CallMeTheDoctor
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I am done with the Rock.
Big Trouble in Little China remake
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I never drive faster than I can see...
I like Dwayne so I'm all in.
Huge pat on the back for Carpenter if it happens.
Huge pat on the back for Carpenter if it happens.
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I really like The Rock. He and Vin Diesel are the only actors who're following in the tradition of 80s action starts like Arnold, Stallone, and Van Damme. But, I think he was a strange choice for this...
Pork Chop Express
I never drive faster than I can see...
He was great in the Rundown, comedic action. Loved him in Faster.
The Clown Prince of Crime
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CallMeTheDoctor
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I don't hate the Rock. He's an awesome guy and he is pretty cool. I've only heard good things of the guy; I'm sick of him being plastered in EVERY ****ING THING!
Why was he the only one to headline in San Andreas. He looked un****ingbelievably uncomfortable with any scenes where he was with Daddario. It just felt unnecessary. Hell you had Redford and Kutcher play these rescue guys and they didn't need to be 6'5 and 250 of pure muscle. I have a local firefighter who is a legend in what he has saved and done for the community....he's 5'6 and 160.
My point he is being casted as everything: Black Adam, rescuer, FBI, G.I. JOE, sport recruiter, Hercules, and various other ****. Could we please get someone else? It's a remake of a film, fine; but the name should get people's attention; cast new upcomer. But no.
I'm willing to bet the list of wanted people are: Chris Pratt, Johnson, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, Tom Hardy, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Why was he the only one to headline in San Andreas. He looked un****ingbelievably uncomfortable with any scenes where he was with Daddario. It just felt unnecessary. Hell you had Redford and Kutcher play these rescue guys and they didn't need to be 6'5 and 250 of pure muscle. I have a local firefighter who is a legend in what he has saved and done for the community....he's 5'6 and 160.
My point he is being casted as everything: Black Adam, rescuer, FBI, G.I. JOE, sport recruiter, Hercules, and various other ****. Could we please get someone else? It's a remake of a film, fine; but the name should get people's attention; cast new upcomer. But no.
I'm willing to bet the list of wanted people are: Chris Pratt, Johnson, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, Tom Hardy, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
The Clown Prince of Crime
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I don't hate the Rock. He's an awesome guy and he is pretty cool. I've only heard good things of the guy; I'm sick of him being plastered in EVERY ****ING THING!
Why was he the only one to headline in San Andreas. He looked un****ingbelievably uncomfortable with any scenes where he was with Daddario. It just felt unnecessary. Hell you had Redford and Kutcher play these rescue guys and they didn't need to be 6'5 and 250 of pure muscle. I have a local firefighter who is a legend in what he has saved and done for the community....he's 5'6 and 160.
My point he is being casted as everything: Black Adam, rescuer, FBI, G.I. JOE, sport recruiter, Hercules, and various other ****. Could we please get someone else? It's a remake of a film, fine; but the name should get people's attention; cast new upcomer. But no.
I'm willing to bet the list of wanted people are: Chris Pratt, Johnson, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, Tom Hardy, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Nothing new, it's always been like that. He's the it guy right now just like many other actors before him. He needs an iconic role if he wants to be one of the great "action starts/heroes" like Sly or Arnold. That's the one thing he's missing, all the great action stars had an iconic role, Stallone has Rambo & Rocky, Arnold, the Terminator and Conan, Bruce Willis has John Mcclane, and so on and so forth. Maybe Black Adams will be that role for the rock, but it won't be this film.
d_jedi1
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I'm not OK with a remake but if they were to do a sequel....
Let's say that after thirty years, Lo Pan has returned (same actor) and is growing powerful again.
Enter The Rock's character (NOT Jack Burton)
Hijinks ensue.
I'd be down.
For a remake though.... not so much.
Let's say that after thirty years, Lo Pan has returned (same actor) and is growing powerful again.
Enter The Rock's character (NOT Jack Burton)
Hijinks ensue.
I'd be down.
For a remake though.... not so much.
