To put it mildly, I am fed up.
I've always liked Science Fiction. It's hard to imagine that once upon a time it was really nerdy to like Science Fiction.
When I was young, I was hard core. Classic Science Fiction movies and books were my entertainment. Authors like Arthur C. CLarke and Robert Heinlein sat on my bookshelf alongside H G Wells and Jules Verne. It was a treat to catch an old classic onTV like 'War of the Worlds' or 'Planet of the Apes'. The days before elaborate special effects, when story content counted.
So we now have a new version of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Scinece Fiction will be peddled as mindless entertainment again. Why does Hollywood insist on plundering all my favourite films and remaking them into some grotesque parody? It's been happening for years ...Time Machine, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Planet of the Apes, War of the Words, Iam Legend (Omega Man). I'll make an exception for 'Solaris'.
It seems bad enough that this latest offering has Keanu Reeves in it, one of my least favourite actors of all time, but the trailers for the film show the usual sort of global mahem and destruction that goes with every blockbuster. Yawn. Hasn't anyone heard of suspense anymore? I am fed up of bad remakes and brainless blockbusters.
OK, I haven't seen the film so I can't comment on how good or otherwise it is. I am just noting my view. I seriously doubt it will be a classic and will probably be cheap in the DVD shops in a month's time and then forgotten. I hope so.
And for the record, I have read H E Bates 'Farewell to the Master'. I do not expect the new film to be like the story. The original 'Day the Earth Stood Still' was based on the story, but did not follow it exactly. That's one reason it has become a classic.
I've always liked Science Fiction. It's hard to imagine that once upon a time it was really nerdy to like Science Fiction.
When I was young, I was hard core. Classic Science Fiction movies and books were my entertainment. Authors like Arthur C. CLarke and Robert Heinlein sat on my bookshelf alongside H G Wells and Jules Verne. It was a treat to catch an old classic onTV like 'War of the Worlds' or 'Planet of the Apes'. The days before elaborate special effects, when story content counted.
So we now have a new version of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Scinece Fiction will be peddled as mindless entertainment again. Why does Hollywood insist on plundering all my favourite films and remaking them into some grotesque parody? It's been happening for years ...Time Machine, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Planet of the Apes, War of the Words, Iam Legend (Omega Man). I'll make an exception for 'Solaris'.
It seems bad enough that this latest offering has Keanu Reeves in it, one of my least favourite actors of all time, but the trailers for the film show the usual sort of global mahem and destruction that goes with every blockbuster. Yawn. Hasn't anyone heard of suspense anymore? I am fed up of bad remakes and brainless blockbusters.
OK, I haven't seen the film so I can't comment on how good or otherwise it is. I am just noting my view. I seriously doubt it will be a classic and will probably be cheap in the DVD shops in a month's time and then forgotten. I hope so.
And for the record, I have read H E Bates 'Farewell to the Master'. I do not expect the new film to be like the story. The original 'Day the Earth Stood Still' was based on the story, but did not follow it exactly. That's one reason it has become a classic.
"You lot - quit hanging around, take your new film and piss off!
Or else I'll set my Master on to you!"
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