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Psychedelic Sex in Space: Barbarella's Coming Back!

Submitted by Aaron_Lariviere

Edited by Aaron_Lariviere

Tags: Barbarella, Robert Rodriguez, space, sci-fi



Hot on the heels of the commercial failure slash visual assault that was “Grindhouse”, Mexican-American director Robert Rodriguez is setting his cinematic sights on the bawdy psychedelic delights of “Barbarella.” The film will be a remake of the pseudo-erotic 1968 cult classic, which in turn was based on a 1962 French comic book created by illustrious illustrator Jean-Claude Forest. As described by Film Asylum:

Barbarella tells the story of a female mercenary who roams across the universe in a distant future, undertaking missions that require her physical fearlessness, ingenuity, and sensuality. In travels that span galaxies known and unknown, Barbarella will challenge tradition, startle the senses and take audiences on an epic adventure of discovery and wonder.


Ooh la la. Several key elements are in place, but here's to hoping Rodriguez does nothing to soil the memory of what some might call the greatest opening sequence ever filmed (in a crappy movie):


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sydfloyd

sydfloyd

Tyler, TX
September 2003

JUN 03, 2007 04:37 AM

Robert Rodruiguez is just doing this because he can.

I love Robert Rodruiguez, he did a fe3w of my favorite movies, but let's not forget, he did Spy Kids and Sharkboy and Lavagirl too.

metaVirus

metaVirus

Australia
January 2005

JUN 03, 2007 06:11 AM

Misfit said:

metaVirus said:
Hahah! Awesome.

I wouldn't call it a crappy movie so much as a shallow excuse to put naked Jane Fonda all over the movie screen. Which is in my opinion a very honourable goal indeed. Should be more of it.

I hope Rodriguez is careful with his selection for Barbarella and doesn't go for some standard beauty.

I laughed all the way through the original, I hope that won't be the goal of RR, because films that try to do that on purpose these days tend to go too far and lose any resemblance to comedy.




The Original was great for 3 reasons...
It's camp factor.
Jane Fonda being sexy as hell.
The crazy french retro take on the future.

Those things can't be recreated.
He will either try to make it campy, and it will be a joke, or he'll try to make it serious (like Tim Burton did with Planet of the Apes) and it will just be miserable.

Fuck a remake, just give me a remastered original.



Big 10/4 on that one... Still I am fascinated... some sick twisted part of me still has faith that re-interpretation can be good....

Kouvre

Kouvre

Moline, IL
April 2006

JUN 03, 2007 09:18 AM

If Scarlett Johansen (sp) is Barberella, I'll pay to watch it.

Nine times.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

JUN 03, 2007 09:23 AM

I'm sure he'll shoot it on his camera phone and then tell everyone how cheap it was to make.

Total hack.

RationalDementia

RationalDementia

Southaven, MS
January 2006

JUN 03, 2007 09:47 AM

No matter what Rodriquez does with it (if it even gets made), I will watch the opening with my eyes closed, imagining the original's, instead. Best...opening...scene...ever.

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

JUN 03, 2007 10:57 AM

photoline said:
I can see it now, Lindsay Lohan, Space Cadet...

But we've already seen THAT!

CKDexterHaven said:
Yeah, you're not going to out-hot Jane Fonda. Can't happen.

True, but it'll still befun watching any of the ladies mentioned strip in space.

Deathray67 said:
but damn Barbarella sucks and i've seen it thousands of times and it's worse every time.

Um, why did you see it thosands of times, then? Masochistic tendencies? Latent love of the film?wink

DigDug said:
why did you describe rodriguez as a "Mexican-American director"?
that has absolutely no relevance to this story.

I'm not sure of the reasons here, but I often see things in movie reviews, like "Italian Director," etc. I also see things in parentheses like "French" or "German" describing the film's origins. It happens in music, too, like "British rock group Buttered Scones & Tea are touring . . ." Perhaps it all shouldn't matter, but sometimes people with a penchant for trivia or who just crave knowledge in general, be it useless or not, enjoy seemingly superfluous facts.

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

JUN 03, 2007 11:03 AM

oops

Strelnikov

Strelnikov

Holden, MA
March 2007

JUN 03, 2007 01:20 PM

If this is even half as bad as the original, it's going to be amazing.

raechellyn

raechellyn

I'm lost
January 2007

JUN 03, 2007 01:36 PM

this is one of my favorite movies ever. i hope the remake does it justice!

pikahyper

pikahyper

San Diego, CA
November 2006

JUN 03, 2007 04:50 PM

was the space suit made out of black bubble wrap??? confused

RileyStClair

RileyStClair

Los Angeles, CA
September 2006

JUN 03, 2007 06:40 PM

sydfloyd said:
Robert Rodruiguez is just doing this because he can.

I love Robert Rodruiguez, he did a fe3w of my favorite movies, but let's not forget, he did Spy Kids and Sharkboy and Lavagirl too.



or because no one in hollywood can apparently write an original script anymore. they better be careful though, else the entire canon of cinema and bad television from 1955-1990 is going to have been remade by around 2012.

Saraphine

Saraphine

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

JUN 03, 2007 07:46 PM

I love Barbarella. I have no faith that a remake would be a good idea, but I would LOVE love to be proven wrong!

otaku

otaku

USA
January 2004

JUN 03, 2007 08:00 PM

I do admit that if Scarlet J is in it then I'll probably see it no matter how bad it is (or at least wait for the "unrated version" of the DVD)
BTW just saw (the last part of) "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", Jane's first post-Barbarella flick. Definitely a 180 in terms of tone and subject matter (let's just say you'll never look at a "dance contest" the same way again).

Roethke

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 03, 2007 08:11 PM

Oh, lord. This is going to suck like a blackhole.

Remaking cult classics is so wrong.

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