Simon Pegg says no to a Shaun of the Dead reboot
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And I fully understand where he's coming from. To illustrate his point, he [comments](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0xjz14gjzxo): "I always got annoyed at Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake — it’s a great movie. It’s really exciting. But I hated the fact they called it Dawn of the Dead , because that was George [Romero]’s film. They could have called it Deadish , which was a great line in the film that one of the actors used, and it still would have been a great film, but when you just take a title because people recognize it, it’s so disrespectful to the original." Ummm...Star Trek?
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And I fully understand where he's coming from. To illustrate his point, he [comments](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0xjz14gjzxo): "I always got annoyed at Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake — it’s a great movie. It’s really exciting. But I hated the fact they called it Dawn of the Dead , because that was George [Romero]’s film. They could have called it Deadish , which was a great line in the film that one of the actors used, and it still would have been a great film, but when you just take a title because people recognize it, it’s so disrespectful to the original." Ummm...Star Trek?
With very few exceptions Hollywood remakes are awful*. I could make a list of the truly bad ones but I have limited time, it still wouldn't be complete and my fingers would likely cramp up. Instead I'll make a list of the only good ones: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 w/ Donald Sutherland) Scarface (1983 w/ Al Pacino) The Fly (1986 w/ Jeff Goldblum) *Seems like every generation feels the need to remake "A Star is Born". :rolleyes: X|
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With very few exceptions Hollywood remakes are awful*. I could make a list of the truly bad ones but I have limited time, it still wouldn't be complete and my fingers would likely cramp up. Instead I'll make a list of the only good ones: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 w/ Donald Sutherland) Scarface (1983 w/ Al Pacino) The Fly (1986 w/ Jeff Goldblum) *Seems like every generation feels the need to remake "A Star is Born". :rolleyes: X|
Hollywood isn't much better at first versions, either. I enjoy the Jack Ryan stories from Tom Clancy, but aside from the original Hunt for Red October, not one of the movies supposedly based upon any of his other books even remotely resembles the book in plot of casting. It's as if somebody liked the title and made a movie, but never got around to reading the actual book! :mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
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Hollywood isn't much better at first versions, either. I enjoy the Jack Ryan stories from Tom Clancy, but aside from the original Hunt for Red October, not one of the movies supposedly based upon any of his other books even remotely resembles the book in plot of casting. It's as if somebody liked the title and made a movie, but never got around to reading the actual book! :mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
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Hollywood isn't much better at first versions, either. I enjoy the Jack Ryan stories from Tom Clancy, but aside from the original Hunt for Red October, not one of the movies supposedly based upon any of his other books even remotely resembles the book in plot of casting. It's as if somebody liked the title and made a movie, but never got around to reading the actual book! :mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
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And I fully understand where he's coming from. To illustrate his point, he [comments](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0xjz14gjzxo): "I always got annoyed at Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake — it’s a great movie. It’s really exciting. But I hated the fact they called it Dawn of the Dead , because that was George [Romero]’s film. They could have called it Deadish , which was a great line in the film that one of the actors used, and it still would have been a great film, but when you just take a title because people recognize it, it’s so disrespectful to the original." Ummm...Star Trek?
Oh! He's no fun! He's a square pegg.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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+1 for the hunt for red October
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
