While I am seriously over-excited about next week's "The Rocky Horror GLEE Show," I cannot say I was as excited to hear that Fox has offered Ryan Murphy, GLEE creator, an opportunity to remake the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Look, I love GLEE. It is a guilty pleasure of mine, but we are talking about a MAJOR cult movie here! I only just discovered RHPS this year. Yes, I am a late bloomer. :) I saw it on DirecTV one day, and had heard much about it and decided to watch. It's just such a fun and funny movie. I just think it is time that Hollywood gets some original ideas and stops remaking old movies. I mean seriously, what is up with that?? Okay, maybe there have been some good remakes. Currently the only one that is even slightly better is The Crazies. I have seen both versions, and I like the remake better. Perhaps it is because the star is Timothy Olyphant, perhaps not. But how about Halloween & Psycho? My point is why does Hollywood feel it necessary to remake everything? What was wrong with the original? Let's look at Psycho. Hitchcock was one of the best directors ever! Why would you even want to think of remaking one of his movies? There's no way you could get a creepier Norman Bates than Anthony Perkins. I like Vince Vaughn, but he was SO wrong for that part. Which brings me to my main problem with the remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Who could possible play Dr. Frank-n-Furter better than Tim Curry? I say NO ONE!
