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The Rat now in the running to direct the INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN remake

fuck it either way by Jackie Boy	Apr 18th, 2008 05:12:36 AM
don't mean to be a dick about it, but come on now.
Why is Brett Ratner allowed to direct? by Alcevious	Apr 18th, 2008 05:22:13 AM
Seriously.
I like Brett Ratners movies by dogstar69	Apr 18th, 2008 05:24:35 AM
sure, they're lightweight and reek of studio interference, but sometimes you just wanna watch a movie and enjoy it. i think Ratner would've done a better job with Spiderman 3 than Raimi did, so why not Spiderman 4?
Any Spider-Man movie not called.. by Cotton McKnight	Apr 18th, 2008 05:33:40 AM
Spider-Man 3 will be an improvement over Spider-Man 3. I don't care if a gorilla directs the next one. It HAS to be better than that.
Can I have a part please by Tom_Cruise	Apr 18th, 2008 05:34:32 AM
Hi, I'm Tom cruise. You may know me from classics such as "Endless love" and "Taps" My career is currently in tatters and I think nothing would finally kill it off as perfectly as a role in this movie. Also I am already really short so I wouldn't need to shrink! Think how great it would be. I could even introduce some of the true and not at all rediculous concepts of Scientololologuie to the film to make it more believable!!! Please Mr Rat gimme a part.
Well If Eddie Murphy Is In It... by TroutMaskReplicant	Apr 18th, 2008 05:41:00 AM
Why fight the tide of poop? Saying this, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are probably having a fanboy rant about it. The Incredible Shrinking Man is highly regarded in some circles and is one of those films that reaches out beyond its pulpy storyline to something more meaningful.
I'd Rather by D o o d	Apr 18th, 2008 05:41:09 AM
Bret and Murphy just stop and leave us all alone.
A better remake would be.. by Stalkeye	Apr 18th, 2008 05:42:10 AM
..The Incredible Melting Man.I saw this B-movie back in the mid 80's (on VHS)and though it was cheesy as Kraft, Rick Baker's makeup scared the shit outta me.It had a lot of potentual but the acting,story and direction was piss poor. Now if Zack Snyder or Paul Verhooven were to consider a reamke, I'm there!
Ratner working within his comfort-zone. by MaxTheSilent	Apr 18th, 2008 05:54:25 AM
Of brain-less star vehicles.
So Eddie will be playing several charecters? by Yeti	Apr 18th, 2008 05:55:29 AM
Including the killer tarantula?
Richard Matheson Mangled by Hollywood again by psychedelic	Apr 18th, 2008 06:04:14 AM
Matheson wrote the original The Shrinking Man novel upon which the old movie is based. It's a serious book, not comic. This creepy, unnerving scene in the book is so awesome: He's trapped under a box as a huge spider scrapes over it, death millimeters away in pitch black dark. (sigh) Please read Matheson's books and short stories. You don't know what you're missing. He also wrote the original I Am Legend novel, which is amazing.
eddie will also be doing the voice of the spider by Orionsangels	Apr 18th, 2008 06:16:07 AM

Matheson completely raped by Hollywood knuckle-heads!?!! by MaxTheSilent	Apr 18th, 2008 06:17:47 AM
Say it isn't so!!
With horrible news like this by CuervoJones	Apr 18th, 2008 06:35:23 AM
Nobody should bash Indiana Jones or Avatar.
THIS IS A DISGRACE!! by frackinjackson	Apr 18th, 2008 06:38:41 AM
Completely, totally and utterly misses the POINT of the book. Even the 1957 version was more about spectacle than the dark exploration about the loss of manhood and our notions of size that Matheson wrote about. Anyone who has read the book knows the amount of possible cinematic and disturbing scenes - him hitchhiking at the height of a ten year old only to find that the driver is a pedophile, his affair with the circus dwarf, his daughter using him as a doll etc etc. Having Eddie Murphy in it (who clearly has had a career crash at this stage) is only going to make it more farcical with Norbit like humour and having Ratner direct is adding insult to injury. I wish these people who go about adapting classic works of fiction would, at the very least, honor the tone of the work. And if not, then call it something else.
Matheson...again? by TroutMaskReplicant	Apr 18th, 2008 06:39:23 AM
I forgot he wrote this. Matheson gets everywhere without you noticing it. It's funny how he has a pretty low profile amongst the written science fiction community, maybe he just didn't publish enough overblown spacewar stuff. Any Theodore Sturgeon admirers out there btw?
