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HassleCat

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7. The original still holds up

Reply to djean111 (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 15, 2016, 08:28 PM

Jan 2016

Technology has advanced so they can do some new stuff, but the 40 year old version is so close to perfect, it might be wise to leave it alone.

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Tim Curry will play a "different but significant role" in Fox's TV remake of "Rocky Horror" [View all] Miles Archer Jan 2016 OP

Very cool! nt Mnemosyne Jan 2016 #1

For some reason, I totally do not see the need to remake Rocky Horror. djean111 Jan 2016 #2

The original still holds up HassleCat Jan 2016 #7

I watched part of it last night. djean111 Jan 2016 #8

They're gonna screw it up. tabasco Jan 2016 #11

Agreed, Fox is going to butcher a cult classic. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #13

I agree HDSam Jan 2016 #19

Good point, I hadn't thought of it that way. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #21

There is no need. Iggo Jan 2016 #17

+100%. It is the *experience* of RHPS not just the movie. Sounds like somebody Hestia Jan 2016 #25

I agree. forest444 Jan 2016 #27

Agree totally exboyfil Jan 2016 #32

I've never seen it underpants Jan 2016 #3

Best enjoyed with a very large group of people, in costume, and loudly singing along emulatorloo Jan 2016 #16

And props... daleanime Jan 2016 #28

Damn, how could I have forgotten the props? emulatorloo Jan 2016 #35

I had heard that Tim Curry was seriously ill. Glad he's doing well enough to FSogol Jan 2016 #4

Here is a post I did on Tim back in June, with a recent photo. Miles Archer Jan 2016 #20

Thanks. n/t FSogol Jan 2016 #22

Quite a challenge TubbersUK Jan 2016 #5

From the day he was born......he was trouble. He was a thorn....in his mother's side. FSogol Jan 2016 #6

A woman as Dr Frank Furter? Is she going to cross-dress as a man? I don't understand. patricia92243 Jan 2016 #9

Me neither. Just shows how bad they're going to hatchet the original. tabasco Jan 2016 #12

Lavern Cox is a transgender woman. The good doctor she portrays is famously trans. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #15

A very masculine hairy man exboyfil Jan 2016 #33

Frank N. Furter is a transvestite, not a trans woman. Mariana Jan 2016 #36

The original was fine... Mike Nelson Jan 2016 #10

Good for Tim, and relax fans of what you call the original that was not the original. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #14

Longest theatrical release ever. GreatGazoo Jan 2016 #18

Remakeloaf again? Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2016 #23

Dear Hollywood ripcord Jan 2016 #24

I see you shiver with antici...pation! The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #26

Fox is doing a remake of Rocky Horror? Cal Carpenter Jan 2016 #29

Watch the Honest Trailers for Robocop exboyfil Jan 2016 #34

I love me some Honest Trailers. Initech Jan 2016 #38

IS NOTHING SACRED???!? Cal Carpenter Jan 2016 #30

I will watch it just for Lavern alone Kalidurga Jan 2016 #31

I'm betting he'll play Dr. Scott. Starry Messenger Jan 2016 #37