Comments on: OMG! The Day The Earth Stood Still Remake Might Be Different Than The Original! https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/ The World's Longest-Running Movie Podcast Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.33 By: charnelhouse https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-381066 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:50:53 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-381066 Fresh – yes

Completely different – no

The script review in question revealed that practically NOTHING endures from the original film save the title and the main character’s name. Remakes can make things fresh but they must keep the essence of what made the original great intact. “King Kong” did that. It is hardly a departure from the original. But no Gort? No warning? No Bobbie? No historic quote? A interstellar specimen collecting expedition? No thanks.

Now had they envisioned this as a SEQUEL, with Klaatu returning with Gort 50 years later to tell humanity that, failing to heed my original warning, we’re gonna wipe you out – THAT would be something.

]]> By: lord dungbeetle https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-379076 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:30:09 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-379076 Coolio as Gort? Come on! Sounds straight to video to me.

]]> By: Marina https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-378978 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:44:58 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-378978 I’m with you Sean. You can’t win either way so if they feel the need to massage the original a little to make it a little more realistic(?)/modern(?) I’m OK with it. If I really have problems with it, there’s always the original.

]]> By: Itchy-Finger https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-378977 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:30:53 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-378977 Seeing how there are duplicate movies all in Hollywood , at least these remakes are giving credit to the originals they are stealing from.

The remake of Dawn of the Dead is just as good as the original in my opinion. 3:10 to Yuma I enjoyed just as much as the original also. I’ve got no problems with it. The Hills have Eyes I enjoyed more, that may be just because I could understand the father this time around though.

]]> By: Henrik https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-378963 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:48:32 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-378963 “These are regular people who wouldn’t have put the original King Kong in their Netflix queue otherwise.”

“Both the classics and Regular Joes benefit from remakes when they are done well.”

Financially, it’s a match made in heaven I won’t argue that. Creatively however, not so much. More people seeing a movie, doesn’t make it any better or worse in my book.

]]> By: Brett https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-378960 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:41:11 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-378960 @Henrik
There have been great remakes, in my opinion. And remaking films, if done well, doesn’t take anything away from the classics. It’s not pathetic or unhealthy to have a different opinion, right? I know scores of people who, upon seeing a remake, have sought out the classics they were based on and enjoyed them. These are regular people who wouldn’t have put the original King Kong in their Netflix queue otherwise. These aren’t people who know every Goddard by heart and consider movies pre-1980 to be sacred. Set aside the studio’s motives for a second and think about movie-goers. Both the classics and Regular Joes benefit from remakes when they are done well.

]]> By: Henrik https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-378937 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:45:46 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-378937 However, I will give you that it’s pretty ridiculous to get agitated that the remake is changing things, even big ones. This surely can’t surprise anybody but the most optimistic/ignorant of fans.

]]> By: Henrik https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/comment-page-1/#comment-378936 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:43:38 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/10/omg-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-might-be-different-than-the-original/#comment-378936 “…wouldn’t you rather see a remake that is fresh and completely different instead of a mere rehash?”

No, because it the film is going to be fresh and completely different, then don’t call it ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’!

Remaking films is pathetic however you look at it. You could be apathetic and go “these are the films we are going to get, so lets judge them outside of being remakes or not” or something like that, but that’s not a healthy response. If somebody wants to be fresh and completely different, then don’t hold classics hostage in order to sell tickets. It’s dishonest and it cheapens your movie and yourself as a human being.

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