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yep .. they'll do the usual and replace the mature actors with a bunch of chisel faced 22 year olds.

its the same thing every fucking time because the vast majority of people who can afford to go - or are willing to go to the theatres - are in their teens and early 20's and they dont want to go to a movie and see old fogeys.

no point even complaining anymore - it's what our culture has come to.

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yup, I'll waste my money to watch it too. Because like I've mentioned before, I'm a sucker for the theater.

I totally agree there. the majority ov the cast were middle aged i guess ( except sweet little damian) they do tend to put more youthful actors/actresses in remakes.....and completley fuck a perfectly descent film up!

for me, the actin' in texas chainsaw (orig) <for e.g.> was crap but its still way better than the remake i feel....

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i love the theatre too ... but i'm a prime example of someone who doesnt get to go often because of needing a babysitter - and the expenses and logistics that come with that.
the only movies we see are kids movies because we can all go together.

good for my kid because he's seen more movies now at 5 than i did until i was 16.

its hard to pinpoint where the shift came - but i think it was with home video.
before that you saw more adults in the theatres. they had no choice. there were less films being produced and the target audience were the ones that could afford to go.
It was also no big deal to get the 14 year old kid next door to babysit for a couple of bucks an hour.

but since video .. adults prefer to be at home (i dont - but many loath the thought of the theatre)

kids also have more disposable money these days ..
its the age of the single parent .. people are throwing money at kids in lieu of parenting.

anyway - for several various reasons - some being a socio-economical shift, cultural shifts, and home video ... the movies being made today are still mostly catering to the youth market.

i know that home video sales will still bring in a lot of money - and adults will see them at that point - but for a filmmaker/studio .. its the box office that really matters.

Except for the shot with the kid saying "they're afraid of me" and one with guys with guns , everything in the trailer looks like it was lifted directly from the original film (ala the 'Psycho' re-make). Besides "money" being the obvious answer, what's the point ? :mad:
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Psycho being one of my all time favorite movies, the remake really bugged me. They were actually proud that the re-shot the original movie frame by frame. :mad:

It's like participating in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'- same scenes, same music, but different people and no fun LOL
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That's another thing, there isn't enough movies with Tim Curry. I'm not going to sit through Congo for him, why no good movies without tim curry (without the muppets or damon brothers :p ). What about horror movies??? I think he has a total horror look, he's a great actor (and his voice, I mean come on!)

Will hollywood ever stop wronging us? :(

<sigh> I guess not. Charge your camera's batteries since it looks like it's you and me against the world ;)
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he was pretty good in Legend


but yeah Congo was horrible