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Is The (sigh) POLTERGEIST Remake Close To Finding A Director??

Oh Yeah by tomdolan04	Aug 29th, 2008 09:02:47 AM
"I can do a much better job than Hooper and Spielberg ZOMG LOLOLOLOL"
Fuck this garbage by Laserbrain	Aug 29th, 2008 09:02:48 AM
Thank you.
I hope the corpseses of Poltergeist past... by Rando Calrisian	Aug 29th, 2008 09:04:01 AM
Eat your rotting souls, makers of shitty remakes.
damn the extra "es" by Rando Calrisian	Aug 29th, 2008 09:05:09 AM
Sorry... that extra "es" was as unnecessary as this remake.
lame by reckni	Aug 29th, 2008 09:06:45 AM
This movie is gonna be gay.
Someone has to say it... by MaxTheSilent	Aug 29th, 2008 09:07:08 AM
Will Vadim Perlman develop a raging coke habit and need Spielberg to come in and direct it for him. Okay, it's been said. Move on now...
First? by Angry White baby	Aug 29th, 2008 09:08:00 AM
Hooray! I'm first... on a message board no one cares about! Of course, someone could remake my message... But to actually write about the POLTERGEIST remake, there has to be a reason to remake it other than just doing the same exact thing over again... I mean, will they change Satan to Osama Bin Laden? Will there be more car chases and explosions? Will the bodies become animated and attack the neighborhood? And will their replacement for Craig T. Nelson scream even louder "You removed the headstones but not the bodies. You REMOVED THE HEADSTONES BUT NOT THE BODIES! WHYYYY!!!! WHYYYYY!!!"
They're here.... by tvspace	Aug 29th, 2008 09:13:25 AM
"There is no death. It is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness." Unless, of course, you try to remake this movie.
Oh for fuck's sake. by FlickaPoo	Aug 29th, 2008 09:15:50 AM

Wow by Thunderbolt Ross	Aug 29th, 2008 09:23:26 AM
I'm usually neutral on remakes but this seems especially unneeded.
Another director? by Rollo Tomassi	Aug 29th, 2008 09:23:30 AM
Now the question "who directed 'Poltergeist'?" will be even more confusing.
I seriously hope... by RobotDevil007	Aug 29th, 2008 09:26:48 AM
that anyone involved with movie dies slowly and in a lot of pain after being forced to watch their own children die slowly in a lot pain.
Who the fuck... by Marxeffect	Aug 29th, 2008 09:29:20 AM
Are they going to get to replace that really creepy old guy (Note to self: IMDB) he scared the piss out of me when I was younger!
I fucking love Poltergeist by GiveMeAnFinBreak	Aug 29th, 2008 09:39:27 AM
It was the first film that ever scared me. As for this news ... well, it's better they bring in the guy who did House of Sand and Fog than some music video director. Still, it'll probably suck.
Crispin Glover as Creepy Preacher Guy... by Kid Z	Aug 29th, 2008 09:50:02 AM
...yeah, I know he wasn't in the first one, but what the hell... he was Creepy Preacher Guy and he scared the piss outta me. I think Creepy Preacher Guy is the main reason I'm an atheist.
fucking remakes need to stop by Gungan Slayer	Aug 29th, 2008 09:52:55 AM
What really pisses me off about remakes is how studios remake films that already are part of a well established franchise...The Pink Panther...an eight movie series with tons of cartoons...Planet of the Apes...five part film series, with two TV shows and tons and tons of merchandise sold...Halloween...Nightmare on Elm Street...The Amittyville Horror...Poltergeist...the list goes on and on...
Perelman's a douche. by Grayskull	Aug 29th, 2008 09:54:46 AM

He should be further ruining his career with Atlas Shrugged by TroutMaskReplicant	Aug 29th, 2008 10:00:40 AM
So they're going to make it ridiculously serious and darkly moody? Is this Karma for the success of TDK? All genre reboots will have arthouse directors taking a whack at them?
