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Following on from my article regarding reboots, my attention
was recently drawn to the threat that a remake of “Jaws” was in the works.
Forgive me for being out of the loop on this one, as it’s been in the public
forum since at least April this year. Even more horrifying than this prospect
is the fact that it appears to be more than a slight ripple in the rumour tank.
The auteur director of the original classic, Steven Spielberg, officially
announced this proposal to the executives at Universal. According to INSC Magazine, Spielberg has
been “vehemently” campaigning for super-geek Kevin Smith to direct the picture
due to Smith’s clear love of the original. This all seems like more of the
cynical geek-chum we have come to expect from remade/rebooted/readapted
blockbusters I mentioned in my article about reboots.
When asked about making a sequel to his original film,
Spielberg said that "making a sequel to anything is just a cheap carny
trick". However, he did consider taking on “Jaw 2”. This was before he
would direct sequels to “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Jurassic Park” and would
even make an original sequel to J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” in the form of
“Hook”. Now, Spielberg believes the time is right to remake “Jaws” taking
advantage of the CGI effects available to us. The director was known for his
frustrations with the temperamental mechanical sharks used in the original,
which were all called “Bruce”. The same INSC Magazine also mentions Spielberg’s
interest in such ideas as having an internal monologue for the shark being
provided by Ben Affleck, showing that the fish had larger motivations than pure
instinct. It gets worse!
Here are few reasons why a “Jaws” remake, going on the
wealth of evidence provided by the film’s legacy might be beyond redemption.
