MTV Remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[philosophie_en_rose]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=47129
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989391.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=rocky+horror

MTV is developing a remake of 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reports Variety.

Lou Adler, executive producer of the original film, is partnering with BermanBraun and Fox Television Studios on the new rendition.

The new version will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.

The director and casting decisions have yet to be announced. The original starred Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf.

[DarkTirade]

1. Seems to me it was done right the first time.

:shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Ditto, right down to the smilie

[MrCoffee]

2. Why?

:shrug:


I don't get it.

[pokerfan]

34. Someone thinks it will make money

given the popularity of the original, they're probably right.

[Deja Q]

3. Will the new version star Tom Vindaloo, Sherri Lollipop, Barack Speedstick, and McBLT?

:yoiks:

[SeattleGirl]

4. Well, that's one I won't be watching.

Are they totally out of new ideas for movies?

[SacredCow]

5. Suckage, thy name is MTV....

This will be hideous beyond measure.

[racaulk]

6. MTV would probably turn it into a reality competition.

:puke:

Why try to remake or improve upon something that is already perfect? :shrug:

[SacredCow]

14. "Who wants to be a sweet transvestite?"

:shrug:

[racaulk]

17. Ha!

:rofl:

I mean, come on. A cast of oddballs that party all night, lots of sleeping around among the cast, mayhem, paranoia, backstabbing? Seriously, this has "MTV reality show" written all over it!

[flvegan]

7. Prediction: this will suck.

[alphafemale]

12. My prediction - Worst. Remake. Ever. nt

[LeftyMom]

28. Way to go out on a limb, Hitler.

:eyes:

[alphafemale]

8. Why? Are they insane?

[DarkTirade]

9. Although I suppose they're just trying to keep up with VH1...

I mean, every time VH1 shows Rocky Horror they butcher it so badly that you almost can't recognize it... now MTV is trying to do the same. But their way.

[nytemare]

32. Nothing like Rocky Horror at the theater

With toilet paper and toast a-flyin'.

[csziggy]

39. Yeah, can't top seeing it in a theatre in SF on Market Street

Stoned and with two gay friends in 1978 before the audience participation went over the top. There was participation, even that early along.

A remake? Why don't they wait a century or so until it can be done in holograms or something new?

[Crazy Dave]

10. Two new cast members

[orleans]

55. that's pretty funny. n/t

[Crazy Dave]

61. I think the two could pull it off

Put a hump-back on Ann and some pearls on Sean and lets see them do "the time warp again"

[supernova]

11. Why?

The did it right the first time.

[VenusRising]

13. Worst. Idea. Ever.

:banghead:

[southpaw]

15. Oh, sweet Jeezish!

Do you think a loud enough public outcry would convince them to abort this inevitably disastrous idea?

[DarkTirade]

18. Not really. The people with any sense of taste already avoid MTV like the plague.

What are we going to do, threaten to boycott something we already don't watch? :shrug:

[southpaw]

19. No! We just make an appeal to their sense of taste and decency...

nevermind... I get your point.

[DarkTirade]

20. Exunctly.

We have no leverage here.

[sarge43]

30. Oh yeah, that always works with MTV

The evil entity that turn Madonna loose on an unsuspecting world.

[Magrittes Pipe]

63. I've done the midnight showing of RHPS several dozen times...

...and it seems to me that anyone with any sense of taste and decency isn't interested in the movie, anyway. :shrug:

[southpaw]

64. To be perfectly honest...

I agree.

[MonkeyFunk]

56. Why?

How will this "hurt" the movie you love?

[southpaw]

58. It won't

Remakes have no effect on the quality or the legacy of the original film.

But fans being silly and dramatic on an internet forum won't likely cause much harm either.

;-)

[Chovexani]

16. DO NOT WANT

[WinkyDink]

21. NOooooooooOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[MorningGlow]

23. Okay, that's just mean.

The concept makes the baby Jesus cry. :(

[Starry Messenger]

24. Why!

The original is a cultural icon and a monument to campy fun and bad taste. It's a classic. You don't mess with a classic.

MPK

[MonkeyFunk]

52. But they're not messing with the original

It will still exist.

