The Fly

[avenger00soul]

I just got done watching this one and I really like it. I like the 80's version as well. Can you believe they are trying to remake it again??

"Help meeeeeee. Help meeeeeee."

[Dr.Kelvinstein]

I like all three of the original Fly movies. Cronenberg is great, but you can't beat a guy running around with a big rubber mask on his head. That's priceless. I always felt sorry for the dog or the cat or whatever it was that the guy zapped into bliss in the first one. That was just rude.

[avenger00soul]

Poor kitty. It even meowed after it disintegrated.

[Leslie Daher]

yeah, i liked the fly part 2 all right but the 1st one made me sick...i must be getting old..i can't stomach the same things i used to

[mudsliptones]

Ive only seen the goldblum version
loved it

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by mudsliptones
Ive only seen the goldblum version
loved it

Indeed the remake is quite good. Fox is reportedly remaking it again.:confused:

[mudsliptones]

Originally posted by avenger00soul
Indeed the remake is quite good. Fox is reportedly remaking it again.:confused:

it's a shame that they use a perfectly good movie wich already has a remake, to do another reamek of it

aaah well, screw you hollywood

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by mudsliptones
it's a shame that they use a perfectly good movie wich already has a remake, to do another reamek of it

aaah well, screw you hollywood

Apparently, we've never seen the Fly fly before. So now that we have CGI we can see this. I read that in an interview and I swear they made it out to be the sole basis for remaking this film.:mad:

[bloodygurl02]

Originally posted by mudsliptones
Ive only seen the goldblum version
loved it

like you i have only seen the goldlum version. i saw parts of the 2nd one. is it any good? the ramke w/ goldblum was awesome. love the arm wrestling part whre he brakes the guys arm and you can see his bone

[sniktawt]

Remaking a film that Cronenberg already nailed is so dumb.
That film was a masterpiece.As was the 1958 version.

[hollywoodgothiq]

THE FLY is a good idea for a movie, but it's a limited idea. That's why the sequels (RETURN OF THE FLY, CURSE OF THE FLY and THE FLY II) all suck.

As for another remake, the two existing versions pretty much milked the concept dry. There's nothing left.

I love the Cronenberg film, but the original film is still worth watching - a bit slow here and there but pretty sincere, with some great images.

[PR3SSUR3]

Poor kitty. It even meowed after it disintegrated

lol

And who's knocking The Fly 2?

It might not be as solid as the terrific Cronenberg original (remake), but FX man Chris Walas did a nice job of creating another doomed romance via some choice body horror, though this time with a slightly disappointing happy ending... great to see the commupance of the head Bartok guy of course, after what he did to the dog.

:eek:

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by hollywoodgothiq
THE FLY is a good idea for a movie, but it's a limited idea. That's why the sequels (RETURN OF THE FLY, CURSE OF THE FLY and THE FLY II) all suck.

I loved Return of the Fly. Perhaps as much as The Fly.

[hollywoodgothiq]

I actually sort of enjoy RETURN OF THE FLY in a late-night creature-features kind of way. Maybe I shouldn't have lumped it in with CURSE OF THE FLY and said it sucked, but it is pretty silly, what with the gian fly head and the bogus happy ending.

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by hollywoodgothiq
I actually sort of enjoy RETURN OF THE FLY in a late-night creature-features kind of way. Maybe I shouldn't have lumped it in with CURSE OF THE FLY and said it sucked, but it is pretty silly, what with the gian fly head and the bogus happy ending.

True, true.

I guess I kind of like it in the same sort of way.

[Damn Heathen]

'89 s e q u e l i s t h e b e s t.

[JasonLuck]

Haven't seen the original, but growing up as a kid I loved the Jeff Goldblum one, I think I watched it a couple of years back and thinking it aged surprisingly well.

[Damn Heathen]

Only recently did I catch the Venus fly trap in one of the scenes. Nice touch.

[FryeDwight]

Actually like the 1958 version better than the 1986 one...seems to focus on the story more than a bunch of goo that Cronenberg throws out.
Sequels are OK and an animal lover like me felt bad at what happened to the cat (THE FLY 58) and the dog (THE FLY 2 1988).
Vincent Price mentioned that he and Herbert Marshall had a hard time filming the end scene with the spider as they kept laughing and blowing the take. Finally had to look away from each other.

[Gears-of-Warren]

We should appreciate all the Fly movies for their own merits, even the older and newer sequels. I do love the Goldblum version the best however. There's just something about his unique weirdness that makes his character believable.

[Damn Heathen]

We should appreciate all the Fly movies for their own merits, even the older and newer sequels. I do love the Goldblum version the best however. There's just something about his unique weirdness that makes his character believable.
Speak for yourself, ace.

[Marley's Ghost]

THE ORIGINAL WAS GREAT
THIS CANNOT BE DENIED
BUT GOLDBLUM'S DID A FINE JOB
IT WAS A HELL OF A RIDE

[hammerfan]

THE ORIGINAL WAS GREAT
THIS CANNOT BE DENIED
BUT GOLDBLUM'S DID A FINE JOB
IT WAS A HELL OF A RIDE

Welcome back!

[bats]

i liked the fly more than i thought i would when i saw it. it is cheesy and sort of silly by today's standards and i grew up with the 80's version but the older version was a lot of fun. i would re-watch it anytime. ::devil::

[Sculpt]

I rewatched the Fly 58, and I was reminded how disturbed I was over the hydraulic press death concept when I was a kid. Very disgusting & horrifying.

The film had some slow parts. The concept of the doctor's mind becoming more fly-like wasn't expanded upon; whereas Pouge & Cronenberg did a good job expanding on that and some teleportation issues. The 58's whiteheaded fly ending will go down as one of the best ever made.

[bats]

I rewatched the Fly 58, and I was reminded how disturbed I was over the hydraulic press death concept when I was a kid. Very disgusting & horrifying.

that would be a terrible way to go.

[TheBlueWolf]

Cronenberg's version sated my gore lust but the original was great too.

[Sculpt]

Cronenberg's version sated my gore lust but the original was great too.

I thought the story had some anti-ubermensch (Nietsche), that being going beyond human, human restraints, morality... wanted to be the only insect politician, but they're aren't any... What'd you think?