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The day will come when I no longer have to embarrass myself constantly bitching and complaining about remakes, but that day is not today. News is now coming from AICN, via an exclusive over at Crave Online that Platinum Dunes, the team who are responsible for the recent “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “Amityville Horror” and “The Hitcher” remakes (that’s Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form) now have their sights set on … “Rosemary’s Baby”.

I just have no words. I should have said something when the same production team announced a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” awhile ago, but I figured if I actually managed to live through an age where a “Psycho” remake takes place (I’m still convinced that Gus Van Sant’s shot-for-shot re-filming was a statement of some kind, I just can’t figure out what he’s trying to say) I could survive that too, but “Rosemary’s Baby”? There is not a single misplaced frame or line of dialogue in the whole film! It’s perfect the way it is. I mean, why, just why? It’s even in color for God’s sake!

There have to be other people out there who agree with me and boycott this garbage, right? No, I’m not even going to hedge my bets here and say, “well, I hope they do a good job”, I’m gonna come right out and call it garbage right now. There is nothing you can do to improve the Roman Polanski original.

And, just for the record, here’s Platinum Dunes’ score-card so far: “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (remake), “Amityville Horror” (remake), “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning” (sequel of remake), “The Hitcher” (remake), “The Horsemen”, ‘Unborn”, “Friday the 13th” (remake), “The Birds” (remake), “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (remake).

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