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:52:01 AM
I'm used to remakes, but why Near Dark? Don't get me wrong - I really enjoyed it (particularly for Henriksen and Paxton), but... On wait, they're also making a remake of Friday the 13th, and that's nowhere near as good. Okay, nevermmind.
This is getting silly... by obi12kenobi	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:54:13 AM
...I loved the original. Now it's going to get f'd in the A.
Boba Fat did you see COntrol in LA? by IndustryKiller!	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:55:54 AM
Cause i've been dying to see it, and as far as I know it doesn't come out here until mid October, but I'm not sure about hat.
FFS by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:59:30 AM
The talent line-up on the original: Kathryn Bigelow, Adam Greenberg, Tangerine Dream, Adrian Pasdar, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein. Hell, even James Cameron hung out on the set. Can't wait to see the talent line-up for the remake, another homogenised, corporate block of sludge completely devoid of inspiration or talent.
ooo oooo! by Midol Girl	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:04:12 AM
Don't forget the David Bowie music videos! Hahaha- kills me. Ah Bowie...youre the reason they'll never remake Labyrinth, no one will be able to roll around that crystal ball in spandex the way you did. No one.
The worm in the wall in Labyrinth by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:10:21 AM
Hilarious
Whisky Tango Foxtrot!!! by TheBladehelm	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:10:51 AM
It's getting to the point where I almost feel like Congress needs to get involved. Seriously, a candidate would do very well in the movie fan demographic if they used "No Hollywood Remakes" as one of their platforms. Any remake of this movie would inevitably lack the thing that makes it good in the first place, and that's the fact that it's low budget and kind of bad. Tim Thomerson is one of the better actors in it for Christ's sake, and that's really saying something. And who doesn't love the fact that many of the major actors were also in Aliens? Fuck this, fuck whoever decided on this, and fuck me for acknowledging its existence and somehow validating it by bitching about it.
Waste of time and money... by acorvey25	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:12:04 AM
Aside from the original actually being a good film, it has also held up surprisingly well. Absolutely no reason for this. NONE ONCE SO EVER.
Industry Killer by Boba Fat	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:15:55 AM
In London. I'm not a huge Joy Division fan but when Riley breaks into the Ian Curtis dance for the first time it is very, very spooky. I can't think of a comparable performance in this genre or possibly in general, for such an uncanny portrayal.
"Finger-lickin' GOOD!" by Psyclops	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:16:47 AM
I don't think they'll ever be able to capture the same kind of magic that Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen worked in that movie. That shit is pure gold!
I'll put on an egg timer... by psychedelic	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:17:37 AM
...to see how long it'll be before they announce A Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Here's an original idea for a movie: a horror fanatic whacks hatchets on skulls of executives who greenlight and push for all these shitty and unnecessary remakes of horror classics. After cracking craniums of about 40, shards and slivers of bone everywhere along with 46 gallons of blood (a few secretaries got chopped as well), he ties up the corporate heads, who pay these dimwitted slack-jawed troglodytes, and rams several pounds of brains down their throats. When the CEOs shit themselves, he takes the putrid mess and shoves it down their wives’ throats. Using rusty pliers, he yanks their teeth one by one, puts a power drill to their temple and makes them swallow. Then comes the blow torch…..hacking, shrieks…. Pleading…..sobbing……sing ed scrotums::::: Goddamn motherfuckers,, goddamn motherfuckers….. Assholes!!!!! Assholes!!!!!! YOU’RE RUINING OUR FUCKING MOVIES. AHHHHHHH aaaaaaaaaaHHHHHHHHH Ahhhhhhhhhhhh AAAAhkeinvkvaklsopityndvnkl;ry htl;kja… Well, I’m sick of this shit goddamnit. No! I will not roll over and say this is a good thing. Fuck you executive suits. Fuck you………….............Ok ay, I liked the Dawn of the Dead remake.
Caught the original on pay cable the other night. by Hercules	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:24:33 AM
Holds up INCREDIBLY well. Creepy, cool, sexy, gripping and paced like lightning. Almost Terminator good.
Hercules by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:27:31 AM
Well said, one of the best films of the 80s. Point Break and Strange Days are awesome flicks too, blockbusters with art.
Near Dark remake is a mistake... by reni	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:38:01 AM
Near Dark is one of a kind. It's beautiful and lyrical in ways most horror films could never be. This is the decade of banality. What a pity they have to rape an original like this. You scum.
