> In article <190120071238429448%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%maxtheangel@gmail.com>,
> maxtheangel@gmail.com says...

>> In article <46c0r2l62ojv3kl9p8s73jr2l9qmdl9sfs@4ax.com>,
>> metro-golden-meower meow.org> wrote:
>>

>>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:39:38 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>

>>>>In article <31kvq25c2qcd13pug2rfgr14t776jpu9ve@4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>

>>>>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:35:04 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>>>

>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>>>

>>>>>>> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:45:08 -0800, Phoebee Caulfield
>>>>>>> notbex.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, metro-
>>>>>>>>golden-meower says...
>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:08:39 -0600, Max Grrl

> gmail.com>

>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>In article <7q4jq259spjaoq5b2ucbjdgav463empgsd@4ax.com>,
>>>>>>>>>>metro-golden-meower meow.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:21:11 -0600, Max Grrl
>>>>>>>>>>> gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, the

>>> mekon

>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:11:56 -0600, Max Grrl

>>> gmail.com>

>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>,

> the

>>> mekon

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 27 Dec 2006 22:22:58 GMT, ThePsyko

>>> itookmyprozac.com>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 27 Dec 2006 I stormed the castle called

>>> alt.hackers.malicious and

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>heard
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the mekon cry out in

>>> news:j5r5p2h9lnovmevss88uas9pbmn3inkv4r@4ax.com...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:37:44 -0600, Kali

>>> wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Haha made you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>scream/care" etc. is an a.f thing, anyway.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its just an af thing eh. funny how its appeared in

> auk

>>> an awfull lot

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> over the years. oh. you'd not know that would you,

>>> you're still a

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> slurpfesting cleless newbie who cannot defend herself

>>> from a kook let

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> alone a flamer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>If she can't defend herself, why are you calling her

> names

>>> and taking

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>such
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>an agressive stance? Does it make you feel big to

> pick on

>>> the

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>defenseless?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> becauuse i can, plus, it gives you a chance to pay for

> all

>>> that head

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you've recieved, sir galahad.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Isn't what Hitler said before he blitzed London??

>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> no idea. i don't speek kraut.

>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>LOL, I used to . . . spent about 5 years in Germany. Can't

>>> remember a

>>>>>>>>>>>>fucking word of German now, though.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Musta been all that double-bock . . . (yeah, I'm

> misspelling it

>>> - too

>>>>>>>>>>>>fucking lazy to look it up).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>You know, I coulda just been fooled, but all the Germans I

> ever

>>> spoke

>>>>>>>>>>>>to hated the fuck outta Hitler.

>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> like being a nazi and admiting it is going to be something

> anyone

>>>>>>>>>>> would do unless they're a skinhead and proud.

>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Okay, let me be more specific, the Germans I knew I'm fairly

> sure

>>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>>jewish - to them, just saying the name "Hitler" was enough to

> clear

>>>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>room or start a fight.

>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> or upset a few poles.

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Springtime for Hitler and Germany
>>>>>>>>Winter for Poland and France...

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the producers is a funny film. yet another classic hollywood thinks
>>>>>>> wasn't good enough and had to remake.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>When I saw the remake I didn't realize that Mel Brooks was
>>>>>>behind it as he was the original - if I had, that might have

>>>>>
>>>>> i didn't know mel brooks was involved with the remake. even knowing
>>>>> that, i'll not watch it. a remake just does not appeal to me, well to
>>>>> be honest, none of the remakes realy appeal to me.

>>>>
>>>>What we have now is a movie based on a Broadway play that was
>>>>based on a movie about people making Broadway plays. Getting
>>>>close to an infinite regress here...
>>>>
>>>>Mel Brooks wrote all three versions - the original movie, the
>>>>stage play, and the new movie. He also directed the original,
>>>>and produced the remake. The original was his directorial debut
>>>>(and made one heck of a hard act to follow) and won him an Oscar
>>>>for best screenplay.

>>>
>>> i'm not supprized the film won him an oscar. it is after all one very
>>> very funny film. its one of those films i don't mind watching more
>>> than once. there are not many of those. have you ever seen passport to
>>> pimlico? that's one of my all time favourates.
>>>

>>>>>>softened my reaction a bit. But even then, there is no way the
>>>>>>new cast compares well to the original. Nathan Lane and Matthew
>>>>>>Broderick don't belong on the same set as Zero Mostel and Gene
>>>>>>Wilder. That's almost as bad as George Clooney doing Sinatra...

>>>>>
>>>>> i couldn't believe it when the lady killers was remade. its an ealing
>>>>> classic which i actualy have a paid for copy as well as having
>>>>> downloaded it. what kind of idiot would think you could improve on a
>>>>> film like that, which had a cast whos calbre would be impossible to
>>>>> match these days with the shite actors we have nowadays?

>>>>
>>>>I've never been a Tom Hanks fan, and the idea that he could
>>>>replace Sir Alec Guinness is indeed ludicrous. Not to mention
>>>>Peter Sellers, Jack Warden & crew.

>>>
>>> i don't like him either. if i find out he's in a film it puts me right
>>> off. i feel the same about that little midget, what's his name, tom
>>> cruise. i think i'm kind of lucky growing up seeing actors like those
>>> guys, peter sellers, alec guinness etc, in films on tv on a saturday
>>> or sunday afternoon when i was a kid back in the 70's and early 80's.
>>> have you also seen genevieve? that's another realy enjoyable film.

>>
>> Tom Hanks gets on my last fucking nerve, too . . . but I DID like
>> "Saving Private Ryan." Mainly, cause he played a Captain with the 101st
>> Airborne - my hubby's rank at the time AND the div he was in, too.
>>
>> Hubby likes him, though. We have to watch "Big" whenever it's on - he
>> thinks Hanks is hilarious.
>> *rolls eyes*
>>
>> I'm more of a Jet Li, Jackie Chan kinda fan. Also the guy from "The
>> Transporter" - he's H-O-T.
>>

> Jason Statham? I've seen 3 films with him in it this week. You should
> see Revolver if you get a chance. The other films I saw with him in was
> Transporter 2 and Cellular.

>

>> As for Tommy Cruises-for-cock, I think he's a complete and utter
>> fucktard l00n. You have to put a fucking gun to my head to make me
>> watch ANY movie with him in it - except "Far and Away" - but that's
>> only cause he plays an Irish guy - and I'm Irish (and fucking proud of
>> it! LOL).
>>

> There has been a few good Tom Cruise films but I liked them despite him
> being in them, not because I like him. I really can't stand the little
> tosser.

>

>>

>>>>I'll have to ponder a bit on the question of whether there are
>>>>any remakes I've seen that were at least as good as the original
>>>>None come immediately to mind.

>>>
>>> i cannot think of a remake i thought was any good. there may be. i
>>> just cannot think of it.

>> Feh. Almost any movie Hollyweird is putting out nowadays is a remake.
>> They've especially been stealing other countries' movies here lately.
>> The Ring - remake. The Grudge - remake. Dark Water - remake. Japanese
>> movies seem to be a hot property now.
>>
>> They're even remaking "The Hitcher." How fucking desperate can they
>> BE????
>>
>> Don't even get me started on the superhero/comic book heroes franchise
>> . . . The Hulk was one of the biggest waste of time's EVER. And I
>> liked Hulk-y as a kid. : ( That being said, I'll still see the next
>> Spidey at the theater . . . love Spidey!! : )
>>

> If a film was good the first time, why remake it? If it was crap there's
> not really any reason for a remake, so either way remakes are pointless.