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| CatFang |
Further Remake MiseryAARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My favourite horror franchise is being "remade". Nightmare on Elm Street is next for the Hollywood update treatment it seems. What fond memories I have of watching this with the curtains drawn when we were on GCSE study leave and Sky Movies was new...those were the days. To show they are not starved for ideas they are going to be remaking Friday the 13th as well. |
| Reaper |
Ahhh the wonder of modern film making. |
| Xeall |
i reckon the guys randomly point at their dvd collection and go 'that one' next it will be back to the future and police academy |
| The Rascal King |
They're also doing The Wolf Man. |
| Batmanuel |
and the Omen 
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| Xeall |
thats out. Along with halloween (admittedly done by rob zombie). To me its not just the remakes that hurt its the books and games that get bastardised for stupidville. Fighting game storylines dont get much more simple how can you cock it? Give me back street fighter you bastards! *weep openly and fall to the ground planet of the apes style* |
| Reaper |
They're doing a new Street Fighter movie |
| Xeall |
I know and it hurts more than castration
Based on chun li! Who thought that was a good idea? Oh wait the guys that made the dead or alive movie! Wankers |
| Web of Fear |
Why do people get upset about remakes? They're almost invariably crap, and are soon forgotten (Wicker Man anyone?). It's not like you have to watch the remakes or are prevented from watching the original.
Plus Hollywood remakes are hardly new. The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart was the third version of the movie filmed. 
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| Batmanuel |
dont care, it still upsetting. |
| CatFang |
If something interesting is done - ie Yojimbo being remade as Fist Full of Dollars being remade as Last Man Standing (not to mention a dodgy sword and sorcery version with David Carradine - "The Warrior and The Sorceress" oh yes!) then that is giving new light on the story and showing it is timeless qualities.
Just remaking (worse in most cases) for the sake of it is lazy and cynical. |
| Web of Fear |
That's Hollywood! |
| Robin The Boy Wonder |
When all is said and done, Hollywood exists purely to generate money for itself.
When a remake is green-lit for production, the question isn't so much 'Should we do this?' but more 'How much money can we make?'. Poor remakes are swiftly forgotten (The Wicker Man is an excellent example). This may not make it right, but, when all is said and done, this is a practice Hollywood has followed for a considerable length of time - it's not about to change now...
...I'm trying to think of a good remake... ...I don't know if Batman Begins counts... ... ... ... ... ... |
| Web of Fear |
Good remakes:
The Maltese Falcon The Thing The Fly Invasion of the Bodysnatchers Struggling to think of any more...... |
| The Rascal King |
The "Dead" series. Night, Day, Dawn. |
| CatFang |
Zatoichi - doesn't replace the original Shintaro Katsu ones but stands alongside as a good telling of the same story.
DOA with Dennis Quaid |
| Web of Fear |
Ocean's Eleven |
| Xeall |
Evil dead 2 is technically a remake of the first. |
| Reaper |
Fantastic Four |
| waffle |
Okay - decent remakes:
Thomas Crown Affair The Departed (although Infernal Affairs was still aces) The Italian Job (put the rose tinted specs away - the modern version was damn good fun) The Ring (obviously, not as good as the original, but a damn good shot all things considered) Titanic (does this count cos it's a well-known story... I dunno?) Planet of the Apes (this may be a 'comedy' entry) |
| kingmouse |
Remakes are easy to do and generally money in the bank, which means that studios have more cash to spend on interesting projects. So they do have a purpose on some levels. |
| norsefire1 |
NOOOOOOOOOO. highlander will now get a remake  
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| Reaper |
And Flash Gordon! |
| Batmanuel |
can you imagine, in the future, a remake of, KILL BILL?
Shit, thats just not cricket
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| Reaper |
I don't think that would happen as the rights to Kill Bill are owned by Tarrantino and I think he likes his films the way they are.
The main reason other films get remakes is because the studio owns the rights. |