TW: Red Dawn circa 1984 was cold war porn at its worst. The lives of innocent American families in the heartland torn asunder by marauding Soviets and their Cuban lackies. Same innocent Americans heroically engage in various utterly unrealistic but titillating counter-revolutionary/insurgent/terroristic acts to re-gain their homeland.
Well given the times we live in, why not a re-make this time with "Terrorists" and the Chinese as the foils. As the writer of the new version says- "why not scare the hell out of a whole new generation" of insecure, myopic Americans.
From Economist:
"HOLLYWOOD'S latest idea for a remake is either really awesome or completely ridiculous. At present, I'm leaning towards the latter.
... A watchdog group called the film the most violent movie ever made, saying it averaged 2.23 violent acts a minute. Personally, I remember spending countless hours figuring out exactly how I would avoid Cuban/Soviet invaders should they try to take over my elementary school. I recruited friends to join my resistance movement in the backwoods of Long Island.
The writer of the remake, Carl Ellsworth, says he will use today's fear of terrorism to once again put movie-goers on edge. He told the Hollywood Reporter, "As Red Dawn scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?" Especially when you can make lots of money doing it.
....The original good guys ("the Wolverines") actually have more in common with some of the real bad guys America is currently fighting...the Wolverines are "at first merely scared, angry kids, but they're hardened by the viciousness of the Soviets. Seeing nothing to lose, they become suicidal terrorists who assassinate, bomb civilian targets, gleefully murder wounded and captive Russians, and eventually martyr themselves in theatrical, insane ways."
Rumour has it that the invaders this time around will be Chinese. That, of course, doesn't make any sense either, unless it's being filmed in Tibet. Perhaps the plot revolves around an economic invasion, where the evil Chinese swamp America with cheap goods and steal American jobs. In other words, perhaps it's a documentary."
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The only thing stopping Chinese dominance is a dozen carrier battle groups which they will soon be able to manufacture.
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