[Mamzelle]

I had had hopes for this movie--it could have been a lot of fun with all the confusions and changes in women's roles. Not to mention that with the better special effects--the robots could really rock.

Ira Levin's story should be rewritten to include the interesting question--What do men want? The cliche is the submissive housewife, but I see younger men who want a hot sporty playmate who earns a big paycheck of her own. Does the typical young man really want kids and a perfect home? Or does he want a fishing boat that she pays for and someone to watch the game with him--and who'll fetch the beer obligingly?

And don't ignore the fact that the young man wants more than one "robot" in his harem.

The movie is based on a false assumption. The new man doesn't want to be the breadwinner and doesn't care much about a home-cooked meal--and I don't think he wants kids, either.

[nothingnew]

Balogna.

FMCDH(BITS)

[ItsOurTimeNow]

The new man doesn't want to be the breadwinner and doesn't care much about a home-cooked meal--and I don't think he wants kids, either.

Then the "new man" is an idoit who won't last long.

[CyberCowboy777]

I am 26, married 6 years with 4 kids.

While there is no doubt my generation has its problems, the "new" man & women was an invention of the baby boomer's.

If my generation is following in their footsteps, do be it, but lets place the blame where it belongs.

Damn hippies.

[NYCVirago]

The movie is based on a false assumption. The new man doesn't want to be the breadwinner and doesn't care much about a home-cooked meal--and I don't think he wants kids, either.

You raise good points in your post. I think the reason the remake misses the mark as to what men want is because the screenplay was written by a gay man.

[ActionNewsBill]

No greater tragedy befalls Stepford than when the movie's flamboyantly gay character, Roger, a witty, stylish and ironic architect, is transformed into a Republican political candidate wearing a button-down suit, standing in front of the American flag and saying: "I believe in Stepford, America, and the power of prayer."

Well, here's one more movie I won't be seeing.

I enjoyed the original, but why do they have to "gay up" everything?

[snowstorm12]

I agree with you. That is why the movie from the 1970's was stupid too. Why would men make robots exact replica of their wives if they could make them into any perfect robot girl they wanted. Why if you were married to Bette Midler would you make another Bette Midler if he had a choice to make a hot supermodel or several? Porn is a great indicator of what men want or it wouldn't be so popular or lucrative. The men would probably have different taste as to personality etc. If they got bored of their personality they could change it. They wouldn't even need to murder real women or their real wives they could simply dump them, divorce them or ignore them.

[FITZ]

The movie is based on a false assumption. The new man doesn't want to be the breadwinner and doesn't care much about a home-cooked meal--and I don't think he wants kids, either.

Silicone girls seem to be what many want.