WHY EVEN REPORT THIS SHIT!?!? by Mr Chuff	Aug 29th, 2008 10:03:40 AM
If AICN is SO against remakes (rightly so) then why thefuck keep giving us these strips of shit to suck on? Embargos are easily thrown around AICN so why not one about reporting on shitty assed remakes... and this film does NOT need remaking for fucks sake.
New Ending by Grayskull	Aug 29th, 2008 10:15:47 AM

The midget lady wraps a plastic bag around her head. by Grayskull	Aug 29th, 2008 10:16:25 AM

Holy chunks of Christ... by Bulvai	Aug 29th, 2008 10:20:14 AM
Why would you even touch one of Speilbergs movies? Even Jurrasic Park...hands off please.
Stop it, just stop this unnecessary bs and have an original thou by aversiontherapy2	Aug 29th, 2008 10:20:38 AM

I'm not fundamentally against remakes by Neosamurai85	Aug 29th, 2008 10:27:20 AM
It's just that right now (and especially with horror films) they are being done for all the wrong reasons. Contemporary producers simply do not understand and respect the material. It's all about putting out a name that will draw people in. Pissed off or excited, people go to see remakes of Halloween and The Omen and the rest. Like Flicker said, remakes have been around since the beginning (some directors even remaking their own films) but more often than not it felt like there were more valid reasons. The weakest being the potentials brought on by major changes in the medium (sound, color, advanced special effects) and the strongest being the story could be reinterpreted in such as ways as to hold up or improve upon the original outing. It can be interesting to change the period or setting of a story if the story provides creative intelligent subtext to that new setting (e.g., Seven Samurai out west via The Magnificent Seven). Less drastically, a remake can focus on different aspects of a story, flesh out characters events that were interesting but glossed over in the original (consider how the 1931 Maltese Falcon was seedier, but in the Huston remake Bogart nailed the hard boiled detective type so much better). The list goes on. Smart writers with intelligent directors and respectful producers can make GREAT remakes. It less often the case, but it happens now and then. Right now, getting those three key ingredients together is hard enough. If there's a good reason to remake it, I'm sorta there, but hollywood isn't giving me any right now (especially with fucking POLTREGEIST!).
1st. not too scary but really entertaining by Knobules	Aug 29th, 2008 10:33:08 AM
No way they will be able to tap that again. It was lightning in a bottle from Spielbergs wonder years. Good luck with your WB actors crapfest.
You're right, Flicker, but... by ZeroCorpse	Aug 29th, 2008 10:37:44 AM
There are movies you NEED to remake, there are movies you CAN remake, and there are movies you NEVER EVER should remake. The Wizard of Oz (silent version) is one that needed to be remade, and it was. Successfully. Since then, nobody has even tried to top that remake because it's a classic. Bedazzled is one that you CAN remake (and they did) because so few remember the original, and because the original wasn't a classic. Poltergeist is one that you should NEVER EVER remake, because the original was a classic, and a recent one at that. Other films that should never be remade include: The Godfather Raiders of the Lost Ark Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Harvey Star Wars (A New Hope) The Graduate One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Taxi Driver Close Encounters of the Third Kind E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial The Breakfast Club Blade Runner ...and so on Now, let me clarify that I'm not saying that the SOURCE MATERIAL shouldn't be optioned for a new theatrical adaptation. I'm saying the a previous movie version should not be remade. Case in point: Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" was a travesty not because it was another attempt to put Pierre Boulle's book onto the silver screen, but because it WASN'T an attempt to translate the book and was instead an attempt to "re-imagine" the original movie, which was classic, well-done, and though vastly different from the book, still an excellent story in its own right. Burton's error was in NOT trying to translate the book to screen, but instead just remaking a classic movie. Same goes for Blade Runner. I'd LOVE for them to make a serious run at a "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" movie, but I'd HATE if they did a remake of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Do you get the distinction there? You see? Hollywood is welcome to do remakes, but we, the audience, don't want remakes of movies that have already been done well. We like fresh angles on book-to-film adaptations, but we don't like rehashed screenplays and warmed-over book-to-film-to-film adaptations. Remake "I, Robot" or "I Am Legend" until you get it right. Once you get it right, though, there's no justification for another filmmaker to take that decent film and base a remake on IT fifteen years later.
