Oh, that's an easy one. You don't. You dig up the dead body of a long cherished hero (Highlander), and use dark necromantic magic (or mix money,bad writing, and movie makers with questionable ethics, as the case may be) to create an abomination that quickly collapses under the weight of its own corruption (bad reviews and low box office sales).The Great JT said:
Highlander Remake Announced
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...Why?!
Why ruin Highlander (more)?!
Couldn't they at least get a decent director?
My favorite childhood movie's about to get smacked up by talentless hacks. The only reassurances are that those writers also wrote Iron Man, which was a great movie, and that the producer of the original is on board for this. However, I'm not sure if the latter is a good thing, since I don't know if he was also involved with the atrocious sequels.
Why ruin Highlander (more)?!
Couldn't they at least get a decent director?
My favorite childhood movie's about to get smacked up by talentless hacks. The only reassurances are that those writers also wrote Iron Man, which was a great movie, and that the producer of the original is on board for this. However, I'm not sure if the latter is a good thing, since I don't know if he was also involved with the atrocious sequels.
I guess there can no longer only be one...
*Walks off stage under a hail of rotten fruit*
Either way I hate remakes of classics, they almost never turn out well.
**Alternate!** *Puts on sunglasses as Roger Daltry screams*
*Walks off stage under a hail of rotten fruit*
Either way I hate remakes of classics, they almost never turn out well.
**Alternate!** *Puts on sunglasses as Roger Daltry screams*
1) I'm not going to judge the guy based on a film I didn't see, that film being Fast and Furious. It's not the same dude as the first film, which was actually pretty enjoyable, but from my understanding Fast and Furious was along the same lines. I don't know if the guy is a good director, and even if he did well with Fast and Furious I have no clue if he'd do well with a film like this. They are relatively different. Still, it's too early to pass judgment, especially when his credits primarily include obscure stuff.
2) The writers are good. Iron Man was a witty film with a lot of character development, which is primarily what the original Highlander was. Still, just because one was good doesn't mean the other will be as well.
3) Even if Highlander is awesome, it's dated and cheesy. The sequels are all terrible. I love it as much as the next man, but if I was involved in film business even I would want to reboot the franchise in hopes of fulfilling its true potential. The only reason to remake something isn't always due to lack of imagination. In the case of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it was to correct what was essentially an abomination by bringing it closer to the book it was based on (ironically enough, everyone knows the film so they hated the more accurate remake).
I will not pass judgment. I'd rather different names be attached to the project, but until I know for a fact they are going to fuck it up then I won't be negative. To react otherwise is, honestly, pretty childish.
Though there will be no replacement for Sean Connery.
2) The writers are good. Iron Man was a witty film with a lot of character development, which is primarily what the original Highlander was. Still, just because one was good doesn't mean the other will be as well.
3) Even if Highlander is awesome, it's dated and cheesy. The sequels are all terrible. I love it as much as the next man, but if I was involved in film business even I would want to reboot the franchise in hopes of fulfilling its true potential. The only reason to remake something isn't always due to lack of imagination. In the case of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it was to correct what was essentially an abomination by bringing it closer to the book it was based on (ironically enough, everyone knows the film so they hated the more accurate remake).
I will not pass judgment. I'd rather different names be attached to the project, but until I know for a fact they are going to fuck it up then I won't be negative. To react otherwise is, honestly, pretty childish.
Though there will be no replacement for Sean Connery.
It's an automatic thing to hyperlink that, say, if you are trying to refer to someone in a thread. Rice reference here not being specifically a slur but referring to "Rice Rocket" or a host of variations on the phrase, meaning Asian brand tuner cars. Sorry if the gist was not clear.Dirty Apple said:
God that director cant make any thing original. The last race in Tokyo Drift was a rip of Initial D movie (which did it ALOT better) And now he is going to destroy Highlander. We need to start a Save Movies From Remakes or SMFR terrorist organization. Sorry, "freedom fighters" organization.
Steven Seagull (gettit?) will want to play the highlander, we all know he is a nancy boy who doesnt like being hit, I saw alot of his movies in the 80s and 90s, later I learned his contracts contained clauses where he demanded that no opponent would be able to hit him in the fight sequences.
"There should have been only one"
Learn this. No sequels. No series. No cartoons. No fucking remakes. No fucking nothing.
Just one film with some 80's tackyness, but a brilliant film none the less. Thats all there should have been.
Im not sure why Im getting riled up about this, since I had heard rumours about a remake of The Thing and Escape from New York (two of my favourite films). I dont know if The Thing changed direction, or what exactly is going on with Escape, but if either of those two films are remade (read: regurgitated as a mockery of the original brilliant works) I will find some way to nuke the planet.
Learn this. No sequels. No series. No cartoons. No fucking remakes. No fucking nothing.
Just one film with some 80's tackyness, but a brilliant film none the less. Thats all there should have been.
Im not sure why Im getting riled up about this, since I had heard rumours about a remake of The Thing and Escape from New York (two of my favourite films). I dont know if The Thing changed direction, or what exactly is going on with Escape, but if either of those two films are remade (read: regurgitated as a mockery of the original brilliant works) I will find some way to nuke the planet.
I don't think this is that bad. There are only two possibilities to a remake of the first one.
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[li]It is awesome - We get to enjoy another good Highlander movie, and perhaps sequels, and we can completely forget Highlander 2+ existed (for real this time).[/li]
[li]It is terrible - What's yet another bad movie going to do to this already-awful trainwreck of a brand? It can't actually be worse than the sequels that have already been made.[/li]
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[li]It is awesome - We get to enjoy another good Highlander movie, and perhaps sequels, and we can completely forget Highlander 2+ existed (for real this time).[/li]
[li]It is terrible - What's yet another bad movie going to do to this already-awful trainwreck of a brand? It can't actually be worse than the sequels that have already been made.[/li]
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You may be shocked to learn this, but there was also a Highlander 5 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299981/], which was even worse than every previous Highlander movie, and actually made less sense. I have to imagine that there's a secret club of low-budget directors that are just competing on who can get the worst Highlander movie made.Doug said:
Who cares? They already killed the series with Highlander 2. Although, that movie was actually so bad it was good.
Do overs suck no less than the fodder than are pulled from like a mans still beating heart.
I kinda liked Highlander 2, the first movie was better and will always be better, I think the same for batman(that's the 1989 one) tho sometimes the first film is so bad it needs a do over like punisher and hulk....
I like what they are trying to do with star trek even if the plot was a load of crap in that new film....dialog was good plot made the TV series(ALL OF THEM) look fing awesome X 10000000000000.................
Highlander is hard to fck up unless you insert needless sci fi "SCIENCE!11" into it..... then it becomes something as horrible as blade...and yes...blade is a bakajilloin times worse than highlander 2...
I kinda liked Highlander 2, the first movie was better and will always be better, I think the same for batman(that's the 1989 one) tho sometimes the first film is so bad it needs a do over like punisher and hulk....
I like what they are trying to do with star trek even if the plot was a load of crap in that new film....dialog was good plot made the TV series(ALL OF THEM) look fing awesome X 10000000000000.................
Highlander is hard to fck up unless you insert needless sci fi "SCIENCE!11" into it..... then it becomes something as horrible as blade...and yes...blade is a bakajilloin times worse than highlander 2...
