The Day the Earth Stood Still

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=8585:date=Jan 4 2009, 12:42 AM:name=bz)-->QUOTE (bz @ Jan 4 2009, 12:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8583:date=Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8530:date=Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM:name=twitterwoods)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What bothers me about Keanu is that in the Matrix, he finds out about the Matrix which pretty out there as it esentailly changes the explination as to why everything is the way it is. His reaction? "...woah..."

Maybe it's just me, but if some strange big black guy in a trench coat pulled me aside and said, "Nick, theres actually this thing around you that makes everything in the world tick. Forget everything you've ever thought about why things are the way they are, they can all be explained by this new thing," I'd like to think I'd give a different reaction aside from, "...woah...".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Keanu didn't write the script, though. Why dislike him for the line he had to read?
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Because almost all A-list actors have creative input in the production of a movie.
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Nobody forced the Wachowskis to hire him, and subsequently keep him on for 2 more films if he wasn't giving them what they wanted. And the idea of actors having creative freedom/input is a bit of a myth aside from the top 1% in the talent pool. Writers are very protective of their scripts unless we're talking comedies or improv type films.

[Clapp]

Will Smith's son will be ruining the upcoming remake of Karate Kid. I can't even begin to express how much that chaps my ass.

[Scarey]

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Am I the only one here that is pissed that they're remaking Karate Kid? Come the fuck on, enough with the remakes already. It's not even like many remakes where adding in CGI will add things to the movie they couldn't in the original... unless they add in a matrix-esque scene for Danielsan. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif[/img]

[Clapp]

<!--quoteo(post=8608:date=Jan 4 2009, 11:29 AM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Jan 4 2009, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8603:date=Jan 4 2009, 11:16 AM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Jan 4 2009, 11:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Will Smith's son will be ruining the upcoming remake of Karate Kid. I can't even begin to express how much that chaps my ass.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Am I the only one here that is pissed that they're remaking Karate Kid? Come the fuck on, enough with the remakes already. It's not even like many remakes where adding in CGI will add things to the movie they couldn't in the original... unless they add in a matrix-esque scene for Danielsan. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif[/img]
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Bingo, and you're absolutely not the only one. In fact, I started doing a blog awhile ago when I heard of a remake, and then my blog became useless when I heard it's about Will Smith's son going to Beijing or some shit. Anyway, here's all I had and who knows if I could've gotten to 30 reasons like the plan was, but yeah:

Recently, our buddy Lance Goodthrust at "Bitches Love Smiley Faces" let us know about the plan for a remake of the 1986 classic The Karate Kid. It's one of my favorites. Please, stop laughing at me.

Moving on, a remake of a movie like this is pretty much guaranteed to be a major bust. Let me tell you why a remake is a bad idea and why it can't hold a candle to the original.

30. Nothing beats a drunk Mr. Miyagi.

29. The movie needs a sort of cheesiness in it, especially in the main character. Nobody can be cheesier than Ralph Macchio. Nope, not even Mario Lopez.

28. It's going to be tough to top a young Elisabeth Shue in that mini skirt begging for a bang.

27. Are they going to replace the "crane" technique with some stupid new martial arts move? Again, cheesy is key, and the crane is just that. Nobody wants a mini Jet Li in this movie. It's supposed to be a cinderella karate story about a scrawny white kid that's considered to have no chance, not some martial arts specialist straigh outta Shanghai.

26. What really needs to be changed? This isn't a high tech movie with flying cars, fancy tv's, or kickass weapons, it's karate. It's been the same way since the beginning of time.

25. When they said "Cobra Kai Never Dies", you weren't supposed to take that seriously.

24. Is there a cooler villain than the Cobra Kai sensei John Kreese, played by Martin Kove? "No Mercy". "Sweep The Leg". "You're a pushy little bastard, ain't ya? But I like that. I like that!" If you said Sauron... there's the door.

[rok]

They entire Cobra Kai crew can never be replaced, NEVER. That should be reason alone to skip this trainwreck of a project. Hollywood has no shame and no sense of nostalgia.

[twitterwoods]

<!--quoteo(post=8583:date=Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8530:date=Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM:name=twitterwoods)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What bothers me about Keanu is that in the Matrix, he finds out about the Matrix which pretty out there as it esentailly changes the explination as to why everything is the way it is. His reaction? "...woah..."

Maybe it's just me, but if some strange big black guy in a trench coat pulled me aside and said, "Nick, theres actually this thing around you that makes everything in the world tick. Forget everything you've ever thought about why things are the way they are, they can all be explained by this new thing," I'd like to think I'd give a different reaction aside from, "...woah...".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Keanu didn't write the script, though. Why dislike him for the line he had to read?
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If the reaction were a genuine "holy shit...thats shocking....get out of town" kind of "woah" I wouldn't have issue. It was how he delivered it that killed it for me.

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=8707:date=Jan 4 2009, 04:18 PM:name=twitterwoods)-->QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 4 2009, 04:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8583:date=Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8530:date=Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM:name=twitterwoods)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What bothers me about Keanu is that in the Matrix, he finds out about the Matrix which pretty out there as it esentailly changes the explination as to why everything is the way it is. His reaction? "...woah..."

