I should add that it was due before 9/11, but was shoved back, for obvious reasons.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > No, Mr Worf. IMO, we never need to remake another one again. I posted this > more as a thought exercise than anything else, because I don't see how the > vibe of it can be recaptured at any level. > > And yes, The Towering Inferno is already in the pipe. > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> This would be very plausible. I can see them doing something like this. >> The problem is that I don't think that you can do it in a way that would >> capture the feelings that the first movie was able to stir. >> >> Things like the innocent dangling of legs off of the edge of a boat or a >> child swimming became points of tension throughout the original film. >> Attempting to recapture that would be difficult because we all know what is >> about to happen. (That is why good editing is important too.) >> >> Do we really need to remake every movie that was made? >> >> Speaking of 1970s movies, I am sure that someone is remaking Towering >> Inferno, Airport 79, and a few other classics. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Normally, I'm not big on remakes (as you all know), but this... >>> >>> ======================================================================= >>> >>> Read this hilariously accurate depiction of what *Jaws* would be like if >>> it was made today. Starring Sam Worthington as Chief Brody (who has an >>> ultra-dark NYPD past), Michael Cera as Matt Hooper, and Samuel L. Jackson as >>> Quint. >>> >>> >>> http://chud.com/articles/articles/23893/1/WHAT-IF-JAWS-WAS-MADE-TODAY/Page1.html >>> >>> Martin (waiting for the line "Get this motherf*ckin' shark outta my >>> motherf*ckin' boat!") >>> >>> -- >>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
