I don't know about anyone else, the original 'the Hitcher ' ( good god almighty, why must I always refer to the 'original'), left me completely shaken and wasted. Rutger Hauer was perfect, as was Thomas Howell. A completely creepy harrowing premise, nauseating scenes of gore and blood splatters all racing toward a super-natural finish...
How, for the love of pete, do you remake that? why do you remake it? do you up the 'realism' like the 'new 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre??? Will R. Lee Ermey be in it too? how do you pitch it to the studio heads??? 'dude, remember 'the Hitcher'???...it was crap!; well let me tell you what we are going to do...'
what am I saying???; I will probably go, get a pint or two of something or other (old overholt )and laugh my ass off while I watch it during a matinee showing...so much for my principles. maybe I will be moved to write a glowing review, damning my idiocy and prejudgement.
