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[ISProgram]

I finally found my Windows Product key after 14 months. I need to clear some out of my workspot, it's seriously getting real cluttered now.

...Why are movie remakes/reboots so much more worst than the original, even if there's a 30+ year difference between them?!

 

[Capt_hensley]

...Why are movie remakes/reboots so much more worst than the original, even if there's a 30+ year difference between them?!

Because the writers lack real imagination, which is what inspired the originals in the first place.

Directors just like to work, and will make anything as long as it pays...

 

[Andy44]

Remakes can't capture the magic of seeing the subject for the first time the way you did when you were 12 years old and had no idea what a "ghostbuster" was.

It really is amazing how with all this technology so many modern movies suck so horribly. The good films are not the big budget blockbusters. I saw Whiplash a while back and it was an outstanding film. Also Drive. Reminds me of the thoughtful films of the 70s. Not much in the way of special effects but gripping stories and lots of stuff to think about. Not at all like the mindless remakes/reboots.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

It really is amazing how with all this technology so many modern movies suck so horribly. The good films are not the big budget blockbusters. I saw Whiplash a while back and it was an outstanding film. Also Drive. Reminds me of the thoughtful films of the 70s. Not much in the way of special effects but gripping stories and lots of stuff to think about. Not at all like the mindless remakes/reboots.

Which is why I tend to avoid reboots whenever possible. New stuff? Sign me up.

 

[Urwumpe]

Which is why I tend to avoid reboots whenever possible. New stuff? Sign me up.

Would have made you miss "The Magnificent Seven" and "A fistful of dollar".

Both remakes and both worth watching on their own right.

And after x interpretations of Batman, the Christopher Nolan trilogy is sure the ultimate form - for now.

 

[jedidia]

Would have made you miss "The Magnificent Seven"

Not exactly your classical remake, though... more of a re-examination of the source material in a completely different setting and time period.

 

[Urwumpe]

Not exactly your classical remake, though... more of a re-examination of the source material in a completely different setting and time period.

Though you can nearly present both movies side-by-side in parallel and see similar scenes.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Would have made you miss "The Magnificent Seven" and "A fistful of dollar".

Both remakes and both worth watching on their own right.

And after x interpretations of Batman, the Christopher Nolan trilogy is sure the ultimate form - for now.

Tend to, not exclusively. I did watch the Dark Knight Trilogy... I agree. They're the best ones to date.

 

[ISProgram]

It really is amazing how with all this technology so many modern movies suck so horribly.

If anyone has even seen The Thing (1987), and then its prequel (2011), then you would know how well those two movies conform to this. IMHO, the 1987 film is still much better than 2011 film, precisely because of its lack of CGI.

 

[Notebook]

If anyone has even seen The Thing (1987), and then its prequel (2011), then you would know how well those two movies conform to this. IMHO, the 1987 film is still much better than 2011 film, precisely because of its lack of CGI.

Well, if you like lack of CGI, you'll love this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...&mid=3821566AC28FCCBA49393821566AC28FCCBA4939

Not Howard Hawks usual thing, and extra points for anyone who knows what series James Arness was famous for? USA citizens should know anyway, so are excluded. I'm sure I've done this before...

N.

 

[Pipcard]

Maybe the reason why people think "cgi" is bad for movies is because only the bad, highly conspicuous cgi is noticed.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Went out for sushi for dinner the other night. The itamae were playing their own music to the dining room. The selection? The Flash Gordon soundtrack by Queen :huh:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4_Z84-rRE"]Flash - Queen (Official Music Video) - YouTube[/ame]

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Maybe the reason why people think "cgi" is bad for movies is because only the bad, highly conspicuous cgi is noticed.

I think it is more the fact that when CGI really started to be used, it was applied to churn out a lot (and I mean A LOT) of bad movies that relied more on CGI dazzle than story to sell. That worked when CGI was new, but now everyone has seen CGI effects; the dazzle is gone and everyone wants a story again. A lot of people have been burned by watching a 2 hr movie with over-the-top special effects and absolutely no story, so many people equate CGI with poor storyline. That equality is not true, but the onus is on the director to tell a story supported by CGI effects.

 

[Andy44]

CGI is too often used as a crutch and to cover up poor writing and story-telling.

And special effects just aren't as cool as they used to be, because the novelty had worn off. In the old days, when you saw a cockpit view of an X-wing making the trench run on the Death Star, you were in awe and couldn't believe what you were seeing; someone had obviously done a lot of work on that shot. And the first CGI I remember was The Abyss, and then Terminator 2, which were truly groundbreaking at the time.

CGI is used in Old Spice commercials now, so it doesn't impress me when Micheal Bay uses it in his new Super Duper Explosionerrific Sci Fi Ego blockbuster movie with a zillion-dollar budget.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Agreed. It's about how it's applied, not the quantity of it.

And that trench run in Episode IV? NOT CGI. It was a scale model practical effect.

 

[Andy44]

And that trench run in Episode IV? NOT CGI. It was a scale model practical effect.

That's my point. Before CGI special effects were still "special".

Also, it's not "Episode IV". It's just plain "Star Wars".

Now get off my lawn!

 

[jedidia]

So my wife just went to bed, I stayed up to play a bit, when suddenly the printer beside me jumps to life and starts spitting out paper. She was figuring out how to print stuff from her phone over WIFI. I start to wonder who the actual nerd is in this family... :shifty:

 

[Pipcard]

The last time I saw Star Wars was when I was a kid, so maybe I was too young to understand how bad the prequels were. But I'm not gonna be one of those people who denies their existence.

 

[Andy44]

Disney is gearing up for the Star Wars-ification of their theme parks. If they have a guy in a padded rubber Jar Jar Binks suit and sparring helmet and let you beat on him for $20 bucks I will buy a plane ticket to go there with a $100 dollar bill in my hand.

 

[ISProgram]

I'm first in line for that. I may only have $30, but boy what a beat-down it's gonna be.

 

[Artlav]

Hm, i wonder if there will be one in Paris' disneyland...?