Thursday, July 29, 2004
Choosing the "Candidate"
My choices for evening viewing: Kerry's speech at the convention, or The Manchurian Candidate on DVD. I will probably settle on the DVD.
The Manchurian Candidate has, of course, been remade, and is out in theaters this weekend. I plan to see it, but there's one aspect I find curious. The original is set during the Cold War era, and the bad guys are the Red Chinese. The new version is set after the Gulf War and the bad guys are part of a multinational corporation.
To put it even more succinctly: the bad guys were commies in the original; the bad guys are capitalists in the remake.
How times change.
The Manchurian Candidate has, of course, been remade, and is out in theaters this weekend. I plan to see it, but there's one aspect I find curious. The original is set during the Cold War era, and the bad guys are the Red Chinese. The new version is set after the Gulf War and the bad guys are part of a multinational corporation.
To put it even more succinctly: the bad guys were commies in the original; the bad guys are capitalists in the remake.
How times change.
