Does anyone remember David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly? It's easily one of his best films. The gratuitous violence doesn't hurt the entertainment value of the film, which is a rarity in today's day. Look at The Hills Have Eyes remake... it was tasteless shock-violence that went beyond over the top. It was the only movie I have almost walked out of in my life. I like some pretty gross stuff, but when you're dealing with a girl getting raped by a radioactive retard, a baby crying with a gun pointed at it's head, people screaming for their lives, the mother getting beaten senselessly and the father being burned alive... it's a little much on the senses. My stance is pretty much the same on the Saw films. I don't really care to see a man almost drown in pig entrails, or witness a girl have her ribcage ripped open while she's suspended from the ceiling... after she just tried getting a key out of a vat of acid with her arm that nearly melted off. The people who write this kind of violence are slightly depraved. You had a classic with Se7en, but you went a little too nutty after that.
Anyway, back to The Fly. Stunning visuals, great special effects and the shocker violence was just right. Do you recall how awesome the telepods were? I've always wanted science to get on that technology. I was never really interested in the actual teleportation of matter (but maybe if it were real my opinion would be different), but the fusion process of the "secondary element." Imagine throwing two random things into the telepod and getting one completely new thing in the end. What if the "surprise element" were taken out and everything functioned completely normal (or in some instances better), and there were no drawbacks whatsoever.
Just think... throw in a PS3 and an Xbox360, and you'd have the most amazing game system ever. Or what if you could do that with music? Wanna hear what Smash Mouth would have sounded like if they were Cannibal Corpse? Bam. There ya go. Asian cuisine with a pizza. Presto-change-o, you've got a General Tso's 'Zza.
Convince two beautiful women into the pods?
Science! Where are you?
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