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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:19:44 AM EDT
Can't they simply leave shit alone? Is it too much to ask to come up with an ORGINAL idea just once in awhile?
Assholes!  comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7913 Tron Remake in the Works at Disney Source: Variety January 13, 2005 Disney has hired screenwriters Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal to write a remake of Tron, the 1982 Steven Lisberger film about a computer programmer who gets sucked into the parallel world of a computer program, reports Variety. Klugman and Sternthal, who just wrote the historical epic Warrior for Gavin O'Connor to direct and Icon to produce, feel that the world has caught up with Lisberger's original concept, making it ripe for redo. "We are contemporizing it, taking these ideas that were ahead of the curve and applying them to the present, and we feel the film now has a chance to resonate with a young audience," said Klugman. Sternthal said the new conceit is that the computer programmer gets trapped in a cyberworld, so that the film can utilize the Internet. The writers take the job as they near an end to writing Black Cat, based on the 1940s Harvey comic book character of a stuntwoman who becomes a vigilante on the streets of Los Angeles. Michael Uslan produces the pic to be directed by Chuck Russell. |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:24:22 AM EDT
[#1]
The PC game Tron that came out a bit back kicked ass.
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:25:53 AM EDT
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When is the movie industry going to get some writers with imagination instead of just looking in their VHS collection to see what movie to destroy next?
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:26:47 AM EDT
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I've been trying to write a story like that for 15 years. Stealin my ideas, the damn heathens!
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:27:39 AM EDT
[#4]
I suppose there must be a profit in doing this.
Dennis Jenkins |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:27:45 AM EDT
[#5]
Hey, maybe they will actually make a good film this time instead of that piece of shit they released 23 years ago.
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:27:48 AM EDT
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Maybe they'll do a good job this time.
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:34:42 AM EDT
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The "profit" is that Copyright is the life of the author PLUS 70 YEARS. They don't have to come up with any new ideas, they just keep recycing the old shit because they don't have to pay anyone for an original idea. It works perfectly for them. They simply wait until the next generation doesn't know about the "old version" of the film/tv series/whatever and do it over again. Anyone in their 20's or younger goes "Gee, that's new" while the rest of the planet goes "AGNTSA!". |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 2:57:38 PM EDT
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Strange!
It’s generally good movies that are remade. And even then, the remakes are invariably terrible.  |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:04:15 PM EDT
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Geez...Tron???
What the hell is next, Logan's Run? |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:05:04 PM EDT
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I recently saw an ad for that "Assault on Precinct 13." I believe I saw the original and while it was a good movie it was really cheaply made with LOW production values.
I admit my attention span slipped on this one but the remake does feature at least three big name actors. Might totally suck though. I will try to watch it though when it finally hits the movie channels.<G> Dennis Jenkins
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:05:57 PM EDT
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I expect it will be worse.
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:06:10 PM EDT
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I rented Tron a while back and tried watching it. Couldn't get into it at all. I'm not gunna spend my cash to see a remake.
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:07:55 PM EDT
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Tron + the "cyberworld" eh?
Guess they missed "Lawnmower Man"
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:09:20 PM EDT
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The original was pretty lame. |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:11:50 PM EDT
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I actually really liked both of those movies when they came out. I'd like to see a remake of Logan's Run as well 
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:13:58 PM EDT
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They will find a way. |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:14:17 PM EDT
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I looked it up on IMDB. Looks like the new Assault on Precinct 13 does nothing to break the chain of really bad remakes.
Still might watch it though.<G> Dennis Jenkins I stole a quote from reviews. It's hard to believe we've reached the sick point in society where the villains are now crooked cops instead of vicious street gangs. What's next remaking "Dirty Harry" with Harry Callahan the villain and the Scorpio killer the good guy? They've changed the villains from street gangs to crooked cops in order to pander to the hoods in the audience -- the very people you really have to worry about in everyday life. Hollywood knows no shame anymore. |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:17:49 PM EDT
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In my book it would be a winner if it consisted of 90 minutes of Light-cycle chases and disc wars!
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:26:08 PM EDT
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so now it's a remake?
year or so ago it was going to be a sequel is coming soon a rumor site? like how IMDB has had a Quantum Leap movie listed for 4 years now and every year they change the release date to the following year |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:26:28 PM EDT
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Triva question (no Googling  ) .Who was the actor that was Bruce Boxleitner's opponent in the Disc Game? (hint: it was a sign and portent of the future) 
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:29:48 PM EDT
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No idea. To tell you the truth, the only thing I got out of that movie was a desperate urge to corner my BMX bike on a dime. Oh, and frisbee golf. I'm a master at frisbee golf... |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 3:30:47 PM EDT
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I played the original Tron arcade game back in the early '80s...pretty |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 4:39:53 PM EDT
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This guy will be psyched!
www.tronguy.net/TRONcostume/ (Freaky middle aged man in a "unitard" warning). 
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Posted: 1/13/2005 4:47:18 PM EDT
[#24]
cool!
the original was fun...thanks to an altered state of consciousness. |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 5:06:18 PM EDT
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Triva question (no Googling ) .
Who was the actor that was Bruce Boxleitner's opponent in the Disc Game? (hint: it was a sign and portent of the future) The world can be a small place sometimes....  
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Posted: 1/13/2005 5:16:51 PM EDT
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awesome, didn't know londo was in it
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