Red Dawn remake gets bowdlerized

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Posted: 3/16/2011 2:41:09 PM EDT

Lame.

When MGM decided a few years ago to remake "Red Dawn," a 1984 Cold War drama
about a bunch of American farm kids repelling a Soviet invasion, the
studio needed new villains, since the U.S.S.R. had collapsed in 1991.
The producers substituted Chinese aggressors for the Soviets and filmed
the movie in Michigan in 2009.

But potential distributors are nervous about becoming associated with
the finished film, concerned that doing so would harm their ability to
do business with the rising Asian superpower, one of the fastest-growing
and potentially most lucrative markets for American movies, not to
mention other U.S. products.

As a result, the filmmakers now are digitally erasing Chinese flags and
military symbols from "Red Dawn," substituting dialogue and altering the
film to depict much of the invading force as being from North Korea, an isolated country where American media companies have no dollars at stake.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-china-red-dawn-20110316,0,995726.story

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:44:55 PM EDT

[#1]

I don't know what's worse, the change or this DUPE!

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:45:01 PM EDT

[#2]

I'm suprised they don't make it about America invading Red China. Were the bad guys any way.

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:46:19 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
I don't know what's worse, the change or this DUPE!

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:47:09 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
As a result, the filmmakers now are digitally erasing Chinese flags and military symbols from "Red Dawn,

My opinion of this might be a CoC violation.

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:49:13 PM EDT

[#5]

Well, I'm out.

I really was looking forward to it even though I knew it was going to suck with the terrible effort at realism, but this is just full blown retarded now.

I'm guessing as badly as they've #$%@ed it up it will be available on Netflix Streaming in short order anyways if not go directly there. Nobody is going to want to see this craptastic excuse for a movie that has NO right carrying the title "Red Dawn."

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:50:40 PM EDT

[#6]

WTF!!!

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:50:41 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Well, I'm out.

I really was looking forward to it even though I knew it was going to suck with the terrible effort at realism, but this is just full blown retarded now.

I'm guessing as badly as they've #$%@ed it up it will be available on Netflix Streaming in short order anyways if not go directly there. Nobody is going to want to see this craptastic excuse for a movie that has NO right carrying the title "Red Dawn."

Rename it Pink Morning

Posted: 3/16/2011 2:54:05 PM EDT

[#8]

A movie about standing up in defense, and the producers are big fat pussies.

What a surprise

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:01:10 PM EDT

[#9]

It won't be worth watching

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:04:19 PM EDT

[#10]

At least they didn't change it to NeoNazis like Sum of all Fears.

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:13:15 PM EDT

[#11]

This movie will be an absolute piece of shit....

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:18:16 PM EDT

[#12]

Hmmm.

So we have to change a movie villain because the real life country is so powerful that nobody can point out their potential?

Isn't that the point of having a movie villain?

(BTW, didn't North Korea go a little batty when they were depicted as torturers in this or that 007 movie?)

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:22:13 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
This movie will be an absolute piece of shit....

+1.

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:26:51 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
This movie will be an absolute piece of shit....

yep

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:36:55 PM EDT

[#15]

I'm surprised they didn't go with the norks at first, their is no easier pariah to be found on earth. though they are no where near the threat that china is.

Posted: 3/16/2011 3:46:48 PM EDT

[#16]

Much like when they made Clancy's "Sum of all Fears" and changed the villains from islamic terrorists to euro nazis.
I have read all of Clancy's books and have seen the films but I refused to ever watch that 'film".

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