IMHO, WHO is doing the remaking is at least as important as WHETHER a remake is being done at all. Joel Schumacher remaking, say, Ozu’s Tokyo Story would be all kinds of wrong, and worthy of scorn. But, in the hypothetical example given in another post, Peter Weir trackling a remake of Fitzcarraldo (hopefully not set in space!) would probably be worth seeing.

This is not a fight between two giants. Ferrar needs to shut up.

The only party that could have taken any offense to my comment were the ‘fanboys’ I indicated. You responded. Therefore my assumption. And why I said ‘…if you’re one of those [particular] fanboys I mentioned….’ I did that because you had been - in an 8-word insult - anything but specific. “Consistent” has absolutely no place in the equation, silly.

(This is why you are wearing, to anyone with reading comprehension, that “hat”)

what the hell are you talking about? first you bitch about the nuke the fridge comment, which is what i was commenting on. Then you call me a fanboy? what am i a fanboy to? urbandictionary.com? or ferrara? if you are going to defend a comment, at least be consistant.

fyi, i dont give a fuck about ferrara or herzog, but if i was in ferraras shoes, i wouldnt wish a simple car wreck on the other guy. you would think he could be a bit more creative. again, my good man, i say ass hat

So sorry if you’re one of those fanboys I mentioned. I’d certainly hate for someone who calls himself “Big Daddy” to possibly “say something more threatening” than Ferrara.

(Trust me, Ferrara has far, far more knowledgeable and literate fans & defenders than you.)

Well, since the former is a term derived from the oldest novel in Western culture, and the latter is only a rather-lame example of a few Lucas-obsessed fanboys with ‘urbandictionary’ registrations attempting to ‘impact’ culture by ‘forcing’ a phrase that isn’t analogous and doesn’t really flow or apply (and that no one really says) within a few weeks of the source-film’s debut…… I’d say: ‘obviously, no. No, it isn’t.’

But nice try ‘promoting’ the phrase. Again.

And, no offense to the crack addict, but he’s made, what, two marginally good movies (BAD LT & KING OF NEW YORK) while the German has made at least a dozen that are what I’d consider “very good.”

Props to Ferrara too, holy balls they are both excellent directors. But seriously for one let’s have BAd Lieutenant be what it was back in the day and lets see a new take on it. Some remakes can easily be fucked up, but I doubt this one will

Ferrara did the Body Snatchers remake for cash, but if you know anything about him, he’s not a sell out. And Body Snatchers had already been remade at least once. The Pulp Fiction comment above by Ron is a better example for what’s going on here.

Again, I know we can debate the general purpose of remakes all day long - this trend will not end anytime soon, though.

What’s unique about this instance is that a bag of money is not at the center; egos are. Moreover, the talent/players involved on both sides have their integrities intact (well, sans Cage, but he can deliver when he wants to). In the end, it’s Herzog being a major ass, in my opinion. They should change the title on good faith.

“Ten-year-old kids, 12-year-old kids don’t really know the old Grizzly Man. So it’s an opportunity to make it new for kids,” Anderson said. “The same way it felt for me watching Grizzly Man when I was a kid, that’s what I want to do for kids today.”

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106452/

…or maybe they should just not remake things for a while.