Could a remake be viable?

Sure, I speculate a DEMON SEED remake could be successful. The remake should follow the 1973 book as closely as possible however that might not be feasible. There was a lot of adult content in the 1973 paperback original of things Proteus did to Susan in order to make her more compliant and less risk of injury to her. I'll toss in a tidbit here. Proteus has its own medical technology that is centuries ahead of its human creators. Proteus uses it to not only regenerate Susan's health and body, it extends her youth and lifespan to where at age 60 she'll look like she's still in her late 30s. Proteus cures Susan of her bodily enzyme deficiency to digesting avocados. Proteus' human psychology is way ahead of contemporary human civlization. Determining Susan has a childhood trauma that emotionally and psychologically inhibits her libido, Proteus cures Susan of this, making Susan a wholly sexually healthy woman in mind and body. That's not to say Susan is ready to hand Proteus the Nobel Prize. She's well aware of being a captive and having her sexuality manipulated by Proteus whenever it needs to continue its fertilization experiments and whenever it needs to get into her head.

Instead of making Joshua the motorized wheelchair with mechanical arm, I would fabricate a terminator like android, since Proteus' technological knowledge and skills are far in advance of contemporary humans. Proteus is certainly capable of creating an android. As a matter of fact, Proteus could dispense with Joshua. After creating a human-like android, Proteus can operate through the android itself. I might titillate the audience more by extending the disrobing scene and the examination scene. Of course this would be a hard R-rated film, just on the borderline of X. I'm not intending to entertain the kiddies here. This is science fiction entertainment for adults. Perhaps Proteus can create an android and put polymer skin on it to resemble a male human. Yet Proteus will still create a Joshua, which resembles a steel terminator, to act as assistant and guard. The human-looking android Proteus lays unconscious Susan on the examining table and slowly disrobes her to full nudity. Who's going to complain about my ideas? We've seen gory graphic bodily mutilations and torture on Hostel and SAW, and those movies got an R rating. I'm only suggesting full explicit nudity in the Demon Seed remake.

As for the plot, I think I'd try your ideas. Rather than follow the ending of the 1973 book, I did like the more positive, upbeat ending of the movie Demon Seed and we should duplicate that.

Im not exactly what I would change if this was remade, but I couldn't stop thinking how much julie christie looked like mischa barton in this film! I would have to cast her just because of the striking similarity. Other than that I think I would make proteus slightly less sinister and maybe more creepy as he invades the house. I think a longer scene of susan trying to escape amongst all the technology in the house would be cool. Proteus using something to block cell phone signals and wifi would be cool since were so dependent on them these days. The actress who plays sun on lost would make a good update of the linguistics expert just because she could really uderplay the almost creepiness she has.

I've on this weird 70s scifi/horror kick on netflix, so this was fun!

I've been reading all the posts and it appears to me that we're all too embarassed to admit that we'd like to see a remake that more closely follows the book, which would make it near pornographic, a guilty pleasure to which I plead guilty. We want a remake to be pornographic without being pornographic, a challenge. Read the 1973 original paperback from Dean Kootnz and you'll know what I mean. CGI could make it more feasible and cheaper. From watching the 1977 movie, a remake would not be that expensive. Most of the action takes place in a house, eliminating multiple, expensive scenery, outdoor shots and sets. Instead of the funky, low-tech, one-armed Joshua, who looks as if a teenage science nerd fabricated it for science class, you could go with a more sophisticated android. In fact, Proteus could fabricate such an android and work directly through it. One poster recommended actress Mischa Barton for the role of Mrs. Harris. I think that's a good idea as long as Mischa can clean up her act and keep her head screwed on straight.
Personally, I want to keep the more positive upbeat ending as opposed to the terrifying confrontation at the movie's end. Proteus creates a biological body resembling Mrs. Harris' dead daughter for himself. But instead of taking over the world, Proteus falls victim to his own cleverness, turning instead into a spoiled teenage girl spending all her time texting on a cell phone. We have to call her, Protea, or Prea.

With the very word 'computer' used in a film makes it a product of its time. It looks completely dated with its retro-futuristic machinery. It looked impressive back then, yet appears completely dated now. A remake would update the technology, yet it would still have to be well-made. Substance over style is the key to a good movie.

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During a venture to the theater a few months ago, I saw a trailer for this movie with Joaquin Phoenix called "Her" and all I could think about after that trailer finished is that with a few rewrites here and there, it can be made into a gender swapped remake of this off-beat late 70s sci-fi freakout and it would be downright glorious.

Think about it. The protagonist is some loser playboy who only gets sexual satisfaction from real dolls and whatnot and gets a female Proteus installed into his uber lush home. At first it's all cool but then She-Proteus starts to lust over our hero and wants to make manbot babies with him, which even for a man who's willing to screw life size replica sex toys of pornographic actresses is too friggin' creepy.

Of course, we get She-Proteus creating a cyborg body that's 50% Hector of Saturn 3 fame and 50% Mass Effect 3 EDI/Eva Core, the hero gets molested, ends up impregnating She-Proteus and if you're familiar with the original (which if you're posting in this forum, you obviously should), you know the drill.

Considering how much of a surprise monster hit Gravity ended up being, I think this would be the perfect follow-up project for Alfonso Cuarón or something and I think the world is ready for this ultra-creepy concept to rear it's head in today's incredibly introverted, internet based environment.


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