So not content with raping our childhoods by Allfather Starr	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:45:34 AM
They're now raping our teenage years too. What with the shambles that the alien and predator franchises have become, they have to take perfectly good movies like this and turn out a shitty remake. Why not just do a re-release. 20th anniversary or something, I'd love to see this in the cinema. Grrr, I'm off to drink wine. Form a glass." Just the glass."
Consider me stunned!! by MaxTheSilent	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:51:00 AM
Platinum Dunes is hiring a shallow music video director for one of their useless remakes!?!! Surely the world has just turned on its axis!!
I watched this the other day by Zino	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:03:04 AM
for the first time since it came out. I didn't rally appreciate it back then - I preferred the Lost Boys. But DAMN this movie kicks ass. It holds up really well today. I forgot that Bishop, Hudson and Vasquez are all in it. I loved it, apart from the slightly cop-out ending where the hero cures himself of his vampirism. Oh yeah - remakes are bad!
Stop the Madness by CuervoJones	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:28:41 AM
I´m sick of remakes of my fav movies!
fucking sick of this by Lost Jarv	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:43:23 AM
Can't even summon up the energy to get upset about it. Just hire Whatever director, two dickhead fratboy writers and cast a load of people that auditioned for The OC but failed to display sufficient ability to act. That'll be a good film.
That reminds me, who's the Tangerine Dream by charon	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:51:23 AM
of this most recent decade, as far as film music is concerned? TD pretty much peaked with "Risky Business" but put out some great soundtracks both before and after. Nowadays, I guess the marketing folks are too fickle to stick with One Band for multiple movies (cannibalizing the Movie Soundtrack and Backlog Market, don't you know?? Except for the Rolling Stones, apparently they're 'timeless' both in musical reminiscence of the 70s and zombified live performances to present day and age) And this as a "remake/re-imagining" in the horror genre is once again a utter devastation to that known as Imagination. We hardly knew ye!
fuck off with the remakes by TinSpider	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:57:26 AM
The odd one is fine, but jesus. If they MUST remake anything, do The Land that Time Forgot. Substitute Doug mc wotsit for Bruce Cambell. Fuck yeah.
Someone needs to arial bomb Platinum Dunes already... by Sledge Hammer	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:01:31 AM
...growl, hiss, boo, etc. Oh, and anyone else hear the rumour about Bill Paxton playing Henriksen's character of Jesse in this remake?
ok ...deep breath by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:02:52 AM
FUCKING STOP THIS FUCKIN SHIT YOU WORTHLESS HACKS AND ACTUALLY COME UP WITH YOUR OWN IDEA. Each time you do this you cheapen whatever classic you are raping. I know, remake Bladerunner, imagine how cool that movie will be with CGI and paul walker can play Decker.
Whats next then...Repo Man? by John Emdall	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:05:32 AM
oh if only...
The music will be all over the map to appeal to by Yeti	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:15:16 AM
the widest audience possible. Ugh. I dislike being negative but this is a really dumb move.
charon by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:19:05 AM
There isn't really any distinctive music like the Dream in movies anymore. Everybody plays it safe. Check out the soundtrack to The Keep - freakin amazin'.
Jesus Christ... by KillDozer	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:34:04 AM
Every fucking story I've read on this site today is about a damn remake or a fucking sequel. Is it that hard to get an original idea made these days?
Blood Transfusion by darquelyte	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:38:44 AM
Vampirism is supposed to be mystical, and a simple blood transfusion wouldn't "cure" someone of the condition. I liked this movie, but always had a problem with that.
Near Dark is a classic! Leave it alone! by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:44:49 AM
But I said that about Dawn of the Dead - and look how that turned out. Who knows. Maybe they'll find another Zack Snyder out there?
Bullet! Apply directly to the forehead! by rev_skarekroe	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:18:34 AM
What a freaking waste of celluloid. Or, if it's shot digitally, ones and zeros.
Dawn of the Dead was OK at best by Lost Jarv	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:32:21 AM
and was streets ahead of every other attempted remake. For every 1 DOTD you get The Hitcher, The Omen, The Fog, Halloween, I could go on, but am losing the will to live
Something must be done. by fireclown	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:37:28 AM
Is there someone we can write to? Organize some kind of protest?
