Wow, am obscure movie I've actually heard of and seen before a review by MovieBob, does that make me cool now? (joke)
I saw Demon Seed around 9 years ago and i still think it's a great movie no matter what people say about it.DVS BSTrD said:Shame how no one's ever heard about this movie:
It can only be attributable to human error.
True, Brynner was irreplaceable.Rawne1980 said:The problem with that remake is it was Yul Brynner that made that movie great for me.haruvister said:Westworld should be remade. I generally hate remakes, but it was an awesome concept (Jurassic Park with robot cowboys), with a really foreboding atmosphere, and a soul-raping ending - the only problem was it was directed by its writer, Michael Crichton, who should have stuck to the day job.
I respectfully disagree. Yul Brynner was a great actor, and his performance in this role was impeccable, but he was playing an emotionless android. It was Richard Benjamin that made that movie great for me. His performance was genuine and touching - it needed to be to hold such a tense film together.Rawne1980 said:The problem with that remake is it was Yul Brynner that made that movie great for me.
I do agree but there was just something about the performance by Yul and his look that made the psychotic robot cowboy "believable" in a way.ms_sunlight said:{Regarding remaking Westworld)
I respectfully disagree. Yul Brynner was a great actor, and his performance in this role was impeccable, but he was playing an emotionless android. It was Richard Benjamin that made that movie great for me. His performance was genuine and touching - it needed to be to hold such a tense film together.Rawne1980 said:The problem with that remake is it was Yul Brynner that made that movie great for me.
What I really love about Westworld is it begins, it does what it needs to do and it ends in a neat hour and a half. There is no flab or filler in that film, and it's impeccably paced. It does not need to be remade, because you can watch it now and it's still a damned good bit of storytelling.
Now this I totally agree with. I hate to think of how badly the role would be ruined by making the role idiosyncratic or putting Terminator-style quips in the cowboy's mouth.Rawne1980 said:There is a thin line between playing a "good" evil character and an over the top one. That performance by Yul was spot on for me due to the lack of emotion and the constant hunting and following he did with that look on his face. It just worked, as I said, for a believable crazed robot cowboy (although saying it like that makes it sound daft).
The way remakes have been going i'd just be worried they may try to have that character "act up" to portray insanity rather than keep what made it kind of scary to begin with which was the distinct lack of emotion. It wanted to kill and it felt nothing about doing it, no joy no remorse just blank faced killing.
Just worried that if they do remake it they may go over the top and try to have a Joker-esque style of evil killer cowboy robot (the more I say things like that the dafter the plot sounds).
You know what I mean though?
Wouldn't want to lose what made the film in the first place.