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Horny Toad 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 598	I'm not entirely convinced it's a good idea. OK, sure, some are OK, but, like I say, I'm not always convinced. Let me give some examples: 1) Dawn Of The Dead. The original was an epic, claustrophobic film that gave the viewer something to get his teeth into. It sent a message that Romero felt needed addressing (if you don't know what that message was, you're not a fan). The remake had running zombies. RUNNING ZOMBIES! Zombies don't run, they lurch. It's the oppressive nature in the way that they congregate and swamp you in their number that is the terrifying thing about them. 2) Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. No, no, no, no. Wrong. All wrong. The original was perfect. The new one was sinister and had a malevolance to it that destroyed the essence of the story. No. Wrong. 3) Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Don't even start me on that one. 4) The Italian Job. Do I really need to say anything about this complete fuck-up of a film? 5) Planet Of The Apes. A heinous blasphemy. How DARE they fuck with this cinematic legend? Apart from Scarface, which, as we should all know, was a remake, I can't think of any good remake.

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vintagefantasy 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 1038	I would consider evil dead 2 to be a remake of evil dead the fly with jeff goldblum spiderman from the 80's tv version to sam raimi's batman begins (yeah, it has not been done before, but it is adding on to a whole different series) I would also consider rat race to be a remake of it's a mad mad world all good remakes It all depends on who's writing the script
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Horny Toad 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 598	vintagefantasy wrote: I would consider evil dead 2 to be a remake of evil dead the fly with jeff goldblum batman begins (yeah, it has not been done before, but it is adding on to a whole different series) It all depends on who's writing the script You would consider those films all GOOD remakes?

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vintagefantasy 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 1038	re: You would consider those films all GOOD remakes? I was fixing my response yes, I would
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Ilikethepixies 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 6051 Globally Banned	I would say that Dawn of the Dead, The Fly, and Batman Begins are all pretty good remakes. I'm waiting for someone to remake Naked Gun or Major League.

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MtLaStella
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What about the "Godzilla" remake with Matthew Broderick? LoL
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cowandchicken
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I think the remake of The Hills Have Eyes was pretty good.
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pjb2377
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If they ever remake Pretty Woman, I'm gonna be one pissed off bitch!
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HarryReems 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 2082 Globally Banned	I think that Double Dragon movie is pretty awesome. If they ever do a remake of that, I will NOT pay to see it.

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80skidAK 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 703	It depends on teh film you're remaking. If it's a good but flawed movie that could use an update, some fresh reinterpretation, offers some new perspective or style, or actually fixes the problems with the original, then it's okay. David Cronenberg's version of "The Fly" is a perfect example of this. If, on the other hand, the original was a -great- film on its own, then no. A perfect example of this would be Gus Van Sandt's "Psycho". That movie was the film equivalent of someone tryng a pencil tracing of the Mona Lisa.

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Video Jukebox 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 1069	John Carpenter's The Thing is one of my favorite remakes. I'm also rather fond of the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland. And, Cronenberg's The Fly was excellent.
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Captain Howdy 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 2212	Don't re-make Big Trouble In Little China! Or else you will be sent to the hell of the up-side down sinners!

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Saradomin 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 582 Globally Banned	I enjoy the classics, don't get me wrong but I do. I'm a little mad that Hollywood has been spewing out these remakes since around 1998-1999 in which the majority of them don't hold up to the originals. I like the idea of making something original and innovative, not simply to do a remake of an older classic just so it can be seen by younger generations and today's society. Some remakes I personally have liked, but I think many of them are a waste of space.

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Ilikethepixies 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 6051 Globally Banned	When Disney remade "The Little Mermaid" (even though it wasn't a film), they took a perfectly good, dark tale of morality and the nature of man and made it into some silly cartoon about singing fish and crustaceans.

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MtLaStella 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 340	What about the "Godzilla" remake with Matthew Broderick? LoL
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cowandchicken 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 648 Account Disabled	I think the remake of The Hills Have Eyes was pretty good.

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pjb2377 6 years 10 months ago Posts: 952	If they ever remake Pretty Woman, I'm gonna be one pissed off bitch!

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