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   Lukas Mariman to Alric Knebel   
   Re: [OT] The Day the Earth Stood Still R   
   10 Jul 08 18:45:39   
   
   From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEgmail.com   
      
   "Alric Knebel"  schreef in bericht   
   news:rs-dnXb0E_LTruvVnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >   
   > "SanFrancisco2019"  wrote in message   
   > news:UNsck.7684$L_.7649@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com...   
   >> "iakovos"  wrote in message   
   >> news:1215308482.522005@athprx03...   
   >>> The teaser trailer for the remake of this cult classic has been released   
   >>> starring Keanu Reeves   
   >>> and the Blade Runner references are so obvious I can't but wonder...   
   >>>   
   >>> With a very calm and controlled voice:   
   >>> "I am going to ask you a series of controlled questions..."   
   >>> and the polygraph / Voight-Kampff machine starts breathing...   
   >>>   
   >>> Very inspired indeed. Can't wait for the actual release...   
   >>>   
   >>> Iakovos:)   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>    Seeing a VK comparison in the interrogation segment is a hell of a   
   >> stretch.   
   >>   
   >>    The original with Michael Rennie is one of the best, and my favorite,   
   >> science fiction films of all time.   
   >>   
   >>    They better not fuck this remake up the way Spielberg did with War of   
   >> the Worlds.   
   >>   
   >>    DR   
   >   
   > I'm going to step up and do something unpopular.  I'm going to defend   
   > Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS.  Neither Pal's or Spielberg's film was what   
   > I wanted to see from Wells' novel, but I thought Spielberg hit it closer   
   > in that he actually had the tripods, which were creepy.  He also captured   
   > the feel of what it would be like to see them on the landscape.  He did a   
   > great job of capturing the mayhem and the movement of troops, the busy   
   > countryside.  The creatures, too, were great.  Pal's was a big   
   > disappointment to me, even as a kid.   
      
   I tend to agree, and I do not regard Spielberg's version as a bad adaptation   
   at all. Just my 2 cents. :-)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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