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Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake?!

The music is definitely the best part of the movie. In high school, we used to listen to (and sing along with) the soundtrack cassette blasting through the old Kraco in my buddy's '73 Nova.

Good times.
 
stuartk said:
I always think of a movie that was a favorite at my High School. We had noon movies where they showed 16mm films. Everyone's favorite was "Night of the Living Dead."

It was creepier in B&W than almost any horror movie I've seen since in color.

It's also another example of a movie that didn't need to be remade (twice!).
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I hate to contradict you, and know that I love NOTLD, but the B&W classic is itself a remake of sorts. Its basically a variation of I Am Legend that was first made in 1964 as The Last Man on Earth. And it has spawned two other direct remakes- The Omega Man and then the recent I Am Legend with Will Smith.

The story goes that George Romero met Richard Matheson and immediatly threw up his arms and said, "I did not make a nickel off it!":yes:
 
Jack Lord said:
I hate to contradict you, and know that I love NOTLD, but the B&W classic is itself a remake of sorts. Its basically a variation of I Am Legend that was first made in 1964 as The Last Man on Earth. And it has spawned two other direct remakes- The Omega Man and then the recent I Am Legend with Will Smith.

The story goes that George Romero met Richard Matheson and immediatly threw up his arms and said, "I did not make a nickel off it!":yes:
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Matheson hopes the new Legend movie will serve his novel better than Hollywood's two previous attempts, 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man. ''They've never really done the book as I wrote it,'' he says. And that's not counting uncredited homages like George A. Romero's 1968 zombie flick Night of the Living Dead. '''Homage' means 'I get to steal your work,''' says Matheson. ''George Romero's a nice guy, though. I don't harbor any animosity toward him.''

Never knew that.
 
Urchinn said:
John Carpenter's remake of The Thing is pretty fantastic.
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Only because Carpenter remade it with Snake Plissken. Speaking of Snake, he might be recast using Gerard Butler in the "Escape From New York" remake. You see how this starts to really suck? How about an original film based in the same 'verse as Snake & Brain? (You know, maybe extend the story a little bit beyond the ground already trod?)

Scroll Down, Wizard of Underworld Negotiates to Remake EFNY

Jeebus, you kids. No theology or geometry to speak of.

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Andyman said:
I think it's a classic and should be left alone. Name me one classic remake that betters the original???
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generally speaking, i'd agree. however, there are exceptions. "little shop of horrors" with steve martin, bill murray, rick moranis, and etc. was much better than the original (?) with jack nicholson.
 
soundmotor said:
Matheson hopes the new Legend movie will serve his novel better than Hollywood's two previous attempts, 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man. ''They've never really done the book as I wrote it,'' he says. And that's not counting uncredited homages like George A. Romero's 1968 zombie flick Night of the Living Dead. '''Homage' means 'I get to steal your work,''' says Matheson. ''George Romero's a nice guy, though. I don't harbor any animosity toward him.''

Never knew that.
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I just read the book and have looked up alot of interviews with him. He basically does not like any of the versions although he says the first came the closest (he did work on the script under a false name). He would have liked Jack Palance to be Neville back then and Harrison Ford now.

This might be common among authors seeing their work turn into films. I asked Richard Price about it at a signing and he does not like any of the films made from his work- although he does a cameo in each!:scratch2:
 
Jack Lord said:
I just read the book and have looked up alot of interviews with him. He basically does not like any of the versions although he says the first came the closest (he did work on the script under a false name). He would have liked Jack Palance to be Neville back then and Harrison Ford now.
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I have the book also and it is the benchmark to me for realistic, post-apocalypse novels. It is bleak & real. Another one I need to read is Harry Harrison's "Make Room, Make Room". We know it as Soylent Green.
 
soundmotor said:
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I have the book also and it is the benchmark to me for realistic, post-apocalypse novels. It is bleak & real. Another one I need to read is Harry Harrison's "Make Room, Make Room". We know it as Soylent Green.
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Agreed. The best is how you get inside Neville's head and his ever-changing reactions to the dystopia the world has become- rage, despair, determination, alcoholism, etc. I liked it so much I ran out and bought the graphic novel. Mrs Lord probably thinks I am crazy.:screwy:
 
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