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What's a movie that should never be or should never have been remade/rebooted/etc?
- Thread starter Demacabre
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Also this X 1,000,000.
I don't even care for Disney movies but I legit don't understand the point (outside of more money obviously).
Lawrence of Arabia.
It would be extremely difficult to replicate (or even surpass) what made the film such a masterpiece.
It would be extremely difficult to replicate (or even surpass) what made the film such a masterpiece.
The right answer. The explanation that keeps coming up is "they're introducing this movie to a new audience", but that's bullshit, especially when we're talking about animated movies from the 90s that are basically timeless. Aladdin, The Lion King, etc. Did not really "age" and kids today can definitely appreciate and enjoy the original without feeling like its an "old movie". It's not like we're talking about black and white movies here, and these live action remakes add nothing, and aside from the new jungle book, the CGi in these movies was at best nothing special. It's just lazy.
Dr. Strangelove.
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
I'd be willing to let The Sting be remade, with like that modern rat pack group of most of the Oceans 11 type people. But, not Butch Cassidy. Don't fuck with Butch Cassidy because it'll turn into a buddy comedy that will suck.
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
I'd be willing to let The Sting be remade, with like that modern rat pack group of most of the Oceans 11 type people. But, not Butch Cassidy. Don't fuck with Butch Cassidy because it'll turn into a buddy comedy that will suck.
Verhoeven movies, the remakes of Total Recall and Robocop just missed the point.
We're gonna get a Starship Troopers remake next encouraging people to join the Space Force and actually mean it.
dangit, had the thread open for a few and got beaten to it
We're gonna get a Starship Troopers remake next encouraging people to join the Space Force and actually mean it.
dangit, had the thread open for a few and got beaten to it
Who framed Roger Rabbit?
Thankfully, short of Disney buying time warner, we're never gonna see it rebooted.
You mean like how the independence day sequel was literally a recruitment tool?
Thankfully, short of Disney buying time warner, we're never gonna see it rebooted.
You mean like how the independence day sequel was literally a recruitment tool?
Jackie Chan's 80's-90's epics like Police Story, Legend of the Drunken Master, Project A, Wheels on Meals, Rumble in the Bronx, etc.
No one in history has ever, or will ever be able to pull off what he and his stunt team did in those titles.
No one in history has ever, or will ever be able to pull off what he and his stunt team did in those titles.
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Oh god. The original is perfection. Forgot all about the remake. The original could be one of the greatest character driven pieces of cinema ever.
The Gus Van Sant Psycho remake should have never happened and it remains one of the most shameful endeavors in film history.
It's also one of the few films I've actually walked out of.
It's also one of the few films I've actually walked out of.
This. I have never seen a remake that made me hate the original. The worst remake I have seen though was the Nightmare on Elm Street one.
It's inevitable that LOTR will be adapted again. Maybe in serial TV form.
Considering that being remade doesn't automatically delete every copy of the original movie, nothing.
Dont like it? You always have the original. Nerd gatekeeping is lame as fuck.
Dont like it? You always have the original. Nerd gatekeeping is lame as fuck.
Forreal. I was a 90s baby watching The Little Mermaid, Lady and the Tramp, Jungle Book, Cinderella, Snow White and more.
I sorta admire what Disney is doing with these; but it's such a shame the product ends up being totally tawdry in most aspects.
Should never be remade, right? Because it's not a remake and all.
Yes? Thread title is "What's a movie that should never be or should never have been remade/rebooted/etc?"
I mean the novel that Verhoeven took the piss out of already was more or less a positive outlook on libertarian ideals and a military fascist state, so I'm rather shocked it hasn't been redone yet closer to the novel