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Warner Bros working on "The Lost Boys" remake following pilot being rejected by CW
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This is one of those things that I just don't think we really need a remake of in the modern era. Sexy teen vampires was already a thing on the CW for like ten years.
On one hand, the fact that The Lost Boys is so overwhelmingly gay is one thing it has going for it to stand out from the pack of other youth-oriented vampire fiction in the past decade.
On the other hand, it's hard for me not to see that anyone working on it now would be really self-conscious about all of that and over-egg the formula to surprisingly meager results. Not that the original film is a classic by any stretch, but that was made at a time when having an openly gay filmmaker being able to "indulge" on the inherent homoeroticism of vampires without going that overboard with it to offend mainstream audiences to become a huge box office hit, so it found a good balance that now feels like a trap that can get easily sprung on filmmakers today that would camp it up too much or make it too edgy. That said, I think there could be something there if they actually go all the way with the Michael character accepting his queerness rather than having a Star around to "rescue" him from that fate, so there's that.
How do you remake perfection, honestly?
No pair of actors can match the magic of Haim and Feldman. Come on.
No pair of actors can match the magic of Haim and Feldman. Come on.
I doubt anyone can recapture the magic that made it work.
Even the music holds up. The original version of Cry Little Sister is fantastic. CHVRCHES attempted to cover it, but it just falls flat.
Any attempt at a remake would probably suffer the same fate.
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How bad was the CW pilot if it didn't even get a reboot like the powerpuff girls show? The PPG script was roasted for it awfulness, but even then the CW gave them another shot.
Anyways, I am curious how they'd translate the movie for the modern day. The Lost Boys is one of those movies that's just soaked in the era that spawned it.
Anyways, I am curious how they'd translate the movie for the modern day. The Lost Boys is one of those movies that's just soaked in the era that spawned it.
Maybe it was too good and they don't want their other shows to look bad by comparison
One of the things I always thought was great about the original was the dichotomy of the two "tones" of the film. On the one hand, you had sexy teenagers, 80s glam rock costumes, the two Coreys, corny dialogue, and all that, and on the other hand:
When the vampires came out, that shit got dark fast. This movie terrified me as a kid.
When the vampires came out, that shit got dark fast. This movie terrified me as a kid.
Yeah, can we please put an end to all these waify covers? We've reached complete saturation.
Its basically a couple of nerds taking on a gang of Vampire jocks. It's a concept I don' t think could have worked in any other decade cept John Hughes' era 80s.One of the things I always thought was great about the original was the dichotomy of the two "tones" of the film. On the one hand, you had sexy teenagers, 80s glam rock costumes, the two Coreys, corny dialogue, and all that, and on the other hand:
When the vampires came out, that shit got dark fast. This movie terrified me as a kid.
not something I need to see remade (original is singular vison, perfectly casted, and a genre classic) but give it the fright night treatment and maybe it will be worthwhile. don't try and match the original, flip the script a bit.
And a badass grandpa that knew about the problem all along, and wasn't up for taking any shit.
What if it's the opposite, and it was just too good for The CW
who are we kidding.... it was probably worse than you think