So what you're telling me is... by The Duke Of Madness	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:49:09 AM
The F.C.C. screams "Oh Holy God, We Beseech thee to cover up that foul breast of Janet Jackson" but allows the cancerous cock tumor that are remakes? I think I'll go hide under my bed with my Sam Fuller collection.
hedging bets by zenzer	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:57:52 AM
Hollywood makes movies for teenagers and twentysomethings. The majority of which haven't seen any of the originals they are remaking. Plain and simple, Hollywood is hedging risk by re-making movies that "worked" from the past. Simply re-shoot, re-package and re-sell to an audience that could care less that there ever was an "original". $ cha-ching $
Okay... by Bruce Leroy	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:58:03 AM
This remake shit is getting out of hand...I'd love to see some original screenplays getting produced. Mr. Movie producer and big ass studio's, check that drawer where all those unproduced original screenplays are being kept. Read them before they rot! What's next?! A Fright Night remake?!!
"Finger Lickin' Good!" by Lance Rock	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:58:25 AM
Paxton rules!
NOoooooooooo!!! by FILMFUNK	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:59:49 AM
We are helpless as they crap all over my childhood movie memories by remaking all these classics! OK, They're maybee not true classics like The Thing or Alien but The Hitcher and Near Dark and stuff were bloody good! (pun intended) and had a certain vibe and unique quality to them you aint gonna capture again and they're not even THAT FUCKING OLD! It's coming isn't it, a re-make of Robocop or BladeRunner or god forbid Alien or FUCK IT! Remake Transformers why don't you it's only been out a month! Actually DO remake Transformers, that one was unwatchable dogshit but stop already remaking everything I hold dear or I'm going to remake Hollywood with my talkback powers you insufferable c*unts!
Fuck Platinum Dunes. by Gilkuliehe	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:13:13 AM
Fuck them up their stupid asses. I can't believe they will remake this fucking gem. I swear to God I'd punch these guys.
I'm sorry but you simply can't do a Near Dark Remake by smackfu	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:24:31 AM
Unless either Christopher Walken or Rutger Hauer are on board. Because those 2 are about the only ones that could possibly top Lance Henrickson as a vampire when it comes to cult awesomeness. In all seriousness, I can see someone 20 years from now forming a terrorist group to go around wiping out all traces of the films that came out of this retarded fucking remake decade. Then again I'm still waiting for a terrorist group to form to wipe out all traces of 80's synth-pop...
Are you fucking kidding me? by The Bunglermoose	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:26:25 AM
....so far this bullshit "Remake-a-Thon" hasn't touched any of my favorite movies, so I've been content to ignore it. But what the fuck? "Near Dark", while not a perfect film, offers a variation on a seriously overplayed theme and I think it stands as-made. No reason to remake it -- even for the recognition factor, because hardly anyone I talk to about this film has ever seen it.
HUGE MISTAKE !!! Another HITCHER !!! by Shakes The Clown	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:54:01 AM
People only went to see Halloween remake because it's Halloween and Rob Zombie fans. No one cares or knows about Near Dark and the fans that do are already perfectly happy with the original. Fans are fed up with the remakes. The original is a classic. It was that specific cast that made it work. These suits are only making this because they see people are excited about 30 DAYS OF NIGHT (which is ORIGINAL. Not a REMAKE!) Near Dark remake will bomb. Bring on new original horror!
Talkback Powers... by Jaws Wayne	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:58:43 AM
Haha, that made me laugh. Yeah, a remake of Bigelow's wonderful cult classic. I don't know,it could be utter shit, it could be cool, but I'd be (pleasantly) suprised if it's gonna be nearly as good as the original. I'm a big fan of Bigelow's films, Blue Steel with Jamie Lee, Strange Days, Near Dark, Point Break, what a kick ass director and a female to boot, which makes these movies probably even cooler as they already are. At the moment she's filming a Drama/War/Action/Thriller movie based in Iraq with Ralph Fiennes, David Morse and Guy Pearce and just recently she made a 7 or 8 minute action commercial for Pirelli starring Uma Thurman called "Mission Zero". You can check that one out if your a Bigelow /Uma T./ Action fan right away. http://tinyurl.com/yobrn2
God fucking DAMMIT! by Fawst	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:02:28 AM
Seriously? NEAR DARK? One of the greatest cult classics to come out of the 80s? A film that was feared lost to history, as reported by Moriarty some 6 years ago? No matter who I show this one to, no matter who I have watch it, they all come away with SOMETHING good to say about it. Not everyone loves it, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. But they all agree on one thing: it has something for everyone. And I can guaran-damn-tee you that this remake will not have that quality. I'm not gonna lie, I think that a remake of Near Dark wouldn't neccessarily be a bad idea. But Platinum Dunes' track record immediately spells doom for this. Fuck you, Platinum Dunes.
