2012 kind of also took care of most of the natural disaster films in one great swoop.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > 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 > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
