Good point Rich,

I actually brought that up in the Audio Edition yesterday too. Makes me very nervous... especially since I thought it looked like it might have promise.

"Mind you, did we really believe that the feel of the original could have been recreated by anyone other than Carpenter,,,with a young group of actors?'

Seeing how the late Debra Hill, who produced the original, co-produced the original, and John Carpenter is also throwing his name and blessing on this is another ballgame Rich.
Second, Selma Blair is about the same age as Adrienne Barbeau was in the original film. Tom Welling is 27, Tom Atkins in the original was in his early 30's I believe. How old was Jamie Lee Curtis when she did the original Fog?

Yeah, if you look at the stats and titles you are right Darren, however.

Producing and Executive Producing is a whole different ballgame, look at John's post about Halo and Peter Jackson. They get the money and the people together behind it, so having Carpenter and Hill (until she passed away) doing those roles doesn't mean the finished creative product is going to match the one they originally wrote and directed.

Second, statistically you are right about the ages, yet there's something different. A group of young actors these days is totally different in comparison to a group of young actors 20 years ago.

Young actors these days lack the charisma, presence and acting ability that younger actors did in the past. We really do lack the quality of actors that we did in the past, and the industry is more about high turnaround and profit margins than it was.

There was more of an ability to get actors into roles where the audience had never seen them before, and ones that could actually give strong and varied performances, rather than the role associated actors of today that look pretty and deliver standard fare.

That interpretation also stands well with Directors too, much more, and much less quality, with also much less power over the picture. The Studio influence a lot more now, they want their money back.

All these factors are there in this comparison.

I've seen it twice, I loved it. But... thats just my opinion.

"Young actors these days lack the charisma, presence and acting ability that younger actors did in the past. We really do lack the quality of actors that we did in the past, and the industry is more about high turnaround and profit margins than it was."

That is a statement I could not debate on, because I only would be able to name less than five good up and coming young actors between 21 and 31- and that's not good.

I also believe, however, that if you offer the actors, new or seasoned, a bunch of BS, BS is what we will get.

Yes, I know what an exec producer and a producer does, Rich. Up until her death, Debra Hill was on of 'Fog 05' producers. Not an exec producer. John Carpenter was the exec producer, nothing more. Then again, by the way things look for the film, since Carpenter had little to do with the remake but give early approval, once Ms. Hill sadly departed, some goof off apparently took the film and messed up the film in the editing room or something...the more I hear about the film, the more I don't want to see it- I don't care how much I dig Selma Blair.