Day The Earth Stood Still Remake

[Bim]

I saw the trailer for this movie on tv last night, i'm actually intrigued by this one

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I wonder when some reviews are going to show up.

 

[xwolverine2]

i just saw a new tvspot at gametrailers as an ad...

it was freakin awesome.

klaatu tells the world through radios that he tried to speak to their leaders... and the problem is not them but 'you'... and that he's gonna wipe them all out.


my fave tv spot.

i hope he does go through with his plan.

 

[MissHades]

At IMDB, among the crazy remake haters that populate the board, there are two mild reviews, a guy (I don't know from where) and a girl from Singapura who watched screenings. The guy, a HUGE fan of the original, didn't like it, but liked the characters and Jennifer Connelly and Keanu's acting. The girl gave the movie a 7,5/10, said she wanted a longer movie, but the effects and acting were top notch and Keanu does a weird and kick ass Klaatu, different from Michael Rennie but absolutely believable.

 

[Nightmare]

Ill be seeing this. Can't wait.

 

[xwolverine2]

love the new tagline

"on 12.12 the world isnt coming to an end.... we are"

 

[Timstuff]

So did they change the message at the end of this movie from being anti-nuke to being environmental awareness? If that's true then that's just bullocks.

I saw the original version last night at my school's movie club, and it was pretty cool. I simply can't imagine the remake being good. On the bright side, it's suckage will ensure that it's the perfect companion piece to that Nichole Kidman Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake.

 

[xwolverine2]

were so over anti-nuke right now lol....


back then nukes were scary, and people believed they were always on active.

now we see them as dust collectors.


other than the ending.. i enjoyed The Invasion.

 

[Timstuff]

were so over anti-nuke right now lol....


back then nukes were scary, and people believed they were always on active.

now we see them as dust collectors.

And that's exactly why I think a remake of this movie is a bad idea. The original is a classic and makes a lot of sense if you understand the time at which it was made. However, if you take the same story and try to apply it to a "go green" message, it's not the same story. The writers of the original story had one issue on their mind, and they made a story about it. If this movie's writers are concerned about the environment, why are they borrowing the story from a cautionary movie about the dangers of over militarization?

It seems rather ham-fisted to me, and I think it stinks of "we wanted to have a provocative message at the end of the movie, but we knew that mentioning modern military affairs would be box office suicide." And really, that all comes back to one important question: why are they remaking the movie in the first place? I think the answer lies within the almighty dollar. Hollywood just plain doesn't like taking risks on new ideas anymore, so pretty much any movies they make these days have to be an adaptation, sequel, or remake. There's no room for creativity as things are right now. If it doesn't have a pre-installed audience, Hollywood doesn't want it.

 

[terry78]

This thing has been advertised like a mofo on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. I guess they want kid to definitely be interested. They're showcasing Gort of course.

 

[xwolverine2]

wow that nine foot sphere that reeves touches was made practically lol

 

[TheVileOne]

Remake = Hollywood creative bankruptcy, lack of original ideas.

I know that sounds a little silly seeing as to how much I love adaptations, comic book movies, sequels and everything. But most of these remakes these days are trash . . . and Clint Eastwood agrees with me. He called most modern remakes "nonsense".

 

[DBZ2cool]

Remake = Hollywood creative bankruptcy, lack of original ideas.

I know that sounds a little silly seeing as to how much I love adaptations, comic book movies, sequels and everything. But most of these remakes these days are trash . . . and Clint Eastwood agrees with me. He called most modern remakes "nonsense".

Meh who cares about what Clint and you think. You are just 2 humans out of 6,602,224,175.

 

[xwolverine2]

Remake = Hollywood creative bankruptcy, lack of original ideas.

I know that sounds a little silly seeing as to how much I love adaptations, comic book movies, sequels and everything. But most of these remakes these days are trash . . . and Clint Eastwood agrees with me. He called most modern remakes "nonsense".

then dont watch any remakes

 

[Timstuff]

Remake = Hollywood creative bankruptcy, lack of original ideas.

I know that sounds a little silly seeing as to how much I love adaptations, comic book movies, sequels and everything. But most of these remakes these days are trash . . . and Clint Eastwood agrees with me. He called most modern remakes "nonsense".

The problem is not that no-one has any ideas. The problem is that new ideas are an economic risk, and Hollywood is constantly in pursuit of the "risk free" movie formula (which does not actually exist, but they think they can find it anyway). If an idea for a movie does not have some kind of built in audience-- that is, they know that somewhere, people will already know what it is and they'll tell their friends about it. Hollywood does not like giving out 100 million dollar budgets to movies unless they're a sequel, remake, or adaptation, because they think that the only way to make back a 100 million dollar budget is with a so-called "pre-installed audience." If you are a huge name director it's not so bad though, because your name is what gives the movie its "pre-installed audience."

The problem is not that Hollywood is bankrupt of ideas; the problem is that they are terrified of taking risks. And unfortunately, he fact that no-one in hollywood is taking risks means that they are essentially cutting off industry growth, and just clinging to what they currently have. These days if a big movie flops, it hits the studio hard, because that's one less franchise that they can potentially milk in the future with sequels. Eventually, Hollywood is going to run out of bankable IPs to mooch off of, and at that point they're either going to have to start spending on new ideas, or the movie industry is going to crumble.

The oddest part of all this though is that now, if you have an idea for a movie that you really want to pursue, your best bet is often to develop it as a novel or comic book first. It's easy enough to sell a script in Hollywood, but to actually get one made into a movie is ridiculously difficult due to Hollywood's current mistrust of originality. Basically, the only real way for new IPs to have a chance is to trick the studios via a Trojan horse, be it a comic book, novel, or video game.

 

[xwolverine2]

 

[8wid]

Remake = Hollywood creative bankruptcy, lack of original ideas.

I know that sounds a little silly seeing as to how much I love adaptations, comic book movies, sequels and everything. But most of these remakes these days are trash . . . and Clint Eastwood agrees with me. He called most modern remakes "nonsense".

In terms of The Day The Earth Stood Still, the original was meant for the Cold War audience to eliminate aggression and live in peace. The arms race is over, and audiences are looking at the faces of new threats, global warming being among the most prudent. If an idea can be renewed to improve on and expand the content of its themes, then it can be remade. After all the Nolan Batman films are much more of a literary skill than the Burton and Shumaucher's.

 

[tecnowraith]

I like to see a comparison between the 1951 version and the remake. Like what what changed and added.

 

[MissHades]

Article comparing the remake and the original. Lot's of dicussions below it, very interesting.

Be careful - Heavy SPOILERS for the remake!

First Showing

 

[louiebling$]

Haha watching heroes right now and a Trailer for this came on and Fox is promoting The wolverine trailer to get People to watch it lol

 

[Nightmare]

lulz, think it'll work?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm probably going to see it but I hope it fails because I hate Fox. People are going to have to want to see the film, not the Worverine trailer.

 

[Boom]

This has probably been mentioned, but I'm lazy.

AMC is showing the original TDTESS on Thursday night.

 

[dude stannis]

After all the Nolan Batman films are much more of a literary skill than the Burton and Shumaucher's.

That doesn't make any sense? Are you saying Nolan's films know how to read and write? That's preposterous.

BTW, I know what you actually ARE trying to say, but I think the War on Terror stuff is overplayed in films.

 

[Hush]

I loved how the advertised Wolverine to get ass's in seats. lol