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Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 17, 2002
There are many worse actors than Doug McLure in the world who have become box office stars, you know. Arnie, Sly, Kevin Kline, are just three I can think of. I could go on, but most of todays 'stars' are so instantly forgettable that I can't remember who they are.
I think it says a lot for McLure that people still remember him, if mostly with a wry grin.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Sep 17, 2002
I'm probably wrong, but was DM ever in a version of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 17, 2002
He was. Disney's 1958 <?> version with James Mason as Nemo. and Kirk Douglas as well, if I remember correctly. It's a fun little piece, and still boasts the classic Nautilaus design, though I preferred Michael Caine as Nemo in the made for tv version a couple of years ago.
DM also appeared in a number of quite ridiculous, but none the less endearing Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations with Peter Cushing and other stalwart British actors such as Anton Diffring. And he remains the one member of the cast I can name from the Virginian, and he was second lead in that! 
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 17, 2002
And it seems we are both wrong-he was never in 20, 000 Leagues under the Sea at all. 
Though he was in Warlords of Atlantis, which may, or may not, be the next best thing...
Which films should NEVER be remade?
the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Sep 17, 2002
Wasn't Peter Gilmore in that? Surely a man who could stand to the title of 'The British Doug McClure'. I think The Simpsons character was a hybrid of DM and Troy Donohue who was another journeyman actor.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Trout Montague Posted Sep 17, 2002
Sorry for butting in ... the blurb for Kelly Heroes says that Clint Eastwood was the no. 2 hollywood box office star at the time they made the film. Who was no. 1?
In you own time. Thanks.
Sorry - now you can resume your conversation.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Sep 17, 2002
I'm not certain, but was it Burt Reynolds?
Which films should NEVER be remade?
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Sep 17, 2002
Barbarella and all the campy sixties films like What's New Pussycat? should stand alone.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Trout Montague Posted Sep 17, 2002
I don't know. Sorry if it sounded like a quiz question. I was thinking maybe Steve McQueen, or Robert Redford, but he seems a bit later.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Sep 17, 2002
And a quick look back doesn't show the third man voting for The Third Man<?>
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Trout Montague Posted Sep 17, 2002
The problem with the remakers is that they don't seem to try hard enough. It's just a quick way to earn some dollars. The advertising is already done.
I'm sure the upcoming remake of The Italian Job will be tosh. That's just a gut feeling. But say Guy Ritchie was driving it, it could have been good. A tribute to the original almost. Maybe.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Sep 17, 2002
After doing my apprenticeship with such demanding roles as Doug McClure's horse-holder I await my call to centre stage in the remake.
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