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RPI 2011 - 12 Part IV: We ain't Bailen on this season yet, Go Red!!

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RedWrister said:
A shockingly negative comment. You must somehow be suggesting that RPI fire the coach. All loyal thread posters, ATTACK, ATTACK!
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Let me introduce you to a concept called sarcasm.
 
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RedWrister said:
A shockingly negative comment. You must somehow be suggesting that RPI fire the coach. All loyal thread posters, ATTACK, ATTACK!
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careful what you ask for when you lack adequate specificity....did you ever see the Dudley Moore / Peter Cook movie Bedazzled? (I still crack up whenever I think of his wish "I want to be surrounded by beautiful women.")


you did not mention whom to attack, you see....
 
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FreshFish said:
careful what you ask for when you lack adequate specificity....did you ever see the Dudley Moore / Peter Cook movie Bedazzled? (I still crack up whenever I think of his wish "I want to be surrounded by beautiful women.")


you did not mention whom to attack, you see....
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Great movie with a very hot Raquel Welsh as Lust. Horrible remake years later that does not hold a candle to the original.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Is there any remake that has been good? ;)
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The US remake of the French movie La Femme Nikita, called Point of No Return, was pretty good.

It was amazing to me that someone would even try to remake Kurasawa's classic The Seven Samurai, yet The Magnificent Seven also was a tremendous movie. It was a great story and they did a fantastic job of adapting bandit-ridden post-feudal Japan to bandit-ridden Mexico in the second half of the 19th century. Both are fantastic movies and well worth watching!

Generally, though, recent US remakes of earlier US movies have generally been awful. The 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic, one of the finest science fiction movies ever made. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who understands the significance of Klaatu barada nikto. However, the remake was so unwatchable that I did not even try. Miracle on Ice with Karl Malden and Ed Marinaro (ironically, a star football player at Cornell) was so much better than Miracle with Kurt Russell.

The only remake I recall in this more limited category that was as good as the original is The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.

So I guess "the exceptions validate the overall generality of the rule" does apply.
 
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FreshFish said:
The US remake of the French movie La Femme Nikita, called Point of No Return, was pretty good.

It was amazing to me that someone would even try to remake Kurasawa's classic The Seven Samurai, yet The Magnificent Seven also was a tremendous movie. It was a great story and they did a fantastic job of adapting bandit-ridden post-feudal Japan to bandit-ridden Mexico in the second half of the 19th century. Both are fantastic movies and well worth watching!

Generally, though, recent US remakes of earlier US movies have generally been awful. The 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic, one of the finest science fiction movies ever made. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who understands the significance of Klaatu barada nikto. However, the remake was so unwatchable that I did not even try. Miracle on Ice with Karl Malden and Ed Marinaro (ironically, a star football player at Cornell) was so much better than Miracle with Kurt Russell.

The only remake I recall in this more limited category that was as good as the original is The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.

So I guess "the exceptions validate the overall generality of the rule" does apply.
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I didn't see the original, but the Cape Fear with DiNiro and Nolte was pretty good. Wasn't there an older version?
 
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DavidSec17 said:
I didn't see the original, but the Cape Fear with DiNiro and Nolte was pretty good. Wasn't there an older version?
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yes, with Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck. Mitchum was so incredibly creepy! ugh. One of those movies that is really hard to watch because it was so well-made.
 
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FreshFish said:
The US remake of the French movie La Femme Nikita, called Point of No Return, was pretty good.

It was amazing to me that someone would even try to remake Kurasawa's classic The Seven Samurai, yet The Magnificent Seven also was a tremendous movie. It was a great story and they did a fantastic job of adapting bandit-ridden post-feudal Japan to bandit-ridden Mexico in the second half of the 19th century. Both are fantastic movies and well worth watching!

Generally, though, recent US remakes of earlier US movies have generally been awful. The 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic, one of the finest science fiction movies ever made. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who understands the significance of Klaatu barada nikto. However, the remake was so unwatchable that I did not even try. Miracle on Ice with Karl Malden and Ed Marinaro (ironically, a star football player at Cornell) was so much better than Miracle with Kurt Russell.

The only remake I recall in this more limited category that was as good as the original is The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.

So I guess "the exceptions validate the overall generality of the rule" does apply.
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Mostly agree-but still feel the first Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 was far superior. Robert Shaw just had the patent on being menacing (The Sting, From Russia With Love).
The remake of the Thomas Crown Affair was pretty good. But as you have shown-most remakes are horrid (The Time Machine, War of the Worlds)
 
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FreshFish said:
yes, with Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck. Mitchum was so incredibly creepy! ugh. One of those movies that is really hard to watch because it was so well-made.
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Forgot that one to add to the previous post. Mitchum was incredible and the tension had you clutching your seat. Also one of the few appearances by the very hot Barrie Chase (usually know for her stint as a dance partner for Fred Astaire). Even though i prefer the original, the remake was pretty darn good for this one.
 
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bothman said:
Girl w/ Dragon Tattoo?
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Will be seeing that soon-the original was phenomenal-but maybe it's just me-I have trouble with sub titles as my eyes keep flashing down to read the text and I often miss some of what goes on the screen.
 
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DrDemento said:
I have trouble with sub titles as my eyes keep flashing down to read the tex and I often miss some of what goes on the screen.
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I have often wondered why they put the subtitles at the bottom instead of at the top (though I suppose either is preferable to those old silent films where they inserted a quoteboard!!). I have read that in some major metropollitan opera houses they now show translations on a long narrow screen above the stage (I have not seen any this way in person). It seems to me it is more suited to the way our brains process information to have the text above rather than below. I must be wrong however since so many cable stations have the crawl across the bottom instead of the top.


btw, speaking of old silent films, I strongly encourage everyone to see the new release of Metropolis. That long-lost extra footage makes a great film even better.


(for the youngsters among us, the term "footage" refers to that ancient practice of using celluloid "film" as a medium on which to store movies before "digital" was invented)
 
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