And the 3D Train Keeps Chugging Along

The collective filmgeeks of the world cheered when it was announced that Darren Aronofsky would be helming a remake of 1987's RoboCop as an attempt to breathe life into this once great franchise which has fallen mightily. However, the production company's financial woes not only have resulted in the film being pushed back but may even cost the world a semi-decent remake of a beloved film.

The near-defunct MGM has dictated to Aronofsky that the reboot shall be made in 3D or else. Having a scant, but still highly lauded, number of titles to his name, Aronofsky does not seem to be a guy to make a movie for the money. As such, the presumed director is more than willing to walk as opposed to making a movie he does not want to.

As I have previously asked, what is the big f-in deal with movies in 3D? Sure, it may work for gimmicky horror movies like My Bloody Valentine or Friday the 13th Part III with axes and eyeballs careening toward the audience, but short of the totally immersed effect of a film like Avatar, it does not add to the film as a whole, it only makes it look more ridiculous when 3D falls out of fad again.

Please MGM, let this movie be made but get your grubby, plagiarist fingers out of the pie. I will be highly pissed should the remake of Robocop fall into the same claptrap of teenage stars, gimmicky effects, and generally crappiness that have befallen so many other remakes in the past ten years.