Now for something completely different!

Time for something that has nothing to do with the foolishness surrounding self-defense law, standing one's ground, or firearms rights and ownership.



Instead it will have to do with the foolishness of Hollywood (a generic reference to movie-making).  happened to catch some of the movie this morning and then came across announcements that a remake of the cult classic Weird Science is being put together.  It may (well, no "may" about it) belie my age and curmudgeonly nature, but I find this idea sacrilege.  Has anyone seen any remake of any classic movie - comedy, sci-fi, or otherwise - that has not completely ruined it.  Can't Hollywood (generic reference) come up with any new ideas and not butcher our memories?  Do they have to take something that was clever and funny, just as it was, and update it to todays' tastes (actually today's lack of taste).  Could they at least name it something different?

You need not think too hard to imagine what this remake will look like (in the guise of being "edgier" or hip).  There will be ample and totally unnecessary computer special effects - because we can and "This kids love it".  There will have to be more than the brief (very brief) nudity of the original (no, I am not a prude and, yes, many a young man fantasized about seeing the rest of Kelly LeBrock in that shower scene - and more), but the original did not need it to be entertaining and certainly any remake need not rely on an R rating - except that it is what sells - "What, they made a women and we didn't even get to see them tie her down and screw her mercilessly").  No improvement there.  I am sure the parents will have to come across as even more stupid and clueless.  Chances are the Wyatt and Gary characters will need to have mohawks and baggy pants slung low.  It is likely - for marketing purposes - that one will be rewritten to be a minority - perhaps Lisa will be played by Halle Berry  (shit, now I'm going to be accused of racism).  No, it is not an issue of race - such a change likely reflects the current demographics - but it is an issue of remaking a movie that is a classic in a way that changes it and, to me, denigrates it.  Such a rewrite will necessitate bringing in all manner of overt and implicit racial humor that is simply not necessary.

Anyway - my non-Zimmerman, non-Martin, non-firearm rant about stupidity for today.