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I like Dwayne, but honestly, this is such a bad idea its not even funny. Hell, the first film is a cult classic that never met studio expectation so what the hell do they think they can do this time that's any different for bringing in an audience that's anything other than fans of Carpenter and genre films? Even the Rock can't save this thing. Just look at the last GI Joe film. It was a bomb. Big Trouble makes no excuses for what it is; its an original, awesome work but its a work that I feel can only work once.
batfan08
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I do wonder what the point of this is, exactly. Who is this catering to, exactly? The people who've developed a cult following of the original? Those people are the ones who are pissed off this is happening. Plus, the original was kind of a bomb. It didn't even make half it's budget, so, why would they assume it would be different this time? How do you even make a movie like that in today's world? I see stuff like Robocop and TMNT and I can understand why they do it, as there's clearly money to be made with properties like that, but Big Trouble was a fairly off the wall concept. Even for a Rock vehicle, I don't really know what the hell they're thinking.
batfan08
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I love the fact that you pretty much said everything I wanted to as I was writing my post.
Spot on analysis, sir.
The Clown Prince of Crime
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That sounds like a good reason to remake a film 
Then again, it's a lose-lose situation with the audience, because if they make a reboot of a great/famous film, people complain, and if the studio does the same with a forgotten film that bombed and that most kids between the ages of 15-25 have never seen, some people still complain I think the film is old enough to reinvent for a new generation. So why reboot an old film like that? Because it's a recognizable brand and they can "borrow" the original story, and build something "new" upon the old story.
Then again, it's a lose-lose situation with the audience, because if they make a reboot of a great/famous film, people complain, and if the studio does the same with a forgotten film that bombed and that most kids between the ages of 15-25 have never seen, some people still complain I think the film is old enough to reinvent for a new generation. So why reboot an old film like that? Because it's a recognizable brand and they can "borrow" the original story, and build something "new" upon the old story.
Studios don't care whether or not people complain, just whether or not they go see the movie.
fistfulmetal
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No need to remake a movie for a new generation.
Leave it alone and make something else that's not a remake.
Leave it alone and make something else that's not a remake.
The Clown Prince of Crime
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No need to remake a movie for a new generation.
I bet there are some films that you like that are remakes
A Better Tomorrow is a remake of Story of a Discharged Prisoner. 
fistfulmetal
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Not really The Clown Prince. There might be some but it's just that this remake thing is really stale. It just proves how lame Hollywood is if they can't make original movies, or something that's not a remake most of the time.
Biojex
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Theres no way this will make the money they want...why?....
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There are roughly 500 movies released each year in the US, and several thousand globally. Boy, what a crisis of creativity.
batfan08
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Like I said, the original achieved cult status because of the perfect combination of Russell, Carpenter, and the experimental nature of movies in the '80s. Originality has nothing to do with it, but I'm just wondering who the **** this is supposed to cater to? In an environment where superheroes rule and traditional action heroes drool, I just don't see many people showing up to watch the story of a trucker fighting an old Chinese dude and an eye monster, whether the trucker's Dwayne Johnson or not. Jrice summed it up perfectly when he said that Big Trouble is a movie that could only work once.
I'm very curious to see how this does, if it even gets off the ground. If it does fail, which I, honestly, believe it will, I'll probably rejoice in the fact that all of these trigger happy executives just shot themselves in the foot, but it's probably too much to hope that they'd learn from such an experience, as, I'm sure, by this time next year, we'll be seeing rumors of First Blood starring Jai Courtney as an Iraq war vet who goes toe to toe with the local law enforcement in a small town in West Virginia.
I'm very curious to see how this does, if it even gets off the ground. If it does fail, which I, honestly, believe it will, I'll probably rejoice in the fact that all of these trigger happy executives just shot themselves in the foot, but it's probably too much to hope that they'd learn from such an experience, as, I'm sure, by this time next year, we'll be seeing rumors of First Blood starring Jai Courtney as an Iraq war vet who goes toe to toe with the local law enforcement in a small town in West Virginia.
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