Comments on: Remake Madness: Short Circuit, Bill & Ted’s … and Casablanca? http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cwalker http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-369389 cwalker Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:29:18 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-369389 okay. "johnny5" was the BEST part of short circut (besides the guy from india!) but i doubt it could/should be redone. "bill and ted":one of my favorite movies and all i can say is, ANY remake will make one of my all time favs look like hamlet by comparison. LEAVE THE STALLYNS ALONE! lastly: i hate madonna. did you miss that? I HATE MADONNA! Cinema suicide, to remake a classic like Casablanca! Someone stop her before she wastes valuable resources trying to modernize something done right the first time to the 100,000,000th degree! maybe hollywood should start growing a brain and actually CREATE SOMETHING ORIGINAL? okay. “johnny5″ was the BEST part of short circut (besides the guy from india!) but i doubt it could/should be redone. “bill and ted”:one of my favorite movies and all i can say is, ANY remake will make one of my all time favs look like hamlet by comparison. LEAVE THE STALLYNS ALONE! lastly: i hate madonna. did you miss that? I HATE MADONNA! Cinema suicide, to remake a classic like Casablanca! Someone stop her before she wastes valuable resources trying to modernize something done right the first time to the 100,000,000th degree! maybe hollywood should start growing a brain and actually CREATE SOMETHING ORIGINAL?

]]> By: Henchman21 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-205251 Henchman21 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:53:15 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-205251 You have to wonder if the people who want to remake Casablanca realise that it's a real city in Morroco, there's no real american/european resistance, and travel has changed as to make leaving not such a big endeavor, so the basic plot of the film won't work in modern Iraq, and they're going to have to put a lot of effort into changing the plot, enough effort that they may as well make a new movie. It's one of those things where it sounds like the brain trust behind the remake heard there was a good movie called Casablanca, and then had their assistant watch the movie and boil it down to 10 words. I don't really get the need to remake Bill and Ted either. I mean, I enjoy both films a bunch, but was anyone really crying out for new a Bill and Ted? They're definetely products of the time they were created. Is Rufus going to give them some kind of time travelling cell phone? Is Atomic Gorillas going to be some lame emo band? Again, if it's taking this much effort to remake something, make something new. You have to wonder if the people who want to remake Casablanca realise that it’s a real city in Morroco, there’s no real american/european resistance, and travel has changed as to make leaving not such a big endeavor, so the basic plot of the film won’t work in modern Iraq, and they’re going to have to put a lot of effort into changing the plot, enough effort that they may as well make a new movie. It’s one of those things where it sounds like the brain trust behind the remake heard there was a good movie called Casablanca, and then had their assistant watch the movie and boil it down to 10 words.

I don’t really get the need to remake Bill and Ted either. I mean, I enjoy both films a bunch, but was anyone really crying out for new a Bill and Ted? They’re definetely products of the time they were created. Is Rufus going to give them some kind of time travelling cell phone? Is Atomic Gorillas going to be some lame emo band? Again, if it’s taking this much effort to remake something, make something new.

]]> By: stephen http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-203610 stephen Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:09:39 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-203610 bill and ted should not be touched i see absolutely no possibility of it being good. no director could remake the magic of bill and ted. atomic gorillas has to be the lamest band name anyone has evr thought of it seems like a parody of the original film. a 5 year old could think of a better band name. as for casablanca i think it's dumb to just steal the movie title and call it a remake and follow the same plot or reimagine or whatever. why not keep the same idea casablanca in iraq and write something original with a plot that is an homage to casablanca or follows the template but says something unique. give it an original name and you have an original movie that can stand on it's own merits and doesn't get compared to what is usually rated one of the best films ever made. bill and ted should not be touched i see absolutely no possibility of it being good. no director could remake the magic of bill and ted. atomic gorillas has to be the lamest band name anyone has evr thought of it seems like a parody of the original film. a 5 year old could think of a better band name.

as for casablanca i think it’s dumb to just steal the movie title and call it a remake and follow the same plot or reimagine or whatever. why not keep the same idea casablanca in iraq and write something original with a plot that is an homage to casablanca or follows the template but says something unique. give it an original name and you have an original movie that can stand on it’s own merits and doesn’t get compared to what is usually rated one of the best films ever made.

]]> By: Marc Blazel http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-203318 Marc Blazel Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:09:04 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-203318 Don't ruin Bill and Ted! It's my favourite film evar! Don’t ruin Bill and Ted! It’s my favourite film evar!

]]> By: Quin Makie http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-203279 Quin Makie Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:11:53 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-203279 A new Johnny Five Movie!!! Sweet!!! I cant wait for this... I was gonna see Wall-E because it reminded me of Short Circuit... Now I think I am going to hold out for the new Johnny 5 movie... Two many robot films could short my circuits!!! But seriously, I think this is the best movie news I have heard in a long time... A new Johnny Five Movie!!! Sweet!!! I cant wait for this… I was gonna see Wall-E because it reminded me of Short Circuit… Now I think I am going to hold out for the new Johnny 5 movie… Two many robot films could short my circuits!!! But seriously, I think this is the best movie news I have heard in a long time…

]]> By: MC http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-203231 MC Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:11:04 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-203231 NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not Bill and Ted... ARRRRRRGGGGH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not Bill and Ted… ARRRRRRGGGGH!

]]> By: WIL http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-203102 WIL Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:24:37 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-203102 Madonna is still "respected and idolized" as a performer maybe not actor. You think Johnny 5 will look like the new transformers? Who will play the indian guy that guy from Harold and Kumar? Madonna is still “respected and idolized” as a performer maybe not actor. You think Johnny 5 will look like the new transformers? Who will play the indian guy that guy from Harold and Kumar?

]]> By: Jerry http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-203099 Jerry Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:09:40 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/07/remake-madness/#comment-203099 Yeah, I read about the Casablanca remake-- you would have thought she would have learned her lesson with Swept Away!! It's just painful to read at this point. Yeah, I read about the Casablanca remake– you would have thought she would have learned her lesson with Swept Away!!
It’s just painful to read at this point.

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