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No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:43 am
by muy_thaiguy
They're remaking one of the best movies ever, the Sound of Music now! :x

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/carrie-underwo ... 18311.html

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:45 am
by Haggis_McMutton
Pro-tip: Pretend it doesn't exist.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:00 pm
by Funkyterrance
Shameful.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:21 pm
by Serbia
muy_thaiguy wrote:They're remaking one of the worst movies ever, the Sound of Music now! :x

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/carrie-underwo ... 18311.html


Fixed. I'll be avoiding it like the plague.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:55 pm
by spurgistan
For some reason, my vhs recording of Sound of Music abruptly switched to a special on pandas during the wedding scene. If this remake doesn't do that, it loses about 70% of the reason I enjoyed Sound of Music.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:40 pm
by x-raider
spurgistan wrote:For some reason, my vhs recording of Sound of Music abruptly switched to a special on pandas during the wedding scene. If this remake doesn't do that, it loses about 70% of the reason I enjoyed Sound of Music.

I 'LOL'ed

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:00 pm
by daddy1gringo
Serbia wrote:... one of the worst movies ever, the Sound of Music ...
spurgistan wrote:For some reason, my vhs recording of Sound of Music abruptly switched to a special on pandas during the wedding scene. If this remake doesn't do that, it loses about 70% of the reason I enjoyed Sound of Music.
...yeah, no blood, no tits, nothing blows up,...what a frackin' waste of time.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:07 pm
by MegaProphet
Shouldn't be too difficult to avoid since it's a made for tv movie

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:00 pm
by Serbia
daddy1gringo wrote:
Serbia wrote:... one of the worst movies ever, the Sound of Music ...
spurgistan wrote:For some reason, my vhs recording of Sound of Music abruptly switched to a special on pandas during the wedding scene. If this remake doesn't do that, it loses about 70% of the reason I enjoyed Sound of Music.
...yeah, no blood, no tits, nothing blows up,...what a frackin' waste of time.


Sorry, that has nothing to do with my reasons for hating that movie. I hate over 95% of the musicals I've ever seen. Singing and dancing make some people happy, but they just make me hate everything. There have been plenty of movies that I've enjoyed that don't have tits or explosions or blood, but Sound of Music isn't one of them.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:19 pm
by muy_thaiguy
Serbia wrote:
daddy1gringo wrote:
Serbia wrote:... one of the worst movies ever, the Sound of Music ...
spurgistan wrote:For some reason, my vhs recording of Sound of Music abruptly switched to a special on pandas during the wedding scene. If this remake doesn't do that, it loses about 70% of the reason I enjoyed Sound of Music.
...yeah, no blood, no tits, nothing blows up,...what a frackin' waste of time.


Sorry, that has nothing to do with my reasons for hating that movie. I hate over 95% of the musicals I've ever seen. Singing and dancing make some people happy, but they just make me hate everything. There have been plenty of movies that I've enjoyed that don't have tits or explosions or blood, but Sound of Music isn't one of them.

It's one of the movies I grew up with and really got me into music. That and the Music Man (they did the samething, a remake).

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:12 pm
by 2dimes
Hookahs and brothels, bottles of whiskey...

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:18 pm
by Funkyterrance
Serbia wrote: There have been plenty of movies that I've enjoyed that don't have tits or explosions or blood, but Sound of Music isn't one of them.


Name five?

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:41 pm
by Serbia
Funkyterrance wrote:
Serbia wrote: There have been plenty of movies that I've enjoyed that don't have tits or explosions or blood, but Sound of Music isn't one of them.


Name five?


Nice try. Other than Skyfall, I couldn't name you the last 5 movies I've seen.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:22 pm
by DoomYoshi
Meh. I like remakes, in a philosophical sense. I'm not going to judge this one until it comes out.

I'm not sure Carrie Underwood does it for me, but she must be better than Julie Andrews.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:21 am
by Gillipig
Are they this desperate to find ideas or do they just figure there's a lot of money to be squuezed out of this? If they were running out of ideas I'd forgive holloywood for their crappy remakes of various successful movies, but I just think the greedy bastards think there's money in this and doesn't care if they taint the legacy in order to roll in some more dough.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:11 pm
by MegaProphet
Gillipig wrote:Are they this desperate to find ideas or do they just figure there's a lot of money to be squuezed out of this? If they were running out of ideas I'd forgive holloywood for their crappy remakes of various successful movies, but I just think the greedy bastards think there's money in this and doesn't care if they taint the legacy in order to roll in some more dough.

