Red Dawn Re-Do–Now It’s the Chinese
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That classic All-American teen movie Red Dawn is getting re-made and updated, 25 years after its original release. That it was the subject of an anniversary screening at AFI should have been a tip off to some sort of arouse-the-interest push, especially with these fawning comments from Debbie Schlussel, reported by TBogg:
American Cinemathique [sic] sent me word that the organization will be marking "Red Dawn’s" 25th anniversary with a special showing and discussion at the historic, restored Aero Theatre in Santa Monica
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I’ve always said that "Red Dawn" and "Arlington Road" are both great movies that should be remade into timely movies with Muslims replacing Communists and neo-Nazis. They are the current threat. But Hollywood refuses to believe it. Given that mentality, it’s in fact miraculous that "Red Dawn" was ever made. Don’t look for "Green Dawn" or "Black Dawn"–about the Muslim invasion–to ever get greenlit.
Well, loopy Deb’s got it half right. According to an exclusive from LatinoReview.com’s El Mayimbe, illustrated with their own video commentary, the kick-ass action flick from MGM–written by Carl Ellsworth, directed by Dan Bradley andslated for 2010 release–has the Chinese invading after we blame them for economic collapse and lend support to Taiwan. El Mayimbe makes a good point: using the Chinese as bad guys reeks of exploitation.
Meanwhile the Russians are peeved because Georgia joins NATO, and will only sell oil to the countries they like. Jed, originally played by Patrick Swayze, is now an Iraqi war vet, and the cast has been made more diverse with a an African American and an Asian American.
Hand held camera footage and iPhone video will be incorporated into the movie. But what with all the satellites and high tech defensive gadgetry, how could an invasion just happen? Whatever it’s a movie. expect lots of shit getting blown up and the insurgents winning. Okay wait–so it’s okay to have a geurrilla insuregency in the US when we get invaded, but when we invade other people, they’re just supposed to roll over and take it?
Sorry, Deb, you won’t be seeing Inshallah Dawn anytime soon.
*sigh*