Comments on: Remake Of Cult Horror ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ In The Works, Though It Will Be More Of An Homage, Apparently https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-cult-horror-jacobs-ladder-in-the-works-though-it-will-be-more-of-an-homage-apparently-20130628/ Fri, 13 May 2016 09:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Colin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-cult-horror-jacobs-ladder-in-the-works-though-it-will-be-more-of-an-homage-apparently-20130628/#comment-51127 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:36:51 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/remake-of-cult-horror-jacobs-ladder-in-the-works-though-it-will-be-more-of-an-homage-apparently-96501/#comment-51127 It's incomprehensible how anyone can refer to Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins' character) as a Vietnam "veteran".

*Spoiler*: If you understood the movie, you know that he never lived to be a veteran.

]]> By: just some guy... https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-cult-horror-jacobs-ladder-in-the-works-though-it-will-be-more-of-an-homage-apparently-20130628/#comment-51128 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:36:51 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/remake-of-cult-horror-jacobs-ladder-in-the-works-though-it-will-be-more-of-an-homage-apparently-96501/#comment-51128 Um, Kevin… name of the movie you reference is "Midnight Meat Train". Based classic Clive Barker story and starring Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper. Not "Midnight Meat Trainer" which conjurs images of guys bench pressing sides of beef and curling turkey legs…

]]> By: Thomasi https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-cult-horror-jacobs-ladder-in-the-works-though-it-will-be-more-of-an-homage-apparently-20130628/#comment-51129 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:36:51 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/remake-of-cult-horror-jacobs-ladder-in-the-works-though-it-will-be-more-of-an-homage-apparently-96501/#comment-51129 Interestingly, I just caught up with the original this week. It was fine: well-made and entertaining but it's hard to imagine that audiences ever found it scary or deep. Ultimately, it doesn't even make sense within the confines of its own logic. Tim Robbins' performance was wonderful, though. I am not hopeful that a remake or an homage will represent an improvement on the original, nor an alternative worth pursuing.

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