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Post by keywolf on Jul 18, 2008 14:32:01 GMT -5
Exactly. Why remake it? What's wrong with An American Werewolf in Tokyo? Venice? Cairo?
The possibilities are almost literally endless.
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Post by dedwyre on Jul 18, 2008 20:24:36 GMT -5
Dude, I would so love to see AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN TOKYO. That sounds like it could be so great.
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Post by Solange on Jul 18, 2008 21:07:51 GMT -5
An American Werewolf in Tokyo sounds much more exciting than An American Werewolf in Russia, or Costa Rica.
Werewolves and neon lights.
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Post by darkwolfavenged on Jul 19, 2008 9:26:09 GMT -5
The original book was kind of crap. The movie was way better. I haven't read the book for years so don't remember how well it is written. I agree that the movie of The Howling is fab, however I do personally prefer the original story of the book...about the legend of the old Bulgarian village of Dradja that was destroyed and then surviviors relocated to the US to the new small and isolated Californian town of Drago. It's the usual tale of an outsider coming in to a small, weird community and discovering its secrets and causing trouble for the locals, but I remember the wolves being more wolflike in the book, and I'd love to see a really good version of this story if they do another Howling film. As for AAWWIL - I LOVE that idea of a remake/sequel set in Tokyo. The Japanese must have their own versions of the werewolf legend, which could be put to good use. Get Takashi Miike to write and direct. Now THAT would be one weird and disturbing werewolf movie. Give a whole new look and feel to the genre  |
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Post by ArcLight on Jul 19, 2008 10:28:33 GMT -5
The general mythology was fine (and I'm glad they managed to get some of it in the later films) but the writing and some of plot points really needed another editing pass.
The movie tightened things up quite a bit.
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Post by Werewolf on Jul 19, 2008 15:03:28 GMT -5
We could flip the coin completely and go for An English Werewolf in LA or New York or somewhere?
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Post by dedwyre on Jul 19, 2008 22:37:40 GMT -5
Darkwolfavenged, I don't think I'd want to see a disturbing, Miike-style werewolf movie. I prefer werewolves in action-based horror, not sick-to-my-stomach horror. Actually, I don't think I like the latter at all.
From what I've read, the Japanese have were-fox legends, but I don't think they parallel the western werewolf legends very often. Foxes aren't usually considered ferocious mankillers, but clever thieves. Now, in Africa, I believe there are were-leopard legends, and were-tiger ones in India.
AN ENGLISH WEREWOLF IN NEW YORK would be sweet, too. Or L.A., or Chicago...maybe Vegas? That could be a trip.
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Post by keywolf on Jul 20, 2008 9:52:12 GMT -5
I love Miike but I don't think the world is ready for him to do a werewolf movie! I reckon Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus) would do a good job tho.
Well American Werewolf in Tokyo has a lot of positive response, maybe we should knock together a script and pitch it to Landis!
I like the flip-around idea as well. Why not keep it simple... A London Werewolf in America?
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Post by Marcus on Jul 20, 2008 11:24:24 GMT -5
well, with the flip, you could do have it that it's the son of David and the nurse. Who goes back to america on his 18th to look up his fathers family. Of course he's inherrited the lycanthrope who's symptoms manifest due to an event at the start of the film.
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Post by dedwyre on Jul 21, 2008 14:33:41 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be "A Londonian Werewolf in America"? Or is that not a word? Maybe "A London-Based Werewolf in America." Yeah, that'll sell.
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Post by Werewolf on Jul 21, 2008 15:16:23 GMT -5
AN ENGLISH WEREWOLF IN NEW YORK would be sweet, too. Or L.A., or Chicago...maybe Vegas? That could be a trip. I know, lets set in in Vegas and see if Grissom and the team can solve the crime.! |
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Post by werewolves on Nov 18, 2008 17:04:10 GMT -5
No, Lets do:
An American Werewolf In America
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
A British Werewolf in Germany
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Post by Marcus on Nov 20, 2008 5:54:11 GMT -5
A half english-american werewolf in Tokyo-yo championship.
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Post by dedwyre on Nov 21, 2008 15:01:58 GMT -5
An American Werewolf in Antarctica
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Post by Werewolf on Nov 28, 2008 12:48:05 GMT -5
How about Indiana Jones and the American Werewolf!
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