The original movie, based upon Matheson's by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Apr 18th, 2008 07:11:28 AM
book was great. It was scary, creepy, dark, intelligent, poignant, and this was in 1957. Now they want to re-do this as a comedy? Idiocracy here we come.
you're holding out hope by filmcoyote	Apr 18th, 2008 07:15:12 AM
because it's written by two guys who are funny in real life but can't write for toffee? Yeah, sure i can see that!
Trout by filmcoyote	Apr 18th, 2008 07:18:21 AM
Spielberg won't be worried about the Rat doing this, he inflicted Ratner on the world in the first place! He's responsible, the Rat has as good as said so numerous times.
Filmcoyote by TroutMaskReplicant	Apr 18th, 2008 07:30:37 AM
Well I suppose he did actively seek out Michael Bay to do Transformers...
It's probably a ruse by filmcoyote	Apr 18th, 2008 07:33:36 AM
to make his films look even better. He inflicts all these terrible directors on us to lower expectations so that he can continue to appear the greatest!
Can you imagine Ratfuck on Spider-man 4? by Knuckleduster	Apr 18th, 2008 07:44:03 AM
That would be fuckin terrible. His movies have zero personality. Nope, I hope he makes shitty DTV Chris Tucker movies for the rest of his life. Wishful thinking, I know. He'll probably end up remaking Lawrence of Arabia next.
Matheson's turning over in his grave and the dude ain't even dea by Carl's hat	Apr 18th, 2008 07:51:46 AM
May as well get Lilly Tomlin back, seeing as this is sounding as shit as "The Incredible Shrinking Woman", which starred her a few years back.
Oh hell this is gonna suck balls... by Kid Z	Apr 18th, 2008 07:56:58 AM
... Eddie Murphy doing foam latex again. Bet the f***er even plays the effin' spider the lead character gets into a fight with at the end. And Ratturd directing... it's gonna be like "the Perfect Suck"!
Someone beat me to the... by Kid Z	Apr 18th, 2008 08:01:27 AM
..."Murphy even playing the spider" comment. Good for you! Bet he plays the cat, too. And of course he'll have to break out the sassy, overweight African-American woman suit again to play the wife.
Let me pile on... by Blanket-Man	Apr 18th, 2008 08:19:50 AM
And join the vast majority who are against this incredibly stupid idea. The original is a classic and could be remade as a great little sci-fi pic if the right (RESPECTFUL) people were helming it. I remember the original made me look up the word "infinitesimal" as a kid - how many movies actually get kids to grab a dictionary?!
CGI SPIDER! by TheBloop	Apr 18th, 2008 08:40:12 AM
CGI CHEESE! CGI DOLLHOUSE!
Actually ... by Andy Williamson	Apr 18th, 2008 08:42:43 AM
... I always kind of like the Christmas movie, "The Family Man." Is that wrong?
Eddie Murphy in: The Incredible Shrinking Cock by TroutMaskReplicant	Apr 18th, 2008 08:55:11 AM
"Bitch, that better be a twinkie in your panties!" Hmmmm Ratner and Murphy could share with one another their experiences of shemales...perhaps something good could come of this film?
Harbinger is saved?? by x-oManowar	Apr 18th, 2008 08:57:58 AM
although now im sad because harbinger would make such a kick ass film
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING CAREER by BurgerTime	Apr 18th, 2008 09:06:07 AM
He should direct that.
Will The Rat's muse (Chirs Tucker) be in this? by Robots In Das Guys	Apr 18th, 2008 09:08:19 AM
Martin Scorsese/Robert DeNiro! Martin Scorsese/Leonardo Dicaprio! Ridley Scott/Russell Crow! Chirstopher Nolan/Christian Bale! Brett Ratner/Chris Tucker!
This should not be a comedy by Juemad	Apr 18th, 2008 09:13:55 AM
It should be done in the spirit of the original; a shrinking man trying to survive in a dangerous, new world. We've already seen the comic angle with The Incredible Shrinking Woman and Honey I Shrunk The Kids.
The Incredible Shrinking Talent by Osmosis Jones	Apr 18th, 2008 09:30:34 AM
Make another R-rated movie, Eddie...I beg you.
TB explodes in 3, 2, 1... by random dude	Apr 18th, 2008 09:35:23 AM

Although we all should be grateful by random dude	Apr 18th, 2008 09:37:57 AM
I remember the Wayans brothers were attached to direct. Yeah, you heard it right: the fucking Wayans brothers.
Shit, it's mentioned in the articles by random dude	Apr 18th, 2008 09:40:05 AM
About Wayans that is. Oh well, I never read AICN articles. Only title on the main page and the TB.
Anticoolnews by kwisatzhaderach	Apr 18th, 2008 09:58:17 AM
anything about 'the Rat'.
