FAME remake

[roquat]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 3:22pm

I'm assuming everyone thinks it will suck, though I still feel somewhat obligated to see it. How on earth will they deal with whatever "fame" means in this era of reality-show contestants and YouTube? In 1972, "fame" was literally the only way out of poverty and squalor for the drama students; there was a constant undercurrent of desperation. How do you make that work today?

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 3:31pm

Oh, I will be there opening night. I am actually looking forward to it

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 3:34pm

Well, I think "fame" is more glamorized and fake now. I mean, I know that is how it has always been, but today with Britney being in the news for her panties droppin' and weight issues and whatnot.....people lose who they are in the pursuit of "fame." You ask little kids what they want to be when they grow up and majority of them don't say, "Doctor...fireman....president" anymore. They say, "A basketball player....a singer....a rapper...a dancer....an actor, etc." I am rambling now, but I think it is going to be about staying true to yourself and knowing that it is not as easy as you think to reach "fame" status.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 3:51pm

Good point, roquat.

Andy Warhol's famous (or infamous?) quote is coming true:

"In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes."

I would hope the students in these performing arts schools are concentrating more on perfecting their art and craft than on becoming famous. A shallow dream to begin with, but today it's blatantly naive.

Anyone can be famous now. For any reason. You don't have to go to school for it. You don't need talent. Or hard work. You don't have to learn anything or be good at anything.

Fame '09!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 7:49pm

Was there a 1972-set prequel to the 1980 original? I don't recall poverty and squalor being a particularly big subplot in Fame.

[Craig]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 7:54pm

That was called Famine, Namo. It was a delightful Ingrid Bergman musical in Black and White.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 7:56pm

Oh right, that was the one with the "Famine! I'm not gonna live much longer!" chorus, right?

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 7:59pm

I sure hope that it will do well. It looks good from the clips and things I've seen.

I adore Kay Panabaker and the music in it.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 8:01pm

As a graduate of the "Fame" school, I feel obligated to see it, though I'm more than a little worried it won't properly represent my alma mater.

B12B, I can assure you that noone was there to become famous. The only reason people went there, other than being able to get excellent training and hone their crafts, was people who went there because it was academically stronger (or just plain safer) than any other school they got into.

[Craig]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 8:06pm

Namo -

Yes

It had the hits
"No Hot Lunch Jam"
"Really Out Here on My Own"
"Red Light District"
"My body Stings and I'm Apoplectic"

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/16/09 at 9:06pm

This music video made me almost jump out of my seat. I really, really want to see it now. **music video is at the bottom**


Fame Music Video

Updated On: 9/16/09 at 09:06 PM

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 9:33am

I'll wait til it comes out on DVD and then avoind it.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 10:08am

Dance on my car and I'll make sure you end up in the hospital.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 10:15am

Ain't no one gonna make me forget Maureen Teefy's name.

The original had sex, drugs, wrestling with sexual identity, wrestling with cultural identity, illiteracy, pedophilia, and abortion. This one has Auto Tune.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 10:18am

People are basing everything off of a trailer. I am not saying it is going to be the deepest movie ever, but of course they are going to highlight the "fun" elements to get people to see it.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 10:22am

Well, the original was rated R and this one is Rated PG, so that tells you something right there. The original movie was geared toward adults. This clearly is not (not that I expected it to be).

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 10:25am

well, yeah. I wonder if it was released today in theaters, if it would still be rated R? I think more PG-13. Either way, the dancing looks amazing and the main reason I want to see it. Plus Kerrington (from So You Think You Can Dance) is in it.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 10:34am

I dunno. Drug use, abortion, tres jolie, Coco. I think it would still be R.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 11:06am

It has been 27 years since I have seen the movie but thinking about it now, why didn't Coco just leave instead of sitting there crying and opening her blouse?
Updated On: 9/17/09 at 11:06 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 11:11am

Because she thought he could make her a STAR!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 11:12am

and Irene Cara wanted an oscar nomination...

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 11:16am

You've got big dreams, you want fame. Well fame costs and here is where you start paying...IN SWEAT!
Updated On: 9/17/09 at 11:16 AM

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 12:46pm

Wow, I forgot that the original was rated R. I won't see this "remake" in the theater. I guess it is just a generational thing and what I identify with. At the time FAME came out, I was hoping to become an actor in the theater. It was kind of like the life I wanted but knew I was not going to have at the time was right there on the screen. Times have changed so this version is going to be a bit different and from what I am seeing of it, I just don't identify with it. Does that make sense?! But I will most likely rent it.

[roquat]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 3:45pm

Actually that always bugged me (about Coco). Not that she didn't leave, but that the scene just wasn't resolved (when I first saw the movie, I thought the guy was going to try to assault her). She just turns up singing her "Body Electric" solo, looking sadder-but-wiser. What the hell?

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 3:50pm

Sometimes films let you use your imagination. I didn't think that scene was such a cliff-hanger.