I'm still shocked that The Exorcist remake... by Stalin vs Predator	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:09:17 AM
...hasn't been greenlit yet. I've been expecting the slimebags to do it since 2004. I think maybe Friedkin has too much power to allow it. Or rather his wife does. At least I hope so, considering that names such as Schrader and Coppola battled against the same thing with no avail (the Taxi Driver remake / game that Schrader tried to shoot down, the Godfather game that Coppola fought all the way and unfortunately lost...)
Near Dark Gets Direct-To-Video Distribution!! by www.valiens.com	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:18:26 AM
Hello, new headline. We'll be seeing you sometime in late 2008.
Don't even joke about that. by Lost Jarv	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:21:57 AM
It's not funny, and some twat will do it. The reason might be that Blatty is still alive and surely owns copyright on the property. Dear god I hope it never happens/
Don't Fucking Dare touch Fright Night.... by lostark71	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:24:36 AM
you worthless cock touching scabrous and leprotic third rate fuckspazzers. I hate you all.
Near Dark by Ironmuskrat	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:30:04 AM
One of my favorite movies from the 80's. I actually felt bad it never got the attention it should have. I always felt it was overshadowed by The Lost Boys, which came out about the same time. Not to say Lost Boys was a horrible movie, but it doesn't even come close to the creepy goodness that is Near Dark.
I second lostark71 by Lost Jarv	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:38:57 AM
both the title line and the rant below. fuckers.
Remake??? by Internet Thug	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:50:03 AM
What the fuck for?? You are going to tell me they think they can do better than the original yeah fuck that. Just make Near Dusk a sequel and move the fuck on from raping movies that enjoy their cornholes upunctured.
Bigelow's original was awesome. by cowboyone	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:51:53 AM
She's hot and talented. Paxton and Henriksen killed in this flick.
Platinum Dunes is remaking SAW & SAW II by Zartan	Oct 3rd, 2007 09:55:08 AM
They got a 7 foot professional Wrestler to play Jigsaw, so it will be scary now.
Platinum Dunes is remaking NightWatch and Daywatch by Series7	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:04:40 AM
So it wil be in english so Americans can understand it.
This news SUCKS by DrPain	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:23:25 AM
Pun intended. Man, I love Near Dark, hey Platinum Dunes, you bastards, make something original, at least try. When this gets released, you're not getting my hard earned money. you bastards. I'm going to go cry now.
HELP US AICN, PLEASE!! by DrPain	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:28:08 AM
We all must stop this insanity, we got to write this stupid production company, the studios and even protest. I'm serious! and I wish this site was too.
Platinum dunes is remaking Chucky by Meglos	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:49:01 AM
The new killer doll will be "dope" and "fly" and be voiced by Chris Tucker to appeal to a children's demographic.
Bill Paxton by ewokstew	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:57:15 AM
Frankly, that's all that needs to be said.
Samuel Bayer by ewokstew	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:59:36 AM
is a good choice. He's one of the MV director's that I think will do fine as a feature director.
What? Samuel Bayer?!? by Stefano	Oct 3rd, 2007 10:59:54 AM
He will turn this movie in some kind of glossy and patinated crap movie, with a lot of cool photography (just to prove he's so artistic) and no substance. I just hope he won't insert any cameos by Green Day or My Chemical Romance members too.
This is not news by Jaws Wayne	Oct 3rd, 2007 11:07:50 AM
I guess hardly anybody who loves the original is gonna applaud the idea of a remake but I'm suprised you all act as if the fact of Near Dark being remade is actually news, while in fact it was known for over a year now Bigelow's film would be remade.
blick by podkayne8	Oct 3rd, 2007 11:13:11 AM
I was really hoping this wasn't actually gonna happen since I hadn't heard anything new in awhile. LAME. So sick of remakes - especially of favorites like this. Now I'll just hope this doesn't turn into a complete abomination (yea right).
Well, could be worse... by Kid Z	Oct 3rd, 2007 11:15:00 AM
... could've been Rob Zombie and three-fourths of the movie would focus on Mae's abusive hillbilly family that drove her to become a vampire...
Smells like crap by Lord_Soth	Oct 3rd, 2007 12:09:04 PM
Someone should remove these fuckers from the business!
Fatboy Slim's 'Right here, right now' was a sample from by Mr Squirrel	Oct 3rd, 2007 12:45:44 PM
which Bigelow movie? Clue - it's her worst.
