CC: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE REDUX
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Alex Riviello
Born and raised in The Bronx. Tried a stint in Brooklyn before realizing that the borough sucks and ended up in Queens. Has been writing about horror for Creature Corner for almost three years now, videogames on Chud for a little less. Getting married in November. Lives for his weekly Rock Band nights at the bar where everyone knows his name. Email him hereBy Alex Riviello
Published on 07/25/2008
The Rocky Horror Picture show is being remade as a television movie, says Variety.
While this has been rumored for years, of all the remake news ever I've reported, this one might be the most puzzling. Why redo a movie that's still playing in theaters today? There isn't a person who lives in a city in this country that can't see a midnight screening of Rocky Horror if they wanted to (and were of course prepared with the proper attire, props and script, and knew all the right cues so they wouldn't look like fools.)
MTV and Fox Television Studios are producing. Adding more fuel to the inevitable hatred fired off by the toilet paper-wielding fans of the original is the fact that they're not even updating the original Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien script. They may be adding new songs, though, hopefully with plenty of up-to-date references to popular culture!
My one reason for writing this article is to recommend how they update the music. If they go with it, the incredible punk cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes has already done some fantastic covers of the songs, and one of my faves is their take on Science Fiction/Double Feature, which has this little fan-made video here (that I've shown before).
Course, now's your time to realize that MTV's behind it, and let out a loud sigh. Let's see how emo this film gets. If all goes well (?) the new Rocky Horror Picture Show will be done in time for next Halloween.
Newest remake guaranteed to make you throw hot dogs at the screen.
CC: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE REDUX
The Rocky Horror Picture show is being remade as a television movie, says Variety. While this has been rumored for years, of all the remake news ever I've reported, this one might be the most puzzling. Why redo a movie that's still playing in theaters today? There isn't a person who lives in a city in this country that can't see a midnight screening of Rocky Horror if they wanted to (and were of course prepared with the proper attire, props and script, and knew all the right cues so they wouldn't look like fools.)
MTV and Fox Television Studios are producing. Adding more fuel to the inevitable hatred fired off by the toilet paper-wielding fans of the original is the fact that they're not even updating the original Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien script. They may be adding new songs, though, hopefully with plenty of up-to-date references to popular culture!
My one reason for writing this article is to recommend how they update the music. If they go with it, the incredible punk cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes has already done some fantastic covers of the songs, and one of my faves is their take on Science Fiction/Double Feature, which has this little fan-made video here (that I've shown before).
Course, now's your time to realize that MTV's behind it, and let out a loud sigh. Let's see how emo this film gets. If all goes well (?) the new Rocky Horror Picture Show will be done in time for next Halloween.