Respect the Gill Man!
Now, if there was ever a film that didn't need to be remade; it's 'The Creature From The Black Lagoon'. So of course, what are Hollywood up to at the moment? You guessed it, remaking it! The project is helmed by Breck Eisner, the guy behind the box office flop 'Sahara'. Now it may be interesting to know that this disastrous director is remaking another classic; George Romero's 'The Crazies', oh, and Flash Gordon. How? We ask, well I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that he is the son of Michael Eisner. OK, yeah, it's probably the only reason this guy is getting big budgets to remake anything he wants. Writer Gary Ross said in March 2007 the Gill-man's origin would be reinvented, with him being the result of a pharmaceutical corporation polluting the Amazon. "It's about the rainforest being exploited for profit". Noooo! Leave it alone!
Now I have the rant out of my system, I'd like to say just a few words about the 'Big Gilluna', 'Gill-man', 'Creech' or as many call him, simply 'The Creature' - I love him, and the movies. I think The Creature is such an iconic monster, and the movie has an enduring legacy. This classic film was made in 1954 and was filmed and originally released in 3-D requiring polarized 3-D glasses. The movie was directed by Jack Arnold, starring Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, and Whit Bissell.
The original film is genuinely frightening, but also elicits a certain amount of pathos for the creature, reminiscent of KING KONG. It had two very successful sequels; 'Revenge Of The Creature' and 'The Creature Walks Among Us'.
An interesting piece of creature Trivia is that Jenny Clack of the University of Cambridge discovered a fossil amphibian in whatonce; a prehistoric swamp, she named it Eucritta melanolimnetes, which is Greek for 'the creature from the black lagoon'. This, as well as a vast range of collectible and highly sought after memorobelia, a novelization and a musical proves the primal power of The Creature!
Man, I hope Hollywood don't ruin one of the most iconic monsters of all times! Hollywood we beg you to show the Big Gilluna some respect!
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