[EveningStar]

OK. So it's a "reimagining" rather than a remake. The question is still why?

[EveningStar]

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[Uncle Miltie]

It’s just a jump to the left ...

[discostu]

Because there’s a large potential audience. Same reason anything gets made.

[GeronL]

no no no no no no

a million billion times no

[GeronL]

did they decide it wasn’t gay enough?

lol

[FatherofFive]

NOBODY wants to see a remake. The original was bad enough.

[DiogenesLamp]

As if we don’t already have enough “gay” crap on television.

[ansel12]

There is no way to recapture the magic of the original, flukes like that can’t just be duplicated.

[VanDeKoik]

These people have NO shame.

Just reboots and remakes with no soul.

[PhiloBedo]

There are some movies that can’t be remade. I think this is one.

[rdcbn]

Rocky Horror Picture Show was the worst movie in history.

It was so bad, people threw things at the screen.

In fact, it so bad that groups of people used to to get totally drunk and stoned just to go to the theater to throw things at the screen.

The rest is history.

I don’t think Fox can make the re make any worse than the original so what’s the point?

[Chode]

cause hollyweird hasn't had any creative writers in years... 99.999% of what comes out now days is pure dreck

[dps.inspect]

Not in the least bit interested... they better rethink their understnding of viewership.

[Ditter]

I would rather just see the original again. I think I have seen it 100 times. I get a huge kick out of the music, that’s the best part!

[moehoward]

[Captainpaintball]

Because they are out of ideas, and bean counters have determined that a "reimagining", or a "remake" or a "reboot" of an established idea will get them a MINIMUM amount of profit, just on the name of the title alone. All they have to do to make "$40 million in profit is to make a movie for $40 million, do a $20 million ad budget, and that'll equal $100 million world wide.

I think this is tantamount to buying rights to titles, which come along with 90% of the rest of the movie--if they want it. (story, characters, script, etc.)

And of course it will be a chance to subjugate/fundamentally the "old culture"s ideas by "diversifying" the cast and "hip hopping" the musical selections. So when future generations think of "Rocky Horror", they will think of the one with Quetzalcoatl Watson, (or what ever her name is from the Annie remake) or whomever is the big draw among the illegals and the publik skoolers.

[fso301]

I’ve never been able to make it through 5 minutes on YouTube.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

The really scary thing is that a bunch of people sat around a table and agreed that this is a good idea.

[tbw2]

Is it because aliens from Planet Transexual, a male character who seduces both a husband and wife (accidental homosexuality) and and Transvestite doctor are no longer considered horrors by the art crowd?

[Romulus]

A milestone in mainstreaming the queering of America. Which doesn’t lack for fans on this thread.