Comments on: The Weinsteins Hire A Hack To Butcher ‘Seven Samurai’ In A Remake No One Wants

By: Harvey W

Harvey W — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

This free to view blog is the closet Kevin Jagernauth will ever get to the film industry. What a loser.

By: @tomdcpetch

@tomdcpetch — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

It\’s a miracle getting your first film made, think you got to judge a director on his second? Mind you seems you can pay dirt first time out then make a load of schlock. Bryan Singer anyone?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

Well said Easy Tiger.

Stupid article. When you\’ve won xx Oscars then people can leave you to chose the directors…

By: Easy tiger

Easy tiger — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

I think we should flip this and actually look at this from the point of view of the Weinsteins. Undoubtedly these guys are the most successful and notorious independent film producers on Earth and fresh off the back of Oscar and Bafta ridden Kings Speach, they decide to re surge the remake of one of the greatest and most revered films of all time. In doing so, they research up and comers and Hollywood stars and settle on Mann. Although we are all movie buffs and adorers, this film has been remade multiple times and we should therefore really cut the Weinsteins some slack as let\’s face it, they kind of deserve it and know what the he\’ll they are doing choosing a director more than we do.

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

SJVP, it\’s not exactly a genre-wank. You\’ll enjoy 13 Assassins even if you haven\’t seen any other samurai films.

Also, Kev, c\’mon now. Scott Mann\’s got chops. Better him than some of the middlebrow assholes already generating huge paychecks at studios (Ratner, Wiseman, et al.)

By: Kevin Klawitter

Kevin Klawitter — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

You guys are trying SO HARD to be hip and cool with your hatred of easy targets and use of meaningless hyperbole that it\’s almost adorable.

By: sjvp

sjvp — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

I have a question that may require the Playlist team\’s knowledge. Should I go and see 13 Assassins having not seen Seven Samurai or any other samurai film, let alone any of Takeshi Miike\’s work? I hear it subverts the genre so I was wondering if any specific genre knowledge is needed or just a broad sense of samurai code. Thanks in advance for answering my rather stupid question

By: Kenyon

Kenyon — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:38:20 +0000

Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Kurt Angle, Gary Daniels and Michael Jai White as the paramilitary contractors