Is There Any Film You'd Actualy LIKE to See Remade? - Page 2

Thanks Iggy.

I forgot to mention earlier that I agree with whoever nominated Them!. I LOVE the original, but man...a remake is just so tempting. So long as it was played straight, and not turned into a "comedy" a la Eight Legged Freaks.

Wasn't James Cameron attached to a remake of this at one time? He'd do a hell of a job with this story, even though he half-assed remade this already with The Abyss.

I'd definitely second Children of the Corn, particularly if they alteredt it to include the ending of the short story.

Ditto Them!, if only to have a film that lived up to the poster and actually had them attacking cities.

I'm unconvinced that Creature From the Black Lagoon or Day The Eath Stood Still are in need of it at all, though. You'd have an especially hard time matching the alchemy of rubber suit, black-and-white and olympic swimming that made the Creature work so well.

I'd love to see Cronenburg helm versions of Ringu and Rasen (Spiral) that were faithful to the original novels (I believe the one film version of Spiral was meant to be, but I also hear it isn't terribly good)

Rawhead Rex- it'd be most welcome to see justice done to the original Barker story.

The Abominable Doctor Phibes- I'm not convinced a remake of this would be a good idea, as such, but it'd be fascinating to see someone attempt one.

Oh, and Silent Hill. With a better script, people who can act, and a plot that keeps the demon-cultists, treacherous parents and generally darker tone of the first game. Keep Gans as director, though.

As much as I hate to admit it, I wouldn't mind seeing the entire Star Wars saga remade. I remember reading somewhere Zach Snyder talking about how he'd like to do R-rated versions, and that got me quite excited. Not for at least 10-20 years though, it just feels too soon right now.

Don't get me wrong, the original Creature is one of my favorite monster movies, but I'd love to see what Del Toro (at one time attached) had planned.

By the same token, a remake of Theatre of Blood could be a blast. Get someone really theatrical like Al Pacino in full-on Devil's Advocate mode, and the movie writes itself!

On this thread:

"You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!"

That's pretty much my position on the matter.

Ya see, I think Rawhead Rex is laughably AWESOME in a bad way. But I love goofy monster-suit movies. If you watch it with the expectations that it's wonky, it makes a great party flick.

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Rawhead Rex hates trailer trash.

With that said, I would love to see a remake.

But Billy Jack already did a remake of that movie. And of course in this modern age they'd probably just have Mr. Smith killed or tell everyone he's gay and hates America. Robocop could be remade to great effect if they bothered to update the political satire instead of cutting it out and making a generic action movie... which is what they would do... so forget that. Highlander should be remade because Highlander gargles my balls but I still enjoy a good decapitation.

Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Jamey Sheridan, and the guy from Coach were all fucking great in THE STAND mini. Sinise was a perfect Stu Redman -- and come on, it's Gary Sinise (before he was "Gary Sinise," but still). The man always delivers. Sheridan was Randall Flagg to me no matter what I saw him in for years after that.

Everyone else (except maybe Matt Frewer and Miguel Ferrer)....not so much.

It's just so crazy to me, I hear nothing but people righteously bemoaning crappy remakes of great films that should be left untouched, but once they're put in a (theoretical) seat of power they suddenly want to see Star Wars or Mr. Smith Goes To Washington done over. I was one of the main proponents behind the Recasting threads, but more as a fun exercise than actually considering how cool it would be to have the Long Good Friday done over.

There's a few good suggestions in here for lackluster movies with good premises that could be updated, and there are occasionally excellent remakes that appear, but that's generally through making a serious deviation from the original and truly making the loose premise your own, which I feel is even more respectful to the source material.

But overall, I hate remakes and wish people were more interested in coming up with fresh ideas, but that's just me. Sorry for the mean-spirited thread interruption by the naysayer.

while at times i also think remakes are lame. i do have to admit that fresh ideas needs seeds from the past to grow. i enjoy remakes that use the original as a stepping stone for a movie and not as a blueprint.

Wasn't sure whether to post this in here or in the adaptations thread, but its about time someone did Lord of the Flies justice. Its been made into a film twice before, neither particularly successful in my book - the earlier one for some bad acting and not enough horror; the later, Harry Hooks-directed version for being shit and missing almost every point the book made.

There's so much beautiful imagery in the book and so much allegory that becomes more and more relevant, just do it straight, amp up the blood and horror, keep it all on the island and you've got a really good film there.

Why thank you, Mr. theBorg.

Almost 100% of the time, I think remakes of TV shows are just the worst ideas ever.

But, 'sides that, its worth noting that film history is basically the history of remakes. Almost every good pre-60s film is either a remake of earlier, foreign films or adaptions of books (remakes in their own right). With a few notable exceptions, most of the 'classics' are stolen from somehwheres--silent movies remade as talkies, foreign movies remade for domestic, books shot sometimes 5 or 6 times--somtimes within a decade or two.

So its really nothing new. Only difference is that, now, we have easy access to every version of a thing produced in the last 50 years--thanks to the DVD/digi boom.

Its in pre-pro, my fair-haired friend. Not with one of those dudes, tho, of course and unfortunately.

Great choices, Overlord.

FYI, Gale Anne Hurd's hubby, Johnathan Hensleigh (DIE HARD 3, PUNISHER) penned a CAPTAIN BLOOD remake in the early 90's. John McTiernan was going to direct but the project fell apart. They were lamenting the lack of progress on CAPTAIN BLOOD when McTiernen came up with the idea of making Hensleigh's SIMON SEZ scipt into DIE HARD 3.

Personally, I think the time's ripe fora real pirate movie (I consider the POTC films fantasy adventure films that happened to have pirates in them).

Joe Johnston was due to remake it in 2000 but the script was supposedly so awful that the project fell apart.

Amen, Zod!

The CREATURE remake is supposedly being directed by Breck Eisner and produced by Gary Ross ( PLEASANTVILLE, SEA BISCUIT) whose father wrote the originals. Not my first choice by any means but I read a synopsis of the Carpenter one and it was (unfortunately) really bad.

Gale Anne Hurd was actually prepping a reamke of this in the early 90's. I don't know if it actually got to the script stage. The sequel's shooting right now for a late 2007 release. I don't remember who's helming it (some unknown guy and an independent production company) but if you Google it I'm sure you can find info.

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Please delete, Mods.

Kreeper, could you be so kind as to get me a link to Carp's outline?

In a perfect world, we all would realize the existence of "Van Helsing" was just the result of a Pamela Ewing-style bad dream.

I would give a kidney to anyone who could bring the Universal Monsters back in a respectful, fun way.

No re-imaging, definitely NO rope swinging; just take what we know of the creatures and run with it.

I love THEM! but an update would be sweet. Doesn't have to be a remake, let's just get some atomic made giant bugs!


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I'd like to see an update of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest but done in the style of the book, with 'Chief' being the narrator of sorts. I think either someone who's really good with practical effects (Gilliam) or someone who knows how to use CGI well could make this into a really great film that wouldn't denegrate the original, as they'd have to be sooo different.

Zod, I read it in a genre magazine in the early 90's (I think it was CFQ). But I'll try and locate it for ya...

Bingo, that gets my vote hands-down, even though it was kinda remade by James Cameron in the eighties and called Aliens.

Me likey big bugs.

I'll also second Captain Blood, but you'd need a helluva charismatic star - much more Clive Owen than Orlando Bloom - and give it to Peter Berg to direct.

I was always under the impression that, with Van Sants Psycho at least, that Gus rade it shot for shot so no one else would attempt it.

I don;t know whether The Omen remake had such high ideals tho.