Coming To A Theater Near You....

So I think I may know the reason for remakes and movie updates:

It gives a chance for the DVD release of the classic movie which is the subject of the update.

Our latest film is the remake of the movie "Flight Of The Phoenix." I've only seen the preview twice with Adam and again with Kelley, and I took it to be "Alive", only hotter. Now, like you I'm sure, had no idea this was an old movie—a Jimmy Stewart movie nonetheless! But, it starred Jimmy Stewart as the pilot, George Kennedy (everyone's favorite character actor from the '60s), and of course Richard Attenborough (the "Welcome to ...Jurassic Park!" old guy). I don't know who the blond and spectacled guy what figures out how to build the plane is, but he does look like a 1960s version of a Giovanni Ribisi. I am sad to think of Dennis Quaid playing a Jimmy Stewart role, (much like I will be if they REALLY do the remake of "Harvey" with John Travolta) but i probably won't see the movie anyway.

Well, I do think it's good that remakes come out, b/c we get to see the old movies on DVD. I've come to believe that these were just attempts to make money off the old ones, but I'm starting to understand it now. However, I STILL get embarrassed to even pick up the old movie on DVD and look at it, b/c I feel so ashamed to have never seen the old one, and only want to see it b/c "there is a new one out." It is this idea that I hate most. ——btw, some of the most recent I'm describing include "The Manchurian Candidate," "The Ladykillers," "Dawn Of The Dead" (plus countless other horror movies), "Stepford Wives," "Napolean Dynamite" (just seeing if you were paying attention...), "Walking Tall" ......is "Ocean's Eleven" worth mentioning? Damn. (Please Note: the only thing I actually object to is remakes of foreign films. That's just b/c Americans are to stupid to read subtitles of the originals therefore we must make dumb versions for dumb people)
However, I will say now that I am anxiously awaiting both the old and new versions of "King Kong." The original version had me scared to death when I saw it on TCM one day, and I can't wait to be scared with the new one. However, the DVD has yet to be released, but I sure when it does it will get a full-scale high-quality transfer and special treatment for DVD. It had better NOT be one of those crappy $10 DVDs in the Wal-Mart bin. Now THAT would make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm ang......oh sorry, wrong movie.

So, just watch for "Flight of the Phoenix" on DVD about the time the new movie comes out in theaters. Oh, and I'll save you the trouble of paying money to see either one: The Phoenix flies.

Hey, don't get mad at me.......it's what Phoenix's do. Read a book for crying out loud.