Comments on: Finally the Hollywood remake trend gets to the good stuff. http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:52:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Film Experience Blog: Links: Jodie Hot, Viggo Español: Released... Not http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-36310 Film Experience Blog: Links: Jodie Hot, Viggo Español: Released... Not Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:24:00 +0000 http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/#comment-36310 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] unfulfilling. There wasn't even one entry worth reading. I most certainly did not enjoy some of them so much that I read them twice.Labels: [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

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]]> By: Burbanked http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-36039 Burbanked Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:05:36 +0000 http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/#comment-36039 Sulu! It's been too long! I welcome back your delightful command of vulgar prose and stunning ability to inject Bay Hatred® into every comment, regardless of topic. An always-valued talent around these parts indeed. And sorry, no. Unless "Bad Lieutenant '08" (read the article linked above; that really is the working title) stars Tom Cruise and goes 100% gay, no I won't go see it. Sulu! It’s been too long! I welcome back your delightful command of vulgar prose and stunning ability to inject Bay Hatred® into every comment, regardless of topic. An always-valued talent around these parts indeed.

And sorry, no. Unless “Bad Lieutenant ‘08″ (read the article linked above; that really is the working title) stars Tom Cruise and goes 100% gay, no I won’t go see it.

]]> By: Sulu at the Helm http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-36033 Sulu at the Helm Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:51:30 +0000 http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/#comment-36033 Does nothing make you happy anymore? Here is Hollywood at its best--churning out another unnecessary remake, with a difference. Here's what I like with this one. You gotta appreciate the logic. With King Kong, Halloween, The Wicker Man, etc., Hollywood was remaking profitable and popular films. What happened? These remakes underproduced. With Bad Lieutenant, they're taking the opposite approach--remaking a film that produced almost nothing at the box office. Probable result: millions and millions of dollars! Who wouldn't stand in line for this bad boy, with the opportunity to watch (insert formerly cool actor watching his rep spiraling downward) shoot his man juice on a car housing (insert two gag-inducing Hollywood ho's of the moment)? Think of the possibilities if Michael Bay directed. The force of the expulsion would send the car hurling through a building or a busy intersection. This is why we save our pennies for movie tickets. Does nothing make you happy anymore? Here is Hollywood at its best–churning out another unnecessary remake, with a difference. Here’s what I like with this one. You gotta appreciate the logic. With King Kong, Halloween, The Wicker Man, etc., Hollywood was remaking profitable and popular films. What happened? These remakes underproduced. With Bad Lieutenant, they’re taking the opposite approach–remaking a film that produced almost nothing at the box office. Probable result: millions and millions of dollars! Who wouldn’t stand in line for this bad boy, with the opportunity to watch (insert formerly cool actor watching his rep spiraling downward) shoot his man juice on a car housing (insert two gag-inducing Hollywood ho’s of the moment)? Think of the possibilities if Michael Bay directed. The force of the expulsion would send the car hurling through a building or a busy intersection. This is why we save our pennies for movie tickets.

]]> By: Culture Snob http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-36013 Culture Snob Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:35:32 +0000 http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/#comment-36013 I wonder what Gus Van Sant would do with this one ... . He'd have the opportunity to use the same actors this time, so it would be even truer to his vision of replication. Or perhaps Ferrara would like another stab at it? You know, like Sluizer with <i>The Vanishing</i> (so much better without that bleak ending!) and Haneke with <i>Funny Games</i> (because American audiences just love to be preached to about their addiction to violence). And to make it analogous, Ferrara could make <i>Bad Lieutenant</i> in French or something. I wonder what Gus Van Sant would do with this one … .

He’d have the opportunity to use the same actors this time, so it would be even truer to his vision of replication.

Or perhaps Ferrara would like another stab at it? You know, like Sluizer with The Vanishing (so much better without that bleak ending!) and Haneke with Funny Games (because American audiences just love to be preached to about their addiction to violence).

And to make it analogous, Ferrara could make Bad Lieutenant in French or something.

]]> By: Ray http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-35995 Ray Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:27:31 +0000 http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/#comment-35995 I want Nicholas Cage in the role. I can only imagine what his "orgasm face" will look like while "sexually relieving himself" in the film. Ahhhhh ... sweet, sweet Hollywood ... land of a billion dreams... I want Nicholas Cage in the role. I can only imagine what his “orgasm face” will look like while “sexually relieving himself” in the film.

Ahhhhh … sweet, sweet Hollywood … land of a billion dreams…

]]> By: dougie p http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-35993 dougie p Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:23:04 +0000 http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/#comment-35993 Dear Burbanked, I totally agree with you. We need Bad Lieutenant, bad. My first viewing of the film was very discouraging. It was a B1ockbuster Video rental. The B1ockbuster Entertainment Corporation is a family-friendly chain and they carry an R rated watered down version of the NC-17 Harvey Keitel classic. Thankfully, I did eventually see the full length theatrical version. The 5 extra minutes of Harvey Keitel’s naked hairy ass really made the film come alive. I only hope they don’t try to ‘go another way’ with it and cast Ben Stiller. Regards, Dougie P Dear Burbanked,
I totally agree with you. We need Bad Lieutenant, bad.
My first viewing of the film was very discouraging. It was a B1ockbuster Video rental. The B1ockbuster Entertainment Corporation is a family-friendly chain and they carry an R rated watered down version of the NC-17 Harvey Keitel classic.
Thankfully, I did eventually see the full length theatrical version. The 5 extra minutes of Harvey Keitel’s naked hairy ass really made the film come alive.
I only hope they don’t try to ‘go another way’ with it and cast Ben Stiller.
Regards,
Dougie P

]]> By: MC http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-35992 MC Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:19:21 +0000 http://burbanked.com/2007/08/29/finally-the-hollywood-remake-trend-gets-to-the-good-stuff/#comment-35992 Well considering that Jesse James and Eliot Ness had narrative life as real people, well, I think that is a mitigating factor in all this. Well considering that Jesse James and Eliot Ness had narrative life as real people, well, I think that is a mitigating factor in all this.

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