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I just know I'm gonna get in trouble for posting this AND I DON"T CARE!
The original was a seminal classic, It had it's faults, but it's a classic!
If they can improve on the original, or give it a modern spin, then that's all well and good. There have been quite a few remakes that have been respectful to the originals and have yet managed to carve out their own individual niche in popular culture (Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactia, The Thing, The Fly.) - but the batting average HAS'NT been good.
Haven't seen the new (and obviously improved) version of Day the Earth Stood Still, but most of the people I have spoken to reckon it's crap. Not my opinion,(I haven't seen it yet and won't until it arrives on dvd) but I'm still hopeful about it.
What annoys me about remakes is that it demonstrates what a dearth of fresh ideas and willingness to experiment with NEW ideas that seems to be so current in Hollywood today.
Having said that, the remake of Solaris by Soderberg/Clooney was a visionary and bold move by Hollywood which was lamentably ignored by the general popcorn-munching public whose only concern seems to be to leave their brains at the door.
IF this new version of FP can come anywhere near the original (or Solaris, et al) then I will be the first to applaud.
I live in hope, but it is a lonely existence at times.
Let he who is without discrimination cast the first stone!
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