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Author Topic: Ellen Degeneres bows out of "Oh God!" remake Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-10-2007 02:51 PM                        Was perusing the Orlando Sentinel site today and spotted a news item saying Ellen Degeneres has decided to pass on starring in a remake of "Oh, God!" because she didn't like the script. She says, "I don't want to play God and do it the wrong way." Link I think that's great news. I think Degeneres is a great comic, but this is one of those movies that just should not be remade. It's a great film. How do you improve on George Burns?  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-10-2007 03:02 PM                     One can't improve on George Burns. Ellen is a wise woman. RANT ON: Then there is the "State of The Industry". A major film company owns the rights to "Oh God" and would rather remake that than invest in new original ideas...assuming these exist anymore, and if they did the current film executives wouldn't know one if it bit them in the ass. :RANT OFF  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 11-10-2007 04:38 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley but this is one of those movies that just should not be remade Well, true, but give it a month and they'll find someone to replace her. File Oh God! with movies like The Day The Earth Stood Still, Psycho, King Kong, The Pink Panther, etc etc.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-10-2007 05:08 PM                        What about Ellen's mega-hit movie "Mr. Wrong" which also featured world-renowned sensation Bill Pullman? Best movie ever made? Perhaps so.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-10-2007 05:11 PM                     She musta made that even before Bill Pullman was famous... I've never heard of it...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-10-2007 05:29 PM                        Allison - you've got a point, considering she bowed out because she didn't like the script...NOT because it just shouldn't be made. I wish this could be filed with the "Green Acres" movie that was proposed a few years ago. Bette Midler was going to play Lisa Douglas. What a disaster that would have been. I am dreading the remake of "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," one of the best thrillers of the 1970s. John Travolta is going to play the bad guy. It was Robert Shaw in the original...how the hell can Travolta hope to improve on him? Also: In today's IME it says that Sly Stallone is thinking about directing/starring in a remake of "Death Wish," the Charles Bronson movie.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-11-2007 02:02 AM                     The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is one of my favorite movies. I'm starting to take this personally.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 11-11-2007 09:58 AM                        Green Acres might have done well down here in Kentucky. For many years, the Beverly Hillbillies movie was all-time number one for the state. (I hope that's not still true.) Louis  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-11-2007 12:32 PM                        quote: James Westbrook The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is one of my favorite movies. "Screw the goddamn passengers! What the hell did they expect for their lousy 35 cents - to live forever?"  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 11-11-2007 11:20 PM                        Sounds like a couple of the captains I used to fly with.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-12-2007 05:14 PM                     When they remake Smokey and the Bandit, I'll call it a day with new movies and stick to the old stuff.  |  IP: Logged

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