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OT: Dreamworks My Sassy Girl remake

"Why in the world would anyone want to remake My Sassy Girl? It's great the way it is."

"Look at this great movie/book/comic/whatever...I think we could make LOTS of money if we made this into an American movie. And hey we wouldn't have to pay that much for writters. We could use the money we save from thinking of a story and spend it on getting [so and so big name star] and [other so and so big name star of the opposite gender of the first one]!!!"

Technically, this would be in the manga section, since there is a comic adaptation. Anyway, I've been told the reason it works better in Korea is she stands out in a culture that tends to be more homogenous. But at least it's nice to know they're occasionally acknowledging the need for and/or appeal of an Asian perspective in doing these remakes. (Dreamworks is hiring Hideo Nakata to direct Ring 2.) And as long as Miramax isn't behind it like they're behind Shall We Dance?(Hey thanks for conveniently not releasing the original uncut film on dvd, Harvey!), I don't mind.

But anyway, do you really think an American adaptation of a staunchly Korean film would actually work? I really think that if they tried to Americanize it, audiences would just think, "Aw man, he's a pansy, and she's just a bitch. This movie sucks." The movie relies on subtle character interactions to actually work. I hardly think having some American get slapped around by a girl would translate as well to the screen.

Sakechan: I don't care about remakes as along as the original material is available. I mean it sort of sucks that I won't be able to see the Shaw Bros. movies which were ripped off(oh excuse me, "inspired") in Kill Bill, because Weinstein got to them first.

Ya know, instead of remaking My Sassy Girl, they should just release the damned thing in the US. I'd rather see subbed releases of these movies in the states (either in theatre or straight to DVD) than a remake of a recent film.

Louie-kun: No I won't let it go. Imagine if the Wachowskis got Warner Bros to license the Ghost in the Shell movies and tv show, dump them in their basement, and continued to churn out Matrix movies instead, and you'll know why I hate Miramax and Tarantino.