Last night I got my closure on the
Planet of the Apes situation as I
finally got to see Tim Burton's remake of the sci-fi classic through the
magic of the ole satellite, after writing about my interest in seeing it in this
space way back when it first appeared in theaters. It was as much the inertia of
how infrequently we make it out to the theaters that contributed to not catching
it at the time as the poor reviews it received, but I can certainly see how I'm
glad that it worked out this way. Around the time that the recent remake of
Ocean's
11 came out I had a conversation with a movie buff who raised an excellent
point about movie remakes... unlike cover songs, where the idea can at least
occasionally be to remake something obscure or stinky, movie remakes are usually
something that succeeded so well the first time, there is nowhere to go but down
when revisiting it.
Link of the Day: There's
a Rainbow in Every Tear You're Crying. Flash required. Thanks EvilToast.
Story of the Day: Naked man tries to tackle speed skater.
Thanks Chris Johnson.