Deathrace 2000 and the Remake

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I searched for a thread mentioning this and found one a couple years old when the remake was just being thought of, so i thought I would throw my two cents worth in.

Why was Deathrace 2000 so popular? Why was it banned in some countries? It wasn't even that violent. Maybe I got a edited version or something. The killing babies part might have been why I don't know. I had to force myself to watch the whole thing and I ended up skipping the last five minutes of the movie because I couldn't take it anymore. It had it's moments, but nothing worth being called a "Cult classic"

What was the big deal?

I actually enjoyed the remake. I wouldn't have payed to watch it, but I enjoyed it. It had some pretty bad ass cars and entertaining action. Jason Statham is like the new B movie king or something. He just jumps from generic action flick to the next, but I love the guy.

I heard there was a unofficial sequel to the old one called DeathBowl. It was actually a PA flick set 1000 years after the apocalypse. I'm going to check that one out soon, but I honestly want to know why it appealed to people.
 
I dunno, cos you're a dick, maybe? That movie was dope.

I never saw the remake, but I'm sure it too was dope.
 
I think not. I like corny movies and can appreciate even the lamest ones, this one did nothing for me. When I saw that it was banned in several countries I expected at least a moderate amount of gore or offensive content, but there was very little to speak of. The cars looked like shit too. For a movie that is based solely on cars and racing I figured there would be something along the lines of a V8 interceptor, but nope, we got a sorry ass dragon mobile and a car with machine guns (That I don't remember ever being fired) and a knife on the front.

Running over nurses was supposed to be cool? I think I chuckled once or twice during the movie which is surprising for a movie that is supposed to have dark and campy humor. I found none of it fucking appealing. Now I asked why you liked the movie and the only response I get is your a dick. What did you like about the movie? What appealed to you?
 
Death Race 2000 was crazy and stupid, it's not that great, but it's a decent movie if you're into that sort of thing.

The remake however is like watching someone play one of the crappy Twisted Metal games for two hours straight on the same stage.

It's boring, mind-numbing and retarded while attempting to stick in one of those hypocritical "Violent media is bad because it's you know, violent" messages in there.
 
Man, chill out. It's got Sly, it's a stupid racing movie. There's that dude with all the burns and shit. I barely remember that movie and I am with headache, but srsly, dude, yer a dick.

Also.

"Your" indicates possession, whereas "you're" is a contraction of "you are".
 
SupermanOctopus said:
Man, chill out. It's got Sly, it's a stupid racing movie. There's that dude with all the burns and shit. I barely remember that movie and I am with headache, but srsly, dude, yer a dick.

Also.

"Your" indicates possession, whereas "you're" is a contraction of "you are".
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Having Sly in it does not make it a good movie. Frankenstein was a cool character I admit, but other than starting the car-combat games like Carmageddon and Twisted Metal it was not that awesome.

I may be a dick, but "yer" isn't a word either. If you want to be the grammar police use correct grammar.
 
Um, "yer" is a pretty common example of a onomatopoeia, dooooood. Lulz.

edit: I can't believe I wasted my three-thousandth post on this idjit. Whatever.

Oh.

And by the way.

I know "idjit" is not a real word.
 
You must be a real fun guy to be around......

You know what? I want to make peace Superman. If I suck your dick will you be my friend?
 
I don't really recall the original strongly as I only saw it the one time. That being said I did like when the main evil driver ran down a bunch of young doctors and nurses instead of the geriatrics they had wheeled out onto the road for him to hit. He racked up some major points on that manuever.

The new one looks like it would be mildly entertaining, just a good action movie to enjoy with your brain switched off. I'll probably just wait for it to come on one of the movie channels, doubt I'll rent it.
 
The new one was entertaining. I think they could have done more with the car combat but still, it was fun.

Jason Statham is the man. I really like his thick accent full of one liners and total butt kicking. The movies might not hve the best plot, but i don't go for the plot.
 
I think i might have expected to much. I "Love" cheesy movies, but this one just didn't do it for me which dissapointed me a bit. i expected more from a movie with Carradine and Stallone in it. Like I said before though ; Wasn't nearly gory and obscene enough to justify banning. I did like the announcers and the point system. It was a shame that the Remake didn't implement this, but I still liked it better.
I like movies that require no thought from time to time, but I had to really turn my brain off for Deathrace 2000. I guess I can see how people can call it a "classic" ,but I can't see how it got some of the praise that it did. I think it was strictly due to the fact of it's banning in some places. Kinda like "Faces of Death" was marketed which was also a big phony letdown.
 
TorontRayne said:
Like I said before though ; Wasn't nearly gory and obscene enough to justify banning. I did like the announcers and the point system.
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The irony is that the original film is a satire about society's desire for violent entertainment gone to the extreme. Of course the film itself is violent entertainment. I haven't seen the remake, but clearly they took the new one in a new direction from the old one. The original was definitely over-the-top and corny to some extent.

With remakes there are several reasons to be upset (though these reasons don't always apply):
1) The original was perfect and any updating just distracts the public from how perfect it was.
2) They remade it so that it no longer contains the spirit of the original, and by presenting that to the public they have hurt or distracted from the original as a cultural icon.
3) If they were going to spend millions of dollars remaking it, they should have kept what made the original work and only jettisoned or updated what didn't work (because that's what the fans who've kept it alive deserve), but they didn't.
4) Any remake only serves to prevent something original from being created.

You can look back at various remakes and see how sometimes these reasons do apply and fans have a valid reason to be upset. Remaking Hitchcock's Psycho - reason 1. Remaking Planet of the Apes - reason 2. You get the point. But there have been some remakes like 2:10 to Yuma that hardly alter the script and mainly just make it grittier and more realistic and just add a few twists, and you can appreciate both the original and the remake as both good but different but also the same. The Departed is another that transcended the original Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs (interesting but too melodramatic).
 
iridium_ionizer said:
The irony is that the original film is a satire about society's desire for violent entertainment gone to the extreme. Of course the film itself is violent entertainment. I haven't seen the remake, but clearly they took the new one in a new direction from the old one. The original was definitely over-the-top and corny to some extent.
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What he said.


DR 2000 is a cult movie with great one liners. The remake is just a average action flick.
 
^ I agree. I did notice the complete lack of any underlying theme in the remake. I agree with the one liners being pretty memorable in the old one. I think my problem was I built the movie up to be some badass "Roadwarrior" flick. In my opinion, nothing will top the car combat at the end of "Roadwarrior". It still rocks to this day and no other movie has topped it. At least no movie that I have watched.
 
I remember seeing the original. I was in 8th grade and this crazy 20 year old stoner guy who worked for video update used to recomend movies to me and my friend. His first recomendation was DeathRace 2000 (his 2nd was 'A Clockwork Orange').

I remember watching DR2000 and thinking: 'WTF?' and 'This is awesome!' at the same time. Tons of nudity, lots of violence, futuristic dysatopia setting - what more can you ask for?
 
I keep thinking you guys have seen a version different from the one I saw. It wasn't that bloody or violent to me. Meh. I appreciate it for what it is: Mindless fun.
 
DR 2000 was a good movie if you love watching B movies.

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Also the Torero Scene was awesome.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZOZ2MattP8[/youtube]
 
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