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Post by paulbearer on Jan 26, 2013 22:02:12 GMT -5
Discuss........
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jan 26, 2013 22:12:43 GMT -5
Elijah Wood is an interesting casting choice, but I don't know if they can catch the grimy feel of late 70's early 80's NYC the way William Lustig did.
I want to watch this but haven't gotten around to it.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 26, 2013 23:26:31 GMT -5
hmm... could be interesting. I'm sure Elijah would knock it out of the park, we already know he can play creepy psychopaths. that said, the grimy, sleazy feel of the movie is part of makes it work and I just don't know if you can re-capture it with modern film techniques. modern film is too polished. it's part of the reason the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes don't work either.
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 26, 2013 23:37:38 GMT -5
What's the point in remaking Maniac? It's not really a popular franchise. Is the Blue Underground audience really large enough to support this endeavor? And if you were gonna remake Lustig why not go after Maniac Cop?
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Post by H-Virus on Jan 27, 2013 0:57:45 GMT -5
What's the point in remaking Maniac? It's not really a popular franchise. Is the Blue Underground audience really large enough to support this endeavor? And if you were gonna remake Lustig why not go after Maniac Cop? Not only that, but Gene Siskel isn't even alive anymore to walk out of the theater in disgust at the half hour mark. |
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 27, 2013 10:05:49 GMT -5
Judging by how creepy his presence came off in Sin City without the use of any dialogue, I'm pretty sure he'd do a decent job here.
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Post by theryno665 on Jan 27, 2013 10:17:48 GMT -5
The trailers looked pretty good for it. And I don't mind Elijah Wood as a casting choice, he's a good actor. I'm just not sure he can pull off "sleazy" the way that Joe Spinnell could.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jan 27, 2013 13:48:56 GMT -5
The trailer I saw for this looked intense. I wanna see it.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 27, 2013 15:17:54 GMT -5
I hope they got Michael Sembello to make the original version of this song like it was supposed to be for Maniac and not flashdance.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jan 30, 2013 17:12:17 GMT -5
Elijah already did the evil serial killing nerd in Sin City. They needed someone closer to Joe Spinell in appearance. Like, uh, Jack Black. Or, that guy from Balls of Steel that every thinks looks like Jack Black. Or maybe that's just me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 17:26:05 GMT -5
They're going for something different, which is what a good remake should do. It would be horrible to just try to redo everything the original did and cast actors that look like the original cast.
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