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Remake in the works, with Chris Pratt.

posted 9 years ago by tammytkspr
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Been reading that Hollywood is trying to do a remake of the classic movie, with Chris Pratt as the lead. I wonder if they are going to try and get some of the cast from the TV show to make an appearance.

[–] npensenfensenge 9 years ago

Chris Pratt is not scheduled to be the lead, Denzel Washington is scheduled to play the part of Chris. Not watching this BS.

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS!!!!

[–] tammytkspr 9 years ago

Too bad it's not Jamie Fox, that dude can seriously ride, and I could see him pull off the Chris Larraby type.

I wonder who Chris Pratt is playing. Is it going to be based on the TV show, or the older movie the TV show is based on?

Personally, I'm not going to write the movie off, because it might be good. The attidude you have with the "I'm not watching this BS" was the same attidude the Magnificent Seven TV show got because it was simply a remake from the 1960's movie.

[–] CK594 9 years ago

Actually no. This last decade tv viewership is down because of TPTB T&A jiggle wiggle fluff and then the remake syndrome. What isn't being remade in the last 10 years in the same T&A etc. way that the TPTB doesn't understand is the very thing that is killing tv and movies.

[–] just_wing_it_1 8 years ago

This is what I just put on the board. I do not think Chris would make a good Chris. He might make a good Vin or Buck. It would be great if they do put it back on again. Now is this going to be a movie or the Tv show. I was hopping to have a tv show again,

[–] sarahb2 8 years ago

I saw a trailer for this movie this past week. I think Chris would have made a great Buck, but it looks like most of the Seven are rather generic, similar archetypes - instead of the Kid, the Ladies' Man, and the Preacher, we have the Warrior, the Assassin, and the Sharpshooter. So, kind of a meh mix. And Chris plays the Gambler, but unlike Ezra he dresses like everybody else so he doesn't really stand out. AND, I don't think they're using the music. So I think I'll stick with the TV show!

[–] sueb1863 8 years ago

The TV show didn't make much of an impact in popular culture,it only had two half-seasons and got cancelled twice because of low ratings. I really doubt the movie makers even thought of it.

[–] jane_bront 8 years ago

I know they didn't think of this series - just like they didn't think of it when it first aired primetime - which says something unpleasant about "them."

The cancellation of The Magnificent Seven is one of the many reasons I hate "popular culture," which apparently couldn't appreciate fine public broadcast storytelling like this even if it tried. It didn't then and it doesn't now. Look at all the slop, the soulless reality shows, the copycat dozens of police/medical procedurals, and unfunny half-hour laugh track- supported comedies that proliferate the channels and last forever. Artistic variety is not valued at all. Only advertising money based on "ratings."

I think TMS had a fan base of at least a million viewers invested in the story and its characters. That just doesn't seem insignificant to me but I'm not in the TV business. It's really too bad PBS or some cable channel didn't pick up the show. Because I can't think of any show then or today with high ratings or lots of twitter buzz that was/is significantly better than TMS - not one.

Grey's Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, The Bachelor? Snooki and frickin' Duck Dynasty?

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Whatever. My country's (the USA's) majority taste in television programming sucks so bad and that is a fact.

/Rant over

As for the OP - The Washington/Pratt project might be good but Hollyweird is extra lazy with remakes, often called "reinterpretations" and "reboots." They throw money into special effects but do very little concerning anything else about the films, most notably characterization, which they think the general public is too shallow to care about anymore while waiting for the next explosion, car chase or gun fight. Sad to say, Hollyweird might not be totally off the mark. I'll wait for the dvd or to stream it.