Hollywood Travesty Alert!
I love me some good 80's movies. Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Encino Man, The Manhattan Project, and The Goonies are just a random smattering of some of my favorties. One of my top favorites has always been WarGames.
Well, here's the deal. I found out earlier this afternoon that a WarGames sequel (aptly named "The Dead Code") is now being filmed. From what I have read about the movie, it sounds like the exact same storyline as in the original with one exception: replace "global thermonuclear war" with "terrorist attack". Apart from the absurdity of a supercomputer that simulates/predicts terrorist attacks (is that even possible?), there appears to be not one person from the original film involved with the sequel.
I don't want to see any of my favorite movies from the 80's butchered like this; exploited, cheapened and pathetic.
Shame on you, Hollywood, for letting this movie happen.
In lighter news, I think I may have stumbled upon (literally) the next book series I will read. The first book, entitled The Golden Compass, was written by Philip Pullman and sounds like a really interesting read. There is a movie being made that is currently in post-production, site here. Once again, it looks like it was written for children (I seem to gravitate towards these lately) but apparently has deep philosophical situations within its pages. I am going to look into it and hopefully get back to you about it sometime.
Well, here's the deal. I found out earlier this afternoon that a WarGames sequel (aptly named "The Dead Code") is now being filmed. From what I have read about the movie, it sounds like the exact same storyline as in the original with one exception: replace "global thermonuclear war" with "terrorist attack". Apart from the absurdity of a supercomputer that simulates/predicts terrorist attacks (is that even possible?), there appears to be not one person from the original film involved with the sequel.
I don't want to see any of my favorite movies from the 80's butchered like this; exploited, cheapened and pathetic.
Shame on you, Hollywood, for letting this movie happen.
In lighter news, I think I may have stumbled upon (literally) the next book series I will read. The first book, entitled The Golden Compass, was written by Philip Pullman and sounds like a really interesting read. There is a movie being made that is currently in post-production, site here. Once again, it looks like it was written for children (I seem to gravitate towards these lately) but apparently has deep philosophical situations within its pages. I am going to look into it and hopefully get back to you about it sometime.
posted by Whatafreak at 5:47:00 PM
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