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Apparently, the're making a War of the Worlds remake: (Again, from the Baen forums)

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God save us. Oh please save us from this. Why can't people just accept what was done and instead of making a remake that is going to be horribly made, make something new and market it to the sci-fi channel. At least then we will all know its craph and won't have to waste $8.00 to find out.

I wonder when they are going to do a remake of the Forbidden Planet, or the Day The Earth Stood Still?

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Are any movies of today not remakes of, rip-offs of or "inspired by" another movie/series/comic?

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Are you aware there are in fact 2 versions coming out. The low budget version and the Steven Spielberg effort, starring Tom Cruise?. I read the aliens use tripods but they aren't martians.

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Sequels and ripoffs are a much 'safer' form of income than original pictures, being as that while they rarely succeed bigtime they usually succeed financially.

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AT, I refer you to this re-qoute 'The war machine actually looks like a war machine, the English army actually uses period weapons and uniforms, and the scenes are identifiable.'

In other words, there's hope. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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I watched Chronicles of Riddick yesterday.

Ok, the plot was quite dire but dam was it a pretty film, the level of effects was immense!

I just hate it when you end up rooting for a minor character who you know will die half way through the film (aka. The Purifier)

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For this version anyway. The much higher profile Spielburg version is set in current day.

I still say setting WoW after humans get nukes is just stupid..

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I have a dream that one day someone will do a remake of Forbidden Planet. But I'd like to see them do it as an all computer generated animation with really cool CGI but use the actual soundtrack from the original. Probably have to remaster it and jazz up the some of the sound effects, but use the original actors lines for dialog and everything. I don't know why, I just think that would be cool. I wonder if you'd have to get Leslie Neilson's and the other actors permission for that, or if you'd just need the owner of the movie to agree to it.

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On the flip side, some remakes/sequels can be quite good. I personally like the new Battlestar Galactica series more than the original. But I'm probably in the minority in liking the old Starbuck more than the new one.

The problem with sequels/re-makes is that it's taking a movie/game/TV show that was popular and relying on the name to sell it rather than actual quality. It's gotten so bad that when the Stargate TV show first started I didn't watch it on principle, figuring it was relying on a combination of the Stargate name and MacGyver to sell it. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was actually good!

But in terms of over-hyped sequels, how about Half-Life 2? I just finished it (OK watched my boyfriend finish it. Same thing) and I gotta say I felt a bit cheated. The bits I played were a hell of a lot of fun but nothing was really revealed in the end. Actually nothing was revealed ANYWHERE in the game really. You play through the whole thing and in the end they tell you Sorry you'll have to wait til HL3 to find out anything about anything. Pretty cruddy in my books.

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I always loved the movie, but never had Showtime when SG-1 started it's run there. When it moved to Sci-fi channel I was hooked instantly. Over the last couple years I managed to catch up on most of the old episodes as Sci-Fi has been running reruns pretty much every day along with the original episodes once a week. But I had never managed to catch the original episode until they had a marathon a few months back. I about fell out of my chair when Carter first met O'neill and she was explaining how they rigged up the gate and got it working. Her line was they "MacGyvered it." There was kind of a half second pause and Richard Dean Anderson got this deadpan look and you could see in her eye that Amanda Tapping was struggling not to laugh. I've always wondered if they didn't tell Anderson before hand about that line. His reaction was too perfect for someone expecting it.

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That was a great line wasn't it? I loved that.

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Still prefer the Season 7 Finale quote.

SG1 with booze in Jack O'Neill's front room
Drunk Daniel: "Oh come on, Teal'c Is the Deepest Guy I know, Say something Deep teal'c, I bet you won't even understand this!"

Teal'c "My Depth is Immaterial to this Conversation..."
Jack: "No more drink for you Daniel!"

Or something along those lines

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I like the quote someone around here has.
While starting the Prometheus.

O'Neil: Inertial dampeners?
Carter: Check
O'Neil: Phasers?
Carter: Sorry sir.

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Ahem...not to be pedantic, but it was actually (if my memory is correct) when they were first flying the X-302, not the Prometheus. The quote goes:

Carter: Inertial dampeners?
O'Neil: Cool....and check. Phasers?
Carter: Sorry, sir.

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I like many of the one liners that they all blurt out

Im a massive SG-1 fan

Incase you lot didnt know, a SG-1 game is being released later this year
http://www.stargate-thealliance.com
(If you join the forum, dont forget to put me (DeadZoneMDx) as the referrer... no idea why you should, but hell, why not http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif )

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Looks like an FPS.

I'm thinking some sort of strategy game might have been better.
You'd play as a System Lord; enslaving planets, building fleets and troops to send against the other system lords.
Pile troops though the stargate, and/or bring a fleet to blast things from low orbit.

Those pesky humans would send little sneaky raids every now and then to keep you on your toes, blowing up your shipyards, enticing your soldiers to defect, etc.

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What challenge is that? Play as the pesky humans and bring the Go'uld empire to it's knees!

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No problem, in fact now you mention it I remember that scene.