Friday, February 27, 2009

I call for a worldwide boycott of the following movie remakes!

Okay seriously, what the fuck is going on in the world of film? In an age where the lower budget indie films keep coming in with big wins at the awards why are the major players pumping out remakes? I have never understood, and never will understand the purpose of taking a film and remaking it. Isnt that like taking a book and rewriting it and selling it as new? This trend must stop. People, please please please stop paying to go see these craptastic sewer wastes.

Here is a list of movies that have already been greenlighted, or are in talks to be done:

The Neverending Story
Total Recall
The Evil Dead
The Shadow
Conan the Barbarian
Hellraiser
Tron
Fahrenheit 451
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Fame
The Thing
Angel Heart
Dune
Footloose
Short Circuit
Red Sonja
Metropolis
Escape From New York
Meatballs
The Warriors
Westworld
The Birds
Clash of the Titans
Akira
The Dirty Dozen
The Fly


STOP PAYING TO SEE THESE FILMS!

The only way Hollywood is going to stop this injustice is if people just stop paying to see them. There are thousands and thousands of screenwriters out there trying to get their scripts sold. Most are shit, a lot are not. I think studio execs need to start taking chances on some unknowns instead of dumping millions into movies that have already been made. Remakes are insulting, and degrading to the original work.

Take a chance on some new material. The next Slumdog or Juno just might show its face.