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zackiellovedisney wrote:I have never seen the original but this sounds like it might be good.

The original is an acquired taste, you either love it or you hate it. It takes awhile to get going the story and characters are dull as a bag of rocks. But the special effects and mattes are quite breathtaking and the themes/issues presented are interesting. It's one of my favourite Disney movies.

zackiellovedisney wrote:Is it just me or is Hollywood just becoming sequels remakes and based off books.

Well, movie studios have been doing that ever since filmmaking began, so we can't really say that Hollywood is "becoming" it again. After all, some of Hollywood's greatest movies have been based off books. Some of Disney's greatest movies are based off books. Johnny Tremain, Swiss Family Robinson, Mary Poppins, etc. Pretty much every DAC is adapted from a pre-existing story.

BackgroundActorman1976 wrote:I really hope they never ever remake the rocketeer, leave it be its perfect as is.

I'd love for them to remake it, simply because a new franchise will bring renewed interest to the original film and maybe Disney will finally get off their a$$es and re-release the movie on DVD/Blu-Ray with bonus features and restored picture/audio. Plus, it's not like the remake would tarnish or erase the original in any way. If someone doesn't like the new version, they still have the older one to enjoy.

albert

Actually when the 1950 Disney live action feature "Treasure Island" was re-released in the 1970s it was rated PG due to the scene where Jim Hawkins shoots the pirate in the face at the top of the crow's nest. This scene was deemed too violent for G audiences at that time. In response Disney cut that scene out and released a censored version to theatres.

Several shots were trimmed, they did not excise the "shot in the face scene", they just cut the shot, so Jim fires and the next thing you see is the pirate falling into the water. They didn't cut the "scene", they just cut the "shot". That was only one of other shots of bloody violence excised from the 70's re-release of Treasure Island.

Ain't it cool has some news about the Black Hole remake. I guess this is a remake, not a reboot?

Hi guys. We've just received some news from Joseph Kosinski regarding The Black Hole remake at today's Oblivion junket in London via one of our friends at Getty.

Apparently a huge reveal regarding the project is imminent! He teased the news, expected to be a casting reveal, about the reboot of the 1979 Disney sci-fi epic during an interview to promote his latest flick.

Joseph confirmed: “Yes, The Black Hole is on. We actually have some exciting, big news coming on that very soon.

“It’s a project that I’m really excited about… it's a deep space trip into the centre of the galaxy and we have a really great idea for the Black Hole itself…”

Full article with some news about TR3N: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/61822

Looking forward to this, naturally. Hope it means we'll get the 1979 film on Blu-Ray.

Albert

I swear that somebody said not long ago that The Black Hole needs to be remade.

I wonder if Disney reads these forums lol.

thelittleursula wrote:I swear that somebody said not long ago that The Black Hole needs to be remade.

I wonder if Disney reads these forums lol.

A few years ago there was a Disney Rep on the forums.

‘The Black Hole’ Remake Might Be Too Dark For the Colorful World of Disney (Right Now)
http://www.slashfilm.com/the-black-hole-remake/

I think The Black Hole could really use a remake, but the chances of it happening probably died when Disney bought Star Wars. Why would Disney make a remake of a movie meant to capitalise on the success of Star Wars in the '70s, when they now own the real McCoy?

original is a classic. plz don't make this.

Despite Reports, Edgar Wright Is Not Directing Disney's Reboot of This Forgotten '70s Sci-Fi
https://collider.com/edgar-wright-not-d ... lack-hole/

The Black Hole is very different from Star Wars. Star Wars is an entire galaxy, with countless races, planets and civilizations. The Black Hole is about a single ship populated with humans, cyborgs and robots. That opens up for a more calm movie. But considering what is possible today, one could make the ship and its interior even more gigantic and impressive, like a real megastructure.

The comic book version also show us what happens after the enter the hole. They end up in a parallell universe or something. Maybe that was meant to be in a sequel if the movie had been a success.

Still, a remake needs to do some major changes. Especially the beginning, where the new ship is in trouble, a scene that seems to go on and on forever.

So maybe, instead of an actual remake, one could use the original movie as an inspiration to make something new. And maybe include some of the ideas from the comics. Also, why not make it retro? Instead of making the black hole more or less scientifically accurate like in Interstellar, just use some of the same creative freedom that was used in the old days when a movie wanted to show us a black hole.