Re: Remakes of movies

"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com> wrote in message
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> "Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>    One issue with remakes is that people (including movie makers)
> generally only remember the classics, or "good" movies, and so when they
> want to do a remake, it'll probably be one of those movies that will get
> remade. If they took a really lousy movie, and did a remake of it, it'd be
> a lot easier for the remake to be better than the original, but there'd be
> less incentive to advertise what movie this new one is a remake of.
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>    This isn't a movie, but "Chrono Trigger" was one of my favorite video
> games. It was released in 1995 for the Super Nintendo console. The plot of
> the game, I thought was excellent, and the graphics were decent for that
> age. Screenshot at:
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...iggerInside.PNG
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>    Some fans of CT got together and decided to make a remake of the game.
> As far as I know, it would have the exact same plot, but the graphics,
> music and some of the gameplay would be revised. Screenshot at:
> http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/Imps.jpg
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>    There's a trailer also available for the remake, and it was quite an
> emotional experience for me watching it. The music and scenes invoked a
> lot of memories. What I was basically thinking is that I could re-enjoy
> Chrono Trigger again, and in all aspects, it would be equal or better.
> Unfortunately, the project got cancelled for legal reasons (namely they
> didn't acquire the rights to the license).
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>    - Oliver
>
Interesting, Oliver. So what's next? Space Invaders :-)?

Pete.

In article <42hht9F1ihrl5U1@individual.net>,
Pete Dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
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>"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com> wrote in message
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>Interesting, Oliver. So what's next? Space Invaders :-)?

No, no... The Adventures of Major Havoc... GET OUT!

DD

<docdwarf@panix.com> wrote in message news:dq0bns$fu8$1@reader2.panix.com...
> In article <42hht9F1ihrl5U1@individual.net>,
> Pete Dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote: 
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> [snip]
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> No, no... The Adventures of Major Havoc... GET OUT!
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> DD
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Sorry, Doc, this one is lost on me... Can you explain (I know it's awful to
explain a joke, but perhaps just a reference might do it?)

Pete.

In article <42kb60F1jfsegU1@individual.net>,
Pete Dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
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><docdwarf@panix.com> wrote in message news:dq0bns$fu8$1@reader2.panix.com..
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[snip]
 
>Sorry, Doc, this one is lost on me... Can you explain (I know it's awful to
>explain a joke, but perhaps just a reference might do it?)

A reference to a video-arcade game of Daze Gone By; Major Havoc would have
to land on a 'planet', navigate his way through a maze and touch the
Nuclear Reactor Core and leave before it blew up.  After touching the Core
the words 'GET OUT!!!' would flash on the screen.

A joke explained is a joke lost, aye.

DD

<docdwarf@panix.com> wrote in message news:dq30nn$p76$1@reader2.panix.com...
> In article <42kb60F1jfsegU1@individual.net>,
> Pete Dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote: 
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> [snip]
> 
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> A reference to a video-arcade game of Daze Gone By; Major Havoc would have
> to land on a 'planet', navigate his way through a maze and touch the
> Nuclear Reactor Core and leave before it blew up.  After touching the Core
> the words 'GET OUT!!!' would flash on the screen.
>
> A joke explained is a joke lost, aye.
>
> DD
>
Thanks. I'll pretend I knew that all along and read it again...

Ah, very droll! :-)

Pete.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:11:20 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
 
>Thanks. I'll pretend I knew that all along and read it again...
>
>Ah, very droll! :-)

I miss a fair amount of jokes that depend on my knowing popular
culture.   I missed the above, and in the last couple of ws, I've
had to have my son explain the joke in two comic strips that refer to
TV personalities.