That's like trying to by dirtsandwich	Aug 29th, 2008 10:39:55 AM
do a serious (non-tribute)remake of Stairway to Heaven, and expecting it to be a commercial success. The only way that they can call it Poltergeist is if they use the same fundamentals. Young girl, in contact with ghosts in the TV speaking from another dimension. The mom is a hot MILF and we have to see the older daughter's panties like we did in the tornado scene. If it ain't got that scene then fuck this whole project.
Awesome News by IAmLegolas	Aug 29th, 2008 10:50:12 AM
I always thought the original needed more CGI.
Hollywood out of ideas and reflection of society by conspiracy	Aug 29th, 2008 11:04:04 AM
Seriously...look at what they have puked out the last few years. Even directors that were once golden are out of juice; Indy 4 anyone? They are officially out of ideas and are mining greatness that came before them...it won't be long till they start remaking Cecil B. Demille's movies..only with a dark, moody, and "modern and edgy" vibe. Sometimes a movie gets through that manages to offer quality, perhaps TDK is one of these...but it is a rare event. However, Hollywood Inc. isn't worried about this, nor do they want to risk taking a chance on something new when they do not have to. For they know that the vast majority of movie audience are basically intellectually vacant lemmings who have no greater though that eating, screwing and sleeping...bipedal bugs functioning just above pure instinct; 75% never went to college, most have never travelled farther than 1000 miles from home, most are avid TV watchers who simply go to work, go home, tune in and tune out. As a result of this lack of intellectual curiosity on the part of their customers, they bypass artistry and the risk that comes with it to simply crap out more of the same for a base who want little more than "Cool graphics", explosions, some tits, and perhaps a corny monster. THIS is why we haved no "COOL NEWS", because there simply isn't any...Make it big, make it loud, make it simple, and most of all MAKE IT FAMILIAR. Follow these rules and people will salivate like Pavlovs dogs at a dinner bell. Don't believe me? Just remember this...DEATH RACE, a movie that isn't even worth a direct to video release, a movie with no major star power and a very narrow market (droolers,illiterates,thugs,me th addicts, etc...)took in over $12M; and HOUSE BUNNY, a "movie" that has as cast member a former runner up from AMERICAN IDOL, and rehashes every single stupid teen movie plot device from the last 30years took in $14M.
I hope whoever directs this has a cameo by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Aug 29th, 2008 11:18:27 AM
as the ghosthunter who rips their face off, and throws the chunks into the sink. This is what they deserve.
Finally! Perhaps he'll manage to make it scary! by Stalin vs Predator	Aug 29th, 2008 11:19:11 AM
All this overrated old movie needs to be scary is a good, big dose of: - shake cam - quick zooms - white flashing screens with noises - Limp Korn over the ending credits - hip young cast (the daughter should be about 15 and her parents must be no older than 23. The Beast, however, can be old. Like, really old. Like, way, way old. Like, 40 years old, ohmigod! Just ask John Moore for advice. And remember to use plenty of blue color whenever danger is about to appear!
okay, let's take a breath here by oisin5199	Aug 29th, 2008 11:27:46 AM
Now I was a fan of the original film, saw it in the theatre when it first came out, etc. And I'm tired of all the stupid remakes, too. But look at this directing choice. The director of House of Sand and Fog, which was a brilliant, dark, and sad film in which the house itself was more or less a character. It was a drama about horrific events, not a horror movie per se. But the potential is there. Unfortunately, it hangs on the script. If the script is good and avoids the recent Asian horror cliches, this could be an excellent horror film that's about something and could be artistically done. The themes could be updated, the fear of losing your children and finding the right home are still resonant, even though the 80s suburban explosion needs updating (maybe they get the house with a subprime loan!). I think they'll probably have to update the whole 'Indian burial ground' thing, because how many of those could you still find. Maybe there will be a richer back story for the house which won't overdo it. It may not suck. There's hope.
