Comments on: Open Thread for July 30, 2010 http://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/07/30/open-thread-76/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Timothy J Swann http://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/07/30/open-thread-76/#comment-20925 Timothy J Swann Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:14:38 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=16585#comment-20925 I had no idea where to post this now 4channic discourse is comment-locked: http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/release/sites/default/files/assets/poole-testimony.pdf This is the testimony of the founder of 4chan to the Tennessee district court regarding the hacking of Palin's e-mails. Quotations: 'And is there a page known as the /b/ board or Random /b/ board? A. Yes. Q. And sometimes it is said that there is very little rules on the /b/ board? A. Yes. Q. However, do certain rules apply? A. Yes, there is a note that all /b/ global or a handful of /b/ global rules apply to the /b/ board. Q. And what is the first rule for the /b/ board and all boards?' Can you imagine the temptation to say, 'you do not talk about the /b/ board'? I had no idea where to post this now 4channic discourse is comment-locked: http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/release/sites/default/files/assets/poole-testimony.pdf
This is the testimony of the founder of 4chan to the Tennessee district court regarding the hacking of Palin’s e-mails. Quotations:
‘And is there a page known as the /b/ board or
Random /b/ board?
A. Yes.
Q. And sometimes it is said that there is very
little rules on the /b/ board?
A. Yes.
Q. However, do certain rules apply?
A. Yes, there is a note that all /b/ global or a
handful of /b/ global rules apply to the /b/ board.
Q. And what is the first rule for the /b/ board
and all boards?’
Can you imagine the temptation to say, ‘you do not talk about the /b/ board’?

]]> By: kittiquin http://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/07/30/open-thread-76/#comment-20658 kittiquin Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:20:19 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=16585#comment-20658 my problem with Let Me In is it looks kind of bad. It seems to have missed all of the parts of Let the Right One In that made it great - the minimal soundtrack, the quiet desperation, the lack of action (in the traditional movie sense). They even lost the awesomeness of the title. They seem to be have made a cookie-cutter horror movie based on an interesting, progressive horror movie, and it will be seen by English-speaking viewers more than the original. If it sucks, as the trailer indicated, that's a terrible shame. (If it does not suck, my faith will be slightly restored in hollywood remakes, but... to me this just looks like The Grudge again.) my problem with Let Me In is it looks kind of bad. It seems to have missed all of the parts of Let the Right One In that made it great – the minimal soundtrack, the quiet desperation, the lack of action (in the traditional movie sense). They even lost the awesomeness of the title.

They seem to be have made a cookie-cutter horror movie based on an interesting, progressive horror movie, and it will be seen by English-speaking viewers more than the original. If it sucks, as the trailer indicated, that’s a terrible shame. (If it does not suck, my faith will be slightly restored in hollywood remakes, but… to me this just looks like The Grudge again.)

]]> By: Valatan http://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/07/30/open-thread-76/#comment-20656 Valatan Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:40:13 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=16585#comment-20656 They should remake the mediocre movies, or the ones that were flawed. You could turn something like the Postman into a great movie if you did it without Kevin Costner and with a better screenplay that didn't have lines like "You give out hope like its candy out of your pocket, postman." The things you should remake should generally be things that people were really excited about but ended up being disappointed by. Or a story where we're more attracted to the characters than the story itself--Star Trek and the comic book movies come to mind (This is also why the first sequel to the comic book movies are usually better than the originals--watching a story with the hero in it is more interesting than the boring exposition of the origin story). If you're starting with something that was really well-executed like the Godfather, or something that was really tied to its time, like citizen cane, or something that was both, like Casablanca, what are you going to do that is going to even be marginally better than just renting the original? They should remake the mediocre movies, or the ones that were flawed. You could turn something like the Postman into a great movie if you did it without Kevin Costner and with a better screenplay that didn’t have lines like “You give out hope like its candy out of your pocket, postman.”

The things you should remake should generally be things that people were really excited about but ended up being disappointed by. Or a story where we’re more attracted to the characters than the story itself–Star Trek and the comic book movies come to mind (This is also why the first sequel to the comic book movies are usually better than the originals–watching a story with the hero in it is more interesting than the boring exposition of the origin story).

If you’re starting with something that was really well-executed like the Godfather, or something that was really tied to its time, like citizen cane, or something that was both, like Casablanca, what are you going to do that is going to even be marginally better than just renting the original?

]]> By: Matthew Belinkie http://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/07/30/open-thread-76/#comment-20643 Matthew Belinkie Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:54:10 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=16585#comment-20643 You know what? I agree with Pete that there's nothing inherently bad about a remake. Let The Right One In was a great movie. I haven't seen The Road or Kick-Ass, but both those young actors were pretty much universally agreed to be awesome. Would it be nice to have more original movies out of Hollywood? Sure. But I see know reason why Let Me In can't turn out to be fantastic. You know what? I agree with Pete that there’s nothing inherently bad about a remake. Let The Right One In was a great movie. I haven’t seen The Road or Kick-Ass, but both those young actors were pretty much universally agreed to be awesome. Would it be nice to have more original movies out of Hollywood? Sure. But I see know reason why Let Me In can’t turn out to be fantastic.

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