Brian K. Vaughan writing Forbidden Planet remake

https://www.joblo.com/forbidden-planet-remake/

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bramkaandorp@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Surely, you're not serious?

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

This deserves the upvotes.

Finkler@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Why can't they just leave such classics alone ? Right I am of to dig my copy out and settle in for a fun time.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 2 pts · 1y

I mean its such a classic I can see why folks will want it left alone, but it is a good story and its been a long time since it was filmed. It had such audacious concepts to for the alien technology that special effects of the time could not do justice to. I won't mind this as long as its done really, really well.

jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

For a second, I read that as remake of Fantastic Planet.

That would have been a plastic surgery disaster.

mipadaitu@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I think if it's done right, FP would be a perfect movie for a remake.

The original is pretty good, and has decent special effects, but it's certainly a product of its time.

The overt sexism and racism is pretty obnoxious. As long as the remake keeps the story mostly the same, but just cleans it up a bit, ESPECIALLY if they stick with the retro-futuristic style.

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That changes it, and obscures the past; whitewashing.

There's no argument to be made for a remake, it's good because it's part of the time in which it was produced.

mipadaitu@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

The original still exists, a remake for modern times doesn't delete the first one.