Movies and TV Name Movies That SHOULD Be Remade

listopencil · 02-04-2022, 10:22 AM

After this exchange:

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Might be more interesting to come up with movies that should be remade. Like Starship Troopers.

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Make a thread. I got some suggestions.

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Originally Posted by listopencil

OK, sure.

I'm starting this thread with...

Starship Troopers

listopencil · 02-04-2022, 10:28 AM

I'm also going to mention Lensman (1984). There is a collection of six books in the Lensman series by E E 'Doc' Smith and several other works, some of which was done with his written permission. Unfortunately I'd be afraid of it getting the John Carter treatment so I'd rather no one tried it unless it was going to be done well.

ToxSocks · 02-04-2022, 10:29 AM

Starship Troopers is a good pick. I actually enjoyed the first one, but it does have a lot more potential.

I'm rolling with Spawn as my first pick. That movie sucked shit yet the comic franchise was pretty awesome.

listopencil · 02-04-2022, 10:30 AM

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Starship Troopers is a good pick. I actually enjoyed the first one, but it does have a lot more potential.

I'm rolling with Spawn as my first pick. That movie sucked shit yet the comic franchise was pretty awesome.

Nice. I agree.

listopencil · 02-04-2022, 10:34 AM

I'm going to throw in The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. It may be necessary to start with the second book in the loooooong series just to kick off a new franchise, but just make the thing more loyal to the source material rather than a star vehicle.

GloucesterChief · 02-04-2022, 10:46 AM

Robot Jox
Clue
The Running Man

ToxSocks · 02-04-2022, 02:41 PM

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Robot Jox

Ah man! Good pick.

**notorious** · 02-04-2022, 06:52 PM

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Robot Jox
Clue
The Running Man

ThaVirus · 02-04-2022, 10:39 AM

There was this move that came out around ten years ago called In Time, I think. It had Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Cilian Murphy. It had a pretty cool premise. It was in the future. They had set up some sort of technology to where everyone would age like normal until 25 and then they had this timer on their forearm of exactly how many hours, minutes, seconds they had left until they'd die. Instead of using money, everything was paid for in time. You'd go to the corner store and a cup of coffee was 5 minutes. Shit like that.

Anyway, most people in the middle and lower class only had enough time to make it through the day while the bourgeoise had enough time to live forever if they wanted to.

It's been a while since I've seen it but the movie kind of fell flat in the end. Maybe a remake could do it better.

**The Franchise** · 02-04-2022, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

There was this move that came out around ten years ago called In Time, I think. It had Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Cilian Murphy. It had a pretty cool premise. It was in the future. They had set up some sort of technology to where everyone would age like normal until 25 and then they had this timer on their forearm of exactly how many hours, minutes, seconds they had left until they'd die. Instead of using money, everything was paid for in time. You'd go to the corner store and a cup of coffee was 5 minutes. Shit like that.

Anyway, most people in the middle and lower class only had enough time to make it through the day while the bourgeoise had enough time to live forever if they wanted to.

It's been a while since I've seen it but the movie kind of fell flat in the end. Maybe a remake could do it better.

That movie premise was such an awesome idea. I really wish it would have gotten more out of it.

Discuss Thrower · 02-04-2022, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

There was this move that came out around ten years ago called In Time, I think. It had Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Cilian Murphy. It had a pretty cool premise. It was in the future. They had set up some sort of technology to where everyone would age like normal until 25 and then they had this timer on their forearm of exactly how many hours, minutes, seconds they had left until they'd die. Instead of using money, everything was paid for in time. You'd go to the corner store and a cup of coffee was 5 minutes. Shit like that.

Anyway, most people in the middle and lower class only had enough time to make it through the day while the bourgeoise had enough time to live forever if they wanted to.

It's been a while since I've seen it but the movie kind of fell flat in the end. Maybe a remake could do it better.

In Time is fine the way it is.. beside the fact Timberlake was arguably the worst choice for the lead.

ThaVirus · 02-04-2022, 04:16 PM

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That movie premise was such an awesome idea. I really wish it would have gotten more out of it.

I'm glad you feel me! Really cool concept and the movie itself was decent enough. I don't remember disliking it, but I remember feeling like it could've been better. The fact that it came out within the last 10-ish years and no one is talking about it is kind of a testament to that.

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In Time is fine the way it is.. beside the fact Timberlake was arguably the worst choice for the lead.

**** you! Justin Timberlake is awesome. He was great in Alpha Dog (I think that's what it was) and funny as shit in Love Guru. He was funny enough in Bad Teacher too.

Who do you think would have been better in the role?

Discuss Thrower · 02-04-2022, 09:44 PM

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I'm glad you feel me! Really cool concept and the movie itself was decent enough. I don't remember disliking it, but I remember feeling like it could've been better. The fact that it came out within the last 10-ish years and no one is talking about it is kind of a testament to that.

**** you! Justin Timberlake is awesome. He was great in Alpha Dog (I think that's what it was) and funny as shit in Love Guru. He was funny enough in Bad Teacher too.

Who do you think would have been better in the role?

**** you too.

Timberlake was fine if not perfect as Sean Parker in Social Network. Haven't seen Alpha Dog. So I'm not taking a shot at him personally.

With 50/50 hindsight, Pattinson would have been better but that probably wouldn't have been realistic in 2010.

Discuss Thrower · 02-04-2022, 10:18 PM

I'd like to nominate PCU as a remake candidate.

listopencil · 02-04-2022, 10:49 AM

I would kind of like to see a remake of Logan's Run but I don't think anyone would really do a good job of it.

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ThaVirus You gotta kill a few people Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $1532369	There was this move that came out around ten years ago called In Time, I think. It had Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Cilian Murphy. It had a pretty cool premise. It was in the future. They had set up some sort of technology to where everyone would age like normal until 25 and then they had this timer on their forearm of exactly how many hours, minutes, seconds they had left until they'd die. Instead of using money, everything was paid for in time. You'd go to the corner store and a cup of coffee was 5 minutes. Shit like that. Anyway, most people in the middle and lower class only had enough time to make it through the day while the bourgeoise had enough time to live forever if they wanted to. It's been a while since I've seen it but the movie kind of fell flat in the end. Maybe a remake could do it better.
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