Posted on 08/28/2007 9:21:59 AM PDT by Bender2
Variety is reporting that Keanu Reeves will star in 20th Century Fox's remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
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is going to slaughter another sci-fi classic by remaking 1951’s The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves taking over Michael Rennie’s portrayal of Klaatu.
We can only hope... 
the producers cast Algore as Gort!
Ya know... 
they are the same size now!
Though I must admit Keanu has a vague resemblance to Michale Rennie, though I shudder to think how the usual suspect Liberal Left screenwriter will 1) make it all Bush’s fault or 2) have Gort kill off all Republicans!
Spielberg’s 2005 War of the Worlds was a failed attempt, IMHO, to recreate 1953’s The War of the Worlds. Without mentioning Tom Cruise's embrassing acting, the holes in Steven’s plot would allow all of Mexico’s long haul truck to drive though them in a line abreast! The main black hole was the alien’s buried their machines eons before?
I see Steve is in preproduction on a remake of 1951’s When Worlds Collide, I never considered it a classic, but I’ve no doubt it will stand up well to Spielberg’s new effort. I’m sure he has a heroic female Prez ala Hillary saving all the women and minority children while allowing the devilish Right Wingers to die in the cgi collision.
Just recently they remade again 1956’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers with this 3rd encounter having Nicole Kidman and new 007 Daniel Craig fight the new, improved pod people. I’ve not seen this 2007 work and don’t expect to...
John Carpenter’s The Thing in 1982 was another doomed recreation of a classic B&W sci-fi film, Howard Hawks’ 1951 The Thing from Another World. It was not as bad as the others, but it still never came close to the original.
Why cannot Hollywood do some original classic sci-fi works from Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov or Authur C. Clarke...
Opps, they already butchered Heinlein Starship Troopers in 1997, so why don’t I learn my lesson that the current crop of Hollywood filmmakers cannot pour piss from a boot, much less make a good sci-fi film nowadays!
Maybe... 
in the next life some West Coast heavies from the 40s and 50s will be reincarnated to make some great sci-fi films instead of remaking poor imitations.
Nobody in Hollywood has had an original thought since...well, since ever.
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Have hope. It might be good.
I loved Gort; he was a great robot, but the movie was slow moving. It was also too preachy-trying to “teach us a better way”, and espoused moral equivilance between the U.S. and the Communists. I imaging Reeves’ character will attempt to teach us war mongers not to “bicker” with Moslems.
Well, they massacred War of the World with that hobgobblin, Tom Cruise, and the screaming kid.
They can really mess up The Day.
I’d like them to make a flick of “The Mote In God’s Eye.” It has the sci/fi adventure style of the first “Star Wars.” And with computer graphics? I’d like to see the Motie planet and cities. But, never happen!
They sure did. Woman in the Mobile Infantry?
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You mean Keanu isn’t playing the robot?
Klaatu barata nictu?
Well... 
not since the 1960s at least!
And of course... 
the invention of me in 1999!!!!
Spielberg’s WOTW was a terrific piece of filmmaking and caught the spirit of the Wells text quite well.
There, I said it.
I loved the movie. It was my all-time favorite SF movie. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of viewing the extras on the DVD - I think they were originally made for the laser disc release.
Among the extras was an interview with the producer, Julian Blaustein (1913-1995). He said that the message of the film was that the US should surrender some of its sovereignty to the UN. He thought the US was being mean to Russia at that time. The movie was made in 1951 and Stalin was still running the show.
I reread the book and Spielberg’s version was indeed closer to the book than the 1953 version.
However, I still prefer the 1953 version.
A much better story without all the 50's nuclear paranoia.
What we'll get, though, is Klaatu trying to save us from carbon dioxide and capitalism.
"Here, take this diamond. Where I er come from, we use them as money. It's a great way to sequester carbon from the atmosphere!"
Gnut was the robot's original name but we could still call it Gore_t
Ha, ha, ha! Money quote!
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