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The thing that annoys me is that people compare things to the "original", what is that? They compare the war of the worlds with the "original", when in fact it was based on a book by orson wells. If they do a film about a book, they say it's not as good as the book, they make a newer version of a film and they say it's not as good as the first. I think most people are biassed, as it's only the people who've seen the original that complain.
After seeing the remake of omen however, I do now want to see the others. But only cos I liked the story, I ignored the fact that they picked a shit kid, that julia styles can't act, that they got trumpet blower pete postlethwaite to join in. The modernisation enhanced the story line for me, if they stick a load of white paint on your face and make spooky ghost sounds it doesn't automatically make it better, like they did back in the day.
Like I said before in another thread, we all have our exorcist. Salems lot was mine, and it probably counts for the omen too. We have our own memories of how the original affected our state of mind.
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