I have been by jelac07	Oct 3rd, 2007 12:52:01 PM
a lurker and occasional poster for like 10 years now...but this shit drags me out of the wood work. The original Near Dark has to be one of the best Vampire flicks of all time. An original take on the mythology, gritty, real and beautiful in that perfect kind of way... All of the actors are superb, especially Bill Paxton... in a way only Bill Paxton can be. They are going to royally fuck this up...and I am going to be pissed if they do. Some movies just should not be remade. period.
As unnecessary as the appendix. by Schneid	Oct 3rd, 2007 01:08:44 PM
What are the chances that some video music schmuck will create a scene as cool as Pasdar stumbling across the open field as the sun comes up? No chance at all.
"it's like what my daddy told my momma.." by oneragga	Oct 3rd, 2007 01:28:50 PM
"..in the back of my daddy's truck...he said...SHHHHH!" I so love this fucking movie. Holds up like a charm...watched the 2 disc SE just this past weekend; atmospheric, quotable, and that bar scene is equal parts cool and scary as hell. They won't be able to hold a candle to it.
Oh boy, can you feel the Linkin Park on the juke box? by Domi'sInnerChild	Oct 3rd, 2007 01:42:02 PM
They can update the Winnebago to a rocking Honda Element Hybrid, instead of a farmboy Pasdar they instead have a female white skater who just wants to make it on the guy's tour when she's bitten by Ashley Simpson in her acting debut. They can dig up a Culkin to be the kid vampire and he can have a pet ferret that gets into all kinds of trouble. Jack Black can take on the Paxton character. I don't know what anybody is worried about, it practically writes and produces itself.
Another BAD Platinum Dunes "REMAKE" on horizon by daveinLA	Oct 3rd, 2007 02:41:09 PM
PD to remake The Birds, Friday the 13th... anyone know of others by these rip-off artists? I know they're doing The Horsemen which is supposedly original but smells and awful lot like Prophecy....
To Samuel Bayer and to anyother director... by DrPain	Oct 3rd, 2007 02:43:43 PM
Don't take this project, you really want to start out your career already hated? You can make this the greatest remake of all time and you'll still get no respect. This is for all you directors wanting to make real movies. Think about it before you take that check.
Platinum Dunes by TattooedBillionaire	Oct 3rd, 2007 02:46:31 PM
sucks. Near Dark is awesome. There's no need for a remake, but like they actually care if that's the case or not.
Fuck this, we want a sequel by Bigelow! by Big Bad Clone	Oct 3rd, 2007 02:53:22 PM
Came in the Netflix the other day and I damn near fell in love with this movie. A remake wouldn't be bad but not in the hands of these assholes. All they add is lens filters and shitty actors.
So does Platinum Dunes by Samuel Fulmer	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:03:40 PM
actually make original films??? Are the talent involved so bad that they can't come up with original ides?
Does a Hollywood Writers' Strike Really Matter by Samuel Fulmer	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:12:51 PM
if nothing original is getting written?
Mr Squirrel by D_T	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:15:33 PM
Strange Days (said by A.B.)
All these hack mtv directors... by DrPain	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:17:56 PM
if this was the 70's all you hack music video directors would be directing either tv or porn. Even them tv would be too good for you unoriginal talentless hacks.
Near Dark by D_T	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:20:04 PM
We have a copy on DVD and watch it every so often (it usually gets queued up this month as part of our own Horror-O-Thon). Anyway, it's one of my favorites, the performances are dead on, the concept is outstanding - between this and "I Am Legend", all the remaining decent vampire material will be completely F'ed up. (Willing to give both a chance, but not optimistic...). ~D_T
DotD Was a Shitty Remake by TheBladehelm	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:23:37 PM
Let's be fair here, the new Dawn of the Dead was a shitty remake in every category of remake. It simply took the monsters (zombies) and the setting (a mall) and that's it. None of the characters or situations are taken from the original. That being said, it is a decent movie. Not a good movie or a great movie, but a decent movie. A remake is never needed, and only warranted if the original movie was made decades ago (more than two, preferably more than three)and never really realized successfully. Like, say, a black and white movie with an unstoppable monster that terrorizes a remote science station in a snowy setting but ended up looking like a plushy teddy bear.
