A "THING" or two!

    I settled down with my popcorn at the movies
last week knowing full well half the bag would be
gone by the time the feature actually got started.
    The trend in theaters these days is to dim the
lights well before the main attraction and to tease
the audience with previews of movies coming at
a later date.
     If you see enough of those previews you'll
come to realize there are two trends movie
makers seem to be following which seem to
assure them of success.
     The first is the sequel!
     Batman. Batman Returns. Batman Forever.
Batman and Robin. You get the picture (and
they get your dough!)
     That's nothing new. Years ago a lot of
popular movie characters showed up
again and again in sequels that capitalized
on the success of their original movie.
      'Old timers' will remember a series
of movies involving 'The Thin Man', Sherlock
Holmes, even comedies like "Ma and Pa
Kettle, or Abbot and Costello.
      The other trend involves the "Remake,"
      One of the previews I saw last week was
for a movie called "The Thing."
      It will be the third version of that
science fiction classic!
      The first, which came out in 1951, was
done in black and white. James Arness, TV's
Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke, played the
monster, It scared the heck out of me!
      They did a remake In 1982. Kirk Russel
played the lead but he wasn't the monster. At
least not when the movie ended.
      Lately it seems we're seeing more and more
remakes.
      A remake of  the 1969 movie  "True Grit"
was just released last year.
      It almost seems like movie makers are
running out of ideas!
      "King Kong" has been shot off the
Empire State Building twice and the
former World Trade Center once.
       In each of the remakes I've mentioned
I liked the original versions best. I'll admit
the newer ones have a lot more special
effects. It most cases that means more gore!
They're certainly louder!
       Maybe it's like the first baseball
team you ever saw or the first hot dog
you enjoyed from some local shop. You
usually pick your favorite then and all
the rest fail to top it!
        Maybe we could help the producers
with some new ideas based on more
comtenporary figures.
       How's this?
       "The Geico vs. Free Credit Report
dot com."
       Maybe an 'action feature" based on
"It's my Money and I need it now!"
       There are endless possibilities and
you wouldn't have to remake any of them
       Maybe just some sequels!?
       Let me know if you've got some ideas!
       Hope you're ready for all the 'new
oldies', and that all your NEWS is good!