Bryan Singer to Direct Logan's Run Remake

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:28 pm

Article!

Kinda weird how they're lowering the age to 21.

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:36 pm

" Singer and Silver are lowering that age to 21, as it was in the William Nolan novel, which means a showy role for a young actor." Looks like they're just changing it back?

Ehhh... I donno I haven't seen either of the XMen movies, so I can't say whether or not I like the idea? Mmmm... could theortetically be pretty cool though, if they make the world look as interesting as they say they are.

EvoG · Post by **EvoG** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:44 pm

How is having seen Xmen or not relevent to restoring the original age of the characters in Logans Run?

For that matter, is it really an idea that makes or breaks the movie? Its quite arbitrary to even mention, only to state as they did that it is a cool opportunity for a younger actor. Otherwise be it 30 or 21 or 18 it doesn't change the movie on any significant level.

CHOICE of young actor though is relevent so lets hope for a good choice.

Cheers

Viktor · Post by **Viktor** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:02 pm

Why can't Hollywood just come up with a few new and decent movie ideas instead of making lame remakes?

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:05 pm

They ought to bring back Michael Caine as the old dude living in the ruins of Washington D.C.

Viktor · Post by **Viktor** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:15 pm

Spazmo wrote:They ought to bring back Michael Caine as the old dude living in the ruins of Washington D.C.

Better that than churning out shitty remakes of his old films!

Recent examples:-

- "The Italian Job"
- "Get Carter"

What next - remakes of "Zulu" and "The Man Who Would Be King"??

EvoG · Post by **EvoG** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:27 pm

OMEGA MAN...with Ah-nold. That would so pWn.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:31 pm

Enough with the fucking Arnold jokes. THEY ARE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

Jimmyjay86 · Post by **Jimmyjay86** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:13 pm

I liked the original movie and series alot and used to be a big fan but.....they really sucked. It isn't worth making a sequel out of.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:45 pm

EvoG wrote:OMEGA MAN...with Ah-nold. That would so pWn.

I'de rather see a more recent remake with Ahnold. "Head of State."

Phias · Post by **Phias** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:05 pm

Franz_Schubert wrote:Article!

Kinda weird how they're lowering the age to 21.

Possibly to appeal to a different demographic. Times have changed...

I don't know why anyone would want to re-make LR, but if they do it right, and not like Planet of the Apes(ugh...), it could turn out all right.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:13 pm

I liked the remake of PotA. What's wrong with it?

Phias · Post by **Phias** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:17 pm

First thing that pops into my mind is the hilariously bad ending, that was nowhere close to the original's.

Plus, the ape said "You damn dirty Human", warping it the other way. It was more appropriate for a slightly younger audience, or at least that's how it came across to me.

EvoG · Post by **EvoG** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:24 pm

Franz_Schubert wrote:Enough with the fucking Arnold jokes. THEY ARE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

What joke? Saying Ah-nold? Hardly a joke...I love Omega Man and Arnie is a great Heston look alike...he was set to do other CH movies so why not?

oh, and btw, YOU'RE not funnny anymore...

agreed?

Cheers

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:37 pm

Holy crap, that movie wasnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t even good to begin with. Fantastic it was though, especially with the freeze frame explosion at the end. I'm not complaining about remaking it, sounds cool, but will movie producers ever come up with a good original idea again?

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:49 pm

Franz_Schubert wrote:Enough with the fucking Arnold jokes. THEY ARE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

I thought it was my job to say "the joke's fucking dead already," not yours, Schubert, you rabble rouser you.

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:21 am

Franz_Schubert wrote:Kinda weird how they're lowering the age to 21.

Actually, by doing that they're getting back to the way it originally was in the novel from what I understand. Edit: As SuperH already pointed out.

My question about this is, "Exactly what are they going to do to it?" I haven't read the novel, so I don't know how far the original film version was from it. (Apparently the film diverged from the novel quite a bit in the latter portion.) Think about it, how many people sit down and watch the original and pick up on the fact that it was essentially '70s attitudes about Astrology, the Sexual Revolution, and the obsession w/youth ("Don't trust anyone over 30.") and filtering them through a distorting lens of sci-fi?

While some of these themes like the obsession w/youth are very much relevant today, it would either need to be updated/repackaged, or...something.

Not to mention that someone's involvement w/an X-men flick makes for dubious movie-making credentials... :confused2:

Is anyone surprised that I won't be adding this to my "must see" film list for '04?

Jimmyjay86 wrote:I liked the original movie and series alot and used to be a big fan but.....they really sucked. It isn't worth making a sequel out of.

Yeah, they were a bit cheesy. Weren't they?

Then again, Battlestar Galatica falls into that whole "so deeply rooted in the '70s it's pathetic" niche and it's still getting Hollywood attention.

Viktor wrote:Better [what Spazmo said] than churning out shitty remakes of [Michael Caine's] old films!

They'll be doing that soon enough, old fruit! Nothing is sacred, not even The Lady Killers...

OTB

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:17 am

EvoG wrote:How is having seen Xmen or not relevent to restoring the original age of the characters in Logans Run?

Yeahhh... I wasn't referring to the age at all. It's being made by the X-Men people, that's why it's relevant.

EvoG · Post by **EvoG** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:25 am

SuperH wrote:Yeahhh... I wasn't referring to the age at all. It's being made by the X-Men people, that's why it's relevant.

Cool. Its just that you specifically quoted the line about them changing the age, and commented on 'the idea'....just assumed(by your choice of quote) that you meant the idea of the 'age change', not the idea of Singer doing LR.

*shrugs*

Cheers

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:43 am

Heh, yeah they were two separate thoughts

Linebreak was supposed to clear that up, lol. Anyway-

I'd say that the idea for the movie doesn't seem great, and if they're going to try to carry it all on a raft of "A world never seen before" why bother making it logan's run? Again, whatever, heh I'll wait to see it

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