Fuck Remakes by KillDozer	Aug 29th, 2008 11:29:21 AM

If it's being made at Warner Bros by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 29th, 2008 11:56:40 AM
the film will be DARK!
I'm still traumatized by the original by Pizza The Hut	Aug 29th, 2008 12:07:36 PM
Forget this remake.
Why bother? by MrD	Aug 29th, 2008 12:14:28 PM
Really, I get remaking Chainsaw, Friday and Nightmare. Those films feature iconic, and marketable, characters. They shouldn't go away any more than Dracula, Frankenstein, or Streisand. But Poltergeist? It's just a ghost story. There's really nothing very marketable, and it's not like the sequels were all that good or did all that well (or that audiences have been clamoring for a return to the series).
ZeroCorpse.... by Darth Macchio	Aug 29th, 2008 12:19:43 PM
AGREED 100%. That is exactly how it should for those types of movies. It is exactly what John Carpenter did with "Who goes there?" (best title ever) which was made into a 50's B-movie "The Thing from another World" that was totally off-story (outside of locale). Carpenter came in and gave us a brilliant almost exact telling of the original Campbell novella and what was the end result? One of the greatest horror/sci-fi movies of all time. That said, this is a truly bad idea in every way imaginable. Truly. Horrible. Idea. Stop now. Please?
Stalin Vs, you forgot a couple... by Kid Z	Aug 29th, 2008 12:26:54 PM
...-Speedy ghosts that vibrate and jump-cut right into your face. -Creepy Japanese kids that howl like injured cats. -Spirit-possessed girls wearing nightgowns who scream and contort their bodies like Ukrainian gymnasts. ... now it can be scary. (chortle!)
Hollywood and America are truly out-of-gas... by Kid Z	Aug 29th, 2008 12:30:10 PM
...Look at McSame, who's (and WTF???) apparently selected the bartender chick from Northern Exposure as his vice-presidential choice.
General Crom. by CaptainTripsUK	Aug 29th, 2008 12:31:25 PM
Hate to do this man, but Spielberg didnt direct the original. Story/screenplay were by Spielberg. Get your facts right you wagon jumping buffoon.
Even if they do remake it... by CaptainTripsUK	Aug 29th, 2008 12:33:46 PM
you don't have to watch it.. just imagine it doesn't exist, ignore the reviews and there you have it.. your memory of the original is preserved. easy peasy.
I'm torn on this... by dr sauch	Aug 29th, 2008 12:39:03 PM
I am not part of the remake gestapo. I hate hate HATE when people decry remakes on the basis of being remakes. Scarface was a remake. However, I don't see any value in remaking Poltergeist. There is no more story to tell. There is nothing to mine. Not enough time has passed yet, where we can say "the social context of the film is beyond the grasp of new moviegoers, and it would be interesting to bring a great story to a new time". I dunno, I'm gonna give it a chance, just because I think that the blind remake haters are representative of the worst kind of person, but I can't figure out how to justify this.
Again, how is Spielberg not getting in the middle of this and ST by ciroslive	Aug 29th, 2008 12:39:56 PM
Didn't Amblin produce Poltergeist? Didn't Spielberg OWN Amblin? What is going on here?!!?
This will get CGI'd to hell by I am_NOTREAL	Aug 29th, 2008 12:45:13 PM
and any semblance of suspense will go right out the window in favor of coming up with a way to make the tree outside Robbie's window look even "scarier"
God is in... by Sithdan	Aug 29th, 2008 12:49:47 PM
His holy temple!!!
Fuck Hollywood by themagicalhornofguntata	Aug 29th, 2008 12:52:32 PM
Fuck the film industry. Fuck everybody involved with this shit.
