Is there some sort of running contest in Hollywood to see which director can cast Mr Smith in the most unsuitable role possible without the backers rushing for the door?
In related news, Sam Raimi is to direct another remake of The Day of the Triffids.
To quote Miracle Max, While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?
Update: Martin Freeman is to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit because Will Smith had scheduling conflicts.
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Mr. Smith was good in the two "Men In Black" movies. He was terrible in "The Wild, Wild West". Somehow, I suspect this will trend more toward the latter.
Since "WWW" I have more-or-less avoided any film he is in, with (I think) good reason.
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eon
Presumably, Triffids will now be set in Los Angeles (which will look oddly like Vancouver)?
Three good things come from rotten remakes. First; there's little to no talk of doing further remakes, second; a pristine DVD of the original gets released, and third; when the remake bombs it goes away quietly to the $3 bin at Walmart never to trouble us again.
Maybe a remake of "Colossal Man" would be a better place to start, can't go anywhere but up with that one
Using your encyclopedic knowledge of SF literature,
what story had the super-carrot in orbit that
gave correct weather reports?
Did that machine declare world peace also?
Neil A. Russell;
Absolutely true. I bought the DVD of the pathetic Keanu Reeves version of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" just to get the bonus DVD of the pristine remastered print of the 1951 original.
And I actually watched the remake. Once. Seeing that it was a cross between "The Matrix" and some deep-eco's genocidal wet-dream, I now consider it mainly useful as a coaster for my coffee cup. While I'm watching the original, which never disappoints.
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eon
If it was remade today it would be
The Internet that comes alive and
takes over the world.
I don't know how it would handle rule 34.
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In the novel (haven't read it) the machine
experiments on people.
And the Mona Lisa.
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The Russians still have their
doomsday machine. Google 'The Dead Hand'.
Yes. Exactly as in 'Dr Strangelove'.
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