Red Dawn Is Being Remade, But China Ousts Russia As America's New Enemy

London Guardian ^ | June 13, 2010 | Paul Harris

[raptor22]

The film was a classic piece of 1980s teen cinema framed against the paranoid geopolitics of the cold war. Red Dawn starred Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen as all-American teens leading an armed resistance movement against Soviet troops who had invaded the US.

Feeding on Hollywood's recent appetite for recycling old films, Red Dawn is being remade with a handsome new cast. But there is one vital difference: this time the invading communist army that takes over America is Chinese.

The new-look enemy reflects the changes that have swept the world since the fall of the Berlin Wall. First, the Soviet Union no longer exists, thus hampering any plot driven by its invasion of America. Second, a rich vein of paranoia about the rise of Chinese economic might now runs through American politics.

That would explain the viral spread of leaked stills from the movie showing mocked-up Chinese propaganda posters draped over a "Chinese/American Friendship Centre". The posters play on American fears about their nation's declining economic influence.

[org.whodat]

Hollywood is so incompetent that all we get is reruns.

[LibFreeOrDie]

On hold, because MGM has no cash:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2533645/posts

[rickmichaels]

First, the Soviet Union no longer exists...

Its legacy exists in the White House today.

[devere]

Green Dawn would be more appropriate.

We are currently living through it.

[cavador]

"Operation: Anchorage. Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe – the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders. Gain access to unique armor, weapons, and exotic gadgets while you build and command interactive Strike Teams to win the battle and defeat the Chinese base.
Story: The Brotherhood Outcasts are trying to acquire advanced military technology, and the only way to open the vault containing these relics is by completing a tactical simulation only you can enter. In Operation: Anchorage you will re-live the epic Battle of Anchorage from Fallout lore. Find your way into the simulation, stripped of resources, and survive within the rules set up by the simulation’s creators. The Chinese red army is everywhere, so secure the surrounding mountain side and fight your way into the Chinese base."

I just can't wait until somebody makes a movie about Fallout 3. (This game is of epic proprtions!)

[rbosque]

Well they have the White House, Congress, schools and the MSM.

[Thunder90]

The Russians are also in this movie. They create the beachhead, and later link up with the Chinese in Spokane WA. Unfortinately,the Russians reunified (new USSR) and still came up through Mexico and from Alaska.

[Thunder90]

First, the Soviet Union no longer exists, thus hampering any plot driven by its invasion of America.

Don't tell that to Putin or Russian Army Command.

[darkside321]

It´s simple! China has become more dangerous than russia right now! This is a fact! Russia has about 140 million people with nukes. Then again China has about more than one billion people and they have nukes too. it´s simple!

[BallyBill]

The only good commie is a dead commie. Red or Yellow makes no difference.

is that racist? if I'm asking I think I know the answer already.

[Bigg Red]

Green Dawn would be more appropriate.

We are currently living through it.

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Well said.

[broken_arrow1]

Wolverines!

[Mad Dawgg]

"Red Dawn Is Being Remade, But China Ousts Russia As America's New Enemy."

So I guess this classic bit of dialog from the Original Red Dawn won't be in the new moive then:

Jed Eckert: ...Well, who *is* on our side?
Col. Andy Tanner: Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.
Darryl Bates: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.
Col. Andy Tanner: There *were*.
[he throws whiskey on the fire; it ignites violently, suggesting a nuclear explosion]

[LoveUSA]

Don’t cry. Hold it back. Let it turn into something else.

[La Lydia]

I heard it was put on hold because the studio is running out of money.

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

When the original came out, it had a certain resonance to it. I loved it and it did well.

Recent attempts at remakes, such as “The Day The Earth Stood Still”, “The Andromeda Strain” and “I Am Legend” were bombs.

I wonder whether this would do well, unless they twist it into something completely unrecognizable.

Where is the originality?

[Gondring]

I just can't wait until somebody makes a movie about Fallout 3.

No thanks...

[petro45acp]

The author uses the word paranoid several times. Is it really possible to rewrite a history of known facts just by willing it so? The Venona documents proved what the “paranoids” knew already. The reasons for the cold war were real as was the threat.

Hope the studio gets the cash and makes a credible flick. The original sort of followed one of the presumed CONUS attack scenarios pretty closely.