Current Events > How do we feel about an all-female Lord of the Flies adaptation?

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Gut reaction: I'm like . . . not with it.
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There's merit in the concept, w/e. I don't watch many movies, so I probably won't see it.
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not sure how i feel
it could have merit, but at the same time its made by warner bros so its probably just some sjw movie
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The boys in the story are underage, we need at least legal females to make it work.
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Sounds like a shitty idea.
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So a documentary of an all female work place?
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And instead everyone works together to gather food build houses amd waits for the rescue.
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It'll be interesting to see what happens. Totally changes the dynamic.

just a capitalist adaptation designed to fleece people who want money and attention
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Doesn't anybody else find "women as a casting gimmick" to be antithetical to the idea of gender equality?
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joe40001 posted...

Doesn't anybody else find "women as a casting gimmick" to be antithetical to the idea of gender equality?

Looks like we got a sexist over here, he didn't mindlessly praise an idea regarding more female inclusion.

Would it still have the nudity?

And would they all be legal?
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Make them 18+, hot and sexually active lesbians and the right will stop complaining
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Make them 18+, hot and sexually active lesbians and the right will stop complaining

Or actually make it good and comparable to the original movie, i.e. not like ghostbusters.
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scorpion41 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Make them 18+, hot and sexually active lesbians and the right will stop complaining

Or actually make it good and comparable to the original movie, i.e. not like ghostbusters.

Dredd was good and no one watched it
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UnfairRepresent posted...

scorpion41 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Make them 18+, hot and sexually active lesbians and the right will stop complaining

Or actually make it good and comparable to the original movie, i.e. not like ghostbusters.

Dredd was good and no one watched it

Thought we were talking about movies that genderswapped all the main characters? Stay on topic.
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They genderswapped the villain and added a female lead.
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USANumber1 posted...

Totally changes the dynamic.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

They genderswapped the villain and added a female lead.

But the main character is still a man, the female lead needed rescuing, the female villain lost, and the movie didn't carry that "girl power" undertone that Ghostbusters had. Dredd was still a man's movie.
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FF_Redux posted...

So a documentary of an all female work place?

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Is it going to be the same story, or will it just be sexy girls on an island in bakinis adventure
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FF_Redux posted...

So a documentary of an all female work place?

Made me think of https://m.imgur.com/gallery/juT94JC
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It doesn't bother me, nor does it make me second guess gender politics.
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Just another movie I'm never going to watch.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Make them 18+, hot and sexually active lesbians and the right will stop complaining

But call the movie...

Lesbians of the Flies
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if it sells they can do as they like
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Depends who the females are. (how hot they are).
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it should work out the exact same as the events of the original in which case there was no reason to make them girls except for the gimmick of attention or if events changed because they're all girls then it disrespects the originals theme's and characters

so not much to hope for either way.
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myzz7 posted...

it should work out the exact same as the events of the original in which case there was no reason to make them girls except for the gimmick of attention or if events changed because they're all girls then it disrespects the originals theme's and characters

so not much to hope for either way.

I mean

Orwell himself said that had there been girls on the island

Everything would have revolved around sex
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There is nothing about the story that needs the characters to be male. The theme of the book is how humans if taken away from society would quickly turn on each other and become savage. That can work just as well with mixed gendered kids or girls.

Though maybe it shouldn't be called lord of the flies, maybe give it a different name.
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creativerealms posted...

There is nothing about the story that needs the characters to be male. The theme of the book is how humans if taken away from society would quickly turn on each other and become savage. That can work just as well with mixed gendered kids or girls.

Though maybe it shouldn't be called lord of the flies, maybe give it a different name.

the entire framework of the book is the parallels between the men fighting in WW2 and these innocent boys on an island. there's a reason that it takes place during WW2 and not just the kids crashing onto the island while on a holiday or something.

this is especially evident in the very last scene of the book when the navy officer finds the boys and he's all cheerful and asking them if their time was like Robinson Crusoe, when they literally just found him moments after fucking killing each other.

This is not a book about men/boys/masculinity explicitly (like, say, Fight Club) but it's a large element of the novel and swapping the genders would completely change the entire tone and alter the themes in a way that wouldn't make sense. The movie would lose so much of its bite and just become a dumb island thriller.

There's a reason this book is a classic that is basically considered required reading for all schoolchildren - it's because everything in this book was chosen very deliberately.
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And a modern version would most likely take place at a more modern war, one where females are in the army.
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Foppe posted...

And a modern version would most likely take place at a more modern war, one where females are in the army.

well you could do that but then you are once again losing context. as i said before everything about the book is deliberate and if you make it during a different war there is a completely different tone because, say, the War on Terror is completely different than WW2 except for the fact that it has war in the name.

another element i just remembered from the novel that wouldnt translate well with the girl cast is the sexual undertones of the book, which is a key part of the book (when they're pig hunting).

with stuff like the pig hunt, you could turn it around and change all the scenes to make them female-centric but then at this point you are creating your own little thriller movie and just attaching a classic name to it in order to get butts in the seats
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Romulox28 posted...

The movie would lose so much of its bite and just become a dumb island thriller.

In all honesty, that's what's likely to happen. It'll be an island thriller using the "Lord of the Flies" name.
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How about if we want movies with an all female cast, we come up with new and original ideas rather than gender swapping old stuff.
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You have a point there. Like I said not calling it Lord of the Flies would be best.
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Foppe posted...

FF_Redux posted...

So a documentary of an all female work place?

Made me think of https://m.imgur.com/gallery/juT94JC

Nice link
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Is this a thing that's actually happening?
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I will check it out.
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