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In Reply to: posted by AudioHead on July 18, 2000 at 07:41:02:
This is the worst idea I've ever heard of - Forbidden Planet is a classic of the genre - why on earth do a remake? Just so it can be spiced up with gratuitous violence & sex for a brain-dead modern public?Forbidden Planet had four wonderful things going for it, all of which would be destroyed by a remake:
The Krell machine - a great concept realised in loving 1950s pulp-fiction inspired artwork. They could not do better even if they had "two thousand centuries" in which to try.
The United Planets cruiser - a beautiful flying saucer. Again, why re-invent perfection?
Robby the Robot - the greatest art deco automaton of all time. If they changed Robby's design I'll send my "secret id monster out to murder them".
The music of Louis & Bebe Barron, which is the icing on the cake. A totally original concept of using a fully synthesised soundtrack instead of orchestral music - years ahead of its time and magnificently realised. It gave the film its final polish and could simply not be re-created.
"My poor Krell - after a million years of shining sanity ..."
the book, "Cult Movies" by Danny Peary. Some of his criticisms are
valid - what movie is perfect? - but others are pure nit-picking. To
see how Pearys "selective vision" works, also see "Invasion of the
Body Snatchers" in the same book. He has not one single complaint,
other that citing the prologue and epilogue forced on Siegel by
the studio. He cites "IOTBS" as one of the best sci-fi films of the
50's (and I agree), but says nothing about it's major flaw - the
implausible duplication of Becky in the cave. Peary will undoubtedly
celebrate upon hearing about the tentative remake of FP, as he said
it needed a "total overhaul"; we'll see if the remake improves upon
the areas he criticized. - AH
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