Escape from New York (Remake)

[Addendum]

Why can't they make it...and YOU not watch it?

Are you financially involved with this project? Because I think all your ****ing on about it would've made some money by now

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Nope. Not at all. Does someone have to be financially involved to enjoy a film or want a franchise to be built around one of their favorite characters. The movie is being shopped around so there is no studio yet. Perhaps if it goes to one of the studios I'm invested it I will be financially involved. Until then you can end the accusations. If you still think I'm ****ing just get off my street corner (this thread). Bye.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

is it really too much to ask for these people to produce original Ideas?
seriously?

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Tired lame argument. Like there's no room for remakes only original ideas. Nothing should ever be remade ever. LOL Too bad the World just doesn't turn that way for you. The demand is there. The question is can they deliver and can they make it better by making this storyline different enough from the original while keeping the core elements that made it so great for it's time.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Why can't they make it...and YOU not watch it?

I thought that is what we have been saying??? Haha. I mean god forbid people hate something your for. They are going to make it regardless of what a few posters say in some forum on a board but that doesn't mean we don't have the right to show disgust for it.

 

[Fanticon]

How come theres not a 'yes' 'no' or 'maybe' ? I hate polls like this. pointless.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Uhhh there is a yes, no and maybe in that order.

 

[Advanced Dark]

I thought that is what we have been saying??? Haha. I mean god forbid people hate something your for. They are going to make it regardless of what a few posters say in some forum on a board but that doesn't mean we don't have the right to show disgust for it.

The difference is I'm excited because I'm a fan of the original and would love to see it updated. Others are showing disgust based on just the thought of remaking it without knowing anything more. Pretty silly to me. None of us know anything that would make one disgusted but there's plenty of reason to be excited if you're fan of the character. There's potential here.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

^ Tired lame argument. Like there's no room for remakes only original ideas. Nothing should ever be remade ever. LOL Too bad the World just doesn't turn that way for you. The demand is there. The question is can they deliver and can they make it better by making this storyline different enough from the original while keeping the core elements that made it so great for it's time.

actually, the tired lame argument belongs to you.
see, if Craven hadn't made the ORIGINAL , there would be NOTHING to remake.
DUH!
there's no "demand" just morons that think it's "awesome", the studios are cranking out this crap and you are all eating it up.
the same brand of morons that when TV was littered with reality TV bull**** said "well if you don't like them, then don't watch them LOL"
remember how well that worked out?
so yeah, this remaking old movies thing blows, original Ideas FTW.
I'm going to guess you're too young to have seen the original in Theaters so

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

The difference is I'm excited because I'm a fan of the original and would love to see it updated. Others are showing disgust based on just the thought of remaking it without knowing anything more. Pretty silly to me. None of us know anything that would make one disgusted but there's plenty of reason to be excited if you're fan of the character. There's potential here.

Quit being so ****ing hypocritcal. Your basically saying it is fine for you to be excited about something you know nothing about other than its being remade and its silly for me to be disgusted about something thats being remade. We both know the same ****ing thing why is your gut reaction right and mine wrong after being letdown with a barrage of past failed remakes??? You act like such a tool sometimes.

 

[DorkyFresh]

i'm open to remakes/reboots if they're done in a way that honors the original while introducing something new. my fave remakes/reboots are...

King Kong
Dawn of the Dead
Batman Begins
Casino Royale
Manchurian Candidate
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Longest Yard
Ocean's Eleven
Italian Job
Flight of the Pheonix
The Omen
Insomnia

those are remakes that are justifed, imo. that being said...i'm open to an Escape from NY remake as long as they flesh everything out and go over the details ala Batman Begins and Casino Royale. i have no problem with another man playing Snake because he'd be playing the character of Snake Plissken, not Kurt Russell the actor. most people considered Christopher Reeve to be the definitive Superman, yet most of the those same people were able to accept Brandon Routh as Superman just fine.

if this remake happens and it sux then oh well, we won't lose anything cuz we'll still have the original. if it happens and it rocks then we'll have another good remake. if it doesn't happen that's fine too......that's the way i look at it.

 

[black_dust]

/\ no hills have eyes?

