On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:42:53 +1200, Anybody
<anybody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <040720061833001231%anybody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Anybody
><anybody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> In article <hrcja25s66mtlf9gktld5h4l393n0f9t68@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, kevin
>> <kevnospam242@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> > The Superman movie is pretty good, but it was too long and the
actress
>> > that played Lois wasnt that great. I am not excactly a big fan of
>> > Superman movies, but always liked Reeve in that role. I think this
>> > is the first remake or revisiting the the franchise (the story was
>> > new) I've seen where they try to pick up where the original left
off
>> > and use a new cast. Brian Singer is
>> > the writer/director and he was a fan of the original movies. I was
>> > thinking if
>> > you were to get someone who really understood Magnum PI and find
>> > actors
>> > who were similar to the original it might work. Just a thought, but
I
>> > dont think it will ever happen...
>> >
>> > Anyone care to comment? I wonder if ANybody would approve.
>>
>> It doesn't really make much difference whether a (supposed) fan makes
>> it or not. Many of the remakes already out there have been done by
>> fools that claim they were fans, and yet they're still full of silly
>> changes because that so-called fan thinks they know better than the
>> original person how to make the show.
>>
>> Even ignoring those non-fan "fans", any new version is exactly that, a
>> NEW version. It usually has new actors and is being made at a different
>> time. It's simply impossible to recapture the magic of THAT cast, THAT
>> crew and THAT time. You might be able to get the same cast and crew,
>> but you can't reverse time.
>>
>> No "remake", "update", "re-imaging" movie / show is ever made for the
>> fans of the original. They're made simply by idiots in Hollyweird that
>> want to stuff more money into their own pockets - they don't give a
>> damn about the fans.
>
>I forgot something.
>
>There is an old saying about "the exception proves the rule". The one
>excpetion here (that I can think of, there are probably a couple of
>others) is Star Trek.
>
>Star Trek: The Next Generation did follow the franchise ... to begin
>with. As Beavis & Butthead got more and more influential the show(s)
>got further and further away from the original idea and we ended up
>with the appalling Enterprise - originally planned as a "nonTrek Trek
>show" (which pretty much proves the point of Hollyweird's complete
>disregard for the fans).
You completely missed my point. Superman Returns is very similar in
spirit to the 1980's Superman films. It's not a great movie but I
would say it is better then the worst in the series and almost as good
as the first one (IMO the 2nd Superman was the best), it uses the same
score has similar looking actors who play their parts (apart from
Lois) like the original actors did and even has a story that sort of
explains Sup's absence from the silver screen... anotherwords it is
more a continuation from the original movies then a remake and it
works.
My point is Magnum could (in theory) be done the same way. I realise
you dont like the OTHER remakes or re imagings etc.. but since this
one IS a continuation and is like the original do you still object?
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