Disney to remake The Black Hole

[toys2cool]

It was basically 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with a weird ending ala 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some like it a lot, others found it dull...I found the toys way more exciting than the movie was. It had the same problem Star Trek: The Motion Picture had....it lost its way when somebody decided to make it a "cerebral thriller". Being a huge Trek nut, I love TMP despite this flaw. Black Hole...I can take it or leave it.

( Maybe if I had that Cygnus command bridge playset I would have been more keen on it as a kid??)

cool,

I had some of the fig's

[number 6]

Honestly, I don't have a problem with it. I grew up with the movie and all the related merchandise so I like as much for nostalgia as much as anything. If the new one is good, great; it it's not, no big loss, the original wasn't exactly super-fantastic.

There are some things I really liked about the original. Thought the casting was great (although Perkins seems a bit too creepy to play a "good guy", sorry I always see Norman), really like the design of the movie, especially the Cygnus both inside and out, music was good although the "heroic" music is a bit too slow for action music.

But the movie is hecka slow. And while I'm o.k. with the original, sorry Mike, I gotta disagree, they gotta do something about that ending.

As far as redesigning the robots, as long as they look cool I'm alright. I mean, the original robots are nice but not exactly iconic designs. We're not talking Darth Vader or Creature from the Black Lagoon. I wonder if Vincent and Bob will even be in it. I noticed in the article the made a point to mention the Maxamillion will be back, but not mention of the other robots.

[ctc]

>I wonder what the reasoning is behind making another.

Name recognition. Look how much "buzz" the movie gets on these boards. And we are not alone on the internets. Hell; there were them Kubricks that came out a few years back. To a producer anything known; especially this much, is worth perusing a LOT more than something nobody's ever heard of. Hence making "Asteroids," "Monopoly" and "Viewmaster" movies.

Don C.

[Captain]

I've never seen the original

It was basically 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with a weird ending ala 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some like it a lot, others found it dull...I found the toys way more exciting than the movie was. It had the same problem Star Trek: The Motion Picture had....it lost its way when somebody decided to make it a "cerebral thriller". Being a huge Trek nut, I love TMP despite this flaw. Black Hole...I can take it or leave it.

( Maybe if I had that Cygnus command bridge playset I would have been more keen on it as a kid??)

[toys2cool]

I've never seen the original

[Werewolf]

My biggest concern with the remake is "re-imagining" the robots to the point of being unrecognizable. Maximilian, the Sentry Robots, Old BOB and VINCENT are fine as is.

[Mikey]

The movie definitely was not a bomb ... It just wasn't the ultimate blockbuster Disney hoped for.

Also, it hasn't aged all that well bringing in no new fans over the years...

Most Black Hole fans are the original 30-40 somethings today...

It also hasn't made the grade as an official "cult classic" either - like Tron has become.

[Werewolf]

It made a profit domestically even before you factor in foreign and video markets, it performed pretty well.

Exactly, plus we can't forget all the merchandising rights Disney made money on. Besides, the Mego toys, there were storybooks, comics, models, cereal premiums, soundtracks and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting.

Its seems to be a common misconception that the movie bombed.

[palitoy]

It made a profit domestically even before you factor in foreign and video markets, it performed pretty well. By today's money it made a hundred million at the box office and cleared 28 million after cost domestically. My guess is the Black Hole likely doubled it's money when you factor in the rest. That's better than a lot of movies that get remade.

[txteach]

The original didn't do that well at the box office so I wonder what the reasoning is behind making another.

[Mikey]

I liked "black hole" it was meant to be disneys answer to "star wars" didnt quite work out, I always thought of it as a captain nemo in space.

If i'm correct, that's a common misconception.

The Black Hole was an idea rolling around Disney's head even before the first Star Wars movie premiered.

[alex]

I liked "black hole" it was meant to be disneys answer to "star wars" didnt quite work out, I always thought of it as a captain nemo in space.

[Nostalgiabuff]

as always, I will reserve judgement until I see and know more about what they are going to do.....I liked the original but agree it is a very slow paced movie

[Mikey]

In a modern movie such as this remake, how much you wanna bet they'll change the heaven and hell ending to something more generic and crappy ? ...

[kennetzel]

I've seen it a few times, and have been completely bored by it everytime I watch it. I would think a new version would have to be an improvement. I collect toy robots, so for me, the best part of this movie was V.I.N.cent. Max was too static or me. I just picked up a V.I.N.cent model from Ebay and built it. Nice kit. I wish I could get an action figure of him.