tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post4586026047406658238..comments2024-03-25T17:38:55.490-07:00Comments on Dar Kush: Remakes versus AdaptationsSteven Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-27827073299420807552009-10-25T09:49:46.145-07:002009-10-25T09:49:46.145-07:00Make it be the whole plot. Rocky doesn't figh...Make it be the whole plot. Rocky doesn't fight at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-40683841936328538772009-10-25T07:25:23.296-07:002009-10-25T07:25:23.296-07:00"wherein Rocky becomes a mentor to a young bo..."wherein Rocky becomes a mentor to a young boxer"<br /><br />That's part of the plot of Rock 5, one of the two worst films of the franchise (the other being Rocky 4, i.e. the Italian Stallion vs. the Russian Terminator).Ethiopian_Infidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332794812978904247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-70181012665094393472009-10-25T06:08:03.113-07:002009-10-25T06:08:03.113-07:00Way to many sequels and remakes are made. It's...Way to many sequels and remakes are made. It's amazing and gratifying when they resist making a sequel to a blockbuster like ET.Marty Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465745755940914756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-51249757413667400972009-10-24T17:45:39.487-07:002009-10-24T17:45:39.487-07:00I have not seen any of the Rocky movies, so I am s...I have not seen any of the Rocky movies, so I am speaking in a vacuum, but it occurs to me based upon what I read here that the way to make another Rocky movie is the last step of the Hero's Journey: The student becomes the teacher, wherein Rocky becomes a mentor to a young boxer and helps him begin his journey.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-65733223751859641182009-10-24T17:44:00.275-07:002009-10-24T17:44:00.275-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-23065595653477331132009-10-24T17:09:48.819-07:002009-10-24T17:09:48.819-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-28631308134503103822009-10-24T15:18:07.930-07:002009-10-24T15:18:07.930-07:00I think the only way another Rocky movie would wor...I think the only way another Rocky movie would work is if it's a zombie movie...<br /><br />RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-10348837333567269462009-10-24T12:04:42.320-07:002009-10-24T12:04:42.320-07:00Speaking of new movies coming out, I know you'...Speaking of new movies coming out, I know you've mentioned being a fan of the horror genre before. I went to see this new 'Paranormal Activity' one last night (and only today discovered all the hype about it, so I somewhat regret joining in on the trend as it were.) Usually I find 'scary' movies comical at best, and dull at worst, but this one honest to god disturbed and scared me.<br /><br />So have you caught it yet, and if so what're your thoughts on how effective it was? And if not... for goodness' sake go catch it! Just, uh, not alone. And not on a night when you need to get some sleep.Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709327252569770836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-42981673820273661172009-10-24T07:58:12.450-07:002009-10-24T07:58:12.450-07:00Much bigger film oevre now than 50 years ago; much...<i>Much bigger film oevre now than 50 years ago; much less true for books.</i><br /><br />I must not get what you mean<br />because I find hundreds of new books<br />every day<br />that I want to read<br />huge piles of them accumulating <br />in my lair<br />in all genres and some<br />in no genres to speak of<br />as a Voracious Reader<br />this makes me very happy<br />so I can't believe <br />you're saying fewer books<br />being writtensuzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-40541309844819134402009-10-24T00:58:31.084-07:002009-10-24T00:58:31.084-07:00Black Dynamite is more of a comedy than an action ...Black Dynamite is more of a comedy than an action movie though.<br /><br />That mix didn't get any traction for Stallone either when he did Oscar.AF1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-76702787560826546202009-10-23T13:57:49.069-07:002009-10-23T13:57:49.069-07:00Yes, remake/sequel fever is WAY out of control. Al...Yes, remake/sequel fever is WAY out of control. All of the writers, novelists creating such great stories and they're barely being touched.Ashe Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080539043480727059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-13005304547558043302009-10-23T12:52:23.486-07:002009-10-23T12:52:23.486-07:00Oeuvre, damn it.Oeuvre, damn it.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606348439737007635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-33416193933272965812009-10-23T12:51:21.216-07:002009-10-23T12:51:21.216-07:00Much bigger film oevre now than 50 years ago; much...Much bigger film oevre now than 50 years ago; much less true for books.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606348439737007635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-46089958330086955502009-10-23T09:45:37.337-07:002009-10-23T09:45:37.337-07:00Stallone apparently wants to make another Rocky mo...<i>Stallone apparently wants to make another Rocky movie</i><br /><br />Please, please, please, <i>please</i> no.<br /><br />I swear, I'll go see the next Rambo movie twice if Sly will skip the Rocky project. And I'll rent "Over the Top" and this time I'll even watch it.<br /><br />~~~~~<br /><br />It's sadly amusing how often, reading you, I think, "Boy, I sure know people that's true of." And then sometimes I catch myself at it....<br /><br /><i>My</i> life, of course, is different, with unique challenges that most people couldn't understand ... you know, like everyone else's life.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-65414215489180933342009-10-23T09:38:58.989-07:002009-10-23T09:38:58.989-07:00Sounds like it's no worse than it ever was and...Sounds like it's no worse than it ever was and that Hollywood has never been that much into creating original products. <br /><br />Quickly glancing at IMBD's top 250 list;<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/chart/top<br /><br />It's rare to find a completely original work and it looks to me that a large majority are adaptions or sequels or remakes. <br /><br />As long as I get good films I'm happy.Mike Rallsnoreply@blogger.com