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JohnnyAngel Member Since: August 2006 Contributions: 32 View User Posts	New or Old Stepford Wives? Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:15 pm Central Time I'm going to answer it this way:I feel that the new one improved on the original, but it would have gone from B to A+ if it had been creepier and less of a comedy.
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HardyGirl66 Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 4041 Gold Stars: 550 View User Posts	Re: New or Old Stepford Wives? Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:00 pm Central Time The Classic Stepford Wives (and even the Stepford Children w/ Barbara Eden) was WAAAAY better than that &*!# they tried to pass off as The New Stepford Wives! No contest! _________________ Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
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Allie Fox Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 3056 Gold Stars: 273 View User Posts	Re: New or Old Stepford Wives? Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:48 am Central Time JohnnyAngel wrote: I'm going to answer it this way:I feel that the new one improved on the original, but it would have gone from B to A+ if it had been creepier and less of a comedy. If I'm not mistaken, the test version of the remake was a bit creepier but audiences didn't like it. It was brought back and re-edited to make it a bit cornier and spoofier rather than a stright up remake. _________________ People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. - Rogers Hornsby
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Beatles4ever Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 8146 Gold Stars: 763 View User Posts	Re: New or Old Stepford Wives? Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:13 pm Central Time I actually liked the remake....I've never seen the original,though.
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Kellykoop Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 1847 Gold Stars: 520 View User Posts	Re: New or Old Stepford Wives? Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:15 pm Central Time I actually liked both. They were two completely different kinds of films, although I preferred the ending of the original. As for the remake, it's really hard for me to dislike anything with Christopher Walken. _________________ "I couldn't feel any better or I'd be sick' - Dean Martin "Godfrey loves me! He put me in the shower!" - My Man Godfrey "There's no "I" in team. There's a "me" though, if you jumble it up." - Dr. Gregory House
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athompsen Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 127 Gold Stars: 37 View User Posts	Re: New or Old Stepford Wives? Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:54 am Central Time I prefer the original. I like all the actors in the remake, but I thought their performances were terrible.
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knitngurl Member Since: December 2006 Contributions: 55 Gold Stars: 36 View User Posts	Re: New or Old Stepford Wives? Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:13 am Central Time I liked them both, but for different reasons, as stated above. But the original is better, and closer to the book.
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