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Topic: Am I wrong?

I have a craving. It began as a whim, a sort of a daydream, but now I find myself thinking about it more and more. As a vision, it has become something that I feel can, and must, be done. I'll try to lay it out for you as best I can.

Imagine this. Remake every war film ever ever made in which the US military appears, maintaining the plot but re-shoot, re-edit, or digitally update to show the US military as a sci-fi military force a la Aliens / Avatar etc. And I do mean every film.

I know, you may think this is an ambitious project, but remember Kennedy - we choose to do it not because it is easy, but because it is hard.

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Re: Am I wrong?

Um. Ambitious.

Can I ask why?

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Would we change the Germans to aliens? Or just have the US military storming the beach at Anzio in mechs?

Also, Operation Dumbo Drop is going to seem extra weird.

You know what would work perfectly tho? Bat 21. Gene Hackman gets shot down behind enemy lines, avoids enemies, and uses golf courses as a location code for a rescue.

Warning: I'm probably rewriting this post as you read it.

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Teague, I think I'd refer you to George Mallory on that one, Zarban - I think I wouldn't change the Germans, but the idea of the 101st equipped with mechs is awesome. I think the 1st world war would also be a very good candidate, also the US Civil War. Operation Dumbo might be hard, but I agree on Bat 21.
I think part of Sucker Punch might have stuck in my sub-conscious to be honest. There's something about the idea of reshooting a historical battle with new or sic fi tech that appeals.

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It might be easier to write a program to convert war movies into sci-fi movies than just Remake All the Things.

Not that I'm suggesting that writing such a program would be easy, of course.  But if it were done properly, then we could also use it to convert all cowboy movies into clown movies, all monster movies into hamster movies, and all porn movies into brand new episodes of Perry Mason.

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fcw wrote:

It might be easier to write a program to convert war movies into sci-fi movies than just Remake All the Things.

No.

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TheGreg wrote:

Imagine this. Remake every war film ever ever made in which the US military appears, maintaining the plot but re-shoot, re-edit, or digitally update to show the US military as a sci-fi military force a la Aliens / Avatar etc. And I do mean every film.

That's not interesting. Now, if you replaced the US troops with Iranian soldiers, and Germans/Japanese/whatever armies became the US, THEN it would be fun smile

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Invid wrote:

That's not interesting. Now, if you replaced the US troops with Iranian soldiers, and Germans/Japanese/whatever armies became the US, driving red white and blue mechs THEN it would be fun  big_smile

Tweaked it for you

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