November 27, 2018, 09:02 PM
Captain MorganRemakes
We all have hatred for movies that are remade of ones that are our favorites.
There are also some remakes that are better. Such as the Island of Doctor Moreau. The remake is better than the original in my opinion.
So what movies can you think of that should be remade? The answer can include technical reasons.
For me it would be The Highlander. I liked the characters. I didn't like the clarity of the film the used. The film seemed improperly pieced together. Soundtrack was great.
Whats your choices?
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Benjamin Franklin November 27, 2018, 09:34 PM
OrgussWhat's the remake for
Highlander? Or do you mean the one with Sean Connery is the remake of the 1959 movie?
For my picks:
Dredd (remake of
Judge Dredd)
Batman Begins/The Dark Knight (remake of the Batman movies before them)
Appleseed (remake of
Appleseed)
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DzozerLogan's Run...
I thought it was a pretty good movie for its time. However the book is much better and with modern effects, it could be re-made following the books story line more closely.
'veritas non verba magistri' November 27, 2018, 11:07 PM
Lord VaalicWhat remakes do we like?
3:10 to Yuma, I liked the new one better
What would I like to see remade?
They Live
its hard to beat Roddy Piper. But a modern big budget redo could be awesome
Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day November 28, 2018, 06:33 AM
henryaz, 2004 version with Denzel Washington was much better than the 1987 European version. Denzel
is Creasy.
When in doubt, mumble November 28, 2018, 06:59 AM
White PhosphorusI would like to see the third Alien movie remade. Everything after Aliens was soul draining garbage.
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November 28, 2018, 07:30 AM
Sig209please someone do 'Starship Troopers' correctly...
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November 28, 2018, 08:37 AM
2000Z-71Clear and Present Danger, my favorite Tom Clancy novel. The movie sucked more than a Whitehouse intern and really didn't follow the book.
My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. November 28, 2018, 08:40 AM
LastCubScoutI've always wanted to see a big-budget version of Hitchcock's
The Birds. I know when he was first developing the film, Hitchcock wanted to have scenes of birds taking over San Francisco, but he didn't have the budget or technology to show that. Now we can show scenes like that fairly easily.
There's a caveat though. I'd want the remake to be done correctly and capably by a director who is skilled in bigger-budgeted suspense fare, like a Spielberg or Nolan or Fincher. But, what would happen in reality is that it would get handed to some hack like Roland Emmerich to churn out some lightweight silly throwaway PG-13 family-friendly spectacle starring The Rock, and that's not the idea I have for this film at all!
Instead, they've wrongly remade some of Hitchcock's classics in the past like
Psycho and
Rear Window, and I'm like, "No, don't touch those! Remake
The Birds!"
November 28, 2018, 08:52 AM
f2quote:
Originally posted by Captain Morgan:
We all have hatred for movies that are remade of ones that are our favorites.
There are also some remakes that are better. Such as the Island of Doctor Moreau. The remake is better than the original in my opinion.
are you comparing that to the original Island of Lost Souls (1932)? Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi. I don't think the 1977 or the 1996 remakes compare favorably at all.
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Not to eat meat, that is the law. Are we not men?November 28, 2018, 08:55 AM
SBrooksDune could be done better now than it was then.
I like the old one okay - but special effects have progressed beyond what they were back then...
Has there been a really decent attempt at a frankenstein movie lately ?
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November 28, 2018, 03:16 PM
Floyd D. BarberThe remake of "Of Mice and Men". was good.
As was the remake of "True Grit".
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November 28, 2018, 04:17 PM
Skull LeaderI think an awesome remake would be
Go For Broke if produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
November 28, 2018, 04:52 PM
lymanquote:
Originally posted by Sig209:
please someone do 'Starship Troopers' correctly...
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this, in spades
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November 28, 2018, 04:54 PM
lymanquote:
Originally posted by SBrooks:
Dune could be done better now than it was then.
I like the old one okay - but special effects have progressed beyond what they were back then...
Has there been a really decent attempt at a frankenstein movie lately ?
didn't sci fi channel do a remake of Dune as a miniseries,
remember it but did not watch it,
when the original came out, it was amazing, to me the late teenager who had read the book a couple times in highschool,
went to see it with a friend that had also read the book,
helped us with some of the pronunciations in the book
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November 28, 2018, 05:14 PM
Sig209quote:
Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
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As was the remake of "True Grit".
I agree - that is among the best examples of a 're-make' being done correctly.
great movie - both versions
John Wayne because he is - well - John Wayne
But I think Jeff Bridges actually played a more realistic 'dirty - nasty' Rooster Cogburn
great scene here:
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November 28, 2018, 05:22 PM
Loswsmithquote:
Originally posted by lyman:
quote:
Originally posted by Sig209:
please someone do 'Starship Troopers' correctly...
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this, in spades
+100000
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November 28, 2018, 05:40 PM
clubleaf206quote:
Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
As was the remake of "True Grit".
I, too like the remake more than the original, which I feel was more a vehicle for John Wayne. Not that I don’t enjoy watching it. However, given the choice, I’d prefer to watch the remake.
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November 28, 2018, 05:52 PM
BisleyblackhawkAs do I (as much as I like the Duke)...also, I liked the origional
Lady Killers I also liked the Cohen brother's remake (don't hate me)
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November 29, 2018, 07:19 AM
46and2quote:
Originally posted by LastCubScout:
I've always wanted to see a big-budget version of Hitchcock's The Birds. I know when he was first developing the film, Hitchcock wanted to have scenes of birds taking over San Francisco, but he didn't have the budget or technology to show that. Now we can show scenes like that fairly easily.
There's a caveat though. I'd want the remake to be done correctly and capably by a director who is skilled in bigger-budgeted suspense fare, like a Spielberg or Nolan or Fincher. But, what would happen in reality is that it would get handed to some hack like Roland Emmerich to churn out some lightweight silly throwaway PG-13 family-friendly spectacle starring The Rock, and that's not the idea I have for this film at all!
Instead, they've wrongly remade some of Hitchcock's classics in the past like Psycho and Rear Window, and I'm like, "No, don't touch those! Remake The Birds!"
Seeing Fincher's take on a Hitchcock film would be fantastic.