Remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, with Keanu Reeves as the visiting alien Klaatu:
Possible changes I can see from the trailer:
1951: Communist paranoia abounds as a “stranger comes to town”
2008: Al Gore paranoia when Earth becomes a eaten(?) turned into(?) a dustbowl
1951: Klaatu is Jesus – his psuedoname is “Mr Carpenter”
2008: Klaatu is a robot – he barely blinks. Whoa.
1951: Gort is actually in control and runs the show.
2008: Gort is directing and steals the show.
5 thoughts on “Typecasting Brilliance?”
Klaatu, verata… aw, what the fuck. Just blow it up already.
whoever erik is, i share his opinion on this. it’s one thing if a writer and director are huge fans of a project and want to rework it with their sensibilities – i have no problem with that sort of thing. when it’s simply a cashgrab on the part of greedy millionaires and art is the furthest thing from anyone’s mind, there ought to be a team of assassins dispatched.
Gawd… will they PLEASE STOP remaking movies. Ugh!
fun with lasers.
http://gizmodo.com/5021368/guy-uses-laser+etch-machine-to-tattoo-himself-verdict-flaming-nutcase
Looks interesting. I loved the original so I will give this a go when it comes out