You say you're tired of seeing that same old movie every year? You say you're bored with the hammy overacting of Chuck Heston, Yul Brynner, etc.? You can't take any more lines like "Oh Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool"? Well, have I got news for you!

ABC is making a two-part, four-hour miniseries for next season. The new Moses: Dougray Scott!

I thought Jethro was on the Beverly Hillbillies. :confused:

He could tote my tablets any time. Adorable yes. Splendid? Hmm, not so sure.

Actually Jethro could be a very interesting character from whose point of view the story could be told.

Seems he played an important role in Moses' life.

I. Love. Dougray Scott. Too bad there's not more pictures of him out there. I loved him ever since "Ever After." Those white tights, that perfect accent. NOw that's a prince charming! Hmm, but not sure I'd like to see him in a robe and long graying hair. Maybe he'll be a modern, fit Moses?

Interesting. A new version of The Ten Commandments. Of course, with commercial breaks cutting down the actual running time of the miniseries, ABC execs say they hope to just whittle it down to six or seven commandments. Viewers can vote on line as to which commandments get eliminated.

I think there was just a musical version of The 10 Commandments starring Val Kilmer as Moses. if that couldn't destroy the project, this new miniseries sure can't.

What's wrong with the original? Why do networks or even Hollywood feel that they have to remake classics? Why not just leave well enough alone.

I realize I may be alone in this belief, but I like the original Ten Commandments just as it is. I don't care if I've seen it a gazillion times. I actually look forward to seeing it every year on Easter (even though it's more appropriate for Passover), though this year ABC relegated it to a Saturday evening two weeks before Easter. I own the DVD, and when the movie plays on ABC on Easter Sunday, I stick in my DVD and sit back and enjoy a tradition--a stupid one, perhaps, but just one of my seasonal traditions.

Well let's see...(all just my opinion of course!)

-Charlton Heston, one of the most wooden actors in film history. The Tom Cruise of his generation.

-Edward G. Robinson-he has the same voice and delivery he had in all those gangster movies he made earlier in his career. Think Chief Wiggum from the Simpsons. "Where's your messiah nooowwww?"

-Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Yvonne DeCarlo and Vincent Price all had more ham than a pig roast in Maui.

-I realize they had limited special effects in that day, but the parting of the Red Sea looks phonier than George O'Leary's resume.

All that said I won't watch the remake.

Oh, come on now, George. You're being overly critical. The Ten Commandments was made decades ago, but in its day it was a major accomplishment. It's not like it can boast special effects produced by Industrial Light & Magic, of course, but I still consider it a spectacle in and of itself.

I just believe a remake isn't necessary.

MIB, I'm with you. I don't necessarily think the original Ten Commandments was one of the best movies of all time, but it was entertaining. I remember growing up and seeing it for the first time and thinking, wow, Charleton Heston has a nice, tan body. And who wouldn't want to see all those men in short skirts. HOT! (Speaking of hot, I had the biggest crush on the actor who played Joshua. What a babe!) And yeah, maybe the acting was a bit overdramatic, but most movies from that era had acting in that caliber. Overall, it had a great storytelling feel and you never felt like the movie dragged. And I did like the narrator. There was a comforting feel to his voice.

By the way, speaking of remakes. Anyone seen commercials for the new Hercules? They promote all the known stars in the series, but apparently the actor playing Hercules isn't big enough to get much attention. Weird huh? (I had the biggest crush on Kevin Sorbo as Hercules.)

Heston (in the early skirted and/or shirtless scenes) and John Derek (Joshua), yes, as in Bo, both looked pretty hot in this film, as did Yul Brynner (great body, menacing attitude) for that matter. I also particularly liked the score by Elmer Bernstein. I almost always take out the soundtrack and play that march number from the exodus scene on Easter morning.

I don't care if they remake it. I'll still watch the old one now and then.

[ May 13, 2005, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Torgauer ]

I'm with you on XC, MIB. My favorite line: "Do you think that is a sample of what you are going to have? No! That is a sample of what you will NEVER have!" Anne Baxter to Yul Brynner. JIP's line from her to Moses is also a goodie.

Speaking of Charlton, how about the anxious eyes scene between him and Stephen Boyd in the opening moments of "Ben Hur?" Then there's John Gavin cavorting around the baths as young Julius Caesar in "Spartacus." Nice.

Oh, there's no way they could ever touch the original, no matter what they do - this is big-budget, big-screen, big-star outlandish cheesiness at its best. It's a glorious melodrama with everyone overemoting and selling their performance to the very back row.

I mean, they're making a TV miniseries? The original was like the Star Wars of its time, and you just can't do that scale on the TV.

I would hope instead they tell the story in a different way - classic stories are great because they can be adapted myriad ways. After all, even DeMille was remaking his own picture in 1956, he had done a silent version in 1923.

Love it. Wouldn't miss it for the world. To top it off, it's in glorious, breathtaking Technicolor. Yes, breathtaking. I've seen it only on TV and never in a theater. Even so, I feel as if I could walk into the screen and enter the Pharaoh's palace.

The Greatest Event in Motion Picture History

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