Still, nobody can figure out any kind of logical motivation behind the change of heart, given that Cronenberg has always been against the idea of a remake (despite the fact that he was okay with remakes enough to do one himself). And most of us would really, really, really like to see the Goldblum brought back for the lead, as redundant as that may seem.
Check out what the film blogs are saying about this reboot idea after the jump:
(Image: Hisaharu Motoda’s “Neo-Ruins” via Pink Tentacle)
The latest news from Wall Street seems to indicate that a complete financial meltdown is only a few weeks away. Before you violently horde every morsel of food from your local supermarket or begin a hostile take-over of your corner gas station, there are several movies you should watch in order to prepare for life after the downfall of Western civilization. There have been plenty of films in which the world we know is nothing but a burned out shell of its former glory. Nuclear holocaust and virulent plagues are common Earth-clearing disasters, but there’s no reason to think that a global economic collapse would be any less destructive. Let’s not forget that one of history’s most common causes for war is a desperate grab for resources during tough times. So without further ado, seven lessons from the movies, essential for surviving our impending doom:
1. Hoard gasoline!
Plenty of people are already getting a jump on this one, apparently upping demand to the point where falling oil prices are not translating to the pump. If you think waiting 15 minutes in line to buy gas at $4.50 a gallon is bad, watch The Road Warrior again. From the opening sequence where Mel Gibson gingerly harvests every precious ounce of fuel from an abandoned vehicle to the final deadly battle over a tanker truck, it’s clear that in a post-apocalyptic world, gas is gold. Sure, we’re working on becoming less dependent on the stuff, but what good is a Chevy Volt going to do you if the power grid is in shambles?
“Should Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck be determining the president of the United States? No, because if they do, then your policies are sure to be goofy.”
That’s what passes as homerun humor coming from Dennis Kucinich. In this Debate Porridge clip from New Hampshire, the Democratic presidential candidate accuses ABC and parent company Disney of usurping the function of the election’s first primary by making the decision months in advance to exclude him from last weekend’s debates. He’s joined in the clip by recent CronenbergmuseViggo Mortensen, who has been tirelessly campaigning for Kucinich in New Hampshire for several days. Whether by coincidence or design, Mortensen has not worked for Disney since 2004’s Hidalgo. After this, will he again? Am I posting this for any substantion reason other than to siphon traffic off Google searches for “New Hampshire”? So many questions…
We’ve had a bit of trouble getting this episode to go through the iTunes feed, so we hope this re-post will fix the problem. The original post, with episode description and embedded player, is here.
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