Whatever, because Poltergeist is out on HD in a few weeks by half vader	Aug 29th, 2008 01:27:47 PM
Huzzah! Hopefully it'll be decent, never owned the dvd die to all those dodgy releases...
oh great by fartedinthefaceofhollywood	Aug 29th, 2008 01:33:17 PM
this movie is gonna get screwed by the big ding-a-ling of hollywood WITHOUT the courtesy of spit for lube
??????? by fight the new world order	Aug 29th, 2008 01:43:33 PM
What is the point the first movie was perfect.
They already remade it by landosystem	Aug 29th, 2008 02:15:42 PM
with chickens and it was called Poultrygeist, and that should have been the end of it.
Tobe Hooper directed but rumors are he kind of slept through it by Knobules	Aug 29th, 2008 02:22:05 PM
And let big Steve run rampant barking out orders. But not to the kids of course. We all know Steve loves the kids.
Let's remake - sorry, reboot - Jaws and CE3K while were at it... by Pdorwick	Aug 29th, 2008 02:37:11 PM
They should at least get Rod Zombie to direct it.
Everyone of these poxy remakes by Bruce T Shark	Aug 29th, 2008 02:54:50 PM
that gets made is one less spec/original script that never sees the light of day. It makes me a little sadder inside every time.
As long as they get Brian Tyler... by therealkumar	Aug 29th, 2008 03:07:11 PM
Everything will be okay.
What happened to the new golden age? by Dr Eric Vornoff	Aug 29th, 2008 03:17:53 PM
Seriously, at the end of last year people were talking about a new golden age. look at the movies that came out in 2007, they had a point: No Country, There Will be Blood, Juno, Eastern Promises, I'm Not there, Michael Clayton, Once, Diving Bell and the Butterfly, This is England, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Ratatouille, Zodiac, Superbad. That's just off the top of my head. I'm not saying you have to like all those but you have to admit it's a pretty impressive list. And then this year apart from a few exceptions we've had mostly crap and even the upcoming Oscar season doesn't seem to hold too much promise. What happened? You can't just blame the strike. Was last year just a fluke? And it doesn't look like it's gonna improve anytime soon with all these endless remakes and sequels that keep being announced.
Hey JazzTerminator, relax fatty. by dr sauch	Aug 29th, 2008 04:07:59 PM
Yeah, they are the worst kind of people, and you exemplify that. How is giving remakes a fair shake "holier than thou"? Isn't just dumping on them for no reason a little pretentious? If you read my post, and didn't just take offense to one line of it like the insecure douchebag you clearly are, you would see that I question the wisdom of making this remake, I'm just careful not to totally condemn it. Relax fatty.
About "The Creepy Old Guy" or "Creepy Old Preacher" by destruit	Aug 29th, 2008 04:08:51 PM
It seems not everyone remembers he was not in the first film. Also it looks like a lot of people don't know who he was. His name was Julian Beck and as a founder and leader of The Living Theatre did some of the most important and influential theater work in the 20th century. He did experimental work that wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, but if you're interested you should read up on him.
"Fuck it. Never mind." by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Aug 29th, 2008 04:09:41 PM
Pretty much sums it up.
Such a great summer flick back then by ufoclub1977	Aug 29th, 2008 04:15:06 PM
Saw it 5 times in the theatre.
My fave horror movie as a kid by Belasco_House	Aug 29th, 2008 04:29:49 PM
probably cos it had no f-words or nudity, so I was allowed to watch it. So it was this, Gremlins or the original Amityville
meh to this getting remade by palewook	Aug 29th, 2008 04:36:41 PM
fuck hollywood for not even trying anymore.
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY by Kirbymanly	Aug 29th, 2008 04:39:29 PM
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY
My nightmare by fight the new world order	Aug 29th, 2008 05:04:04 PM
Poltergeist 2009 Directed by Michael Bay and starring Keanu Reeves.