[mtnester]

25. Wrong, wrong SO wrong

please no

[Critters2]

26. Why on God's green earth?!!!

If it ain't broke, don't effin' fix it!! :grr:

[RubyDuby in GA]

27. I hope everyone associated with this "remake" burns in hell!

There are some things you just don't screw with and RHPS is one of them.

Now, let's do the time warp again........It's just a jump to the left...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

29. Holy shit, what's next?

A Hairspray remake?

[Q3JR4]

31. Why god...

why?



Q3JR4.

[ThomCat]

33. Why the hell would they do this?

If it's good it'll suck because it's supposed to be bad.

And if it's bad it'll suck because it won't be bad in all the right ways. You can't make something bad like that intentionally.

Either way, it's going to suck! x(

[RevolutionaryActs]

35. Ummm.... no?

Please for the love of FSM NO!!

[Zavulon]

36. Am I the only one who absolutely hated the original?

Just asking.

[Deja Q]

41. No, but I;m utterly indifferent to the original.

Maybe a passionate dislike, with a side order of pudding.

?

[bigwillq]

42. I loved the original.

Different strokes, I guess.

:) :hi:

[Zavulon]

44. As different as can be.

I'd rather get a root canal than watch the original, and I'm not exaggerating at all.

:) :hi:

[bigwillq]

45. There are some movies

I feel that way about. It happens. :)

[Zavulon]

66. If you don't mind, I'm just curious about one thing...

...if there wasn't the well-known fan script for the audience, would you still like it? To me, watching that movie without the audience participation would be like playing poker for no money.

[Neoma]

37. NOOOOO!

THAT'S WRONG, SO GODDAMN WRONG!

[stuntcat]

38. oh no, please no

Why :banghead: do they have to :banghead: violate :banghead: my memories :banghead:

I can still watch Rocky Horror and have a blast all by myself, I refuse to watch an attempt to capitalize on a great memory. Why can't people use some fresh NEW ideas? Maybe they just don't want to think hard enough :banghead:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

40. Why the hell would MTV be the ones to do this?

They haven't had anything to do with music for years now. It seems this would be WAY outside their area of expertise (whatever the hell they're claiming to be expert at these days). :shrug:

[leeroysphitz]

43. No n/t

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

46. This will not only suck, it will define suck

for a generation

[stuntcat]

48. totally

I just called my best friend to tell him about this. He said the deal with these shitty remakes for great movies lately is that the people they're made for don't remember the real thing anyway.. they didn't go through the first wave so for them it's something new. SOMETHING NEW THAT SUCKS I say. The youngsters might get into it but I feel violated.

[Inchworm]

47. Anticip...

ation!

:hi:

[Rhythm]

49. More like "abomin...

ation!


Why the fuck would they waste their money screwing with a classic like that?
And in the case of Lou Adler... fuck him on a pony going backwards. Money-grubbing hack of a producer.

/floor show veteran (RiffRaff)
//250+ consecutive screenings
///yeah... i had no life as a teen... why do you ask?

[zingaro]

51. oh brava!

That was brilliant. And I couldn't agree more, right down to that no life part ;)

[Aristus]

50. I don't know. A remake might be cool. Especially if they include "Once In A While".

Brad (asshole!) really needs his own moment to shine.

[Tabasco_Dave]

53. How can you top this performance.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hcpvx2EVCpU Tim Curry is God.:headbang:

[krispos42]

54. How badly will this suck?

More than a turkey baster

More than a DustBuster

More than a Hoover

More than a ShopVac

More than a Dyson

More than Pam Anderson

More than Heather Harmon

More than a black hole

[Rhythm]

60. Worse than Paris Hilton?

Yeah... it'll be THAT bad.

[orleans]

57. well then i guess it's time to remake the star wars series

"everything old is new again"

[DarkTirade]

59. Well I wouldn't mind if somebody remade episodes 1-3...

:P

[ismnotwasm]

62. Ok, now that's some bullshit right there

I didn't go to that motherfucker for all those times over all those years to have some uninspired idiots trash it.

I won a lifetime pass at one theater dressing up as Magenta. Good times.

[EstimatedProphet]

65. Well, this is amazingly stupid

Why do that, especially considering the best part of the movie was played by people standing in front of the screen?