Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 14399661)

Pretty far afield from the point I was making.

There's a difference between rebooting an existing work where you reimagine the same story told a different way, and reviving an existing work that already has a bunch of storylines that never got told.

Rebooting Casablanca, or The Godfather, is dumb because the entire story has been told and told pretty darn well.

Reviving Sherlock, or Fletch, or heck The Avengers [you ARE aware that there was an Avengers before the Avengers of today, right?], in order to realize a catalog of stories is different.

It can still go wrong, as can any translation from page to screen, but it's still different.

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale (Post 14399667)

How did you enjoy the Coen's remake of True Grit?

That seems to fall into the category you are describing.

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 14399673)

You know I love everything Coen.
Coen's usually do well because they put a compelling signature stamp on everything they do.
At worst, I'd call their True Grit superfluous, or unnecessary. But it's well made and not some wild reimagining, so it's not a debacle.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 14399573)

Might as well gender flip that too then?

Melissa McCarthy as Fletch?

Originally Posted by notorious (Post 14399743)

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Ryan Reynolds is the only person that might pull off Fletch.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 14399828)

Speaking of horrible remakes, did anyone actually watch the female remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? From the reviews it was apparently as awful as it seemed it would be.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 14399714)

Frankly, I thought it was massively superior to the original. Better performances from better actors all the way around. Hailee Steinfeld in particular was amazing. One of the best child actor performances ever.

The original True Grit isn't a bad movie, but I can think of a lot of John Wayne movies that I like better. The Oscar he won was more of a lifetime achievement award than anything else. It's one of those classic movies that just didn't live up to the hype. I feel the same way about African Queen; yeah, it's okay, but what's the big deal?

Originally Posted by patteeu (Post 14399859)

Who’s up for a remake of Charlie’s Angels with 3 buffed up gay dudes in the title roles? Can I get a show of hands?

Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 14399830)

I'm not sure how to solve this problem. We can blame the studios, but as long as people are willing to shell out ridiculous amounts of dollars to see mediocre remakes (see: all the live-action Disney remakes...) and won't go into theaters for anything new, challenging or unfamiliar, the only shit that's ever going to get bankrolled is bullshit like this. Because they have a pretty good idea that all the people who saw and loved movies in the 80s and 90s are now grownups and likely to see a remake out of nostalgia, and if they won't, their kids probably will, because they've heard about how awesome it is all of their lives.

Originally Posted by notorious (Post 14399743)

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Ryan Reynolds is the only person that might pull off Fletch.

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 14399661)

Pretty far afield from the point I was making.

There's a difference between rebooting an existing work where you reimagine the same story told a different way, and reviving an existing work that already has a bunch of storylines that never got told.

Rebooting Casablanca, or The Godfather, is dumb because the entire story has been told and told pretty darn well.

Reviving Sherlock, or Fletch, or heck The Avengers [you ARE aware that there was an Avengers before the Avengers of today, right?], in order to realize a catalog of stories is different.

It can still go wrong, as can any translation from page to screen, but it's still different.

Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 16429697)

If, and only if, there was a terrific script and a few great actors with a talented director/producer combo that all lined up to do a movie about Rick and Capt. Renault having ridiculous adventures together through Europe during WW2. I would give that a shot. That's the only interesting story left to tell and it's not worth it unless it's done in spectacular fashion.