and in this week's edition of...

...."why are they not leaving something I like alone and bloody
remaking it pointlessly?"

"The Andromeda Strain" is being reborn as a tv mini series.

Fuckwits.

 

The Constipation Constellation

 

Is nothing sacred? I saw the Coen Brothers re-imagining of The Ladykillers
the other day. It was dire. Really, *really* dire. I was expecting
something a little better from them and could *not* believe what they had
done to it.

 

And then there's the remake of The Italian Job. Set in Los Angeles,
ffs.

Mind you, not all remakes are disasters[1]. Bogart's The Maltese
Falcon and Jimmy Stewart's Destry Rides Again were both remakes,
believe it or not.

[1] Most are, though, I agree.

 

There's another in the pipeline: "The Brazilian Job". I kid you not.

 

About a lady's hair-dressing salon?

 

Christ. Paging Molly.

 

Sounds more like a remake of A Close Shave.

 

Wax on, wax off?

 

I managed to watch about 10 minutes. But as a rulem remakes are usually
bad. Nearly as bad as sequels, maybe with the exception of Mad Max 2
;-).

 

Going back to the topic, the only migration from film to TV that was an
improvement was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Apart from Season 7 - when I ran
out of tissues^W willpower.

 

In communiqué

Fondly remembers Julie Christie in "A for Andromeda".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A_for_Andromeda.png
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I thought that was a great point actually, although they need to remake
good stories that were done badly.

 

What about the other way around? I'd liked to have seen a Xena movie,
with all the adult bits they usually apply ;-)

 

The original Dick Barton Secret Agent is being run on BBC Radio 7.

 

Cue "Devil's Gallop". Will they be doing "Journey into Space" next?

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And it's not a remake either, more of an indirect sequel.

 

Firefly became Serenity on the big screen. That was a bit of a laugh.

 

Fark, cahnts.
I liked that movie and it could certainly do with a remake, but a
typical remake would involve too many car chases, mindless sex and
things blowing up. All I'd want in a modern production of it would be
some up-to-date technology and some better sfx.
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I disagree - I don't think it needs remaking at all.

And. ****. Me. I've just discovered they're remaking Westworld too :-/