Spinoff: **The Official, "They Should Totally Remake That Movie!" Thread**

[Gonzo]

Saw Demonpenz's thread about Iron Eagle and thought this might be fun, (if it hasn't been done already). If it's been done, fricken humor me while I wait for the Ambien to start working.

What older or poorly executed movies would you like to see remade?

I'll start:

I heard this was going to be remade but it fell through:

[BillSelfsTrophycase]

Far overdue

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by Carls20yearplan

Far overdue

[MoreLemonPledge]

[BillSelfsTrophycase]

Maybe




Or not

[RealSNR]

I'd like to see some of the Hitchcock movies that don't suck get remade. This one would be a good choice

[KCUnited]

[oaklandhater]

one that doesn't suck and is not some werid homoerotic film staring sting.

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

one that doesn't suck and is not some werid homoerotic film staring sting.

I cant belive any one like this peice of shit movie.

[notorious]

NONE OF THEM.


They will only **** it up.


Name 1 remake that was better then the original.



Just saw the A-TEAM preview, and it looks like the totally ****ed it up.

[oaklandhater]

one of my fav 70's Sci fi movies

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

one that doesn't suck and is not some werid homoerotic film staring Brandon Routh

Same for this film: Superman Returns

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by notorious

NONE OF THEM.


They will only **** it up.


Name 1 remake that was better then the original.



Just saw the A-TEAM preview, and it looks like the totally ****ed it up.

Yeah, we hate it when Hollywood remakes films that were perfectly good the first time around. Horror films like The Fog and House on Haunted Hill, TV series like The Fugitive, The Beverly Hillbillies and I Spy, comedies like Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, and sci-fi movies like Planet of the Apes. But, you know what? Some remakes are actually better than the original. Below is my list. What's yours?


1.Ocean's 11: Sure, the original has Sinatra and Martin and Sammy and has a certain 60s Rat Pack cool about it (love the furniture!), but the remake with George Clooney and Brad Pitt is approximately 19,000 times better. It handles the plot much more effectively (the original is pretty damn boring in many parts), it's perfectly cast, and Soderbergh's direction is inventive and fun. A crowd-pleasing popcorn flick that also happens to be smart and artistic.
2.The Bourne Identity: Yeah, there was an earlier version, a TV mini-series with Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith. I have it on tape and it's actually a good version of the story, but the Doug Liman-directed version with Matt Damon is better, more propulsive, more exciting, more believable.
3.Titanic: There have been several versions of the Titanic story, most notably the 1953 version with Clifton Webb and the British A Night To Remember. Both films are good (especially A Night..."), but for pure historical accuracy and epic grandeur and emotional pull, you have to give it to James Cameron's blockbuster. And if that makes me "uncool," well, then I'm very uncool.
4.The Thomas Crown Affair: Steve McQueen was a great American actor, and the original version of this movie, with Faye Dunaway, has a pace and style all it's own, but they really did something special with the Pierce Brosnan/Rene Russo remake. It's a lot like the Ocean's Eleven remake: a clever, crowd pleasing popcorn flick, but it's also witty and stylish, with lots of fun twists. I consider it Brosnan's fifth Bond flick. His best one.
5.Alien: As many have reported, this is a remake of a 50s sci-fi flick called It! The Terror From Beyond Space. And that film is fun in a campy 50s sort of way, but Alien was completely terrifying when it came out. I actually think the sequel, Aliens, is an even better flick, but Alien really freaked people out and had lots of tension, especially that scene at the dinner table...eeek.
6.Evil Dead II: I know, I know, you're saying this is a sequel, not a remake, but watch both movies again. This has basically the same exact plot as the original, and the same leading man (Bruce Campbell) and is much more a remake than a sequel, even if it does have "II" in it. This one is so incredibly energetic and gross and funny, right from the start. The first one was a little bit more low budget in it's look and execution. Evil Dead II isn't exactly a big budget flick, of course, but it's much better than the original in every way, a movie that succeeds in being really funny but also scary in some spots.
7.The Maltese Falcon: Yup, this movie was a remake too, of a couple of minor flicks in the 30s, and I don't even have to explain why this isn't just a better film but also one of the great mystery movies of all-time, do I? Of course I do

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Same for this film: Superman Returns

The only good Superman movie ever made is Superman II

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by notorious

NONE OF THEM.


They will only **** it up.


Name 1 remake that was better then the original.



Just saw the A-TEAM preview, and it looks like the totally ****ed it up.

You can pretty much remake any 70's sci fi movie and it should be pretty good they had great stories but poor special effects/acting


WestWorld
Thx
Black Hole
Fantastic voyage
logans run
slient running
soylent green
Mad Max

they all rdy remade 2 if you think about it

I am legend is a remake of the omega Man
Book of eli is a remake of Zardoz