Heard on the radio, the classic House of Wax is gonna be remade

[Joranthalus]

opinions on paris and modern tech aside, some classics only work as period pieces... I just can't see that being spooky with any aspect of "today" involved in it... Same with the Kong remake, it's gonna suck cuz the concept is so dated it won't work... Godzilla anyone?

[AngelsDemon]

I'll see it if I get to see Paris Hilton bite the dust! DIE BITCH DIE! [img]graemlins/devil.gif[/img]

[Street Worm]

Yup-didn't read it all, but this is Dark Castle's next film due out for halloween.

Everyone should see "Mystery Of the Wax Museum" (1933) w/Fay Wray & (the great) Lionel Atwill....

that's the real original-and the best of the lot~

Unlike the original, this new incarnation features Paris and teen-company as a group of friends who take a wrong turn and get stuck in an abandoned town -- with psychopaths who turn their victims into wax figures for their killer exhibit!

Paris learned there's more than meets the eye to being a "scream queen," like remote locations, long hours and scraped knees! "We're in the middle of nowhere and there's bugs everywhere -- I'm actually running through the forest in bare feet, and it hurts!"

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<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ June 09, 2004 11:29 PM: Message edited by: Street Worm ]</font>

[Tortricidae]

Originally posted by -Dark Angel-:
True. A lot of people were not fond of it, but I thought "The House on Haunted Hill" remake was very well done. It doens't exactly compare with the original because they chose to make a couple of fairly drastic changes from the original plot, but I think it compliments and is respectful toward the original, and suceeds well enow on its own.

...on the other hand...

...the remake of "The Haunting" was ABSO-FUCKING-LUTE SHIT. Jeezuz, that film was so bad it fucking hurt. And gave no props to the original--which is an excellent, excellent film--whatsoever.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">heh..someone who agrees that "house on haunted hill" was better than the haunting. my friends all insist it's the other way around. I did not like the Haunting at all.

[Lord Megatron]

*crosses fingers and hopes for it to bomb*

[DARTH POOH]

As I read that Paris Hilton is going to be in it,
I'm finding an odd physical reaction..kind of a twitch in the sphincter and...PLFFFFTTTTT!!!! [img]redface.gif[/img]
oops! I guess that was it [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]

[TCM Hitchhiker]

Originally posted by Joranthalus:
opinions on paris and modern tech aside, some classics only work as period pieces... I just can't see that being spooky with any aspect of "today" involved in it... Same with the Kong remake, it's gonna suck cuz the concept is so dated it won't work... Godzilla anyone?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Godzilla is a bad example, because America has ALWAYS fucked up Godzilla and other kaiju films. The old films are badly dubbed/translated, and cut to all hell. In Japan, Godzilla films were going stong, and doing great. There was no need to Remake Godzilla. All they did was make a Jurassic Park in New York movie. It wasn't even really a Godzilla film, and any real Godzilla fan will tell you the same. That was just pure horse shit.

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[DemonsAngel]

paris hilton [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img] what a shame!!! now see i like house on haunted hill but i liked the haunting for certain reasons too!

[TCM Hitchhiker]

The original Haunting is a KILLER film!

[Joranthalus]

Originally posted by TCM Hitchhiker:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Joranthalus:
opinions on paris and modern tech aside, some classics only work as period pieces... I just can't see that being spooky with any aspect of "today" involved in it... Same with the Kong remake, it's gonna suck cuz the concept is so dated it won't work... Godzilla anyone?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Godzilla is a bad example, because America has ALWAYS fucked up Godzilla and other kaiju films. The old films are badly dubbed/translated, and cut to all hell. In Japan, Godzilla films were going stong, and doing great. There was no need to Remake Godzilla. All they did was make a Jurassic Park in New York movie. It wasn't even really a Godzilla film, and any real Godzilla fan will tell you the same. That was just pure horse shit.

<font color="#cd6600"><font size="1">[ June 09, 2004 08:48 PM: Message edited by: TCM Hitchhiker ]</font></font></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have a good point, but to me it's the smae problem. Replace "country" with "era" and you get the same effect. Godzilla can be made by the Japanese forever. It's not a period piece, but more of a culture piece...