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« on: July 08, 2008, 07:16:19 AM »
...is being remade, starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu.
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2008, 07:20:45 AM »
Yeah, saw the trailer.  Really hasn't done anything for me, though.
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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2008, 07:29:33 AM »
I'm not exactly happy to see him secretly under wraps by the US Government given the whole point of Klaatu's arrival in the original was that it was public
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« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2008, 08:59:26 AM »
It's too bad they couldn't stick to the original more with it.....
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« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2008, 09:44:13 AM »
Considering that Klaatu is killed immediately after disembarking the ship on the original, I'm not sure how they could.
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« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2008, 10:06:49 AM »
I'm just curious to see if the filmakers keep to the Christ parallels.
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« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2008, 10:19:01 AM »
Quote from: ThunderMonkey on July 08, 2008, 10:06:49 AM
I'm just curious to see if the filmakers keep to the Christ parallels.

Considering the change in times and the story from the original movie, I doubt it.
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« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2008, 10:45:27 AM »
Quote from: Krensky on July 08, 2008, 09:44:13 AM
Considering that Klaatu is killed immediately after disembarking the ship on the original, I'm not sure how they could.

Klaatu is merely injured upon arrival. He doesn't die until the final reel and even then he's not down for long.
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« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2008, 10:50:25 AM »
Quote from: ThunderMonkey on July 08, 2008, 10:06:49 AM
I'm just curious to see if the filmakers keep to the Christ parallels.

I don't think they could. Jesus "Woah" Christ just doesn't sound right.
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« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2008, 11:03:15 AM »
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Quote from: ThunderMonkey on July 08, 2008, 10:06:49 AM
I'm just curious to see if the filmakers keep to the Christ parallels.

I don't think they could. Jesus "Woah" Christ just doesn't sound right.

He was able to pull it off in the Matrix. However, if not, then it won't be nearly as good. I wrote a paper in high school discussing the Parallelisms between Christ and King Arthur (that was fun). Ever since, I find some more attempts in modern lit and films.
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« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2008, 12:19:26 PM »
Quote from: ThunderMonkey on July 08, 2008, 11:03:15 AM
He was able to pull it off in the Matrix. However, if not, then it won't be nearly as good. I wrote a paper in high school discussing the Parallelisms between Christ and King Arthur (that was fun). Ever since, I find some more attempts in modern lit and films.

I always saw more Buddha (not quite sure which one though) in Neo then Jesus (other then the resurrection thing).
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« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2008, 12:28:55 PM »
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Quote from: ThunderMonkey on July 08, 2008, 11:03:15 AM
He was able to pull it off in the Matrix. However, if not, then it won't be nearly as good. I wrote a paper in high school discussing the Parallelisms between Christ and King Arthur (that was fun). Ever since, I find some more attempts in modern lit and films.

I always saw more Buddha (not quite sure which one though) in Neo then Jesus (other then the resurrection thing).

He did take on more of a Buddha persona in the later films, but I was refering to "The Matrix" itself. (The prophecy of his coming, the willingness of self-sacrifice, his resurrection, the betrayal, his "baptism", his own Mary Magdelene, his presentation to the temple elders (in this case The Oracle.) Even at the end of the "Matrix Revolutions" there was a prophecy that he'll return.)

Oddly enough, some historians draw a lot of parallels between the teachings of Christ and the teachings of Buddha.
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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2008, 12:59:47 PM »
Quote from: ThunderMonkey on July 08, 2008, 12:28:55 PM
Oddly enough, some historians draw a lot of parallels between the teachings of Christ and the teachings of Buddha.

Not really that odd, it's almost assured that he would have encountered Buddhists or Greco-Buddhists. The Roman Empire and especially the Central Asian part of it was lousy with them.
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« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2008, 01:03:39 PM »
Quote from: Krensky on July 08, 2008, 12:59:47 PM
Quote from: ThunderMonkey on July 08, 2008, 12:28:55 PM
Oddly enough, some historians draw a lot of parallels between the teachings of Christ and the teachings of Buddha.

Not really that odd, it's almost assured that he would have encountered Buddhists or Greco-Buddhists. The Roman Empire and especially the Central Asian part of it was lousy with them.

It's odd for Christians to even consider that. If it's not in the Bible they tend to take a fingers-in-the-ears-eyes-shut-while-screaming approach to history.
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« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2008, 03:01:59 PM »
Why, oh why, do they keep remaking masterpieces???  Undecided
There are plenty of great NEW ideas out there for inspiration for flicks.
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