I don't think it could possibly be them running out of ideas. There's too many places they could look to for ideas. I know of many book series and other musicals that people would love to see made into films for example

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:37 pm
by muy_thaiguy
MegaProphet wrote:
Gillipig wrote:Are they this desperate to find ideas or do they just figure there's a lot of money to be squuezed out of this? If they were running out of ideas I'd forgive holloywood for their crappy remakes of various successful movies, but I just think the greedy bastards think there's money in this and doesn't care if they taint the legacy in order to roll in some more dough.

I don't think it could possibly be them running out of ideas. There's too many places they could look to for ideas. I know of many book series and other musicals that people would love to see made into films for example

So far, those kinds of movies are either hits (Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Harry Potter for example) or complete misses/fails (Eragon comes to mind). And some just should not be made either way (Twilight for example, freakin' sparkly vampires).

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:04 am
by DoomYoshi
I'd love to see the rest of the Oz books made into movies or a tv series. All we ever get is the first book made over and over again. Now instead of making another book, they are making a prequel and going farther from the rest of the books.

There are over 50 books in the series! Please stop referring to Wizard of Oz as a classic. It's not a classic without the rest. Jack Pumpkin and Raggedy Ann are two characters that were invented in that series.

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:20 am
by betiko
spurgistan wrote:For some reason, my vhs recording of Sound of Music abruptly switched to a special on pandas during the wedding scene. If this remake doesn't do that, it loses about 70% of the reason I enjoyed Sound of Music.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:18 pm
by spurgistan
daddy1gringo wrote:
Serbia wrote:... one of the worst movies ever, the Sound of Music ...
spurgistan wrote:For some reason, my vhs recording of Sound of Music abruptly switched to a special on pandas during the wedding scene. If this remake doesn't do that, it loses about 70% of the reason I enjoyed Sound of Music.
...yeah, no blood, no tits, nothing blows up,...what a frackin' waste of time.


You... know nothing about my taste in movies, broseph. I don't think Pauline Kael knocked the lack of tits or explosions in her famous review of The Sound of Music. But clearly, anybody who doesn't like a movie you like is some sort of caveman.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:24 pm
by notyou2
2dimes wrote:Hookahs and brothels, bottles of whiskey...
I'll hang with you.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:47 pm
by 2dimes
notyou2 wrote:
2dimes wrote:Hookahs and brothels, bottles of whiskey...
I'll hang with you.

Dirt bikes and airplanes, girls dressed like hippies.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:49 pm
by notyou2
2dimes wrote:
notyou2 wrote:
2dimes wrote:Hookahs and brothels, bottles of whiskey...
I'll hang with you.

Dirt bikes and airplanes, girls dressed like hippies.


Love the dead head girls in their granny dresses twirling to Jerry notes.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:03 pm
by 2dimes
notyou2 wrote:
2dimes wrote:
notyou2 wrote:
2dimes wrote:Hookahs and brothels, bottles of whiskey...
I'll hang with you.

Dirt bikes and airplanes, girls dressed up like hippies.


Love the dead head girls in their granny dresses twirling to Jerry notes.

Locked in with a drummer behind a woman who sings, these are a few of my favorite things.


Ok, I'm just pretending to be cool at the beginning but....

Re: No no no no! Not another remake!

PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:08 am
by jonesthecurl
DoomYoshi wrote:I'd love to see the rest of the Oz books made into movies or a tv series. All we ever get is the first book made over and over again. Now instead of making another book, they are making a prequel and going farther from the rest of the books.

There are over 50 books in the series! Please stop referring to Wizard of Oz as a classic. It's not a classic without the rest. Jack Pumpkin and Raggedy Ann are two characters that were invented in that series.


Yeah but BAUM wrote only a fraction of 'em. The series lost its sparkle when the creator's touch was lost.
Have you read Philip Farmer's Barnstormer of Oz?
Or noted heinlein's visits there?