:-x Remaking Day Earth Stood Still -- Blasphemy!

[Seafoam Understone]

This is horrible, and makes you want to blow up movie studios for lack of originality and daring, DARING to touch a Sci-Fi Masterpiece!
I thought to myself now wait a minnit. On another thread we were talking about how Hollywood needs to revamp it's remaking policy and start coming up with some new stuff. But Nooooo They're going to take some of those great classics and remake 'em. Oh sure they did it with War Of The Worlds (and terribly I might add) but that was inevitable. Was this inevitable as well?
Keanu Reeves is slated to play the part of Klattu (will Ahnold play Gort?) the other planetary doomsayer with a not so friendly "shape up or get fried" message to the warring powers on earth.
Here are a couple of articles.
www.firstshowing.net/2007/08/...-still-remake/

www.firstshowing.net/2008/03/...neling-matrix/

I hope that this won't turn into a runaway train of other remakes of other great Sci-fi classics that shouldn't be touched! A couple of my favs that haven't been remade. The Thing is a remake (and not that bad either).

Forbidden Planet
When Worlds Collide
Them!
It Came From Outerspace!