[dragon53]

A remake of THE DIRTY DOZEN, Robert Aldrich's hit World War II movie, is underway. The original starred Lee Marvin, Donald Sutherland, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas, John Cassavetes, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy and Robert Ryan.

[skydriver]

Good luck to whoever is doing a remake. I don't think any remake will ever be as good as the original.

With todays movie making being so much computer generated graphics, it will most likely be so off the wall that it will be an insult to anyone who was a part of the origional movie.

[dragon53]

SKYDRIVER:

I posted here earlier that Peter Jackson (LORD OF THE RINGS, KING KONG) is producing a remake of THE DAMBUSTERS about the RAF Lancaster raid on the Ruhr dams. Jackson said CGI was going to be a vital factor in the movie.

Also, check out my post about the CGI dogfight between a P-51 and a BF-109 in HART'S WAR. It looks pretty good to me.

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by skydriver

Good luck to whoever is doing a remake. I don't think any remake will ever be as good as the original.

With todays movie making being so much computer generated graphics, it will most likely be so off the wall that it will be an insult to anyone who was a part of the origional movie.

Yeah I hear ya, besides who are the Hollywood tough guys ( as if there are any ) that are going to be in this one?

[dragon53]

SHAWN 507:

The cast of THE DIRTY DOZEN remake ---Hollywood's usual tough guys: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Will Smith, Rosie O'Donnell...

[parsig9]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Yeah I hear ya, besides who are the Hollywood tough guys ( as if there are any ) that are going to be in this one?

Ben Affleck, Ashton Kutcher, Richard Gere, Ben Stiller, Matthew McConaughey and others to be named later...


Darn you dragon53, you beat me to it!

Seems Ben Affleck is on both lists. Jack Ryan my :

[STARMAN 352ND]

What is Rosie doing on that list.... to play a mean nurse....
JP

[dragon53]

STARMAN352ND:

I bet Rosie O'Donnell could beat the crap out Jim Brown, Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson with one hand tied behind her hairy back



PS...If I'm not mistaken, the last time I watched my THE DIRTY DOZEN dvd, there's an M3 Jeb Stuart tank shown. You don't see many of those in the movies.

[skydriver]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Yeah I hear ya, besides who are the Hollywood tough guys ( as if there are any ) that are going to be in this one?

The following site says it all.

DIRTY DOZEN, the remake? Do they really think they can make a better film than the original? -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

And with respect to Dragon53, I am not against CGI effects, I just am against crap scenes that hollywood throws out that is so unreal that it takes away from the movie...Case in point, King Kong which I thought was one of the worst movies with regards to graphics that I have ever seen. T

That being said, I also realize that CGI is an important part of filmmaking as noted in Dragons post about the P-51 vs BF-109 in Hart's war.

[tank nut]

The first one is the best for me, not sure if I want to see the cast from ocean's 13 playing the parts of lee and the rest of the gang