 

[DorkyFresh]

i thought it was just okay. there were several things in that movie that erked me...mainly "there's no way he could've done that" kind of stuff. it was a decent remake....just not one i would buy.

 

[Advanced Dark]

i'm open to remakes/reboots if they're done in a way that honors the original while introducing something new. my fave remakes/reboots are...

King Kong
Dawn of the Dead
Batman Begins
Casino Royale
Manchurian Candidate
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Longest Yard
Ocean's Eleven
Italian Job
Flight of the Pheonix
The Omen
Insomnia

those are remakes that are justifed, imo. that being said...i'm open to an Escape from NY remake as long as they flesh everything out and go over the details ala Batman Begins and Casino Royale. i have no problem with another man playing Snake because he'd be playing the character of Snake Plissken, not Kurt Russell the actor. most people considered Christopher Reeve to be the definitive Superman, yet most of the those same people were able to accept Brandon Routh as Superman just fine.

if this remake happens and it sux then oh well, we won't lose anything cuz we'll still have the original. if it happens and it rocks then we'll have another good remake. if it doesn't happen that's fine too......that's the way i look at it.

Don't forget "The Thing". I liked Dawn of the Dead and I'm curious about Day of the Dead which is supposed to come out next month.

 

[Hunter Rider]

If they are gonna go through with this i'd rather see this guy as Snake

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Does he have a personality? I'm not recognizing him for some reason. He's got that Charles Manson stare.

 

[Hunter Rider]

^ Does he have a personality? I'm not recognizing him for some reason. He's got that Charles Manson stare.

He's from LOST,yes he has charisma and plays a mercenary type character akin to Snake and Han Solo,he also has a good voice for Snake IMO which is my one concern over Butler.

 

[Advanced Dark]

He's from LOST,yes he has charisma and plays a mercenary type character akin to Snake and Han Solo,he also has a good voice for Snake IMO which is my one concern over Butler.

Tried to watch Lost just couldn't get into it so I gave up. That's why I don't recognize him but I see the pic is titled PSawyer.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Tried to watch Lost just couldn't get into it so I gave up. That's why I don't recognize him but I see the pic is titled PSawyer.

Yeah Sawyer is his characters name,his real name is Josh Holloway.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Ahh ok I've heard his name before.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Actually just reading a bit more it seems Butler is actually one of the main reasons the studios want the remake,he is part of the package being bid for so if it gets picked up he will be Snake.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I like how you just stop replying when someone counters your statement successfully or sets you straight, AD. But whatever no reason to drag out our differing views.

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Huh? No Red you start to get kind of personal in your posts, and BTW I do have a job. You might see me logged on but I'm not sitting at my computer. Nobody has set me straight. There was NOTHING to set straight. I think if you do read through my posts you'll find the counter to anything said. The only thing is we can't change each other's opinion so please...enough.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Actually just reading a bit more it seems Butler is actually one of the main reasons the studios want the remake,he is part of the package being bid for so if it gets picked up he will be Snake.

Yeah that's what I took out of it too. That's why I added a poll cause I figured he's the man.

 

[TheVileOne]

Why does everything have to be a damn FRANCHISE? It was a classic movie made 25 years ago, with one failed, mostly forgotten sequel to its name. I don't call that a franchise, especially one that so desperately needs to be resurrected.

Snake is not Batman, Spider-Man or Bond. Those are characters that existed before and outside of their movies; the actors who portray them are merely custodians of the character.

Snake is Kurt. Kurt is Snake.

You know what it's more comparable to? Evil Dead. Or hell, even Jay & Silent Bob.

Ash is Bruce. Bruce is Ash.

Should someone other than Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith play Jay and Silent Bob if, for some ungodly reason, some tool decides to remake Clerks in 2067?

They are characters created by a director/actor duo that exist only in the context of that union.

Maybe some day, they'll remake ROCKY. And maybe on that day, everyone will rally behind the actor of the week to play Balboa, because he just had a hit 3 days ago (forgetting he bombed out as both the Phantom and Dracula a mere few years earlier).

Jesus Christ on a Cross, dying for our sins.

Co-signed.