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Red Dawn (2012 remake)
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Posted: Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 04:25 AM UTC
Thoughts or opinions on the new film?
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Posted: Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 11:00 AM UTC
Think I'll stick with the original. I mean, the cassette was even red.
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Posted: Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 02:48 PM UTC
I saw the original but never owned it until DVD.
I'll check out the new remake. Who's the new 'enemy'?




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Posted: Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 11:13 PM UTC
Is it out yet,on video Or in the movies,I would be interested in checking it out for sure.
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Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2012 - 01:07 AM UTC

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Is it out yet,on video Or in the movies,I would be interested in checking it out for sure.


It comes out in theaters 21 Nov. The new enemy is N. Korea, who along with China, invade America.

Red Dawn 2012

The original is a classic and a great movie. It displayed our greatest fears at the height of the Cold War.

I hope this version is as good as the original.
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Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2012 - 05:37 AM UTC

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The original is a classic and a great movie. It displayed our greatest fears at the height of the Cold War.

I hope this version is as good as the original.


cosigned




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Posted: Friday, November 09, 2012 - 10:21 PM UTC

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Is it out yet,on video Or in the movies,I would be interested in checking it out for sure.


It comes out in theaters 21 Nov. The new enemy is N. Korea, who along with China, invade America.

Red Dawn 2012

The original is a classic and a great movie. It displayed our greatest fears at the height of the Cold War.

I hope this version is as good as the original.



Maybe I'm a pessimist, but we all secretly know it probably won't be. It'll be good for a current movie though it will never be the original. Plus I'll miss the soldiers pulling into the McDonalds drive though, "I want cheesburger! I know you have some in there!"
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 01:16 AM UTC
I just watched the trailer it looks pretty good should be on DVD by the time the Superbowl is over so I'll watch it then
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 05:23 AM UTC

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I just watched the trailer it looks pretty good should be on DVD by the time the Superbowl is over so I'll watch it then

Nice one, Sal. Maybe it'll be on cable by 4th of July.
From the TV commercial, it looks like city warfare instead of the Rocky Mountain locales in the original. Is that the new vogue thing? I know, just like the original, it's meant to be trite patriotic fluff for teenage movie-goers, so I won't bash it too much... until I see it, that is!
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 12:47 PM UTC
Owwww, I just hope Alec Baldwin is in it -- he was such a believable natural as Jimmy Doolittle is the unimpeachable movie Pearl Harbor!
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 01:56 PM UTC
I hope it sticks to the guerilla war tactics the teens resorted too in the original knowing this remake in this 'call of duty' modern warfare era I'd hate to see the teens deploying predator missles from a hacked laptop coz that would destroy all credibility for the film for me still love the original though so might give this a watch if it ain't to OTT
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Posted: Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 07:11 AM UTC
Hi there,
can someone explain to me how the hell red China and north Korea can kreep around half the world without any body noticing?
At least the original could of (believably) happened.
Even M. Dougles recognised the "yellow terror" in Falling down, so they canŽt of come from the inside
IŽll still watch though just for the fun aspect

Paul
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Posted: Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 01:55 PM UTC

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Hi there,
can someone explain to me how the hell red China and north Korea can kreep around half the world without any body noticing?
At least the original could of (believably) happened.


Its called the "Willful Suspension of Disbelief." Most movies rely on it, otherwise, noone would bother to go see them because most are BS in the reality department.
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Posted: Monday, November 12, 2012 - 03:45 AM UTC

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Hi there,
can someone explain to me how the hell red China and north Korea can kreep around half the world without any body noticing?
At least the original could of (believably) happened.


Its called the "Willful Suspension of Disbelief." Most movies rely on it, otherwise, noone would bother to go see them because most are BS in the reality department.


Nicely put, IŽll go with that.
Paul
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 10:48 AM UTC
Did anyone see it this TG weekend?

We were but saw Looper instead




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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 01:41 PM UTC
Umm.. I wouldn't go so far as to call the original "great."
Entertaining maybe, but too many errors in Soviet tactics of the day made it one of those movies you like to watch with your buds so you can laugh at it.
Interestingly though, the CIA got involved when they heard of a T-72 being trailered through the streets when the movie was filmed. Of course it was just VisMod, but not a bad one.
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Posted: Monday, November 26, 2012 - 02:15 AM UTC

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Umm.. I wouldn't go so far as to call the original "great."
Entertaining maybe, but too many errors in Soviet tactics of the day made it one of those movies you like to watch with your buds so you can laugh at it.
Interestingly though, the CIA got involved when they heard of a T-72 being trailered through the streets when the movie was filmed. Of course it was just VisMod, but not a bad one.

For the general public, it WAS great. Most people are not students of military tactics and the movie addressed the real fear of an invasion by Soviet Russia, as well as how it may be handled by civilians.
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Posted: Sunday, December 02, 2012 - 03:24 PM UTC
i have seen the remake and i thought it was great. i personally like the remake more than the original, but that is just my opinion. the acting and everything is just horrible in the first.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - 03:41 PM UTC
What in the world could MGM have been thinking? By casting North Korea as the enemy in this remake, they've ruined our relationship with that country. Even the Great Successor himself will probably take great offense; in fact, Pyongyang may even boycott the film. So much for the lucrative North Korean box office! MGM can just kiss those won goodbye.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - 06:39 PM UTC

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Hi there,
can someone explain to me how the hell red China and north Korea can creep around half the world without any body noticing

They hide 30 million soldiers in Trumpeter and Dragon shipping containers and just walk onto the dock in Los Angeles!
(Just a guess)
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Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 06:04 AM UTC

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What in the world could MGM have been thinking? By casting North Korea as the enemy in this remake, they've ruined our relationship with that country. Even the Great Successor himself will probably take great offense; in fact, Pyongyang may even boycott the film. So much for the lucrative North Korean box office! MGM can just kiss those won goodbye.

Only if you count the North Korean manufacturing of ICBMs to be a step towards peace.
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Posted: Friday, December 07, 2012 - 12:50 PM UTC
I read that North Korea was picked AFTER initial filming because the producers realized the Chinese are a movie-going people and would likely cause 'issues' if they were the 'bad guys'. Thus a simple change and now North Korea is actually a threat to the western world!

Currently watching a great movie that will hopefully never have a failed re-make, Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Posted: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - 03:36 PM UTC
The new Red Dawn is the worst movie I ever saw in my life! They took one of my cherished childhood movies and just massacred it. It was so pathetic I do not even know where to begin. If you have not seen it and are thinking of it, do yourself a favor and stay away!
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