Yeah, I too have the same complaint about Hollywood dredging up the classics. Never saw ‘TDTESS’ remake, and from what I heard it’s just as well.

‘Forbidden Planet’ has the distinction of being a film that actually managed to scare the crap out of me when I saw it for the first time, and I wasn’t a young ‘un. Don’t remake it.

What’s next? Re-make ‘STAR WARS’? ‘CE3K’? ‘2001′? ‘Silent Running’ (oh, don’t give them any ideas!!!)?

For crying out loud – Morgan Freeman has been hoping to get a ‘Rama’ movie off the ground, but no. And what about ‘Ringworld’? Is ‘Honor Harrington’ really going to be made? Hell, I’d mention ‘Childhood’s End’ but some dumb-ass out there would try to call it for copying ‘Independence Day’ and ‘V’!

Personally, I’d like to see a ‘Stardust Voyages’ TV mini-series.

Jack Vance’s ‘Tschai – Planet of Adventure’ novels would make for a real four-movie treat.

Foster’s “icerigger’ and its sequels are also pretty frickin’ cool (no pun intended?)… Skua September is one scenery-chewer I’d like to see on the screen, and there is just something about the word ’stavanzer’…

Or, make my ‘BLACKSTAR’ concept. A story about humans with the distinction of there not being one single living human being in it. Call me.

I love Alien 3. Yes, it’s a ‘trainwreck’ because it’s not what anyone involved planned, but I think it’s a wonderful, dark sci-fi film with some stunning performances from the likes of Sigourney Weaver and Charles Dutton. What it isn’t is another gung-ho, militaristic James Cameron-fest.

The film is utterly uncommercial. It takes the hollow, upbeat ending of Aliens and brutally dashes it on the rocks. It’s a daring decision and generally works. Unfortunately, Sigourney Weaver had come to be seen as the focus of the series and Ripley’s death killed the franchise. Love all the British swearing though! ;)

I agree that, if you want a real trainwreck of a film, look at Alien Resurrection. Now that’s an abysmal piece of work. Most of the time it looks like a TV movie, its script is shocking (yet again, Joss Whedon proves he can’t write for other directors) the performances are all over the shop and it ends with a stupid hybrid Alien bursting out of the Alien Queen’s womb like a stripper bursting out of a cardboard birthday cake!

…and yes, it is better than ST09 as a whole, IMHO.

…even if you look at G.I. Joe as a Star Trek movie, it’s better.

…just my opinion, let’s not start a whole “thing” here…

” …just saw G.I. Joe on disc… I think this movie got a bad rap…

I think G.I. Joe is better than Star Trek, definitely more believable…

…and Rachel Nichols is HOTT in black rubber!! =O

(her talents were wasted on Star Trek)”

Please, tell me you’re speaking in satire here. That film (G.I. Joe) was a POS from frame one.

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Even Fincher will tell you that Alien 3 was a trainwreck, from the massive numbers of re-writes and writers who had their hands in it, to the production problems and keys moving in and out. The very fact that it’s as watchable as it is is due to Fincher’s work. Don’t get me wrong, it’s got a LOT of problems, but it’s still an OK movie. Now Alien Ressurection? That’s another POS, like “joe” was, though deep down I don’t really blame Joss, I blame the producers and the director.

Alien and Aliens are classics, no question and should be respected as such.

As for AVATAR, all I can tell you folks it just wait and see it in 3D (preferrably IMAX). This film will change the industry.

CE

I did see those movies. You make a good point about comic movies being genre flicks. For the most part, all of them are idiotic mindless pop crap for the masses. They have totally saturated the market and I don’t think the same space should be devoted to true sci fi as that family-friendly drivel.

As for Alien, absolutely get back to the original Geiger vision. That is the whole reason the series fell apart. Some of that original art that Geiger pioneered would be incredible to see on film. For the new movie, I expect less cgi and more dark imagery. No human actors? I don’t see how they could pull that off. Without any real characters to identify with (i.e. ripley, hicks, bishop) it would fall flat.

#37:

I totally disagree. Alien 3 was a masterpiece. The acting and dialogue are bar-none. And it was an original story with a new approach with the whole prison planet, no weapons. Brilliant. What did you expect? Some more over-the-top marine action? More guns, more tough guys? It would have ended up like Transformers 2. Did you think they could have pulled off the same great screen play with Hicks, Ripley, and Newt again? Not a chance. With the movie coming out 5 years later, they would have needed a different actor to play Newt anyway. It was a smart move to kill them off.

Sorry, absolutely no interest in “Mad Max”, past, present, or future.