Comments on: Robert Zemeckis In Talks To Direct Remake Of 1939 ‘The Wizard Of Oz’

By: sarcastic guy

sarcastic guy — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:22 +0000

A Christmas Carol, Yellow Submarine and now this.

Zemeckis really digs original projects !

By: amanda

amanda — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:22 +0000

I hate Hollywood.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:21 +0000

Wow, a Zemeckis project that makes even LESS sense than remaking Yellow Submarine, which will be somewhat enjoyable and fun compared to a Wizard of Oz remake which will likely feel sad and 100% unnecessary. Will he do a mo-cap 3D version of The Godfather next?!? Maybe!

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:21 +0000

Why not remake the terrible films of the 50s? Plan 9 is just asking to be remade.
But leave the classics alone because if this happens, i expect to see a remake of Citizen Kane.
If anything though, i rather see people try their hands at stuff like Ed Wood or Shadow of the Vampire. Films about the behind the scenes and even fictionalize everything.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:21 +0000

I wish there weren\’t such a knee jerk reaction to remakes — even remakes of classics.

There are really only three possible outcomes to any given remake: 1) it\’s bad and it\’s forgotten (Psycho), 2) it\’s just as good (Gaslight), or it\’s debateably better (Let Me In, the 79 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers).

With the last two, you\’ve got a good film, so that\’s good. With the first case — who cares?

In fact, who cares either way? If you don\’t want to see a remake of The Wizard of Oz, please don\’t. You will always have the original, which won\’t be harmed in any way. It will not be saved-over, we promise.

In fact, you get the added bonus of being able to look down your nose at anyone who likes the new one, which should make you feel just grand, even if you haven\’t seen it.

Finally, please, please drop the pretentious \’3d is bad\’ argument. Art is good or bad, not technology. I agree that 3d is most often used as a novelty to charge more for bad film. 3d did not make My Bloody Valentine 3D bad; it was already bad. Likewise, 3d will not automatically make Herzog\’s new \’Cave of Forgotten Dreams\’ good or bad. But I have faith that, because he\’s a good filmmaker, it will be good — and because he is working with a different technology– it will be good in an interesting new way.

Saying that any technology has artistic merit in and of itself, artist be damned, is embarrassingly shallow, and obviously false; it has more to do with how someone wants to be seen for liking something, rather than whether they truly enjoy it. If you prefer the 2d, folks, see the 2d; but please dispense with the posing.

Besides some films could use being remade; or am i the only one who can say the original Wizard of Oz has always creeped me out a little bit?

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:21 +0000

I\’m voting a \”hell fucking no\” on this.

By: Ralph Walker

Ralph Walker — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:21 +0000

…the witch is dead

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:34:21 +0000

I hate 3D. But hell thats Hollywood for you. I never see the 3D version of films because I prefer 2D thank you. I am excited that people are interested in bringing more fables and classic stories to the screen as long as they don\’t turn them into crap. But please don\’t touch the Wizard of Oz because it\’s amazing.