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post #1 of 11
2/19/10 at 11:36am
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http://chud.com/articles/articles/22...AKE/Page1.html
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post #2 of 11
2/19/10 at 12:21pm
Wow, I really don't care for the original at all, but the Joe Bob commentary is mighty tempting!

As for the remake, if they're looking for any kind of theatrical release, this will be laughably watered down.
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post #3 of 11
2/19/10 at 12:24pm
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Hey, you never know. The original was rated R after all...
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post #4 of 11
2/19/10 at 12:26pm
I miss Joe Bob's Monster Vision.
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post #5 of 11
2/19/10 at 12:36pm
I bought the Elite DVD some time back and only listened to the Meir Zarchi commentary. I'll have to berak it out again to listen to the Joe Bob commentary.

If they say this one will be shocking, I'll believe it. The Last House On The Left remake got away wih that rape scene and that was a major studio.

Agree on the original I Spit being terribly misunderstood. It's a power to the female flick all the way. The thing that adds to the disturbing nature is that there's only two instances of music in the entire film.
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post #6 of 11
2/19/10 at 1:29pm
Ain't no testicle-shriveling sound like that of a guy bleeding out over his missing junk through a bathroom door.

As much as I get why the original is so groundbreaking and something of a must-see, something tells me that its use of contemporary pr0n imagery would be lost on today's audiences. I can't imagine what this particular remake would look like, but I suspect the rape scene won't be shot like a moustache ride from hell.
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post #7 of 11
2/19/10 at 5:02pm
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Some interesting comments on the article. I can see why people can easily misunderstand the film but it's a little sad to see that after so many years people are still missing the point on this one. I don't see it as misogynistic at all, and always thought (as Joe Bob points out greatly here) that it can be seen as quite an empowering movie.

I always preferred it to Last House (which has some similar themes, of course) and recent viewings of both films have shown that ISOYG has held up much better. It's a genuinely well crafted film.
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post #8 of 11
2/19/10 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by Riviello View Post
Anchor Bay knows how revered and disgusted people are by the original, which is why their Senior Vice President of Acquisitions notes that he “can safely say that this remake not only honors the 1978 original, but will shock today’s audiences as never before.”

Yeah, maybe on the unrated DVD. No way this touches the vicious nature of the original in a theatrical release. I'll also preach to the choir and ask that people give it a chance, it's more than what you think it is (I started a thread about it a while back, actually).
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post #9 of 11
2/19/10 at 5:50pm
I haven't seen the film since I was like 15 or 16, so maybe I'll give it another shot. I'm a little more jaded now, so it might "play" better.
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post #10 of 11
2/19/10 at 6:34pm
Will the remake be in 3D?
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post #11 of 11
2/19/10 at 6:39pm
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Originally Posted by Pop Zeus View Post
Ain't no testicle-shriveling sound like that of a guy bleeding out over his missing junk through a bathroom door.
Biggest question for me is how can one top that bathtub scene.
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