Please Lord, let this reboot rumbling DIE

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592

    #1

    Please Lord, let this reboot rumbling DIE

    There are significant rumblings, and rumors of set builder & crew hirings, that Universal is going to reboot -














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  • Jessterw
    Style Master, Rtd.
    • Jul 2002
    • 4265

    #2
    If it doesn't have Robert Shaw in it, it's not Jaws. RIP.
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    • cjolley
      Super MURCer
      • Aug 1999
      • 7672

      #3
      "You're going to need a bigger boat" only works once. And without it, it's not "Jaws."
      Chuck
      秋音的爸爸

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      • Elie
        MURC Writer
        • Aug 1999
        • 4420

        #4
        Noooooo, not another series of "Sharnado" Shark 3DDD" and "Sharktopus"!!

        Sigh!

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        • UtwigMU
          Super MURCer
          • Jul 2002
          • 5651

          #5
          Remember the Jaws 3D commercial from Back to Future?

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          • Umfriend
            Crabby Smurf
            • Mar 2001
            • 7308

            #6
            It'll be a huge hit provided they get decent actors, producer and director.
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            • VJ
              Moderator
              • Mar 2001
              • 9733

              #7
              This is one of the few movies where I see a reboot working... Ok, for most of us, Jaws is youth sentiment. But all things considered, it could benefit from better special effects, more modern cinematography, etc... Just the same story in a modern jacket. While it has a cult status, it is not like Star Wars or Indiana Jones.

              Only problem is that the current hollywood trend is to make everything so action packed that they might completely mess up the slow build-up of suspense and also end up with sharks with frikkin' lasers attached to their heads.
              pixar
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              • Umfriend
                Crabby Smurf
                • Mar 2001
                • 7308

                #8
                Originally posted by VJ View Post
                Only problem is that the current hollywood trend is to make everything so action packed that they might completely mess up the slow build-up of suspense and also end up with sharks with frikkin' lasers attached to their heads.
                It's not a problem, it's why it would work. How many block-busters have a slow build-up of suspense anymore? It's action first, ask questions later.
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                • VJ
                  Moderator
                  • Mar 2001
                  • 9733

                  #9
                  True... but if it would just be a few shark attacks without suspense building, there isn't much movie...
                  pixar
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                  • Jessterw
                    Style Master, Rtd.
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 4265

                    #10
                    I think we already had an action-packed "Jaws" movie... anyone remember Deep Blue Sea?
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                    • cjolley
                      Super MURCer
                      • Aug 1999
                      • 7672

                      #11
                      Apparently not. Sounds terrible.
                      And sounds like what I would expect a remake of Jaws to be like.
                      Chuck
                      秋音的爸爸

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