Yet another pointless (except for $$$) reboot
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Posted on: 2011-03-08 09:56 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
....if they make it with Scarlett Johanson, all will be forgiven >.>
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Actually, considering how mediocre the previous Tomb Raider movies were I could see this being a pretty good idea.
Just how financially successful could a non-Jolie Tomb Raider reboot be at this point? I'm not saying she did a perfect job as Croft in those movies - just saying she was a big name star playing the role.
I figure this probably only makes sense if they're planning to release another Tomb Raider game around the same time as the movie. Might as well have a 2 hour commercial running in the theaters to promote your next game. 
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Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
....if they make it with Scarlett Johanson, all will be forgiven >.>
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If they had just made Tomb Raider a little more like National Treasure, except with more gun battles and T&A, it would have been golden from the start.
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Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
If they had just made Tomb Raider a little more like National Treasure, except with more gun battles and T&A, it would have been golden from the start.
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Really? I felt just the opposite. There was almost nothing about National Treasure that I liked.
Regardless, I completely agree with the notion of more gun battles and T&A. Every movie could benefit from those.
Is anyone even all that interested in Tomb Raider anymore beyond fanservice-y fan art and the like? I'm not saying that this won't necessarily be good and fun, but maybe it's time for a different video game property featuring a kick-awesome heroine to get the Hollywood treatment.
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The second one was fairly bland, but I enjoyed the hell out of the first National Treasure. At the very least, they effectively brought out the sense of adventure and discovery, which the Tomb Raider films didn't really do.
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Originally Posted by Antigonus
Really? I felt just the opposite. There was almost nothing about National Treasure that I liked.
Regardless, I completely agree with the notion of more gun battles and T&A. Every movie could benefit from those. |
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Soon, we will skip directly to the reboot, not only without the need for the initial release, but without anything at all on which to base the movie. I bet the makers of The King's Speech are kicking themselves for not promoting it as "a reboot of the action-packed stuttering king mythos."
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Originally Posted by sleestack
Come on Hollywood, get this done fast! And while you're at it, could we get a remake of the Thor and Captain America movies? I know they haven't even come out yet, but why wait?
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Originally Posted by Lothic
I figure this probably only makes sense if they're planning to release another Tomb Raider game around the same time as the movie.
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Is it just me, or does it seem like with all these reboots/sequels that "Hollywood" is showing a severe lack of imagination? I mean, seriously...you can't come up with better storylines than ones that have already been done?
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Originally Posted by sleestack
Well, it's about time! It's been 10 whole years since the original movie with Angelina Jolie came out. That means there's about 1/3 of a generation who has only been able to see the original movie. That's just wrong, verging on criminal.
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Originally Posted by Phewmite
Is it just me, or does it seem like with all these reboots/sequels that "Hollywood" is showing a severe lack of imagination? I mean, seriously...you can't come up with better storylines than ones that have already been done?
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My problem is that the original Tomb Raider (which sucked, but that's not the point here) was released only 10 years ago. Hell, they're rebooting Spider-Man, and it was released in 2002.
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Originally Posted by Talia_Rayvyn
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So putting Lara through hell and looking as tho she took the Kratos school of trials is what fans want?
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Hmm agreed. If I wanted a new Lara Croft it'd be a porn flick. Speaking of.. are there any Lara Croft parodies?
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Originally Posted by LegionAlpha
So putting Lara through hell and looking as tho she took the Kratos school of trials is what fans want?
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Originally Posted by sleestack
Actually, Hollywood has always recycled stories, both from other media (books, plays, etc.) and from earlier movies.
My problem is that the original Tomb Raider (which sucked, but that's not the point here) was released only 10 years ago. Hell, they're rebooting Spider-Man, and it was released in 2002. |
As mainstream Hollywood orients its product around younger and younger demographics, remakes/reboots/recycling will increase in frequency.
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To be fair, they're rebooting Spidey because the original director cannot complete one with the original cast and timeline within the timeframe they need. Licensing/contractual reasons.
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Originally Posted by sleestack
Hell, they're rebooting Spider-Man, and it was released in 2002.
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As mainstream Hollywood orients its product around younger and younger demographics, remakes/reboots/recycling will increase in frequency.
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Yes, I understand taking stories from other media and turning them into movies (HArry Potter, Tomb Raider, etc.) or even the rereleasing of older movies, though Disney only does it in regards to the DVDs.
I'm talking the total lack of creativity for new stories so just remaking:
Arthur
Tomb Raider
Spiderman
True Grit
SAW 4 million...
Robocop
Xmen: this one's bad too (a.k.a. Wolverine 2)
Mad Max...you're kidding right?
Dirty Dancing
Barbarella...seriously?
Mission Impossible 4
Red Dawn
Rambo
And this is just a few. I could even understand making some of these during the writer's strike...but now? Can you guys not come up with anything original?
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NOTHING!
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Originally Posted by Phewmite
Yes, I understand taking stories from other media and turning them into movies (HArry Potter, Tomb Raider, etc.) or even the rereleasing of older movies, though Disney only does it in regards to the DVDs.
I'm talking the total lack of creativity for new stories so just remaking: Arthur Tomb Raider Spiderman True Grit SAW 4 million... Robocop Xmen: this one's bad too (a.k.a. Wolverine 2) Mad Max...you're kidding right? Dirty Dancing Barbarella...seriously? Mission Impossible 4 Red Dawn Rambo And this is just a few. I could even understand making some of these during the writer's strike...but now? Can you guys not come up with anything original? |
X-Men is a prequal so it's right in there with Rambo and MI.
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Same with the SAW movies, unless there's a reboot planned that I haven't heard of. And by all accounts the True Grit remake is freakin' brilliant, so it makes a pretty poor example of a reboot that shouldn't have been done.
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Originally Posted by BrandX
Rambo and Mission Impossible would be sequals, and not reboots, sooo...what's the problem there?
X-Men is a prequal so it's right in there with Rambo and MI. |
Hollywood is finally listening! After all the years of clamoring from hordes of fans, a reboot of the Tomb Raider movie is finally on the way!
Well, it's about time! It's been 10 whole years since the original movie with Angelina Jolie came out. That means there's about 1/3 of a generation who has only been able to see the original movie. That's just wrong, verging on criminal.
Come on Hollywood, get this done fast! And while you're at it, could we get a remake of the Thor and Captain America movies? I know they haven't even come out yet, but why wait?