Current Events > Stephen King's CARRIE will be REMADE..with a TRANSGENDER or GIRL OF COLOUR!!

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Religion, even extreme expression, should not be the motivating factor for the antagonist in a Carrie reboot. That is low hanging fruit in 2019. A lot of people already accept that there are a lot of nutcases with religious views, especially ones who are anti gay, anti transgender and so on. That wasnt the case back in the 70s, when Carrie was published. It was more controversial, at least back then, to cast Christianity, for example, in a bad light.

Id rather see them work out an antagonist(s) today as someone more ideal and acceptable in thought and appearance. Jordan Peele did this recently in Get Out, when he showed a family that was very educated, accepting and progressive, but their true selves were deceptive, manipulative and violent.

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Religion, even extreme expression, should not be the motivating factor for the antagonist in a Carrie reboot. That is low hanging fruit in 2019. A lot of people already accept that there are a lot of nutcases with religious views, especially ones who are anti gay, anti transgender and so on. That wasnt the case back in the 70s, when Carrie was published. It was more controversial, at least back then, to cast Christianity, for example, in a bad light.

Id rather see them work out an antagonist(s) today as someone more ideal and acceptable in thought and appearance. Jordan Peele did this recently in Get Out, when he showed a family that was very educated, accepting and progressive, but their true selves were deceptive, manipulative and violent.

But that's the book. You shouldnt deviate from the book. I hate movies that change book details to make the movie appeal to today's audience. Just adapt the damn book.

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Duncanwii posted...

But that's the book. You shouldnt deviate from the book. I hate movies that change book details to make the movie appeal to today's audience. Just adapt the damn book.

I honestly dont know if you are joking or not.

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Duncanwii posted...

But that's the book. You shouldnt deviate from the book. I hate movies that change book details to make the movie appeal to today's audience. Just adapt the damn book.

Why bother remaking it for the millionth time if not going to do anything new with it?

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Religion, even extreme expression, should not be the motivating factor for the antagonist in a Carrie reboot. That is low hanging fruit in 2019. A lot of people already accept that there are a lot of nutcases with religious views, especially ones who are anti gay, anti transgender and so on. That wasnt the case back in the 70s, when Carrie was published. It was more controversial, at least back then, to cast Christianity, for example, in a bad light.

Id rather see them work out an antagonist(s) today as someone more ideal and acceptable in thought and appearance. Jordan Peele did this recently in Get Out, when he showed a family that was very educated, accepting and progressive, but their true selves were deceptive, manipulative and violent.

Right. Because the real enemy of protected minorities are progressive, educated white liberals.

Esrac posted...

Right. Because the real enemy of protected minorities are progressive, educated white liberals.

Thats not the argument being made, regardless if it is or isnt true. Carrie is a work of fiction. Usually, you dont want those stories to be predictable, or else its viewed as lazy or uncreative.

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Again? Is this a remake of the remake?

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Thats not the argument being made, regardless if it is or isnt true. Carrie is a work of fiction. Usually, you dont want those stories to be predictable, or else its viewed as lazy or uncreative.

It's the fourth time they've made a Carrie movie. I think the ship has both sailed and sunk on being lazy and uncreative.

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Didnt stop them from making Annie five tims.
Or A Christmas Carol 9 times.

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Religion, even extreme expression, should not be the motivating factor for the antagonist in a Carrie reboot. That is low hanging fruit in 2019. A lot of people already accept that there are a lot of nutcases with religious views, especially ones who are anti gay, anti transgender and so on. That wasnt the case back in the 70s, when Carrie was published. It was more controversial, at least back then, to cast Christianity, for example, in a bad light.

Id rather see them work out an antagonist(s) today as someone more ideal and acceptable in thought and appearance. Jordan Peele did this recently in Get Out, when he showed a family that was very educated, accepting and progressive, but their true selves were deceptive, manipulative and violent.

Why not just do something else original if you want to deviate that much from the original story? Carrie's parents were freaky religious nuts, even to other Christians. The reason she was born, her lack of knowledge of her body, and her personality are all related to that. That's not even getting touching the part where they actually want to make her a transgender/minority too. This is a small town in Maine, how far out do they want her?

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The Carrie story has been told three times in a visual medium, and is fundamentally about a teenager being driven to the limit by the taunts of her fellow students and her buttfuck insane mom. The miserable life that Carrie leads can be showcased through different lenses - bigotry can be one facet of a tormented life that drives people to incredible violence, and a PoC or trans Carrie wouldn't be that far removed from a white Carrie.

That's not to say that the movie could or should fall back to bigotry as the main motivating force, just that along with the torment that comes with being the lowest person on the pecking order, it's not that far removed to add bigotry to the mix.

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Esrac posted...

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uhuh

and?

Mega_Greninja posted...

Atheists don't tend to have a problem with LGBTQ+. You could, however, make the argument that religious people are only religious because it justifies their bigotry, but then what's the difference?

I know of many, many on this board alone who disprove that. Bigotry happens regardless. It's honestly pretty natural, but that doesn't make it ok.

what if they remake christine and make her a pontiac firebird

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Eat More Beef posted...

She is at the end of the book. She just goes around hosing the entire town because, fuck it.

I thought she wasnt doing it on purpose and was terrified throughout it. Although I may just be remembering the original movie. I know that in the latest remake Carrie goes in full rage-mode.

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This topic made me look up the remake's prom rampage. Not bad.

Still can't beat those Sissy Spacek eyes tho

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viewmaster_pi posted...

what if they remake christine and make her a pontiac firebird

Or a Prius. Man, imagine being killed by an evil Prius. What a lame way to go.

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