You say what you want about others, but leave Jaws: the Revenge out of it. A brilliantly insane premise.
Escape From New York Remake
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Darth_Fatso
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I heard several years ago there were plans on remaking this and then nothing.
For the most part, I no longer care if a movie gets remade anymore. Remakes aren't going away and in the end they won't take away my enjoyment of the originals.
For the most part, I no longer care if a movie gets remade anymore. Remakes aren't going away and in the end they won't take away my enjoyment of the originals.
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In short, "Remakes gonna remake!"
EVILFACE
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While I love the original, a remake doesn't bother me.
If it does you, don't watch it.
If it does you, don't watch it.
While I love the original, a remake doesn't bother me.
If it does you, don't watch it.
I enjoyed the Total Recall, Dredd remake if this has the same flair I am game.
fosing
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Master Wayne
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Kurt Russell can't be topped for me. That said, Josh Brolin gets my vote for Snake.
fosing
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3 years late. LOL
Damn. . . . . .
3 years late. LOL
VintijDroidGutzz
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^ Looks like Antonio Banderras.
I won't watch this, but - hey, I know millions of others will.
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I have a bad feeling about this. Has John Carpenter given his thoughts on this?
Something Sexy
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I would be ok with this if they cast Handsome Bob in it.
Snake Plissken
40s "men" still cry about being bullied here
I hope this never comes to light. It will be poorly casted and aimed at tweens and will in all likelihood have a dumb *** love story. If they want a great remake/reboot/prequel it needs to be dark and gritty with a good lead as Snake. I for one, have cringed at the thoughts of this when it was first talked about years ago.
And The Thing remake can eat my ballz. Nothing beats Carpenter's.
And The Thing remake can eat my ballz. Nothing beats Carpenter's.
Perhaps not, but the original was subversive as hell, with one of the most cynical, sardonic & non-copout endings in cinema history.
Just try to get that ending released today by a major studio . . .
^brilliantPlissken and Russell are one. Alpha and Omega. Nuff said.
(And after Dredd's box office take, I'd guess the greenlights for dystopian sci-fi anti-hero scripts will be fewer and farther between.
Did Dredd have any of the humor or winking in-jokes of Escape From NY? It seemed to lack the latter's magnificent cast.)
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KneelBeforrSmallville
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If they remake the Escape movie im shure whoever tackles it will know it will have to be dark, gritty and make Snake a very awesome character, but lets all be honest here
Kurt Russel still has 1 more left in him, the guys an amazing actor, and a cool dude who LOVES the Snake character, and im shure they can get him to do one final movie...John Carpenters Escape From Earth!!!
They could totally do it in a post future apocolyptic landscape, hes old but he can still kick@$$ and take down the badguys.
Kurt Russel still has 1 more left in him, the guys an amazing actor, and a cool dude who LOVES the Snake character, and im shure they can get him to do one final movie...John Carpenters Escape From Earth!!!
They could totally do it in a post future apocolyptic landscape, hes old but he can still kick@$$ and take down the badguys.
EVILFACE
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Can't be any worse than Carpenters Escape From LA abomination.
jacklefttown
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Let's face it, the BEST thing about the original EFNY was the character of Snake. His clothes, the look and design of his boots, the patch, his "I don't give a s#it attitude, etc... If Snake was just some guy in a tee shirt and jeans, the movie would have blown. It was Kurt Russell as Snake that made this B movie great!
A remake is a waste of time and resources. I would love another Snake film, but not a remake. Poor Debra Hill is probably turning over in her grave over this!
A remake is a waste of time and resources. I would love another Snake film, but not a remake. Poor Debra Hill is probably turning over in her grave over this!
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Kurt Russell as Snake was more than just that. It's tough sometimes for people to understand the significance of seeing something when it first hits on the big screen, and the intervening years haven't happened yet. This is a good example.
Kurt Russell was gone from the big screen for several years before Escape. In the 60's and early 70's he played in a bunch of Disney flicks, usually playing the nerdy kid, like in Strongest Man in the World, Now You See Him Now You Don't, or the Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (his name was even 'dexter', and being a poindexter was the epitome of 60's nerddom). Remember, all we had then was the previews for flicks, and those were largely only seen at other movies, so we had no real idea what Snake was going to be like prior to the movie. I don't even remember connecting that it was Russell.
And then he walked on screen. Holy crap! Russell was my generations Selena Gomez, so imagine if she showed up in a few years playing as good a badass as Uma in Kill Bill. It was a shock - and he was great! It was proof to all us nerds that we could be badasses...no, it wasn't high art. But it was a solid movie with a tremendous main character who also happened to be a very big positive surprise.
They can actually make a better version, at least in terms of plot. But they aren't going to be able to recapture that one aspect of the original film that made it a classic for so many of us - the surprising debut of Russell as an action star.
Kurt Russell was gone from the big screen for several years before Escape. In the 60's and early 70's he played in a bunch of Disney flicks, usually playing the nerdy kid, like in Strongest Man in the World, Now You See Him Now You Don't, or the Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (his name was even 'dexter', and being a poindexter was the epitome of 60's nerddom). Remember, all we had then was the previews for flicks, and those were largely only seen at other movies, so we had no real idea what Snake was going to be like prior to the movie. I don't even remember connecting that it was Russell.
And then he walked on screen. Holy crap! Russell was my generations Selena Gomez, so imagine if she showed up in a few years playing as good a badass as Uma in Kill Bill. It was a shock - and he was great! It was proof to all us nerds that we could be badasses...no, it wasn't high art. But it was a solid movie with a tremendous main character who also happened to be a very big positive surprise.
They can actually make a better version, at least in terms of plot. But they aren't going to be able to recapture that one aspect of the original film that made it a classic for so many of us - the surprising debut of Russell as an action star.
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