Really? A New Snake Plissken?

[kept back]

Apparently Escape from New York is being remade. Blasphemy or about time?

[Thor]

Blasphemy, they need to start trying to come up with new material. Especially since most of the recent remakes have been inferior to the originals imo.

[ctc]

>Blasphemy or about time?

Not surprising. ANYTHING you can remeber has doubtless been pitched as a remake.

If Hollywood Decided to Give Everything a Gritty Reboot | Cracked.com

For the record, I've lived in fear of 18 for a while.

Don C.

[Mikey]

It's too new of a movie to be remade.

[ctc]

>It's too new of a movie to be remade.

I dunno.... it's almost 30 years old. That seems to be the time the prime audience would be too old to remember the original.

Don C.

[fallensaviour]

Nooooooo!!!!!!!11
Why,why,why.....
I mean they could easily have done a prequel with a younger actor to take in his pre escape days.
Or bring Kurt back for one last Snake film.

[Mikey]

I can tell exactly what's going to be wrong with this movie ......

The old movie was low budget which made you see LESS special effects, in turn the story itself had to be concentrated on to make up for this.

This new movie will be a showcase as to what computer CGI guys can do making New York City look like a prison ... Story will be secondary - if that.

I'm sure the new movie will look prettier, but I can't imagine seeing much more than CGI special effects.
CGI (even great CGI) is very boring if not used sparingly --- which you know they wont do.

[ctc]

>I can't imagine seeing much more than CGI special effects.

I can see that. The problem for me being that in the movie, New York is a burned out wasteland. So they filmed in a burned out wasteland. But with the CGI they'll add all sorts of visually hyped-up stuff that wouldn't make any sense in a run down, post-apocalyptic city.

Don C.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I dunno, I am always open for re-interpreting great flicks. if the remake sucks I don't have to watch it again. I will always have the original available to me

[mazinz]

Nooooooo!!!!!!!11
Why,why,why.....
I mean they could easily have done a prequel with a younger actor to take in his pre escape days.
Or bring Kurt back for one last Snake film.

Kurt was asked originally and the exact wording I heard was "f**k no"

[JPkempo]

"Snake Plissken, I thought you where dead"

[jds1911a1]

>I can't imagine seeing much more than CGI special effects.

I can see that. The problem for me being that in the movie, New York is a burned out wasteland. So they filmed in a burned out wasteland. But with the CGI they'll add all sorts of visually hyped-up stuff that wouldn't make any sense in a run down, post-apocalyptic city.

Don C.

using the dmanaged parts of chicago for the externals in the original was brilliant and gave a realism a back lot could never acheive (nor could CGI today)

The can film in detriot and not use all that CGI crap there are whole parts of the city abandoned already (they showed some of the buidlings in the Life after people)

[Gorn Captain]

Part two was a real disappointment.
Basically a rehash of the first movie, crappy CG, a boring bad guy, and Peter Fonda on a surf board.
No wonder Russell has had his share.

Escape from NY is a perfect example of how a movie with a tight budget is much more inspired because you just have to get it done with a lot of imaginative solutions.
I'll just enjoy Escape from NY, and leave it at that.

As for remakes: I don't really have to give my opinion anymore, right?

[hulkster]

remake

I just watched the original a week ago and still think it is great.

part 2 or escape from L.A. not so hot ..but still think it should be kurt again if they ever do it again

I also heard they are thinking of making another The Thing

[Blitzkid]

Whoever they get to play the role has big boots to fill-The verdict-ABSOLUTE BLASPHEMY!!!