Barry Bostwick on "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Remake

National Ledger, AZ - Word that MTV is planning to remake the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" was greeted with apprehension by more than a few fans of the original film -- and by Barry Bostwick, who starred in that 1975 feature with Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry.  "I'm sort of shocked at that. I don't think you should remake 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' Certain things you shouldn't touch," claims Bostwick, who played Sarandon's fiancé, Brad Majors, in the musical comedy film that parodies science fiction and horror flicks. The movie's creator, Richard O'Brien, has told the press that the project does not have his blessing.

"It's of its time. It's brilliant for what it was. To make it specifically for MTV or television, it loses its energy, its audience participation," Bostwick continues. "We made it in 1975. I just think there's something about the morals of it that are a bit old fashioned now. It was a bit salacious for the time, but when you look back on it, it's pretty tame. You'd have to keep it as a period piece, but then why? It's already been done. If you can't update it, then you'd have to turn it into something really different. I don't know how they'd do it. Maybe they can come up with something."