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From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper)
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Subject: Re: your film fantasies
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 10:48:12 EDT
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 >Well,  _Battle  Beyond  the  Stars_  was  western  SF  (a
 >remake  of  _The Magnificent  Seven_,  itself  a  remake  of
 >_The  Seven Samurai_).  So was _Borderland_ (a remake of
 >_High Noon_).

I cannot swear I know the intent of the original question, but I
disagree with both of these statements.  Corman said he always wanted
to do "SEVEN SAMURAI in space."  That doesn't make BATTLE BEYOND THE
STARS even a remake of that film, only a film that uses some of the
same situations.  I would hardly call WEST SIDE STORY a remake of ROMEO
AND JULIET or FORBIDDEN PLANET a remake of THE TEMPEST.  And certainly
the fact that a western also used ideas from SEVEN SAMURAI does not, in
itself, make BATTLE suddenly a western in space.  There is too much
difference between OUTLAND and HIGH NOON to call one a remake.  An even
if it was, that would only make it a remake of a western in a science
fiction setting, not a western itself.

				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper