IT'S JUST ANOTHER JUMP TO THE LEFT!! (alt: Anticipate the remake of the Rocky Horror Picture Show!)

oops, meant Jump.

Oh please god no.

This is the third thread on this, right?

it is? OK sack if so.

people anticipate this?

You've gotta know when the time is right to leave the planet.

The thing I hate about these things is that you have to have that soul deadening conversation where no matter how retarded the remake is, whenever you talk about the movie you somehow find yourself saying how the original is better or something, so tawdry and tedious and which you would never have to say if they hadn't gone and remade it.

and now..

O'Brien anger over Rocky remake

A remake of cult 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show is being produced without the blessing of its creator Richard O'Brien, he has told the BBC.

It was announced on Wednesday that the new version, which will be co-financed by Sky Movies in the UK and MTV in the US, would be co-produced by O'Brien.

But he told the BBC he would not be involved "in any way".

"I have no view on whether it should be remade but it doesn't have my blessing," he added.

The original 1975 film, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Meat Loaf, has become a kitsch classic.

The plot revolves around young American couple Brad and Janet who accidentally stumble into a strange world of alien transvestites and overt sexuality.

Sky announced on Wednesday that Lou Adler, executive producer on the original film, would return in the same role, while O'Brien would co-produce.

But O'Brien told the BBC: "I'm not co-producing it and I won't be involved in any way.

"The first I heard about it was when people sent me cuttings from US papers."

'Life of own'

Sky said the cast and director of the new version are yet to be announced.

Lou Adler said: "The Rocky Horror phenomenon has a life of its own that has reincarnated itself in numerous ways since its birth.

"Our hope has always been that each new endeavour and rebirth will expose the Rocky Horror experience to new audiences and expand the fan base."

The original has some qualities that can't be reproduced but a remake could have its own very different strengths and qualities

Original director Jim Sharman

He said the original film would continue to be enjoyed "by new fans and old alike".

Jim Sharman, who co-wrote the original screenplay and directed the film, said: "The original has some qualities that can't be reproduced but a remake could have its own very different strengths and qualities."

The new film will have its UK premiere on the Sky Movies channel.

The film started life as stage show The Rocky Horror Show in 1973.

It was adapted for cinema as The Rocky Horror Picture Show two years later and has generated an enthusiastic and dedicated following.

Audiences to both the stage and screen versions are encouraged to dress up like the show's characters.

this may really take the cake for most pointless remake ever.

what's the over / under betting line for new songs included in the remake? 2?

They're including the new songs written for "Dreamgirls".

is John Travolta in this

i will only accept travolta if he plays eddie and gets murdered with an axe

HOT PATOOTIE

A confession: I actually went to a screening at uni in full Frank-n-furter get up, only at the insistence of my friends because of my startling resemblance to Tim Curry. I had never seen the film before and have never seen it since.

"friends"

I was never a big fan of the original but this seems utterly pointless even from a filthy-lucre aspect

cutting 'hot patootie' from the remake has a slight chance of improving it over the original, imho

They should do a hip-hop version of this starring 50 Cent.

I was in a combined "Little Rocky Shop of Horror Picture show"..

playing a combined Brad/Riff Raff composite part. I got to 'playback' timewarp...

oh yeah, and "Goodness gracious me" as well.

Yep, that one.

no, me neither.

actually the remake should just be a 1 hour extended "superheroes" end sequence with a cameo from the light-up globe from the original movie

how is there no "antici..............................pation" gag in this thread?

someone wake Ned

in a jodorowsky vibe xpost

Has anything good ever happened to poor Richard O'Brien?

someone wake Ned

I've been awake. Even I have nothing to say (for once, so treasure the moment).

Usher IS frankenfurter

um richard o'brien was in EVER AFTER as the creepers dude

I expect tits.

and c'mon, Crystal Maze

xpost

fuck this shit

I would watch a remake of SHOCK TREATMENT if they did it shot-for-shot like the Vince Vaughan Psycho.

It would be hard to fuck that up!

They should do a hip-hop version of this starring 50 Cent.

Hell, they ought to go a full-on The Wiz route.

i LOVE the first half of Rocky but get pretty bored around the midpoint. i'm not sure i've ever actually watched it to the end.

Ditto. It really REALLY loses its momentum once Meatloaf shows up.

ta for the title fix!

a jump to the left, and then a step to the right, put your hands on your hips, and bring your knees in tight

the 'Time Warp' is a really shitty dance isn't it.

But it's the pelvic thrusts that really drive you insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLKq2GmD6B8