An answer to a question no one asked? A Wonka origin movie.

[Ryujin]

I....... don't know. On the fence about this. I think.

 

[trappedslider]

at least it's not going to be goth angsty/existential like a Burton movie.

Due to how the original movie turned out ron dahl and his estate have never sold the rights to the Great Glass Elevator. So, we get things like this and remakes.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Let's see.

Another Wonka movie. Another Beetlejuice movie. A new Starsky and Hutch series. Cleese apparently announced a Fawlty Towers revival.* Dirty Dancing returns to see if we can put baby in the corner in 2024.

*That will be ... interesting ... considering current culture.

 

[Tonguez]

Too whimsical, not enough menace, it feels more like Pantomime than what I’d want. Gene Wilder remains the only true Wonka

 

[trappedslider]

Too whimsical, not enough menace, it feels more like Pantomime than what I’d want. Gene Wilder remains the only true Wonka

It's better imo than the I have to inject the Goth aesthetic/angsty into almost everything I make even if it doesn't fit the original Burton

 

[Tonguez]

It's better imo than the I have to inject the Goth aesthetic/angsty into almost everything I make even if it doesn't fit the original Burton

Yeah that has joined Highlander 2 as being a movie that never existed and only exists in half-remembered rumour - kinda like Berenstein Bears and the the Shazaam movie.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yeah that has joined Highlander 2 as being a movie that never existed and only exists in half-remembered rumour - kinda like Berenstein Bears and the the Shazaam movie.

Yeah imagine if they made Highlander or Matrix sequels.

Saw the trailer on YouTube earlier. Didn't hate it.

 

[aco175]

Yeah imagine if they made Highlander or Matrix sequels.

Look at who is might be replacing Superman for the new adaption of Highlander.

 

[Umbran]

Let's see.

Another Wonka movie. Another Beetlejuice movie. A new Starsky and Hutch series. Cleese apparently announced a Fawlty Towers revival.* Dirty Dancing returns to see if we can put baby in the corner in 2024.

So, as a counterpoint - the Beetlejuice Broadway Musical is actually quite good. It makes the show actually about death, by addressing the elephant in the room the movie ignores: the death of Lydia's mother.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

So, as a counterpoint - the Beetlejuice Broadway Musical is actually quite good. It makes the show actually about death, by addressing the elephant in the room the movie ignores: the death of Lydia's mother.

Don't get me wrong- I'm not against reboots (there's lot of examples, but I think most people would say the rebooted Battlestar Galactica was better than the original), and I'm not against new material that re-purposes older material (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was an amazing play before being repackaged with an ampersand into a movie).

But I am somewhat concerned that with the consolidation and commercialization in Hollywood and overall, worldwide, we are seeing that it is getting harder and harder to get original material greenlit ... while re-treads are constantly popping up.

To borrow the quote- Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.

It's really cool when someone does something new with something old. But it's sublime when someone does ... something new.