View Full Version : A Mary Poppins Remake?
LS2002
08-09-2003, 03:10 PM
I was looking over Dark Horizons and I happen to come across this
Mary Poppins: The LA Sun Times reports that Queen Latifah is up for the lead role in a Disney remake of the classic Julie Andrews movie.
Why the hell do they need to remake this? I could go for a Willy Wonka Remake but this is absoulty Pathetic!
spiderman_2k
08-09-2003, 03:14 PM
That sucks....
Guamgirl101
08-09-2003, 03:35 PM
That really doesn't seem like a good idea, in my opinion. I remember seeing the first original version with Julie Andrews when I was so little, and honestly, it's a classic and I just don't think a remake would work. Julie Andrews is Mary Poppins in my mind, I just don't want to picture anyone else as that character...
Another low for Disney. Walt would take his name away from the company if he was alive and saw what they were doing. Then they'd have to name it "Eisner Land." I mean, Jesus Christ, Queen Latifah as Mary Poppins? If you're gonna rape a classic, at least cast a respectable actress in the title role.
tedward
08-10-2003, 04:50 AM
lol NO! Lady poppins with julie andrews(?) and Dick van dyke rules.
Is the The LA Sun Times one of these parody papers like the onion?
Queen Latifah is meant to be starring in an american "taxi" remake (the french taxi not the other one) which is also bad news imo.
WebMonkey
08-10-2003, 04:53 AM
Man, the movie would suck as much as her last one with Steve Martin did..... It was that crap i cant remmber what it was called.
cg124
08-10-2003, 09:43 AM
Why do they have to ruin every classic?
JackSparrowsGrl
08-10-2003, 10:32 AM
They should not do a remake of mary poppins, that would be a bad thing to do.
OompaLoompa24
08-10-2003, 11:33 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hitman
08-10-2003, 11:37 AM
The only reason to make a Marry Poppins remake is if......oh there isn't one.
clrb15
08-10-2003, 11:42 AM
I think it's a bad Idea.....Mary Poppins is a classic.......it will remain like that.....if it's not 'tampered' with, like making a remake.......BAD IDEA!!!
Fanible
08-11-2003, 09:00 PM
They need to remake Wizard of Oz. I think ive said that a dozen times. Of all the remakes that end up happening, this one is overdue.
Originally posted by Fanible
They need to remake Wizard of Oz. I think ive said that a dozen times. Of all the remakes that end up happening, this one is overdue.
They did make The Wiz back in the 70's. ;)
sunflower03
08-11-2003, 11:38 PM
some remakes of classic are good especially if they are based on a book, because whoever remakes it can go back to the book as well, but in this case that would be bad. some movies are to much of a classic to be remade, such as, gone with the wind, even though it is based on a book.
PsYkOoOoO
08-12-2003, 04:44 AM
wait wait....QUEEN LATIFAH AS MARY POPPINS??
WTF????
THIS IS SOO WRONG~!
OompaLoompa24
08-12-2003, 05:04 PM
Originally posted by Fanible
They need to remake Wizard of Oz. I think ive said that a dozen times. Of all the remakes that end up happening, this one is overdue.
No! This movie is a classic and should not be messed with in anyway! "Surrender Dorothy", starring Drew Barrymore, is in the works and that is BAD ENOUGH! Neither the remake or the sequel should happen!
Longshanks
08-12-2003, 05:13 PM
It'll be nothing but a parody - a waste of time and money :rollleyes:
spiderman_2k
08-12-2003, 05:30 PM
too many l's in roll...;)
Longshanks
08-12-2003, 05:48 PM
I was rolling them a lot :p ;)
flunky
08-13-2003, 10:39 AM
Julie Andrews was the perfect Mary Poppins! I don't want to see a remake!
Longshanks
08-13-2003, 12:40 PM
Just wait for the proposed remake of 'Passport to Pimlico' - 'relocated' to the Bronx and starring Eddie Murphy - trust me :rolleyes:
Doofy Gilmore
08-13-2003, 03:19 PM
I'd see the Mary Poppins remake starring Halle Berry. She could have alot of things poppin out of her outfit if you know what I mean.
Doofy Gilmore
08-13-2003, 03:21 PM
Originally posted by Longshanks
Just wait for the proposed remake of 'Passport to Pimlico' - 'relocated' to the Bronx and starring Eddie Murphy - trust me :rolleyes:
What a racist comment. Basically you're saying that in order for a movie to have a black person in it, it has to be set in the Bronx.
So maybe we should have the "Dukes Of Hazzard" movie set in
cob county Georgia or something so white trash like you can have something to do besides watching your black and white TV in your trailer while scratching your nuts and eating your Hungry Man TV dinner.
Longshanks
08-13-2003, 05:09 PM
Huh? - I think you got the wrong end of the stick my friend - my comment was about the inappropriateness of the whole idea - not the colour of anyone's skin.
I really have read such a proposal, maybe it wasn't Murphy - but it was a black actor and the setting was proposed as the Bronx - please don't go chucking accusations around about my personal views over race etc or making gross assumptions as to my ideologies - that way lies bigotry.
Wish I could remember where I saw the item - but as another example that the studio execs aren't above this sort of thing consider a similar proposal for a remake of 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' starring Will Smith and Robin Williams.
Yeah, the ideas are probably all exec BS and (hopefully) will never see the light of day (...hopefully...) - but it's not me who's coming up with these ideas. Have you even seen 'Passport to Pimlico'?
Maybe you should turn your venom on the execs?
And I don't appreciate being called 'racist' or 'white trash' - now get off your soapbox.
LS
JBond
08-14-2003, 03:52 AM
Originally posted by Doofy Gilmore
What a racist comment. Basically you're saying that in order for a movie to have a black person in it, it has to be set in the Bronx.
So maybe we should have the "Dukes Of Hazzard" movie set in
cob county Georgia or something so white trash like you can have something to do besides watching your black and white TV in your trailer while scratching your nuts and eating your Hungry Man TV dinner.
There's no need for personal attacks when you want to state an opinion.
The Mighty
08-14-2003, 06:48 AM
I think a Mary Poppins could work with Queen Latifah. They would just have to make it diffrent from the original film
Sparhawk
08-14-2003, 08:02 AM
No movie is safe anymore. Nothing is sacred, and the remakes and sequels will continue as long as there are dollars to be made.
Having said that - who cares if they remake Mary Poppins. Hell, put Mary-Kate and Ashley in as a siamese twin Mary Poppins.
The original will always be a classic IMO and no remake could usurp it regardless of how good or bad it is.
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