AAARGH! I had forgotten that they were remaking Clash of the Titans. And, oh goody, they got the guy who directed The Incredible Hulk to make it! Because that film wasn't just an unnecessary reboot of a much superior film, but with worse actors and piss-poor effects.
Look, the original was not a great film. (Don't even get me started on Bubo the Komic Relief Robo-Owl) But the original had Ray Harryhausen's special effects and Maggie Smith as the "villainous" goddess. This remake will no doubt have the same shitty CGI effects as always and a cast of beautiful people who will make Harry Hamlin look like Johnny Depp by comparison.
Come on, Hollywood! Do you realize how many other awesome Greek myths are out there that haven't gotten a much-deserved big-screen treatment? (Or at least, not a good one) Theseus and the Minotaur, Bellerophon and the Chimaera, The Odyssey, and The Seven Labors of Heracles/Hercules?
Seriously, remaking a Harryhausen film is like...well, remaking King Kong and taking out all the dinosaurs. Nobody went to see the original King Kong to see a gorilla make google-eyes at a vapid actress for nearly two hours, they went to see Kong fight dinosaurs and then wreck the shit out of New York. That's why nobody likes the 1976 version.
Nobody went to Harryhausen films for the acting and the writing, they went to see what the Hell kind of bad-ass bizarre creation Harryhausen would toss up onto the screen next.
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Look, the original was not a great film. (Don't even get me started on Bubo the Komic Relief Robo-Owl) But the original had Ray Harryhausen's special effects and Maggie Smith as the "villainous" goddess. This remake will no doubt have the same shitty CGI effects as always and a cast of beautiful people who will make Harry Hamlin look like Johnny Depp by comparison.
Come on, Hollywood! Do you realize how many other awesome Greek myths are out there that haven't gotten a much-deserved big-screen treatment? (Or at least, not a good one) Theseus and the Minotaur, Bellerophon and the Chimaera, The Odyssey, and The Seven Labors of Heracles/Hercules?
Seriously, remaking a Harryhausen film is like...well, remaking King Kong and taking out all the dinosaurs. Nobody went to see the original King Kong to see a gorilla make google-eyes at a vapid actress for nearly two hours, they went to see Kong fight dinosaurs and then wreck the shit out of New York. That's why nobody likes the 1976 version.
Nobody went to Harryhausen films for the acting and the writing, they went to see what the Hell kind of bad-ass bizarre creation Harryhausen would toss up onto the screen next.