hypocritcism

John Carpenter is weighing in on the remake of Precinct 13 that's out in a couple months (trailer here.) In the article he complains about all the remakes being produced right now, saying Hollywood is out of good ideas, etc. Which would be fine, if he hadn't spent half his career remaking Howard Hawks movies his own damn self. Hell, Precinct was just a thinly veiled version of Rio Bravo, and a damn good one. The Thing, anyone? What is Big Trouble in Little China if not an ersatz John Wayne film? Dude, you of all people oughta be down with the remakes. You're on record as idolizing Hawks, wanting to pattern your career on him, so shut up. Also, imho the trailer looks kickass, and remake or no I'll be at a movie where Larry Fishburne is a cop killin' super criminal.