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May 6th, 2003, 10:27 AM
How many of you remember the film the Nutty Professor? It was a movie in the 60's that starred Jerry Lewis as a professor, and his alter ego, Buddy Love.
Well as we all know the Nutty Professor was remade, and starred Eddie Murphy as professor Sherman Klump, and his alter ego Buddy Love.
From what I could gather, the first movie was a reflection on popularity. The remake was a reflection on obesity, since it was something discussed majorly at the time, and still is in regards.
Basically the Nutty Professor was remade to reflect modern times, and sensibilities. Ron Moore says he's trying to do the same with Battlestar.
So why did the Nutty Professor succeed and the Battlestar remake looks like it will fail?
Well here's why.
One, the Nutty Professor had the talent of Eddie Murphy going for it. Now sure at the time Eddie had not had many hits at the time, but everyone knew the range of talent he was capable of, and felt he could deliver.
Two, despite good feelings that may have been generated by the original Nutty Professor, in reflection it was just a movie. It didn't have the cult following that Battlestar did, or for that matter the cult following that say...the Rocky Horror Picture Show does. There are still theaters that play that movie, and people that show up to it at times.
Ron probably looked at the Battlestar movie and felt the detachment a fan would feel if they looked at the original Nutty Professor, thinking that it was good for its time but this was not its time. It would need to be updated and redone. It would have been hard to do a continuation of the original Nutty Professor because Jerry Lewis might have been too old to be Buddy Love again.
But what Ron doesn't get is that fans ARE attached to Battlestar. They are attached to the story, mythology and characters that they want to see revived and continued. And Ron's detachment to the original story could well be a liability.
What do you guys think?
Well as we all know the Nutty Professor was remade, and starred Eddie Murphy as professor Sherman Klump, and his alter ego Buddy Love.
From what I could gather, the first movie was a reflection on popularity. The remake was a reflection on obesity, since it was something discussed majorly at the time, and still is in regards.
Basically the Nutty Professor was remade to reflect modern times, and sensibilities. Ron Moore says he's trying to do the same with Battlestar.
So why did the Nutty Professor succeed and the Battlestar remake looks like it will fail?
Well here's why.
One, the Nutty Professor had the talent of Eddie Murphy going for it. Now sure at the time Eddie had not had many hits at the time, but everyone knew the range of talent he was capable of, and felt he could deliver.
Two, despite good feelings that may have been generated by the original Nutty Professor, in reflection it was just a movie. It didn't have the cult following that Battlestar did, or for that matter the cult following that say...the Rocky Horror Picture Show does. There are still theaters that play that movie, and people that show up to it at times.
Ron probably looked at the Battlestar movie and felt the detachment a fan would feel if they looked at the original Nutty Professor, thinking that it was good for its time but this was not its time. It would need to be updated and redone. It would have been hard to do a continuation of the original Nutty Professor because Jerry Lewis might have been too old to be Buddy Love again.
But what Ron doesn't get is that fans ARE attached to Battlestar. They are attached to the story, mythology and characters that they want to see revived and continued. And Ron's detachment to the original story could well be a liability.
What do you guys think?