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Awful Idea

posted 8 years ago by anarchyinaus
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Lethal Weapon was a product of it's time It was fresh, new and revolutionized the buddy cop film but doing it years later when the buddy cop genre is stale and in an age where there are more cops show than anything else on TV is setting this thing up to fail.

[–] Film_Guy76 8 years ago

What next Ride Along ? Lets be cops.

[–] zekk4hire 8 years ago

Here's hoping it and the "Rush Hour" series join the "dirty Dancing" series in the short lived and forgotten pile.

[–] TargaryenLoyalist 8 years ago

I normally hate reboots but after seeing some of the trailers it doesn't look like it will be leaning on CGI and that it won't be a story based on whatever villain of the week they are up against. If they keep the focus on Riggs and Murtaugh and their relationship, I see the show being a success.

Theres nothing inherently wrong about a reboot. As long as you don't completely plot and character dynamics from the original which are why they became classics in the first place. If it ain't broke, dont fix it.

[–] saighton 8 years ago

If it ain't broke, dont fix it.

I think you misunderstand what that phrase means. Or I beg to differ, anyway...

Think about a Windows PC - to 'fix' it, you often have to 'reboot' it.

Why are you claiming this modern reboot 'fix' is good, when actually, it's inherently trying to fix something that was never broken in the first place.

It doesn't matter if it's a relatively-good reboot or not. It's inherently a waste of oxygen, materials, electricity, money, time, compared to producing something with new artistic merit, of which there are hundreds of pitches hitting studios every day, I believe...
Some of which have got to be worth making.
Ask the bean-counters why these don't get made.
Hollywood bean-counters are simply trying to be risk-averse. Risk-averse conformity smells and acts like Fascism-Lite. Hence is quite a serious thing to avoid... Discuss.

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[–] Barney_Ross_Homecoming 8 years ago

Agreed, this bad remake is going to fail!!!