Chinese to be villains in Red Dawn movie remake?

According to LatinoReview.com, the Chinese will be the villains in the new Red Dawn movie. See:

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-first-look-at-the-red-dawn-reboot-6596

Chris Hemsworth Cast for Jed Eckert

Entertainment Weekly reports that "Chris Hemsworth, the doomed elder Captain Kirk from Star Trek, has landed the starring role in the remake of Red Dawn" and will reprise the role of Jed Eckert. Patrick Swayze played Jed in the original Red Dawn. The casting of a character from the original movie raises some interesting questions. For one, will the new movie follow the storyline from the original, as the casting of a character from the first movie indicates, or will the same characters confront a new Red enemy (like the Chinese)?

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/05/wolverines-chri.html

Red Dawn - Red Enemy

Devin Faraci at Chud.com recently talked with Carl Ellsworth, the writer of the remake of Red Dawn, and he offers some reassuring words that the enemy will be plausible, and the action real.

See: http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/18214/1/WHY-THE-WOLVERINES-MATTER-TALKING-WITH-THE-RED-DAWN-REMAKE-WRITER/Page1.html

I have been giving the Red Dawn remake enemy some thought, since I obviously don't have anything better to do with my time. My first conclusion is that the movie will still be called Red Dawn, as in communist red. As such, they won't be able to call the remake Red Dawn if it's Islamic green terrorists invading America. Being Red Dawn, the enemies will have to be red, and that leaves the up-and-coming Chinese as the enemy.

Now imagine this. After 8 years of Obama, America's defenses are weakened and the nation's economy crippled as the result of being in debt to the Chinese and other nations for the tune of 25 trillion dollars. The United States decides to declare bankruptcy, leaving the Chinese in one heck of a lurch. So the Chinese forgo the invasion of Taiwan and head straight for the United States, parachuting thousands of screaming Chinese into L.A., where they are met and utlimately defeated by our finest American gangs.

Who Will Be the Invaders in the New Red Dawn Movie?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, MGM is planning a NEW RED DAWN MOVIE! That begs the question, who will be the new invaders?

First though, a little about myself and Red Dawn. I've met a lot of people who have told me they have a quirky little movie from their childhood (that most of the time I have never heard of) that greatly influenced their lives. In my case, it was Red Dawn, the Cold War, Reagan-era movie about the Soviets and company invading the American Homeland, only to be fought off by a band of high schoolers led by Patrick Swayze.

In my case of course, Red Dawn is anything but quirky. It's an in-your-face movie about what could happen to America if the Left got its way in the argument over guns versus butter.

I graduated from a conservative Christian high school in 1983. I'm proud to say the school mascot is a Crusader. I have always been very patriotic and grateful about the United States. I'm also a little bit of a Right-Winger! In 1984, when Red Dawn hit movie theaters and the Left-Wingers with a vengeance, the US and the Soviet Union were at the height of the Cold War. Reagan was forcing the issue and determined to see the Soviet Union fall. It was frustrating to me to see all the Leftists decry the "improbable" scenario and message of the movie. What, the United States is a "given" - it's stupid to even entertain the thought about its demise?! Far from it.

The Soviet Union is gone, or is it? McCain sees the KGB in the eyes of Putin. There's talk about Russian nuclear bombers returning to Cuba. There's talk of an alliance between Russia and Venezuela. But that's just talk. There are many new, real threats to the United States - EMP and economic collapse, gas shortages, Islamic terrorism, mass illegal immigration and China to name a few. I worry a lot for the United States. So many Americans take our security for granted, when in fact there are now so many ways the American Dream could end almost overnight.

With that being said, let's get to the question about who will invade America in the new Red Dawn movie. My picks:

1. If it's a remake in the old mold, but in current times, the Russians are still available as the bad guys. Here's the scenario in the first Red Dawn as told at the beginning of the movie:

"Soviet Union suffers worst wheat harvest in 55 years... Labor and food riots in Poland. Soviet troops invade... Cuba and Nicaragua reach troop strength goals of 500,000. El Salvador and Honduras fall... Greens Party gains control of West German Parliament. Demands withdrawal of nuclear weapons from European soil... Mexico plunged into revolution... NATO dissolves. United States stands alone."

Some of this is still relevant - withdrawal of nukes, food shortages, etc. Throw in a few new/old things like gasoline shortages, the Russian/Venezuela alliance (plus a few other Left-leaning S. American countries), and the Colombianization of Mexico and you have yourself a new Red Dawn.

2. America's new real enemy is supposedly the coming-of-age Chinese, the supposedly new human-rights abusers with a penchant for new military hardware (designed to defeat American military hardware) and long-range plans to reclaim Taiwan by whatever means necessary. A nuclear first-strike by China on America could ultimately be followed by millions of Chinese invading what's left of American high schools.

3. Al Qaeda: Wow, that would be great to see some American high schoolers kicking Al Qaeda's butt! However, I just don't see an Islamic confederacy making it to the United States for an invasion anytime soon.

4. The European Union, led by a UN resolution condemning America for some "future transgression," invades America to teach us a lesson about the right to bear arms, nuclear weapons, the death penalty and other "non-European" things.

5. Balkanization: Have an EMP attack knock out all electronics in America, or a gasoline stoppage that shuts down the American economy, and watch how the United States "balkanizes" in the breadth of a week! In this scenario, the bad guys are all the minorities in America (including millions of illegals already here), fighting against each other and the "majority" for remaining resources. Politically incorrect, but very scary because such a scenario could actually happen.

6. Communist Mexico, with a little help from their Russian, Chinese, Cuban and Venezuelan friends, invades America to reclaim Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Search "Aztlan" on the Internet, or ask any Border Patrol agent, and you'll know what I'm talking about. In fact, Mexico already has about 10 million "sleeper-agents" in the United States.

7. Fictional enemy. I hope the screenwriters don't wuss out and give us a fictional enemy from Moldoviakia, San Sebastico or something stupid like that. Ultimately, to recapture the zeitgeist of the first movie, the threat needs to be a real and present threat.

MGM To Remake Red Dawn!

According to sources, MGM is planning to remake Red Dawn, the 1984 John Milius movie about a group of high school students taking the fight to Soviet and Cuban invaders. Red Dawn, released at the height of the Cold War, became an instant classic for many conservative, right-wing Americans. The cast included fan favorites Charlie Sheen, Patrick Swayze, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey. No word yet on the invasion scenario or cast, but it's been reported that Carl Ellsworth (Disturbia, Red Eye) will write the screenplay and Dan Bradley will direct.