by Herbie J Pilato
For some reason, feature film remakes of classic television shows are produced as a joke; as if the original core material of these productions were unworthy from the get-go. But if that was true why would there be any attempt at all of a big-screen redo of a small-screen hit show?
Submitted for everyone’s disapproval at the box-office: the new and present danger of The Lone Ranger, and before that, 2011’s Dark Shadows; both of which just so happen to feature Johnny Depp in a lead role, and covered with overtly-white make-up, nonetheless.
Whether or not Depp was somehow attempting to re-hash his very successful look from his crazy-successful Pirates of the Caribbean films, or whether or not he was somehow attempting to just hide the fact that he was really in the Lone and Shadows films in the first place, let’s hope he’s now moved-on forever from the powdered-white-face look. Let’s hope, too, that the wretched ticket sales that accompanied the Dark and Ranger releases will not sink any future attempts to remake classic television programs for the big screen.