This years box office is up by Samuel Fulmer	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:27:22 PM
and it's been relatively remake free (Hairspray, Halloween, 3:10 to Yuma and The Hitcher are the only films that spring to mind). You'd think Hollywood business types would be smart enough to see the connection. Most people over the age of 15 don't care to see remakes because they already saw the original films and have been burnt by the glut of inferior remakes that have come out this decade.
we're stuck in a cycle by papabendi	Oct 3rd, 2007 03:44:41 PM
of Vampires and Zombies. They're like Heavy metal and Hip Hop, they just won't fuck off.
If only the vampires knew martial arts by Domi'sInnerChild	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:19:18 PM
That would have made the original perfect and is exactly why we need a remake. Well that and Vasquez needs to be a wise cracking black women this time since we hate illegal aliens. If they can work in a vampires vs. zombies "whoever wins, we lose" subplot, you'd have box office gold.
FUCKING BASTARD REMAKES by VERY METAL	Oct 3rd, 2007 04:58:36 PM
By all acounts the remake of saw 4 will be out the week before the original!
Normally I dont have a problem with remakes but... by TheRealSeveren	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:37:13 PM
I have to take the spurs to this one and slit its throat!
How dare they! by MaxDembo1	Oct 3rd, 2007 05:48:52 PM
They should not remake this movie. That's okay however, because I am sure it will suck in comparison to the first one and be quickly forgotten.
Lostark - Fright Night will be next. by Yeti	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:12:48 PM
Trust.
Oh fuck you by Jack Burton	Oct 3rd, 2007 06:20:14 PM
Near Dark rocks worlds. That is one of the best modern vampire movies out there. And music video guy is going to make it a teeny bopper bullshit fest. I can't wait until the marketing campaign starts: "From the studios that brought you The Hitcher and THe Texas Chainsaw Massacre", as if that was something to be proud of. Fucking soulless Hollywood twats.
This makes baby Jesus puke by Super Nintendo Chalmers	Oct 3rd, 2007 07:32:56 PM
When this came out in a 2-disc set a couple of years ago I tried to get my friend to watch it. For some reason he was hesitant and, as a joke, he said he would only watch it if someone in the movie exploded. So yeah, he had to watch it. And love it. Lost Boys was alright, but all of those mullets make it kind of hard to tolerate. Why don't they leave Near Dark alone and remake Lost Boys instead? It is more high profile, and I could give a shit about it.
Original is perfect: won't get my money by Stormwatcher	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:16:33 PM
The Anchor Bay transfer is super sweet too, looks like a new film. No desire to see this remade. It won't capture anything that makes the original great. Sorry but just not possible. Paxton and Lance and Nathan 'flying man!" Petrelli or bust.
Why not remake FRIGHT NIGHT instead? by halsolo	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:39:01 PM
Its actually a solid movie that could work as a remake, since its kinda dumb, but fun, and about as many people will recognize the title. All it really needed was a really hot chick, not Marcy from MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. Not surprised PLATINUM DUNES wouldn't put a woman behind the camera on this one... always thought Bigelow was the reason NEAR DARK stood out, she actually approached the material in a way guys never would. That bar scene... man. Now I'm pissed - sure that special edition DVD I bought is responsible for this.
Oh, already covered. by halsolo	Oct 3rd, 2007 08:41:28 PM
Still think a new FRIGHT NIGHT would actually be awesome. So of course we get NEAR DARK. Can we petition it? IanMcKellen as Roddy mayhaps?
Oh but they will... by rune_spell	Oct 3rd, 2007 11:42:57 PM
They will fuck it over. What pisses me off, aside from ruining the original movies for future generations who wont even remember SD TV let alone any movie made before 2000, is those jerks at Platinum Dunes are getting rich off of other people's work. And to them I say, you're not real producers, you're fuckin thieving businessmen. It's time to take the business out of showbusiness and let the CREW (and cast) reap the profits. Assholes.
Theyve already anounced the Fright Night re-make. by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Oct 4th, 2007 06:14:11 AM
Unlucky guys! Hopefully they wont fook it up! http://tinyurl.com/36kt9u
not funny col. by Lost Jarv	Oct 4th, 2007 06:20:11 AM
CUNTS. MAKE SOMETHING ORIGINAL
remaking a movie is a slur on the original talent by misnomer	Oct 4th, 2007 07:47:59 AM
involved. Why remake something which was, for all intensive purposes, perfect? It can't be topped. Unless they make significant script changes and fundamentally make a different movie, I really don't want to see this. Not one remake has proven to be as good as the original. Not one. Hopefully this trend is drawing to a close and Fright Night and anything by John Hughes survive untainted.

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NEAR DARK remake gets a director!!

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