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ShadyGuru:
Anybody else seeing this over the weekend?  heard some good things

Shallow:
I'm too much of a fan of the original to give this a chance. I'm sure it's a nice movie but all I'll keep thinking about is how it's not as good.

Sikotic™:
Looks wack. I'll be seeing Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which is gonna be crap too, but at least I'll see Angelina Jolie's tittayz.

Trauma-san:

--- Quote from: Shallow on June 10, 2005, 01:43:53 PM ---I'm too much of a fan of the original to give this a chance. I'm sure it's a nice movie but all I'll keep thinking about is how it's not as good.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, I agree.  I think it's nothing short of sacreligious to try and replicate a role that the legendary Jackie Gleason created.  It's like having someone else play Lucy on "I Love Lucy" or something, just rediculous. 

Shallow:

--- Quote from: Trauma on June 10, 2005, 07:06:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on June 10, 2005, 01:43:53 PM ---I'm too much of a fan of the original to give this a chance. I'm sure it's a nice movie but all I'll keep thinking about is how it's not as good.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, I agree.  I think it's nothing short of sacreligious to try and replicate a role that the legendary Jackie Gleason created.  It's like having someone else play Lucy on "I Love Lucy" or something, just rediculous. 

--- End quote ---


What really bothers me is the race switch and that if it were reversed and a famous black character was played by a white guy in a modern version groups like the NAACP and other black groups would be up in arms like Jesus just got crucified again. Now don't get me wrong I don't want to see a remake by a white guy like Kevin James or Jim Belushi playing old Ralphie Boy either, and I certainly don't want to see Ben Stiller playing George Jefferson or Justin Timberlake playing Rerun. I just hate the double standard that it's ground breaking for old white characters to be remade as black and blatantly racist to have old black characters remade as whites. Why couldn't they just show 2 hours of episodes from the original? I'd gladly pay to see that. Or here's a thought; come up with new characters and material. What am I thinking? The days of creativity are long gone.

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