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If you pressed me to make a list of my favorite movies from the 1980s, I'd have to think that John Carpenter's THEY LIVE would be very close to the top. It's just genius on a lot of levels from the classic "I've come here to chew bubblegum" line to the equally classic extended fight scene (that was recreated shot-for-shot in this "South Park"). You knew with a movie this iconic it would eventually get the remake treatment and that day is here. Universal and Strike Entertainment have acquired the remake rights to the film though no writer or director are attached at this point. Universal and Strike are also working on a remake of John Carpenter's THE THING. While you might be skeptical that a film of THEY LIVE's status is being remade, remember that Universal and Strike previously remade another horror classic, DAWN OF THE DEAD, that turned out quite well and launched the career of Zack Snyder.
So all this begs the question, who could possibly fill the shoes of Rowdy Roddy Piper??
Source: THR
Extra Tidbit: The aforementioned fight scene took over three weeks to rehearse.
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For all of "They Live"'s explosions and gunshots and kickassery (and its lack of bubblegum), it was almost subtle in its critique of the American government. That is something that our generation is incapable of (see "W"), and so if the remake attempts to be anything more than an action film, it will be...
For all of "They Live"'s explosions and gunshots and kickassery (and its lack of bubblegum), it was almost subtle in its critique of the American government. That is something that our generation is incapable of (see "W"), and so if the remake attempts to be anything more than an action film, it will be sickeningly heavy-handed and dumbed-down (see "V for Vendetta").
As far as The Thing goes...oh man.
Carpenter took the skeleton of the already tension-filled original and made something bold and new and truly horrifying. Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead" was cool because it really made the thing new. He started with "zombies in a mall" and took it places.
Can you see anyone starting with "shapeshifting alien infiltrates antarctic research base" and taking it anywhere? Anywhere cooler and more exciting than Carpenter did?
Neither can I.
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Leave it alone and try to make something original!
Leave it alone and try to make something original!
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Remake The Thing = blasphemy
The Thing is one my top three favorite sci-fi movies of all time. The only reason to remake a film is to improve on the original. I have showed The Thing to some friends for whatever reason had never seen it and they loved it. I hope I'm wrong but I see this just bein bad.
Remake The Thing = blasphemy
The Thing is one my top three favorite sci-fi movies of all time. The only reason to remake a film is to improve on the original. I have showed The Thing to some friends for whatever reason had never seen it and they loved it. I hope I'm wrong but I see this just bein bad.
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And no one, I mean no one can fill Hot Rod's shoes. Come to think of it you can't fill Keith David's shoes either.
"You, your fine...her formaldehyde face!"
And no one, I mean no one can fill Hot Rod's shoes. Come to think of it you can't fill Keith David's shoes either.
"You, your fine...her formaldehyde face!"
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And THE THING???? They're going to re-make a re-make????? C'mon!
And THE THING???? They're going to re-make a re-make????? C'mon!
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WTF??
WTF??
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Why not grab Dwayne Johnson.....he could do it easily.....even Vin Desiel, he needs a hit.
Why not grab Dwayne Johnson.....he could do it easily.....even Vin Desiel, he needs a hit.
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