GI Joe and why remakes suck.

I'm back at school and the past few days have been sort of crazy. Currently I'm working on a bunch of stuff, but the good news is that a lot of my work seems to be finally paying off. Thats always a good feeling.

Did anyone see the pictures of Ray Park dressed up as Snake Eyes yet? I've gotta admit he looks pretty sweet. I know the GI Joe movie is going to suck but I'll probably go see it anyway. It's directed by Stephen Sommers, the guy who did The Mummy and Van Helsing. That means it could be good or bad. The Invisible french guy from Heroes is playing Destro. I don't really know how I feel about that. He certainly doesn't look like Destro.

While searching around IMDB I noticed that they might be making a live action Akira starring Leonardo DiCaprio. I've also heard that a Seven Samurai remake is in the works as well. Thats just terrible. Why can't Hollywood just leave good movies alone. Enough with the remakes already, they suck.

The thing about remakes is this, Hollywood is going about them all wrong. They should stop trying to remake good movies, and start trying to remake bad movies that they fucked up in the first place. The Hulk is a great example of this. The first one sucked so now they have an opportunity to redeem themselves. Someone should remake the Bourne Identity so that it actually follows the plot of the book. How can you get rid of the villain when he's an assassin named Carlos the Jackel?