NO MORE REMAKES!!!
Not once, but twice this week I’ve been pissed off so much that I haven’t felt like writing about movies or the movie business. Earlier this week came a report that Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with Fran and Kaz Rubel on a remake/relaunch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer without the input of creator Joss Whedon. Now there is a report that Fox is going forward with a remake of Alien. Seriously, why?
I enjoyed the original Buffy movie, but was completely blown away by the television show. Like many fans, I’ve followed the characters I love into the comics and will continue to follow them into the future. A future we all hoped might include a feature film. Now we get word that a feature is in the works. A feature without Joss Whedon? Without Sarah Michelle Gellar? Without David Boreanaz? No James Marsters? Alyson Hannigan? Anthony Head? Buffy is nothing without the world Joss created. If they want to go ahead and make a movie about a vampire slayer, than go ahead, why in the world would they want to piss off a fan base and call it Buffy the Vampire Slayer when it isn’t. Worse yet, when that movie tanks, it will hurt… or kill… our chances of ever seeing a REAL Buffy movie.
20th Century Fox, the franchise killer, is going to remake Alien. Ridley Scott’s original sci-fi horror film is near perfect and was followed by one of the best action sci-fi films of all time, James Cameron’s Aliens. Do they think they can top those two films? Anything they come up with to remake this franchise will be a waste of time and as craptastic as Fox’s recent Alien vs Predator films. I really wish that Fox would stop wasting our time and stop pissing on beloved movies.
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Tags: aliens, alyson hannigan, anthony stewart head, buffy the vampire slayer, david boreanaz, fox, james marsters, joss whedon, remakes, ridley scott, sarah michelle gellar
By The M on May 28, 2009
Don’t forget, a lot of people think that Whedon’s a hack who films incomprehensible crap surrounded by brief flurries of entertainment that are quickly taken away by someone talking. Power to those who like something. But not everyone agrees. We’ll see how the new Buffy thing progresses.
By The Pit on May 28, 2009
There is no problem with disliking someone, everyone has their own opinion. But instead of trying to cling on to someone else’s hype and remake something, they should create a completely new film. Don’t try to pass it off as something it isn’t.
More info has come out about the “Alien” remake and it looks like they are using the same basic plot from the original film. I have to ask, why? What is the point when the first film is still effective. Its a film that has aged well and doesn’t need to be retold with flashy CGI and new actors.
By The M on May 28, 2009
I see no problem with a Buffy remake. If it works, it works. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. Remakes get made all the time.
By The Pit on Jun 1, 2009
Phew! The new Alien movie is now being called a prequel, instead of a remake. I’d still rather have a sequel, but this is better than a remake.
By The Pit on Jun 10, 2009
Hmmm, the plot thickens. EW is reporting that Fox wants Ridley Scott to direct the film, but Scott wants commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch to helm the new project. Will the movie fall apart because of this? We’ll see.