THIS REMAKE IS DEAD TO ME! DEAD TO ME!!!!! by spud mcspud	Aug 29th, 2008 05:41:03 PM
Hollywod - fuck off.
Is there anyone who can verify the old rumor by skimn	Aug 29th, 2008 06:51:23 PM
that Speilberg took over for Hooper? A best boy or gaffer or anyone? Yes, it has the Speilberg touch, and outside of Chainsaw, it's Hooper's only other directoral success, but Speilberg had to be knee-deep in post on ET. He may have had a heavy hand producing and in the editing room, but I can't see how he could have "directed" this and have ET come out a month later.
ok by fight the new world order	Aug 29th, 2008 07:08:47 PM
My friend the proof is in almost every scene. Look at the way the film is shot you can tell scene by scene which ones was done by Speilberg and which ones were done by Hooper. You will find that a vast majority of the film is shot by Speilberg.Also there are confirmed interviews by the cast that state speilberg was on the set almost every day.
I wish it was Rattner by chewyou812	Aug 29th, 2008 08:27:00 PM
No, not really, I'm just still enjoying that Guitar Hero tid bit.
of all the unneeded remakes, this is the MOST unneeded by elmstreetkid	Aug 29th, 2008 08:38:44 PM
Like we've all said, Poltergeist still works. still holds up. still PWNS! but, hey, if they're gonna fucking remake it, at least Perelman has talent. sigh they should remake shit. like amityville. again.
Vadim Perleman is "talented"? by Nasty In The Pasty	Aug 29th, 2008 11:27:41 PM
House Of Sand And Fog BIT ASS.
Knobules, Skimn, no... by half vader	Aug 30th, 2008 12:32:34 AM
As someone further up already said he was a coke fiend at the time, the SS rumours are true. Anyway, can't you guys even tell a Spielberg closeup when you see one? And the coke thing has been confirmed (off the record of course).
Boycott MGM by batfunk	Aug 30th, 2008 03:17:34 AM
I want to know how any film director can hold their head up high and think they're an artist making this type of shit. Remakes are for complete hacks. It's alright if you're going back to the source material and have soemthing new to say or HOW to say it, but this is getting ridiculous! Poltergiest is essentially a Spielberg film being remade. What's next – Shindler's List, Raiders, Close Encounters??? What about the recent news that somebody wants to remake Blade Runner! Go and suck satan's cock (as Bill Hicks would say). If Aintitcool stopped giving coverage to these stupid remakes, maybe they'd die the death they deserve. I feel sorry for some of the younger kids who don't realise there's an original version.
PETITION TO BOYCOTT THIS USELESS REMAKE!!! by echobase	Aug 30th, 2008 04:44:40 AM
http://www.petitionspot.com/pe titions/poltergeistrem enough said
duh! by 1st and only	Aug 30th, 2008 05:46:48 AM
Aghhh, what terrible news. Whatever studio green lit this deserves should be boycotted. Damn them...
Ya' know, what they should do... by The Eskimo	Aug 30th, 2008 05:49:18 AM
...is re-make Poltergeist 2 & 3. Leave the first one alone. In fact, why not remake ALL the crappy sequels we've seen over the years? Leave the originals alone cause they're usually the best anyway. Makes sense to me.
Good call there The Eskimo by dirtsandwich	Aug 30th, 2008 11:12:16 AM
Do you know how many movies that is? We would be flooded with new releases every week. I wouldn't have a problem forgetting all the crappy sequels.
