The Oscars - Page 17

Not Afraid · 02-27-2007, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.

And most of it isn't very funny. Annoying, yes, but funny, no. (But, I am very hard sell on comedy.)

wendybeth · 02-27-2007, 09:09 PM

Great. Now I have the 'Sweet mystery of Life' song running around in my brain.

mousepod · 02-27-2007, 09:12 PM

When I was a kid, I had the Young Frankenstein soundtrack (with dialog) on 8-track. I got it from the Columbia House Record Club and played it on my Panasonic Dynamite player. I can recite most of that movie in my sleep...

innerSpaceman · 02-27-2007, 11:13 PM

If films remade from other films are the lowest form of creativity ... what then to make of such movies as The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Ten Commandments, Pocketful of Miracles, The Children's Hour, An Affair to Remember, and Destry that were remade by the very same filmmaker?!

Ahem, it was none other than Alfred Hitchcock who remade his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much. Can we ascribe the lowest sub-circle of creative hell to such a giant???

Not Afraid · 02-27-2007, 11:19 PM

And the second version of TMWKTM is even better than the first! Imagine that!

Alex · 02-27-2007, 11:21 PM

If you remake the movie yourself you get to keep all of the creative credit but unless you do something substantially unique in the second go 'round (which is not the case for The Man Who Knew Too Much or An Affair to Remember) then that total creative amount is not much increased by the second movie.

In my opinion, of course.

innerSpaceman · 02-27-2007, 11:21 PM

But, wow, I love the way that acronym looks!

Alex · 02-27-2007, 11:31 PM

And NA is right about the second being better. Just not a particularly creative effort.

But I also don't have a problem with remakes. You just don't get full creative credit.

Not Afraid · 02-27-2007, 11:36 PM

So, what about films based on books? Is that any different/better/worse?

mousepod · 02-27-2007, 11:36 PM

Yes, the remake of TMWKTM brought us "Que Sera Sera," but we lost Peter Lorre. I like the original.

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02-27-2007, 09:12 PM	#163
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	When I was a kid, I had the Young Frankenstein soundtrack (with dialog) on 8-track. I got it from the Columbia House Record Club and played it on my Panasonic Dynamite player. I can recite most of that movie in my sleep... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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02-27-2007, 11:13 PM	#164
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	If films remade from other films are the lowest form of creativity ... what then to make of such movies as The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Ten Commandments, Pocketful of Miracles, The Children's Hour, An Affair to Remember, and Destry that were remade by the very same filmmaker?! Ahem, it was none other than Alfred Hitchcock who remade his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much. Can we ascribe the lowest sub-circle of creative hell to such a giant???
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02-27-2007, 11:19 PM	#165
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	And the second version of TMWKTM is even better than the first! Imagine that!
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02-27-2007, 11:21 PM	#166
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	If you remake the movie yourself you get to keep all of the creative credit but unless you do something substantially unique in the second go 'round (which is not the case for The Man Who Knew Too Much or An Affair to Remember) then that total creative amount is not much increased by the second movie. In my opinion, of course.
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02-27-2007, 11:21 PM	#167
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	But, wow, I love the way that acronym looks!
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02-27-2007, 11:31 PM	#168
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And NA is right about the second being better. Just not a particularly creative effort. But I also don't have a problem with remakes. You just don't get full creative credit.
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02-27-2007, 11:36 PM	#169
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	So, what about films based on books? Is that any different/better/worse?
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02-27-2007, 11:36 PM	#170
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Yes, the remake of TMWKTM brought us "Que Sera Sera," but we lost Peter Lorre. I like the original. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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