An All-Female Lord Of The Flies Remake In The Works...And It's Already Got Backlash

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/31/lord-of-the-flies-remake-to-star-all-girl-cast
http://news.sky.com/story/all-girl-remake-of-lord-of-the-flies-idea-attacked-11013464

A new movie adaptation of William's Golding's novel Lord Of The Flies in apparently in the works, only this time around (third time, since there have been two adaptations already movie-wise), there aren't any boys on the island. Instead, we will be given an all-female version of the story.

Now, I loved the book, but I don't think this'll work. It's basically going down a Mean Girls or Heather route according to some people on Twitter, and I can understand that. It's a rather interesting approach, but...it does make me wonder how it'll play out in the end. Besides, I do not think the movie will have the same meanings as the book if it goes for a full-out gender-bend here. The plot of the book revolves around the fact that they are all boys, and how they try to survive on an island via employing their slice of a male-dominated society (given the time period the book take place) - that will have to change significantly if this is to focus on girls instead, so it'll lose all meaning. At least, that's how I see things.

What's interesting to note is that there are two male writers attached to the project, which...is interesting. I wonder how the girls will be represented under the influence of male writers.

What do you guys think? Will this work or not?
 
BenPaz said:
I think it may be important to note that people aren't backlashing against it because they're women, but because the story just won't work.
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Noted.
But essentially it is because they are women (or girls, as it should be) that the plot won't work.
Not a sexist thing by any means, of course, but gender plays a vital role in how people interpret the book.
 
BenPaz said:
I think it may be important to note that people aren't backlashing against it because they're women, but because the story just won't work.
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Try telling that to the angry feminists who are going to be all too eager to voice their opinions on said backlash. You know everyone's going to lash out because "ew omg how dare you say such bad things about a female-centric movie! Insert lots of big words that angry feminists like to use here!" Sometimes it's just not a good idea to try and make this stuff work out.


I think we should just stop making movies to prove points. Nobody's happy unless there's some message about feminism or gender equality included anymore, even if it ruins the message of the original story. It's just like entertainment awards shows these days. It's okay for movies to just be fun sometimes.
 
LET IT SHRIVEL UP AND DIE said:
An all female Lord of the Flies already exists. It's called Mean Girls.
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Get in, loser, we're gonna kill Piggy!
 
Considering the original book was extremely boring, I'm not expecting much from this
 
E.V.I.L said:
Why not make a new movie with a well-developed female cast rather than ruinung the plot of another one in the name of representation. It's insulting to both women and the movie itself--but thats just my two cents :dunno:
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exactly my point. The studios think "lets just reboot a movie with gender swap, instead of writing a brand new story for female characters.". I don't think it'll fail because it's all female, it'll fail because it's another reboot for cash. Create new stories, especially for women or adapt stories with females, it's not that hard.
 
Seriously, the story already had girls. So it's just "Lord of the Flies, But Without Men: The Movie". How uncreative can you get? You don't have to pretend boys don't exist in order to have good female characters.

Also, I kina liked the original book, but I thought it was disgusting. When I found out there existed a movie of it after reading it, I was like "eww". It's just not something you want to see, especially in live action. I had the same reaction to the live-action Jungle Book. It's just gross. If you're going to make a movie out of it, make it animated, because if anyone wants to see the original book in live-action, they need to be arrested.
 
Supmandude said:
Seriously, the story already had girls. So it's just "Lord of the Flies, But Without Men: The Movie". How uncreative can you get? You don't have to pretend boys don't exist in order to have good female characters.

Also, I kina liked the original book, but I thought it was disgusting. When I found out there existed a movie of it after reading it, I was like "eww". It's just not something you want to see, especially in live action. I had the same reaction to the live-action Jungle Book. It's just gross. If you're going to make a movie out of it, make it animated, because if anyone wants to see the original book in live-action, they need to be arrested.
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I think a movie based on the book has to be in live-action, utilizing realistic CGI where necessary.

It's based on how "disgusting" the book can be - I would say that an adaptation (regardless of the cast's gender) should be able to capture the grittiness and violence that ensues in order to be more impactful on its audience. While animation can be violent, I can't see it here. It just takes away from the scene, you know?

So...what's my sentence?
 
SpongeFan257 said:
I think a movie based on the book has to be in live-action, utilizing realistic CGI where necessary.

It's based on how "disgusting" the book can be - I would say that an adaptation (regardless of the cast's gender) should be able to capture the grittiness and violence that ensues in order to be more impactful on its audience. While animation can be violent, I can't see it here. It just takes away from the scene, you know?

So...what's my sentence?
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If I remember correctly, there are large portions of the book where the kids are naked. So you have to either have it be animated, arrest anyone that sees it, or change the content of the story.
 
Supmandude said:
If I remember correctly, there are large portions of the book where the kids are naked. So you have to either have it be animated, arrest anyone that sees it, or change the content of the story.
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I'm sure creative changes can be made. Presenting the boys as being perhaps a little more modest with their appearances can be good if it's realistic and in line with their characters anyway. So, something like torn/makeshift clothing.

In context of an all-female remake, though, this change would be a must for a live-action film. If these two writers are as invested and committed to this project as I hope they are, asinine re-imagination aside, then they should be able to present the girls in a way that's appropriate for the big screen while true to the source material at the same time, so I have no worries there.
 
SpongeFan257 said:
I'm sure creative changes can be made. Presenting the boys as being perhaps a little more modest with their appearances can be good if it's realistic and in line with their characters anyway. So, something like torn/makeshift clothing.

In context of an all-female remake, though, this change would be a must for a live-action film. If these two writers are as invested and committed to this project as I hope they are, asinine re-imagination aside, then they should be able to present the girls in a way that's appropriate for the big screen while true to the source material at the same time, so I have no worries there.
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Or the movie could just not exist, that'd be better to me. But also it could be animated like The Jungle Book and also be like Austin Powers. But the movie probably shouldn't exist, because it will be like Ghostbusters remake.
 
This will be just like the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot. Obviously Lord of the Flies and Ghostbusters are very different but the corporate logic is the same. Copy and paste the beloved source material, have nothing of what made it good, and throw in a gender gimmick so anyone who dares call it out will be labeled as a misogynist.
 
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