[Captain Peter Blood]

Is there nothing scared??? Well in Hollywood I guess not. I don't know how you remake a film like "West Side Story". That film had so many talented actors, not to mention the talent that wrote and directed it.

I can only imagine the abomination that will be created by Spielburg and updated for the ultimate PC. I remember the original and cannot fathom what will be the end product after a PC Liberal Hollywood gets through with it.

I can't even imagine where they will find any talent worthy of the project, those people just don't exist any more.

[hinckley buzzard]

Let’s face it, remakes generally suck. The original is almost always better. I am quite certain that that will be the case here.

[ml/nj]

Why?

Does he think there needs to be a PC version?

ML/NJ

[Bryanw92]

Let me guess: a gay couple held apart by the conservative, white family on one side and the illegal immigrant family on the other who is afraid that the relationship will cause the racist, homophobic white family to alert the authorities.

[Vendome]

“Maria - - - The beautiful sound I ever hear....”

[fwdude]

I wasn’t a big fan of the story at all. Kind of a take-off of Romeo and Juliet. What was wrong with THAT original?

[Vendome]

Too bad I’m white.

I totally love every song from West Side Story and can sing em all...

[WayneS]

I am 99.99% sure that it will be unwatchable.

[Michael.SF.]

In college I took a screen writing class, this was 1981. The professor stated then:

"In the not too distant future we will see an increase in remakes, for two reasons: "Most of the best stories have been written and good people will be running out of original ideas"

I'd say Spielberg has run out of good ideas.

[blueunicorn6]

I tried to start a chapter of the Jets in my high school.

Some of the guys wanted to know what it was all about.

So I started jumping around and snapping my fingers.

They beat the hell out of me.

[Jeff Chandler]

In related news . . .

300 Dead Sharks Found on Roadside May Be Work of Mexican Cartels

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3625802/posts

[fieldmarshaldj]

It will feature an illegal Guatemalan tranny as “Maria” and a Mohammadan ISIS member and aspiring rapper named, what else ? Mo.

[xkaydet65]

He will replace the Jets with neo Nazi skinheads and the Sharks with Dreamers.

[Dagnabitt]

I don’t like the heavy fake-sounding Puerto Rican accents used in the old West Side Story movie. Don’t think its needed and it distracts. No one is using a Vietnamese accent (thank God) in Miss Saigon productions, or French accents in Les Mis.

[Electric Graffiti]

“I want to live in America....quiero vivir en America”

I’ve heard enough of that crap. It’s time to deport.

[a fool in paradise]

I’m still waiting for the sequel to Dr. Strangelove

[Rurudyne]

Could be worse.

Michael Bay could be directing.

[FrankR]

I went to see WSS in the 50’s, when I was a pre-teen...watched the first 15 minutes, and they left the theater.

[Liberty Valance]

I predict Oscars and empty theaters.

[x]

I remember the original and cannot fathom what will be the end product after a PC Liberal Hollywood gets through with it.

The original wasn't liberal? It was made by leftists and gays and had a preachy message.

But Tony Kushner is working on the script, so I guess this version will be even more left-wing.

I can't see much point in remaking it. It was so much a product of the Eisenhower-Kennedy era.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Overrated play anyway, or at least the ‘60 movie.

As far as PC - just how many of them were really just plain white people, anyway? I know Rita Moreno sat in for alot of “exotic” roles because she’s so Italian and that can be utilized, but anyone else?