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A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#25re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:35pm
The original was "too mean spirited"??? Ah, a PC version of THE WOMEN. Just what the world needs.
What, are they going to have Crystal and Mary reconcile over drinks and dance around girlishly to some lame oldie? Ugggghhh!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Updated On: 10/20/04 at 01:35 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#26re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:36pmMeg Ryan has been attached to this project for about 6 years now. Julia Roberts had shown a great deal of ineterest back than also, so I'm not sure why she's dropped out.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#27re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:39pmTwins.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#28re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:41pmNo, I know that but she's already planning future projects so it just surprises me this wouldn't be one of them.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#29re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:42pmIf Julia Roberts is in this film, I will never see another movie again. I will boycott the entire industry.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#30re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:48pmHands out picket signs to Boobs, Addy, Rath, Borstalboy, WOSQ, Cookie... any other takers??!! Updated On: 10/20/04 at 01:48 PM
#31re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:51pm
"One example of a satisfactory remake of a classic film might be STATE FAIR (1945), the musical version of STATE FAIR (1933)."
Yet the 1962 remake was dreadful, so....
Hollywood will always be in the business of creating inferior remakes of classic films. This is no surprise. I'm sure we will see film remakes of All About Eve, Whatever Happened to Babay Jane and Sunset Boulevard at some point. If the rights are available, there's nothing to stop them. Just don't buy a ticket.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#32re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:51pm
YA BIG CRYBABIES! They've been ruining classics for eons (many are better than The Women. You should be anaesthetized at this point--
Planet of the Apes
Psycho
Lolita
Get Carter
Cape Fear
Sabrina
Manchurian Candidate
Birdcage
Father of the Bride
etc
Get the point!?
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#33re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:53pm*cries*
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#34re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:56pmActually, Mr. Matt, BABY JANE has already been remade with the Redgrave sisters! And I sorta liked it.
PEACE.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#35re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:08pm
Regarding Hollywood remakes:
Who here thinks MY FAIR LADY (1964) was an "inferior remake" of PYGMALION (1938 )?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Updated On: 10/20/04 at 02:08 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#36re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:15pmLet me say that I don't mind remakes of films. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't but they in no way "Ruin the original version". If they remade THE WIZARD OF OZ tomorrow with Courtney Love as Dorothy and Marilyn Manson as the Scarecrow it wouldn't make the original any less perfect. So when THE WOMEN comes out, you see it or you don't see it, you like it or you don't like it. The original still isn't going anywhere.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#37re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:17pm
o this woudl be what? "The Women" done with flowery sinshine and happiness with no cattiness?? Umm.. no.
broadwayguy2 - would you mind terribly if I quoted this in my tagline?
More specifically:
flowery sinshine and happiness with no cattiness
Or maybe just:
flowery sinshine
I rather like it.
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#38re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:17pmI think our issue, Matt, is that people will run out to see that and not see the classic version.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#39re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:19pmRath, more people will see the original if this new one comes out. I hate to break it to you, but people aren't rushing to Blockbuster to rent films from the 30's like they used to.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#40re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:20pmI bet they won't.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#41re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:22pmIf I can tell you one thing from having worked in a videostore and running one for many a year, it's that when a film is remade, people flock to see the originals. It doesn't matter what year they were made in or what they are. From the second it's announced pre-production, it's off the shelves. Trust me on this one, it's an area I know all too well.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#42re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 2:23pm
The Women is one of my mother's favorite films of all time. She went into labor with my younger brother while watching a tape of it.
I thoroughly enjoy this movie, and I hope that it is not remade, as I'm worried that the remake would not live up to the original.
I hope that if it is remade, they would not use the actresses named in Margo's original post.
I would much prefer a cast of unknowns, as I feel that some of those actresses have too much "baggage" (theatrically speaking).
But of course, I know that they must cast the A-list ladies for the predicted publicity.
La Publicité!
(pardon my incorrect french spelling... you get the point.)
I starred in a short film called Magnetic Personality. Check it out!
Updated On: 10/20/04 at 02:23 PM
#43re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 3:22pmI'm with Matt_G on this one. If the remake is not made, do you think younger audiences would even think about seeing the original? Probably not. It's not like there's going to be a huge marketing campaign for the original version on DVD and when was the last time anything from the 30s or 40s received a massive nationwide rerelease in theatres? If anything, the remake will prompt many curious viewers to see the original who were unfamiliar with the film to begin with. Most likely, the only people watching the original now are gay men and those with a passion for the actresses or the era and they are going to watch it whether there is a remake or not.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#44re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 3:28pmI heard there was a HUGE demand for the original CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN with Clifton Webb after the Steve Martin/Ashton Kutcher re-make earlier this year. I can't find it at Blockbuster or Hollywood video so someone must be renting it.
PEACE.
#45re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 3:33pmI'm more concerned that American youth are getting dumber--they can't read, write or speak. Seeing an old movie really isn't that important (sorry guys.)
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#46re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 3:37pmThanks for the buzzkill, midtown. That kind of thoughtful post belongs on another board altogether.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#47re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 3:45pmI can kill any party!
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#48re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 4:47pm
What are you guys talking about...as a youth I never missed a chance to see a Joan Crawford movie!
Remaking old movies is sometimes okay...but NEVER with Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts...they lack the bi*chiness to be in this.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#49re: A Remake of THE WOMEN?? They must be stopped!!
Posted: 10/20/04 at 4:50pmIt all reminds me of an IFC Rant that Frank Whaley (Cutie character actor, sadly under-utilized) did: "Why are they constantly remaking good movies? Why not do the opposite and remake bad movies! For instance, I did a film called SWING KIDS. A terrible film about what? Dancing Nazis! Why not remake that picture and make it about....Nazi's who CAN'T dance? Makes total sense to me..."
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
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