different feel to the remake
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:06 pm
I would have loved to have seen a Warriors II back in say 1981 or 1982, but I feel if a new one comes out today it will be so loosely related to the original that it may as well be an entirely different movie.
Some things I think may be the case with the new one (for the record I have heard very few specifics so I may be waay off on some of these already):
1) in order to attract a female audience there is going to have to be a female warrior and we will have to believe (in the spirit of Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill, Dark Angel, Elektra, etc. etc.) that she is every bit as capable as the guys and will have to make a lot of cocky, belittling comments toward some of them.
2) they will feel obliged to put a little more intended humor in it, probably in the form of some uber-hip ultra-cool Will Smith, Jamie Foxx kind of character who will deliver some cheesy line before he beats someone's a**.
3) the gang members will be far older than actual NYC gang members are (i.e. 13-16).
I hope it can be gritty and not slick. I hope the Warriors in some way pay homage to the Original Warriors. I hope some of the originals can play themselves 30 years later if it can be in a not too forced and cheesy way. I hope whatever girl they get to play the love interest isn't some perfect 10 and is actually a more realistic depiction of a chick that hangs with gangbangers. I hope it is set in NYC and keeps at least a little of the comic book feel.
Mark
p.s. it would be great if the Furries are still bangin' away in the UWS.
Some things I think may be the case with the new one (for the record I have heard very few specifics so I may be waay off on some of these already):
1) in order to attract a female audience there is going to have to be a female warrior and we will have to believe (in the spirit of Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill, Dark Angel, Elektra, etc. etc.) that she is every bit as capable as the guys and will have to make a lot of cocky, belittling comments toward some of them.
2) they will feel obliged to put a little more intended humor in it, probably in the form of some uber-hip ultra-cool Will Smith, Jamie Foxx kind of character who will deliver some cheesy line before he beats someone's a**.
3) the gang members will be far older than actual NYC gang members are (i.e. 13-16).
I hope it can be gritty and not slick. I hope the Warriors in some way pay homage to the Original Warriors. I hope some of the originals can play themselves 30 years later if it can be in a not too forced and cheesy way. I hope whatever girl they get to play the love interest isn't some perfect 10 and is actually a more realistic depiction of a chick that hangs with gangbangers. I hope it is set in NYC and keeps at least a little of the comic book feel.
Mark
p.s. it would be great if the Furries are still bangin' away in the UWS.