I just found out today that MTV is planning on remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Was anyone asking for this?! I mean the original is no cinematic masterpiece but it has retained a sort of dirty do-it-yourself charm. There are no great special effects, there are cheesy sets and a cheesier script. But that's its charm. (I borrowed this paragraph)
There are now generations of us who have gone to see this movie time and time again. We have memories of throwing toast and putting newspaper over our heads. We did that jump to the left followed by that step to the right.
I cannot imagine the butcher job that will be done to a movie that has a special place in so many people's hearts. The rumor is they will even be adding new songs. Makes me cry...hey, hey, hey.
It seems that most folks involved in the original are not behind this idea and there is an online petition which may not accomplish a thing, but adding my name to it made me feel better.
If you put stoptheremake.com into your address bar, you can go there and add your two cents as well.
Damn the MTV man!
