Re: Got lucky at the drive thru

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-04-12, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-04-12 4:49 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-04-11, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-04-11 5:42 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-04-11, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

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I'd call that decent or honest, not woke. Woke tends to get hysterical
and demand that an actress of colour plays Snow White in a movie.

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Is it woke if I don't care what color actress plays Snow White in
a movie?
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Nope. Not if you are happy with a remake of Roots with a white Kunte Kinte.

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I don't think I'd be happy with any remake of Roots.  I also didn't
need remakes of The Magnificent Seven, War of the Worlds, or The
Longest Yard.  Or practically any other remake that Hollywood has
seen fit to foist on us.  I'm grateful Casablanca seems to be off
limits nowadays.
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I tend to avoid remakes. There aren't many that have been an improvement
on the original. I liked the original Total Recall. The remake was
horrible. That being said, the most recent remake of All Quiet on the
Western Front was great.

 The remake of The Magnificent Seven wasn't horrible.  It just
wasn't necessary.  I would have preferred to see the cast in
something original.  Same thing for the recent remake of
3:10 to Yuma.
 Those whippersnappers should just learn to love black-and-white
cinematography.
 

I never saw The Magnificent Seven because I didn't want to overwrite the incredible film Seven Samurai.  There are six dedicated samurai and one drunk who recover their skills and meet the challenge.  It was fantastic.  I like the tonic of Japanese films.
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