I agree. I have no problem against gender changes as long as there is some logical reason behind it and not because the filmmakers are desperate to do something “different” or appeal to a female audience. That would be like the “babyfication” trend of the 90s when all the popular cartoons had a “kids” version released. “Tom & Jerry Kids”, “Scooby Doo Kids”, “Popeye and Kid”, “Pink Panther and Son” etc etc.
I heard that the new “Expendable” movie will also be an all-female cast and it will be called “Expendabelles”. I guess we can soon expect “Rambelle” (a female version of Rambo), “Rockette Balboa”, “Jamie Bond” and “Jane McClaine”!
I would personally much prefer original female characters like “Ellen Ripley” in original movies rather than remaking and “feminizing” an old guy-flick. But that’s just me.
What about “masculinising” an old chick-flick? If they took something that originally had a mainly female cast and remade it for men, would you have an issue with that?
And let’s not forget that Ripley wasn’t a woman in the original script!
Yes absolutely! The door swings both ways here. I wouldn’t want an all-male remake of say “Kill-Bill” or a man replacing Ellen Ripley or Sarah Connor or Clarice Stalling.
Perhaps you are mistaking my opinion. I have NO PROBLEM with female leads or an all-female cast. What I do have a problem with is Hollywood “recycling” stuff and swapping genders, races, setting etc. .
I think it would be better if we start a separate thread about this in the “General Discussion Forum” so as not to disrupt the “Hangman Game”. We just might end up getting hanged ourselves for that! LOL!
OK, that’s all good - I was just checking! Like you say, the door swings both ways. Nothing more to be said!
And yes, let’s get back on-topic (anyone reading the thread on “Defenders Of The Earth” in the general forums will see how much Mark and I went off topic after nobody else joined in!). We’re waiting for Tygra_Rules to post the new challenge!
I was sat for a good while trying to figure the words out, the it took me about as long again to remember which episode it was from. Great episode too!