Yes Virginia, originality is dead

[ctc]

....and it died a slow, painful death:

The Spirit Of Ed Wood Lives On In "Plan 9" Remake - Plan 9 From Outer Space - io9

Don C.

[mitchedwards]

Ye gads.... They are taking the worst movie ever made, and doing a remake.........

Guess we will see Heavens Gate II by next Christmas

[jwyblejr]

I thought this thread was about the Fame remake.

[Gorn Captain]

Well, so far they've remade great original movies into bad remakes.
Maybe this time, they will make a good remake?

But let's face it, Plan 9 was fantastic because of all the goofs.
Remember the scene were the two cops wander over the cemetery set?

It just had fake tombstones on top of a green "grass" carpet.
One actor stumbles over a bump in the carpet, but just keeps going.

Ed Wood, perfectionist that he was, said "perfect, that's a keeper!", and left it in the film.
George Lucas, eat your heart out!

[Brazoo]

Call me crazy, but I think this rebranded typical looking modern zombie movie will probably actually be a worse film than the original.

[palitoy]

Remaking schlocky b movies into straight movies ain't new, Larry Buchanon did it in the 60s and produced mesmerizing results. I'm curious to see this updating just too see how the director handles the challenge.

[rche]

wasn't plan 9 basically remade within the Ed Wood movie?
If you edit out the bits about Bela and the pink sweaters.

[ctc]

>I thought this thread was about the Fame remake.

This comment kinda hilights my qunundrum with this sort of thing. "Fame" actually gets remade every few years, but under a new title. Hell; even "Fame" was essentially a remake. But that's 'cos it's theme is so basic, and universal.

So the question is: is it more reprehensible to make a film that's essentially the same as another film under a new name, or is it worst to just remake an old film?

If you take the schlock out of "Plan 9" is it STILL Plan 9, or is it just another zombie film?

Don C.

[kingdom warrior]

I just don't think the makers of this new movie just don't get it. Wood was a Hack and couldn't make movies to save his life. The movies he made were so bad that you just didn't take it serious and just laugh at them.....Plan 9 is hilarious to watch with film fans.

Plus Tor and Vampira are in it....can't beat that Cheese!

All I see with this new movie is just another Zombie movie cashing in on the name.

[jds1911a1]

what makes movies like plan 9 cult classics is that they are SOOO bad you can't help watching them. In the 50's b movies were pretty common but now we call them direct to dvd releases
for plan 9 the basic plot is pretty bad to begin with so all the effects in the world won't improve that (look at Deep Blue Sea the shark may look more realistic than Bruce in Jaws but it is a horrid film). and conversely it isn't always the case that new effects will enhance a film (look at the Lost in Space movie)

[thunderbolt]

Remaking schlocky b movies into straight movies ain't new, Larry Buchanon did it in the 60s and produced mesmerizing results. I'm curious to see this updating just too see how the director handles the challenge.

^^^ That's the guy that redid Invasion of the Saucer Men and It Conquered the World, right?