Champ wrote:
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> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:21:12 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Andy
> Hewitt) wrote:
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> >As a rule remakes are usually bad.
>
> Oh, quite so.
>
> As Michael Caine pointed out, the industry shouldn't be re-making the
> great movies, it should be re-making the crap ones.

By that yardstick, they should be re-making most of Caine's back
catalogue.

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<(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>Champ wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:21:12 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Andy
>> Hewitt) wrote:
>>
>> >As a rule remakes are usually bad.
>>
>> Oh, quite so.
>>
>> As Michael Caine pointed out, the industry shouldn't be re-making the
>> great movies, it should be re-making the crap ones.
>
>By that yardstick, they should be re-lining most of Cane's back
>passage.

Whilst not necessarily disagreeing with the sentiment, I fail to see the
connection.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.