Remakes Vs Sequels Discussion

[WilliamCostigan]

Originally Posted by iambof

name me ONE remake that's been worth it?!?

Ever heard of a film called "The Heartbreak Kid"?

[csdot]

Originally Posted by Ator the Invincible

The Thing, The Fly, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Dawn of the Dead, The Ring, most of the Universal horror remakes by Hammer, 3:10 to Yuma, My Bloody Valentine, Omega Man/I Am Legend, My Fair Lady, A Fistful of Dollars, The Magnificent Seven (sort of)... you get the idea. There have been successful remakes, some of which are film classics in their own right.

argh i knew there was another western kurosawa remake but i had a brain fart, Magnificent Seven DUH. totally forgot about The Ring too. good one. also theres a remake of a remake that i like which is Last Man Standing, which claims to be a remake of Yojimbo but is obviously more influenced by A Fistful of Dollars. hope that gets a blu-ray release someday

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by iambof

To end....name me ONE remake that's been worth it?!?

(As "Magnificent Seven" has already been mentioned: )

Remember when "The Invasion" came out a couple years ago, and we all said, "Um...why?? We already HAVE the '78 Philip Kaufman "Body Snatchers". "
(Like the new producers were "interlopers" for not knowing the Jersey Had Been Retired for any other new versions.)

[BarkingGhost]

Originally Posted by tilallr1

The problem I have with the majority of remakes, reboots, sequels is that they reflect (as of late) how lazy Hollywood is getting. Not much originality any more. Even large successful films like Avatar are basically remakes of sorts.

Sounds like your golden opportunity to deliver something new. When can we expect your first film?

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by BarkingGhost

Sounds like your golden opportunity to deliver something new. When can we expect your first film?

Got Em!!

[homer5ive]

I think the main problem is that Hollywood has been out of ideas for a while. All of the creative films with the great writing comes out with the lesser known production companies.

[Ator the Invincible]

Originally Posted by EricJ

(As "Magnificent Seven" has already been mentioned: )

Remember when "The Invasion" came out a couple years ago, and we all said, "Um...why?? We already HAVE the '78 Philip Kaufman "Body Snatchers". "
(Like the new producers were "interlopers" for not knowing the Jersey Had Been Retired for any other new versions.)

Yes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland. I forgot that one. Love that movie! The Invasion not so much....

[csdot]

Originally Posted by Ator the Invincible

Yes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland. I forgot that one. Love that movie! The Invasion not so much....

that ones been remade way too many times. theres also abel ferraras not-terrible-yet-wholly-forgettable 1993 remake.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by csdot

that ones been remade way too many times. theres also abel ferraras not-terrible-yet-wholly-forgettable 1993 remake.

I love the one from 1993! It got bad reviews back when it came out and now the critics love it. It was a good movie. Got Em!!

[Atreyu]

I supose if I had to pick one over the other I'd have to go with sequels over remakes. Now yes we all complain about sequels because for the most part they don't live up to the original. But how many people usually like remakes? The only two I can think of that I liked were Cape Fear and Scarface and that is perhaps because I saw the remakes before the originals.

[GreenScar]

The real problem is that the original stories (and yes there are plenty) make no money (or very little). The movie going public is a sucker for remakes and sequels. That's we see them each year and why they will keep coming.

[Chevypower]

I wonder how Flight Of The Navigator remake is going to do.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Chevypower

I wonder how Flight Of The Navigator remake is going to do.

Are they re-making that one as well? I did not heard about it. It's so hard to keep up with all these re-boot and remakes

[Chevypower]

Yeah unfortunately. It's one of my fav movies. So is Karate Kid, and they have to remake that too! What's next? Back To The Future??? Nooo!!!!
http://screenrant.com/disney-remakin...or-ross-10149/

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by GreenScar

The real problem is that the original stories (and yes there are plenty) make no money (or very little). The movie going public is a sucker for remakes and sequels. That's we see them each year and why they will keep coming.

It's a little naive to say "it's about money"...It FIRST has to be about the idiot who wants to spend his time producing it.
Given most of the reasons, they make them whether we want them or not:

- In the case of 80's icons, it's usually because it's the one the director grew up on in the theater, and also in the case of 70's-80's horror, the director missed the last generation's chance to see a good movie in an old-fashioned theater.
- In the case of "Clash of the Titans", it was "snubbing" the movie to say "Wait, y'mean, they couldn't use CGI back then?...That's lame!"
- In the case of foreign Americanizations, it's usually because of greedy or resentful studios seeing somebody else's movie get audience love under a different language, and wishing they owned it themselves.
- In the case of every movie Russell Brand, Eddie Murphy or Adam Sandler wants to remake, it's to find some recognizable title to name-only associate with a one or two word concept for a movie ("Quick, what's a a good football movie?--Oh, right, let's do 'Longest Yard'!...Nah, I wanna be rich, let's do 'Mr. Deeds'!")
- And in the case of "Karate Kid", Jaden Smith was taking karate lessons and had a birthday coming up.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by EricJ

It's a little naive to say "it's about money"...It FIRST has to be about the idiot who wants to spend his time producing it.
Given most of the reasons, they make them whether we want them or not:

- In the case of 80's icons, it's usually because it's the one the director grew up on in the theater, and also in the case of 70's-80's horror, the director missed the last generation's chance to see a good movie in an old-fashioned theater.
- In the case of "Clash of the Titans", it was "snubbing" the movie to say "Wait, y'mean, they couldn't use CGI back then?...That's lame!"
- In the case of foreign Americanizations, it's usually because of greedy or resentful studios seeing somebody else's movie get audience love under a different language, and wishing they owned it themselves.
- In the case of every movie Russell Brand, Eddie Murphy or Adam Sandler wants to remake, it's to find some recognizable title to name-only associate with a one or two word concept for a movie ("Quick, what's a a good football movie?--Oh, right, let's do 'Longest Yard'!...Nah, I wanna be rich, let's do 'Mr. Deeds'!")
- And in the case of "Karate Kid", Jaden Smith was taking karate lessons and had a birthday coming up.

Actually, I didn't say it that way, but when it comes all the way down to the end; It is all about money. In every scenario you mentioned someone lets it happen thinking about the money. Sure their may be some involved in a labor of love, and those are usually the ones that end up being good films.

[jsummers157@]

Originally Posted by WilliamCostigan

Ever heard of a film called "The Heartbreak Kid"?

Haha, great movie!

[AKORIS]

Remember when "The Invasion" came out a couple years ago, and we all said, "Um...why?? We already HAVE the '78 Philip Kaufman "Body Snatchers". "



that's an example of one of the best remakes ever as well as one of the best
sci-fi films ever done. Outstanding movie in all regards!