| Ook | #320611 Friday August 15, 2008 at 03:59 | |
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I honestly cannot figure out if I'm for this or against it... primarily it depends upon the casting I think.... I'm scared.... quote: MTV is doing the time warp on a remake of 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Lou Adler, exec producer of the original film, is partnering with BermanBraun and Fox Television Studios on the new rendition. Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original. Helmer and casting decisions have yet to be announced. Fox is sin discussions with BSkyB and Sky Movies to co-finance and distribute the telepic abroad. Timetable for the start of production hasn't been established yet but the partners aim to move forward quickly once the final elements are in place. "I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV," Adler said. BermanBraun principal Gail Berman will exec produce the project along with partner Lloyd Braun. Berman has been attached to a "Rocky Horror" remake dating back to her tenure as Fox programming chief (Daily Variety, July 1, 2002). The original "Rocky Horror," starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf, has grossed $140 million in domestic box office over the years, primarily from the wallets of youthful audience members who have shown up for midnight screenings over the past three decades. ORIGINAL ARTICLE discuss? --
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| Kavanagh | #320613 Friday August 15, 2008 at 04:28 | |
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I think they just want to cash in on the name, but you never know, it may be good. If the previews look good I'll go and see it with Drudie.
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| Schnookums | #320634 Friday August 15, 2008 at 07:40 | |
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quote: Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original. lost me right there --
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| Kavanagh | #320637 Friday August 15, 2008 at 08:03 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Schnookums: quote: Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original. lost me right there Why? --
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| Alisia | #320641 Friday August 15, 2008 at 08:07 | |
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Well... two of the songs from the original show were cut from the movie. So it might be those two they're talking about.
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| Tashira | #320662 Friday August 15, 2008 at 08:41 | |
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Hrmmmm....I wonder if Richard O'Brien really approved of this. I heard that they were thinking about using some of the cast from High School Musical *runs from room screaming* Some things should just be left alone. Afterall, you don't see anyone doing a remake of "Gone With the Wind" or "Blazing Saddles" or "Tron." *waits excitedly for "Tron2"
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| Greebo | #320689 Friday August 15, 2008 at 09:48 | |
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According to an article I just read, Richard O'Brien neither approved nor is involved with the remake. If nothing else, that kills it right there. I'm against the entire concept. Honestly, how could you possibly think that you're going to improve the longest running movie in history? And it succeeds because of things that are totally beyond the ability of the movie industry to account for. Rocky Horror, on it's own is a *bad* movie. The music is good, but the plot and dialog are pretty lame. Yet, somehow, that is what makes it so much fun to watch with a crowd of people who also understand that it bad, yet it's got perfect fodder to make fun of throughout the entire movie. There is no way MTV is going to manage to capture that. Hell, Richard O'Brien couldn't do it twice! (See Shock Treatment.) This is, unfortunately, one of those epic examples of how stupid Hollyweird execs are and how much everything they do is approved by the bean counters instead of artists. --
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| Alisia | #320693 Friday August 15, 2008 at 10:10 | |
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You know? There's still only one other performance experience with the same ingrained reactions (toast, news papers, etc) that Rocky Horror has. And that's the last night of the Proms in London... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proms#Last_Night_of_the_Proms quote: Prommers with tickets are likely to queue up much earlier than usual (even overnight) in order to ensure a good place to stand in the hall. The resulting cameraderie adds to the atmosphere. Fancy dress is an optional extra: from dinner jackets to patriotic T-shirts. Many use the occasion for an exuberant display of Britishness. Union Flags are carried and waved by the Prommers, especially during Rule Britannia. Flags (mostly national flags and regional flags), balloons and party poppers are all welcome. Sir Henry Wood's bust is crowned with a laurel chaplet by representatives of the Promenaders, who often wipe an imaginary bead of sweat from his forehead or make some similar gentle visual joke. Near the end, the conductor makes a speech thanking the musicians and audiences, and mentioning the main themes covered through the season. I've seen videos... there are strings with handkerchiefs tied on that are rotated around the room, bicycle horns... lots of things like that. --
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| Hypiron | #320718 Friday August 15, 2008 at 12:20 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Kamarian: Afterall, you don't see anyone doing a remake of "Blazing Saddles" Well for this one I'd say you couldn't remake simply because how our culture is today you'd have people running screaming at the apparent hate crime being committed. Though I do go catch it at the midnight showings when the local artsy theater plays it. --
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| Roberth | #320724 Friday August 15, 2008 at 13:02 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Hypiron: quote: Originally posted by Kamarian: Afterall, you don't see anyone doing a remake of "Blazing Saddles" Well for this one I'd say you couldn't remake simply because how our culture is today you'd have people running screaming at the apparent hate crime being committed. Though I do go catch it at the midnight showings when the local artsy theater plays it. Anyone elese remember in the movie when the sherrif was facing off against Mongo it went more than the telegram bit? Like 2 or 3 other sequences? All the times I see the movie now it seems like they cut those parts out. Or am I just imagining it? --
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| Schnookums | #320739 Friday August 15, 2008 at 13:56 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Kavanagh: quote: Originally posted by Schnookums: quote: Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original. lost me right there Why? because RHPS is perfect as it is... adding stuff or making some updated version with "never before seen footage" is just silly. RHPS is good because it's camp, because of the people who were in it. A remake is just some lazy a-hole's way of trying to milk some extra cash for himself. I use to help set up props between scenes one summer in Long Beach.. fond memories that a new RHPS will just sully. --
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| Jnxie | #320746 Friday August 15, 2008 at 14:15 | |
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Nuuuuu leave my Rocky Horor Alone!!! Gah my all time favorite movie and now they wanna remake and ruin it :( Without the origional music *cries* Maybe I am a total nerd but I know RHPS word for word. Memorized it because have seen it soo many times. I even have the sound track. Really I think a remake will ruin new generations for the origional. Story: We went on a cruise 4 years ago and my 3 kids were with us. There was a kids program thing they had on the back side of the ship...Long story short, I walked back there to pick them up and lo and behold a grp of 15 kids all lined up with my daughter in front of them *teaching them* the time warp! I was dying laughing. Hmm wonder what their parents thought when they showed their parents the new dance they learned? --
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| Ook | #320758 Friday August 15, 2008 at 15:03 | |
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As I recall Obrien tried EXTREMELY hard to get the sequel off the ground.. to no avail
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| Greebo | #320765 Friday August 15, 2008 at 16:35 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Alisia: You know? There's still only one other performance experience with the same ingrained reactions (toast, news papers, etc) that Rocky Horror has. There might be one other, but I don't know for myself. One of my co-workers ended up being taken to a midnight showing, in Salt Lake City, complete with calls, audience participation, and so on, of *drumroll* Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail. It was years ago, so it may not still exist, but I would think that would be *awesome*. Schnookums: Heh! I've been to the Long Beach Rocky a few times in the late 90's. :> --
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| Schnookums | #320773 Friday August 15, 2008 at 17:10 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Greebo: Schnookums: Heh! I've been to the Long Beach Rocky a few times in the late 90's. :> small world :> went there one night with friends and it ended up being something to do before hitting the after hours spots... and of course the girl playing Janet was smoking hot and lived close by... but i digress. --
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