Oh FFS...

[redstapler]

Yet another movie that doesn't need to be remade is going to be remade.

Okay, look...The Crow isn't a great movie. It's not even that good. But it's got its own place in history, and also OMGWTFBRANDONLEE. The only time that movie could be made and work was 1994. The world is no longer that world. STOP IT, HOLLYWOOD

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[steelbrassnwood]

Just wait until the musical....

[brewsternorth]

Gah, agreed. It was a period piece - great entertainment for 1994. Remaking it (with more CGI, you bet your life) just defeats the object of the exercise.

Where is Ernie Hudson these days? He was a bit awesome in that movie.

[wendyblackheart]

Ernie Hudson was on HBO's OZ for its entire run. He played the Warden.

[incyr]

And he was awesome at it. Of course, that show was made of pure awesomeness, any way you look at it.

[wendyblackheart]

I know! I just finished re watching all six seasons again (I saw every one on its original air date, except for one)

I really miss that show. It was pretty fucking brilliant. Also, the O'Reilly brothers were made of hotness.

[wendyblackheart]

NO. No. No. I don't approve of this. The comic was good. The movie was decent. (I admit. I have it on tape. Sometimes I still watch it. because as you said, OMGWTFBRANDONLEE I-so-had-a-calendar-of-him-for-years!) But no. Why do they keep doing this?

And if Norrington was the fucker responsible for the move of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, he needs to be smacked. Hard. I didn't even read the comics before hand, but once I got a look at them and saw what they did, I was angered on behalf of them.

[jendaby]

I don't like the whole idea of remaking things to begin with, because in most cases (Ocean's 11 aside) the original stands on its own and doesn't need to be remade. But I am amazed that they are now remaking movies that are not even terribly old! I mean, remaking an old black nd white movie, while still usually a bad idea, at least makes some sort of sense. The Crow? No sense. Besides, they already had at least a couple very lame sequels.

[incyr]

Yeah, this is deep, deep into the realm of insanity.

But then, I also happen to like The Crow - it's not a great movie, but it's quite watchable and a good bit of cinema fun (plus Michael Wincott is awesome as Top Dollar). But still, there's NO REASON for this movie to be remade - anyone who likes the original is going to hate the idea, and anyone who doesn't isn't going to care for a remake anyway. I can't even figure out who the audience for this would be.

[redstapler]

I can't even figure out who the audience for this would be.

Exactly.

Even the fans in their mid-to-late 30s are still too young for this to be viable.

[incyr]

I don't think it an issue of age, I think it's the fact that all the fans know that Brandon Lee died during filming, and that's part of the "mystique." Making a remake is almost dishonoring that "sacrifice", and I think a lot of the fans are going to respond negatively to it. And everyone else just won't care.

[woogledesigns]

Everyone I knew who loved the crow loved it from VHS releases/taped TV broadcasts.