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post #1 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:10pm
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Zemeckis may direct remake for Warner Bros.

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post #2 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:13pm
Well, "live-action" means "no mo-cap," so count me about 15% more interested than I would have been otherwise.
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post #3 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:13pm
One of those few movies that I can't understand why they would remake it.

Citizen Kane
Gone With The Wind
Casablanca

Why put up with all of the grief? The audience reaction could never be the same to a remake. Just asking for trouble with this one.
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post #4 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:17pm
Nothing good can come from this.
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post #5 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:19pm
Remaking a perfect movie is never the best idea...
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post #6 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:21pm
There's nowhere to go but DOWN with quality. Bad idea.
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post #7 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:23pm
I hate to say it (because I really don't dig most of what I've seen of the dead-eyes uncanny CG), but a mocap version would at least be... different.
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post #8 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:25pm
I don't think the movie is perfect, or even that entertaining. But it is a classic. I remember my mom telling me about how she felt when the film changed from B&W to color. Different times.

Maybe if they added the Zombies from Ryan Thomas' book 'The undead Land of Oz'.
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post #9 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:26pm
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I don't think the movie is perfect, or even that entertaining. But it is a classic. I remember my mom telling me about how she felt when the film changed from B&W to color. Different times.
So now Kansas is filmed normally and Oz is 3D.

Oh god, what if they heard me...
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post #10 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:31pm
Let's just release this, the Downey/Raimi movie and WICKED all on the same day. Seriously, how many new takes on THE WIZARD OF OZ do we need?!
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post #11 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:32pm
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So now Kansas is filmed normally and Oz is 3D.

Oh god, what if they heard me...
With an appropriately timed text message to all audience members to let them know when to put on their glasses.
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post #12 of 21
11/17/10 at 1:34pm
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Nothing good can come from this.
Indeed. This is a fucking terrible idea.
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post #13 of 21
11/17/10 at 2:12pm
And just after I'd been feeling good about Zemeckis while going through the Back to the Future blu-rays...
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post #14 of 21
11/17/10 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
I hate to say it (because I really don't dig most of what I've seen of the dead-eyes uncanny CG), but a mocap version would at least be... different.
Mo-cap in and of itself is fine. It's just that the only time Zemeckis has had the script to bolster the tech wankery was Beowulf. Roger Avary's in jail; Neil Gaiman's schedule involves nailing Amanda Palmer now and forever, Amen.

Project doesn't stand a chance.
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post #15 of 21
11/17/10 at 2:51pm
If they are making a new movie based on other Oz stories, like the musical Wicked or that movie focused on the Emerald Wizard, I have no problem with it. However, remaking THE classic Wizard of Oz is just crazy. What's next, a remake of Gone With the Wind and Citizen Kane?
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post #16 of 21
11/17/10 at 2:56pm
**Cough**
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post #17 of 21
11/17/10 at 3:01pm
I gotta say, whomever's idea it was to greenlight this needs to get a sudden onset attack of IBS.
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post #18 of 21
11/17/10 at 3:01pm
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So now Kansas is filmed normally and Oz is 3D.

Oh god, what if they heard me...
I believe Tron is already pulling that stunt.
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post #19 of 21
11/17/10 at 4:26pm
Well, too bad it's not standard Zemeckis mocap in the style of Polar Express and Beowulf. If that were the case, then I really would believe that the Scarecrow lacked a brain and that the Tin Man lacked a heart. Groundbreaking communication of the inner turmoil of characters, that.
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post #20 of 21
11/17/10 at 6:32pm
Original Score by Toto, please.


This sounds like the Colossal Bad Idea to rule over all Colossal Bad Ideas. 100 bucks says they do some of CG trickery to create the Munchkins, a la Deep Roy in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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post #21 of 21
11/18/10 at 4:10am
No, just no.
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