Re: Mike & The Mad Dog

Seth Jackson wrote: 
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:24:39 -0500, Thermos <cfbltw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


There was no reason to remake that film. 


Is there really a reason to remake *any* film?  Has there ever been a
remake that's been any good, much less an improvement on the original?



 well goll dang - i'm scritchin' my head here...

 ok - i have a small observation...if it's a classic novel,
 then it's ok to go ahead and attempt a remake, like it's ok
 to perform a shakespeare play again, although here i would
 say to remake West Side Story would be stooopid.

 i'm thinkin' - books are probably fair game.  some of the
 Dracula remakes go neck & neck with the Bela Lugosi version.
 that oldie Nosferatu silent film has a certain indelible
 quality that filmmakers should never be attempt to reproduce.


 and, as much as i am against capital punishment, making a
 movie out of some old stupid TV show should be punishable
 by a slow, agonizing death.

 ;-)


 what about Vanilla Sky?  she was in both versions.  of course,
 you and i might like it for the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan references.

- nate
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