Denzel Washington + John Travolta = Yet another failed remake.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

Wanna bet?

The Taking Of Pelham 123.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111422/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIYGrhXg0aI

You'd think the dimwits in charge of remakes would learn something at some point. But I guess that'd be WAY beyond their pay grade.

I for one plan to miss this one. I think I'd rather re-watch the remake of The Andromeda Strain.... :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Twillig]

1. I have my fill of the second coming of Travolta since, er.

yeah, you got it: Pulp Fiction.

[Deja Q]

2. Star Trek took in 9 digit figures... they're just hoping to hit gold.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. All they're gonna hit is fool's gold.

:shrug:

[bigwillq]

4. I think the previews look decent.

I probably won't see it in the theater.

[Pool Hall Ace]

5. I'm not much of a movie-goer, or really much of a movie-watcher,

but I would like to see the original, because I love suspense!

But why bother remaking it? The original only came out in 1974. It's not *that* old (at least to me). What sort of updates are going to make it a better movie?

[UndertheOcean]

6. who are these people you are speaking off ?

are they astronauts ?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Maybe there will be some intelligent and uplifting drama based on a comic book

coming to the theaters this summer you can watch instead. Or another film version of a '60s TV sitcom.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. I don't have a problem with comic books

since I've been collecting them for many years. Sitcoms are another beast- they're one reason I stopped watching TV, again many years ago.

[edbermac]

9. Saw the original way back when, this one will blow. Go rent the first instead.

With Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau. Good action suspense movie with a sardonic sense of humor. A nice ending too.

[MrScorpio]

10. It's been on cable recently

I don't think that the remake will compare favorable at all

[datasuspect]

11. but the remake will have CELL PHONES, SOCIAL NETWORKING, AND FACE TATTOOS

[Enrique]

12. Denzel Washington in the Walter Matthau role

sure sign of trouble.

[gmoney]

13. I was a "test subject" for the preview at the mall a couple months ago...

Girlfriend was in a clothes store, so to kill time, I took part. There was a little stand in the atrium where they'd ask some demographic questions, show you the preview, then ask a bunch of stupid questions, I guess designed to determine if they'd properly "sold" the movie with the preview. I gave it a big fat "I might watch it on cable" sort of equivalent.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

14. I have the original right now from Netflix.........

Denzel and Travolta can't hold a candle to Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072251/

Tony Scott is the remake king. Right now he has remakes of the A-Team, Warriors and possibly another "Alien" offing in the works.