There have been some great remakes... by theyreflockingthisway	Aug 30th, 2008 01:52:52 PM
There's The Fly, which everyone knows as well as other greats such as Scarface and Twelve Monkeys. However these are films that took the source material and expanded on it rather than simple remakes. With all the horror remakes we have now, they basically just reshoot the original script and then add some stupid "twist" ending. I wouldn't say it's because it's too recent that it can't be remade (I mean I find Red Dragon to be an improvement over Manhunter) but it shouldn't be remade because the original was done so well. It's iconic and people will always remember it over any remake - it'd have to be an exceptional movie for anyone to remember the newer version instead. Poltergiest was one example of a film I thought would never need a remake. Is anything still immune? I mean there's now a Robocop remake coming out and I've heard rumours of Predator and Elm Street remake too. What next? Back to the Future, The Matrix, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park, ET, Pulp Fiction or even Star Wars? Films you'd never think would get remade, yet they're getting closer to remaking anything.
Too many REMAKES!! by Simbalover	Aug 30th, 2008 02:27:54 PM
Damn, Its remake after remake after remake after remake!
theyreflockingthisway by fight the new world order	Aug 30th, 2008 02:53:15 PM
I am sorry my friend but I have to strongly disagree with the your comment about Red Dragon being an improvement over Manhunter. Mann's Manhunter in my mind is a masterpiece.
Boycott MGM!!!!! by sns	Aug 30th, 2008 02:54:22 PM
This is total crap...I have an idea, come up with something original!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This needs no remake!!!!!!! by sns	Aug 30th, 2008 02:58:20 PM
remake a shitty movie.....Get some talented writers working on a movie nobody likes....... that would respectable. Not Poltergeist!!!!! Its classic movie goodness!!!
Hell, let's remake the Statue of Liberty while we at it! by Violator90	Aug 30th, 2008 04:39:19 PM
I just saw POLTERGEIST this week and it still holds up to ANY horror in the past few years. It still gives me the shivers and I cannot see any way, shape, or form that ANY ONE can improve on the original one. Again, I echo the cries of logic. Times have change so dramatically that many of the elements that make POLERGEIST a classic just won’t be lost, but I guarantee you, that they will be ignored just to make a buck. Hell, can’t Hollywood see the shitty track record that remakes have? Just in the past 5 years alone, there really isn’t a remake that respected the source material yet refreshing that made it stand, was there??? As far as I can tell, no. Movies like this, HALLOWEEN, ELM STREEN, etc. were as some one put it “lightening in a bottle.” Once in a life time hits that would/could not be duplicated. And as you can tell by their respected sequels; none ever captured the same magic that the originals did. Retelling/reimagining/remaking /rehashing whatever new term Hollywood wants to throw at us, just stop going after well made and well established movies. This movie is just simply perfect as it is. There are TONS of movies that scream to have another shot at being great. The Rocketeer, for example, I thought that was a very good movie that just was lost in the shuffle of things and for the most part got a bad rap. The story was great, the cast was really fun and awesome, the look and feel of the movie was classic Disney and I was digging it but when it came to the FX, that’s where I think it was lost. The FX were not up to the level that The Rocketeer was and for the most part it showed. I would love for The Rocketeer to get another shot, with the right script and people it could be a really good movie to start up a fun and entertaining franchise. . . BUT! of course that won’t happen. Some one stated the 3 main ingredients are needed to do a great movie: a great script, a great director and a great producer. In the past years we have seen just specks of movies that have at least 2 of these components, let alone all 3. Case in point, BATMAN. I’m not gonna lie people. I liked it. Its not perfect but it was as good as it got at that time. Of course it was flawed and more campy than dark, but it worked for the most part. Now after the death sentence that was (shudder)BATMAN & ROBIN, the Caped Crusader was dead. Was it in need of remake/rehash/reimagine? OH HELL NO! It need to be reborn again. And that what we got with BATMAN BEGINS. Again, it was not perfect and yes it is flawed but damnit, it was a new and fresh take. And all 3 elements were there. TDK is probably going to be one in a few and far between movies that moviegoers are going to get that really are great movies. TDK is a slap in the face to the American moviegoers. It proves that when you do have all 3 components you have a great movie; regards of the source material. Sad thing is, now, Hollywood thinks that’s the new “in” thing to do; make everything “darking and brooding.” And now the thought that in 15 years, some moron with an insane salary will think about remaking BATMAN BEGINS and TDK is just nauseating. Just stop the madness Hollywood and start redoing the tons of shitty movies out there!
