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Post by dfordiamondz on Feb 24, 2017 17:24:46 GMT
going to watch the former this afternoon, but just wanted to see what FG had to say on the subject. I do love the Cronenberg version, but have heard many people say that the original is more harrowing which is why i can't wait to see it...
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Feb 24, 2017 17:31:18 GMT
going to watch the former this afternoon, but just wanted to see what FG had to say on the subject. I do love the Cronenberg version, but have heard many people say that the original is more harrowing which is why i can't wait to see it...
That being said, Cronenberg's remake was utterly creepy and very well done.
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Post by grindovermatter on Feb 24, 2017 17:34:15 GMT
1986
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Post by midnitevulture99 on Feb 24, 2017 20:12:47 GMT
1958
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Post by Jedan Archer on Feb 24, 2017 20:35:50 GMT
Totally tied. That is how you reimagine a remake.
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Post by misternick on Feb 24, 2017 21:00:34 GMT
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Post by Ashy Billiams on Feb 24, 2017 21:16:16 GMT
1986, brah.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 21:27:38 GMT
I like '86 better, but '58 was a pretty good movie as well.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 21:28:53 GMT
I always felt the Cronenberg version was a less about horror (although gratuitously gross) and more about experiencing a person with a terminal illness, serious disorder or addiction. What Veronica went through with Seth resembles what the loved one of someone suffering severe bi-polar episodes, Alzheimer's or alcoholism goes through. Seth's problem made him increasingly unable to function in the world, losing the person he was literally piece by piece, while someone who cared about him watches.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Feb 24, 2017 21:43:59 GMT
The 1986 version was a more charged, intense and visceral viewing experience. It was a brilliantly revolting movie that I found harder to watch than the vast majority of horror movies that I've seen over the years and that I found to be utterly convincing in displaying the results of experimental science gone very, very wrong. It was Cronenberg's finest film and probably the most visually affecting horror movie ever made.
The 1958 version, while tamer by comparison, was surprisingly creepy in its own way, yet also thoroughly enjoyable and arguably more watchable in the sense that its run-time was not dominated by graphic on-screen gore. I probably 'enjoyed' it more than the '86 film but would certainly not in any way consider it the superior film.
In short, both films were spectacular examples of different film-makers with very different styles tackling the same issue (science run amok) in different eras. And both are classics in their own right.
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Post by poelzig on Feb 24, 2017 22:46:10 GMT
The Fly is highly superior to The Fly. How do you apply changes to text? I clicked on changes I wanted but it's not working
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Post by Times Up on Feb 25, 2017 6:05:39 GMT
1986. A true reimagining. Take that, George Miller.
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 26, 2017 2:25:05 GMT
It's surprisingly close but the remake is better.
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Post by kayleigh on Feb 26, 2017 3:45:02 GMT
I've never seen the original I do love the remake though
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