It has come to my attention that Walt Disney Pictures intends to remake their 1960 classic film Swiss Family Robinson, which was a remake of a 1940 film by the same name.
Hollywood has long been out of new and inventive concepts for movies, and rather than come up with new ideas they just continue to remake and repurpose the same old movies over and over and over again - because five versions of Wuthering Heights are NOT enough! Why strain braincells to come up with new and potentially unsuccessful stories when they've got failproof material SCREAMING to be remade with Lindsay Lohan as the star?!
I am a huge fan of the 1960 SFR and I don't much care to see a remake starring the latest Disney Channel teenyboppers, thank you very much (even though I realize the old version starred Disney teenyboppers of the day, but THOSE guys weren't making sex tapes, okay? Don't crush my memories!)
So I'm going to boycott the new SFR, because let's face it - the other remakes have for the most part sucked. Lohan alone starred in 3 Disney remakes, and even though she's persona non grata these days, things are only going to go further downhill. Do you really want to see a Mary Poppins remake starring Vanessa Hudgens? Old Yeller starring Zac & Cody? Or Babes in Toyland starring Ashley Tisdale? Well, do you?! Join me in refusing to watch any SFR other than the original!
Because what if the madness doesn't just stop with Disney? We are in grave danger of a Wizard of Oz remake starring Miley Cyrus if we don't watch our backs. And I really don't think any of us want that. If anyone remakes Gone With the Wind with Katy Perry, I'm going to go postal. I'll firebomb the set, man, don't think I won't!
Katy Perry as Scarlett O'Hara
Ugh. Lets just pretend its not happening.
Posted by: Cheryl | June 24, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Ha! I am totally with you. Perhaps I can join you for the set-bombing.
Posted by: Sparklink02 | June 24, 2009 at 10:18 PM