Violator90 by fight the new world order	Aug 30th, 2008 05:41:12 PM
I also thought the Rocketeer was well made and alot of fun to watch. Remake the Rocketeer with the same energy and talent level.Leave poltergiest alone!!!!
theyreflockingthisway by Belasco_House	Aug 30th, 2008 06:38:29 PM
I'm interested, while not necessarily disagreeing with you, that you consider Twelve Monkeys a remake. La Jetee seemed more like a photo-montage than a film, so I always thought of it as an adaptation. I bet I've said something stupid in this post.
Craig T. Nelson is rolling over in his grave! by Helpful Electronic Lab Partner Robot	Aug 30th, 2008 08:45:13 PM
But you can't find it, because they removed the headstone!
I mock all your newfound cynicism by jimmay	Aug 30th, 2008 09:19:44 PM
You're all rightly slamming this now. Just wait until the first preview comes out, and it looks like a flashy, jump-edited, music video, and all of a sudden, everyone will think it looks pretty cool and start giving it a chance. All it will take is one shot of a now teenage Carol Anne looking sweaty and vulnerable in her underwear reacting to a blurry, swiftly moving figure visible just behind her concurrent with a sudden violin string to turn all the goons here around. Where were all of you when the godless Texas Chainsaw remake came out? Where was your protest then? Oh, that's right, I remember where you were, squealing in the theaters at the unbridled orgy of gore and witlessness ejaculating out of the screen into your docile, compliant faces.
I will not go see any MGM films or purchase any product! by sns	Aug 31st, 2008 03:27:10 AM

Belasco_House by theyreflockingthisway	Aug 31st, 2008 03:46:45 AM
No you've not said anything stupid but you have made my point clearer. If a film is nothing more than a photo-montage then it's the type of film that can benefit from being remade. Simply if it can add something new and become its own thing, it's when a remake can succeed. Fight the new world order - Yeah I can see why some people may prefer Manhunter but that's just my personal preferance. I don't discount it as a good movie, but I just prefer Red Dragon. Maybe it's because it links to Silence of the Lambs more - I dunno why, just found it more entertaining.
Poltergeist--the very first--was perfect! by Zeke25:17	Aug 31st, 2008 05:23:10 PM
I won't have trouble boycotting this thing, because there is absolutely no reason to believe it can match, let alone top, the original. The music, the casting, everything worked just as it should. Fun and yet still scary without being too gruesome (except for that MIRROR scene; how that slid under the PG line I still don't know), and great moments galore (Dana screaming "WHAT'S HAPPENING?!?" as the house begins to implode on itself; Freeling yelling at his boss "YA MOVED THE HEADSTONES BUT YA LEFT THE BODIES DINTCHA? WHY? WHYYYYYY?!?"; the Beast coming through the wall after Tangina yells "STEVEN, NOT YET!"; countless more).
Soylent Mean by half vader	Aug 31st, 2008 07:10:14 PM
Oh Really? (shakes head)
To stop remakes don't go see them by Seth Gecko	Sep 1st, 2008 07:14:33 AM
Simple as that. Poltergeist is a masterpiece and frankly it is for that reason that it will get toyed with big time. Little Heather O'Rourke is irreplaceable and her performance was so beautiful that you genuinely felt her family's heartache. The film was a metpahor for child loss and how familie's grieve when all hope seems lost. Very powerful and moving cinema. One of the greatest story ideas Hollywood has ever produced. Sorry but Spielberg psuedo directed that film. His genius is all over it.
You removed the dialogue... by judderman	Sep 1st, 2008 10:26:30 AM
You removed the dialogue, the story and the actors but you didn't remove the name, did you? You stupid son of a bitch you only took out the movie!"
Nice one by half vader	Sep 1st, 2008 09:17:34 PM
Judderman

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