Right, we should stay at one version of every movie, otherwise we'll see nothing but badly regurgitated pap.

The only Frankenstein's monster is Charles Ogle not Boris Karloff.
The only real Dracula is Paul Askonas not Bela Lugosi.
The only real Dorothy is Violet MacMillan not Judy Garland.
The only real D'Artagnan isn't even named since the movie's from 1903 where they didn't bother remembering who played who and is not any of the bazillion others who played him.
The only real Catherine is Colette Brettel not Merle Oberon.

I could go on for a long time on this

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No one was talking about going back in time and undoing old remakes, but about what's being done now. Which is mostly badly regurgitated (and folded, spindled and mutilated) pap.

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The political overtones and overall visual backdrops representing capitalism upstairs verses socialism downstairs, all run-amuck, found in Fritz Lang's earlier films will I suspect be lost in the remake of "Metropolis".

Also Lang's depictions of criminals with blurred moral edges, some blatantly evil, others with redeeming sides as in the gangs in "M" or culminating in another great (and weird) crime drama masterpiece, "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" completed just before he left the newly elected Nazi Germany, might be replaced in the "Metropolis" remake with simple graphic novel heroes and villains. Or, on the other hand, they might try for Lang's symbolism and blow it.

Anyway, maybe doing a very different take on the original and making it into a musical, perhaps with a score by Tom Waits or Al Kooper, would be cool, (and I'd be happy to contribute any needed industrial factory orchestral music I've written for the concert hall.)

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You ain't just whistling "In the Hall of the Mountain King"! Rivals "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" as a "who has committed what/whom" conundrum piece.

OK, you do the music, I'll supply the lyrics, but only if the music allows the production to be advertised as "The First Musical Entirely in 7/4 Time!"

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7/4? Sure - Bartok could dig it. He'd barrow that Romanian "wheel that's heavy on one side" rolling rhythmic propulsion in 7/4 but notated and articulated with 8th notes beamed unevenly, dividing it up as:

3+4
8

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Yeah, I could see ol' Bela getting down with that.

But based on what I've heard from the B'way folks, all you need is love to make such a musical, preferably in
2+2+3
--4
time.

After all, there's there's nothing you can do that can't be done...

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And after Metropolis -- the Remake and Metropolis -- the Broadway Musical the only thing left will be: Metropolis -- On Ice!

Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

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