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[kowboy]

bittergourd dropped the remake bomb on us yesterday with the announcement that Peter Berg has signed on to direct the new film version of Frank Herbert's Dune. Needless to say, the idea of the man behind The Kingdom and The Rundown directing a film adaptation of a novel that has confounded film makers such as David Lynch and (some would say) John Harrison is

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[photosexual]

Remakes horrify me so much. There's a reason the original was quirky, live with it! Ok, maybe not that stubborn, but maybe *most* remakes shouldn't be made. And sequels.

As for worst remakes I can imagine? Son of the return of the re-visit of Gilligan's Island.

Or "Three's Company, the movie".

And while your wretching in horror, let me just say that the trailer from the Hulk movie doesn't have me impressed. It's a 2 hour computer cartoon. I suppose if I shift my thinking and just let it be that, it won't be so bad - but you know how I hate the movie makers that take the pussy way out by "doing it on computer" as a cop-out crutch, when they could actually impress me if they did it analog (for lack of a better term) and got away with scenes that took actual *work* and cleverness and planning to do.

Here's one to make you puke: Remake Deathrace 2000 (and call it "Deathrace 2010! based on the original screenplay!") and put all of the famous tv, movie, and music cars - ZZ Top's "Eliminator vs. Rob Zombie's "Dragula". The Beverly Hillbillies' shit-heap vs. Knight Rider. Wouldn't that be a hoot?

[kowboy]

Too late:

Death Race 3000 with Jason Statham and Tyrese Gibson is set for release in September of 2008.

[photosexual]

Kill me now. That's going to be such crap.