Maybe it's just me, but if some strange big black guy in a trench coat pulled me aside and said, "Nick, theres actually this thing around you that makes everything in the world tick. Forget everything you've ever thought about why things are the way they are, they can all be explained by this new thing," I'd like to think I'd give a different reaction aside from, "...woah...".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Keanu didn't write the script, though. Why dislike him for the line he had to read?
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If the reaction were a genuine "holy shit...thats shocking....get out of town" kind of "woah" I wouldn't have issue. It was how he delivered it that killed it for me.
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Gotcha.

[Jody]

<!--quoteo(post=8707:date=Jan 4 2009, 04:18 PM:name=twitterwoods)-->QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 4 2009, 04:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8583:date=Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8530:date=Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM:name=twitterwoods)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What bothers me about Keanu is that in the Matrix, he finds out about the Matrix which pretty out there as it esentailly changes the explination as to why everything is the way it is. His reaction? "...woah..."

Maybe it's just me, but if some strange big black guy in a trench coat pulled me aside and said, "Nick, theres actually this thing around you that makes everything in the world tick. Forget everything you've ever thought about why things are the way they are, they can all be explained by this new thing," I'd like to think I'd give a different reaction aside from, "...woah...".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Keanu didn't write the script, though. Why dislike him for the line he had to read?
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If the reaction were a genuine "holy shit...thats shocking....get out of town" kind of "woah" I wouldn't have issue. It was how he delivered it that killed it for me.
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I think it would have been funny if instead of Keanu Reeves playing Neo they used JB Smoove (Leon, CYE) and instead of "whoa" he says "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!".

[bz]

<!--quoteo(post=8593:date=Jan 4 2009, 02:13 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jan 4 2009, 02:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8585:date=Jan 4 2009, 12:42 AM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jan 4 2009, 12:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8583:date=Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8530:date=Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM:name=twitterwoods)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What bothers me about Keanu is that in the Matrix, he finds out about the Matrix which pretty out there as it esentailly changes the explination as to why everything is the way it is. His reaction? "...woah..."

Maybe it's just me, but if some strange big black guy in a trench coat pulled me aside and said, "Nick, theres actually this thing around you that makes everything in the world tick. Forget everything you've ever thought about why things are the way they are, they can all be explained by this new thing," I'd like to think I'd give a different reaction aside from, "...woah...".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Keanu didn't write the script, though. Why dislike him for the line he had to read?
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Because almost all A-list actors have creative input in the production of a movie.
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Nobody forced the Wachowskis to hire him, and subsequently keep him on for 2 more films if he wasn't giving them what they wanted. And the idea of actors having creative freedom/input is a bit of a myth aside from the top 1% in the talent pool. Writers are very protective of their scripts unless we're talking comedies or improv type films.
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When an A-list actor who is paid a ton of money for a project thinks something needs to be tweaked I'm sure they are at least listened to.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=8985:date=Jan 5 2009, 12:31 PM:name=bz)-->QUOTE (bz @ Jan 5 2009, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8593:date=Jan 4 2009, 02:13 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jan 4 2009, 02:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8585:date=Jan 4 2009, 12:42 AM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jan 4 2009, 12:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8583:date=Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 3 2009, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=8530:date=Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM:name=twitterwoods)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (twitterwoods @ Jan 3 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What bothers me about Keanu is that in the Matrix, he finds out about the Matrix which pretty out there as it esentailly changes the explination as to why everything is the way it is. His reaction? "...woah..."

Maybe it's just me, but if some strange big black guy in a trench coat pulled me aside and said, "Nick, theres actually this thing around you that makes everything in the world tick. Forget everything you've ever thought about why things are the way they are, they can all be explained by this new thing," I'd like to think I'd give a different reaction aside from, "...woah...".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Keanu didn't write the script, though. Why dislike him for the line he had to read?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Because almost all A-list actors have creative input in the production of a movie.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Nobody forced the Wachowskis to hire him, and subsequently keep him on for 2 more films if he wasn't giving them what they wanted. And the idea of actors having creative freedom/input is a bit of a myth aside from the top 1% in the talent pool. Writers are very protective of their scripts unless we're talking comedies or improv type films.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

When an A-list actor who is paid a ton of money for a project thinks something needs to be tweaked I'm sure they are at least listened to.
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I'm still sticking to my statement. Nobody expects much input from Keanu simply because he's paid well. He hasn't earned that kind of respect as an actor. They knew what they were getting. And again, if the producers were unhappy with his performance, nobody forced them to sign him up for 2 more movies. It isn't all that uncommon to have lead actors changed in sequels.

[Butcher]

I find it funny that the savior of mankind was played by a vapid surfer boy. Maybe that was intentional.

[liner]

The Wachowskis don't seem like people who are very open to suggestions about their "vision" much like the Coens

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=9005:date=Jan 5 2009, 12:51 PM:name=liner)-->QUOTE (liner @ Jan 5 2009, 12:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->The Wachowskis don't seem like people who are very open to suggestions about their "vision" much like the Coens<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I read a book about the Coens (can't remember the name of it). Apparently they storyboard every single shot in their movies and the film is shot *exactly* as the storyboard says. I can't imagine the man hours that are put into that process.

[rok]

Yeah, Cronenberg and Lynch are very much the same way.

[veryzer]

has anyone seen the original movie? that guy was emotionless and robotic. seems to me that keanu reeves was the perfect choice for this movie.