[pabianice]

"I knew James Stewart. James Stewart was a favorite of mine. You're no James Stewart."

[Yo-Yo]

I loved that movie! As a former model airplane hobbyist, I loved the line "But the principles are the same!"

[arkady_renko]

Good. Hope it dies on the vine.

A_R

[discostu]

I've seen previews for this, so it is getting some promotions. Looks terrible though, the good news is it will hopefully inspire them to release the original on DVD (much like the Oceans 11 remake did). That's about the best you can hope for these days from remakes, they make it easier to buy the original.

[topcat54]

Characters have been "updated for relevancy."

That should probably read "irrelevancy".

"That is precisely the reaction I would have expected from a man of your obvious limitations." -- Dorfmann

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Too bad. I loved the original and was looking forward to the remake.

I guess Oliver Stone must have been involved.

[Spok]

"Characters have been "updated for relevancy."

I think this kind of marketing killed 'The Alamo' before it opened. It turned out to be a better film than it was promoted to be.

[r9etb]

Why can't these jackasses think up their own damned movies?

[TheBigB]

Characters have been "updated for relevancy."

We need a gay African-American handicapped Communist female for diversity! SOMEBODY FIND ME A GAY AFRICAN-AMERICAN HANDICAPPED COMMUNIST FEMALE!

[pabianice]

Oh... almost forgot. The remake also changes the plot line to make it about an evil oil company that goes around the world throwing people out of work and raping the environment for profit.

Hollywood morons.

[JimVT]

Ditto this one.

I wouldn't watch George Clooney for money.

He's a far cry talent from Rosemary

[Captain Peter Blood]

Here is another bad idea from Hollywood. There was no reason to remake this film. I remember seeing this movie as a kid and back then thought it was a great adventure movie.
As an adult I still catch the original once in a great while but having seen the promos for the new film I just have no desire to see it.
Some films lend themselves to remakes and a great many don't. In our advanced technological age this film doesn't warrant a remake as with GPS, etc. these people could be found without resorting to the main plot idea.
So I predict another big bomb in the making here.

[Dallas59]

Got the original on DVD. No sense in a any remake. Don't need explosions, computer generated FX...nothing. Leave the story ALONE!

[Jack Deth]

Hi, pabiance: Re-makes as a rule bite. Classic films are of a time and place that make them memorable for years and years. Making them popular. With great acting, writing and direction. Remakes by nature would entail different directors, writers, cast and crew. Ruining a classic to the point where the only resemblance would be in the film's title... Jack.

[mnehring]

It looks like this Christmas may be a good season for movies. They are also re-making Webber's version of Phantom of the Opera.

[1Old Pro]

Why remake a classic, if it ain't broke, don't fix it....just show it again and again. What a fabulous movie.

[fastattacksailor]

One of my fav lines:

"You told Towns he was behaving as if stupidity was a virtue. If he's making it into a virtue, YOU'RE MAKING IT INTO A BLOODY SCIENCE!" ---Lew Moran (Richard Attenborough)

Watching Dorfie going ballistic when model planes were referrered to as 'toys' was a good one too----great reaction!

[Petronski]

Thank God "Sticky Fingaz" made the cast.

[colorado tanker]

Hollywood died in the 1960's. There are no more Stewarts, Grants or Hepburns. They've lost their mass audience. All they can do well is make shoot-em-ups for teenage boys and chick flicks for teenage girls.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[labowski]

One thing no one has mentioned. Remember in the original a couple of the guys were killed by Arab nomads, well guess what? In the remake they are "drug runners", go figure..........