Worse Than "What Dreams May Come?" by cookylamoo	Apr 18th, 2008 10:56:03 AM
It's not just the black actors that get to piss on Matheson's work.
Sounds Promising by ZapRowsdower	Apr 18th, 2008 12:29:16 PM
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David Cronenberg should do this.. by CeejayNightwing	Apr 18th, 2008 12:32:27 PM
and with Viggo Mortensen in the lead again. These guys make a great team and Cronenberg has the right approach to this sort of story; Dead Ringers, The Fly, Scanners etc The studios really have to stop turning everything into a cheap comedy and for once try to do some of these great books some justice.
Jack Arnold's 50's version is just about perfect by skimn	Apr 18th, 2008 12:37:54 PM
It even ended on a philosophical and metaphysical note, which was rare in the "bug-eyed alien" sci-fi of the fifties. How will this end, with a wink and a freeze frame?
From the writers of Night at the Museum! by epitone	Apr 18th, 2008 01:02:25 PM
Oh, I just threw up in my mouth a little when I realized that that pitch would actually guarantee some box office.
Already re-made as a comedy with Lily Tomlin by bswise	Apr 18th, 2008 01:44:34 PM
1981 was the year, the much-reviled Joel Schumacher was the director, and it actually wasn't terrible. So, this one is really more of a re-make of that comic re-hash than a straight-out raping of Jack Arnold's timeless classic.
2nd for Cronenberg by Antz	Apr 18th, 2008 03:42:19 PM
he would be great for a modern day remake
ISM Remake! Awesome! by samsquanch	Apr 18th, 2008 07:04:12 PM
Ratner is directing! Aw, shit.
Incredible shrinking man was one of the first movies by samsquanch	Apr 18th, 2008 07:11:49 PM
I ever saw. I just watched it again a few months ago, it still holds up. SPOILER ALERT At the end, when he accepts his fate and expresses some curiosity about what the microscopic world will be like, I admit I always wanted to find out too. With effects the way they are now, it might be kind of cool to show him floating around on the cellular level, molecular, even atomic and beyond? Or that could be super cheesy and ruin that great ending I just described.
Frank Darabont would be perfect to write/helm by Amadeo Zeller	Apr 18th, 2008 07:11:57 PM
This project. He would at least respect the source material. Damn, this is one of my all time favorite movies, and to think that it will be reduced to an Eddie Murphy vehicle is downright heartbreaking. I'd much rather see Thomas Jane or Chewitel (what's his name) starring as the lead. Can you imagine the gravitas they could give the line reading during the existential coda while he shrinks into the micro-universe?
That would be Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amadeo by bswise	Apr 18th, 2008 07:56:48 PM
Awesome actor. And yeah, a modern retelling based on the book would be fantastic, and SPOILER I wouldn't mind seeing him slog through the cellular level a bit before becoming one with the molecular/cosmic level. END SPOILER But the producers clearly have as much respect for this material as they do for Land of the Lost and think it would make a great goofy Eddie Murphy comedy full of Ratty action aimed at the frat brats. Oh! Won't it be hilarious when he gets kicked in the crotch by the giant tarantuala?
Soylent Mean it is available on DVD. by Amadeo Zeller	Apr 18th, 2008 07:57:42 PM
It's part of of a Universal Sci-Fi compilation that was exclusively sold at Best Buy last year. I think it's still available through Amazon, since it was re-released to all retail outlets after Best Buy Exclusive Run expired.
by Turtle_Z	Apr 19th, 2008 05:09:26 AM
We need to set up some sort of Heritage society, like they have for old buildings, to stop arseholes like these re-making classic movies.
Sounds terrible by Mr.Krinkle	Apr 19th, 2008 12:39:50 PM
It would be nice to see a good, serious adaptation of that story, but with Ratner and Murphy on board, it sounds like junk. Still, i'd rather see him do this than fuck up something I do want to see. Ratner sucks because he doesn't pick interesting projects. He picks cookie cutter Hollywood bullshit and cowtows to the studio system. We don't need filmmakers like this anymore! And fuck Eddie Murphy too!
Can't Be as Good by bottombrick	Apr 19th, 2008 02:30:13 PM
as Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Thems Jokes by bottombrick	Apr 19th, 2008 02:31:05 PM
3rd for Cronenberg, that would be incredible.
How about scrapping this movie... by mrfan	Apr 19th, 2008 07:05:02 PM
and do a movie about Dr. Shrinker. Now, that would be fantastic.
sucks its gonna be a comedy i bet by Orionsangels	Apr 20th, 2008 04:43:25 AM
this would have made an amazing dramatic scifi movie like the original

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