Remakes- the good, the bad, and the awful!
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Yes! And by the way, the Hallmark Channel did do a lackluster remake with atrocious cg effects back in the early 2000's sometime. I think the original has one of the best screen versions of Hercules ever. And one day, I will draw that skeleton fight!
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Tyler, the remake of True Grit was very well done. Different from the original, but still a very good film.
Here's a bad remake: The Day the Earth Stood Still. "Klaatu Baroda niktu". The original version of the film, the black and white one, was absolutely spectacular. The one with Keanu Reeves was very much a worse movie.
Also a terrible movie, The Lone Ranger. The hell were they thinking? Completely butchered one of my favorite western characters.
Here's a bad remake: The Day the Earth Stood Still. "Klaatu Baroda niktu". The original version of the film, the black and white one, was absolutely spectacular. The one with Keanu Reeves was very much a worse movie.
Also a terrible movie, The Lone Ranger. The hell were they thinking? Completely butchered one of my favorite western characters.
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Ben, I second the Pink Panther movies.
But LotR, can they truly be callen a remake? A few attempts have been made to adapt the novels, but as far I know there was only a animated movie.
Technically it could be called a remake, but it was much more elaborate and it was live action instead of animation.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, is a good remake in comparison with the BBC original.
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But LotR, can they truly be callen a remake? A few attempts have been made to adapt the novels, but as far I know there was only a animated movie.
Technically it could be called a remake, but it was much more elaborate and it was live action instead of animation.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, is a good remake in comparison with the BBC original.
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Sven, you are probably right about LotR NOt beeing a good example for a good remake since the older version had been an animated movie.
A good remake, even tough the original is at least just as good would be "Batman - the Dark Knight" in my opinion. The Tim Burton original starring Jack Nicholson used to be one of my favorite movies when it first came out and I was very surprised (in a positive sense) that the remake starring Heath Ledger has been very good as well.
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A good remake, even tough the original is at least just as good would be "Batman - the Dark Knight" in my opinion. The Tim Burton original starring Jack Nicholson used to be one of my favorite movies when it first came out and I was very surprised (in a positive sense) that the remake starring Heath Ledger has been very good as well.
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Ben, what was said about LOTR applies to Bathan, I think. There have been so many versions of Batman that I really don't think,they were remakes. They also weren't really trying to tell the same story in the same way as the other adaptations.
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Jesse, I refused to watch the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. I got to see the original Gort costume at the scifi museum in Seattle!
If you get a chance, that movie was loosely based on a short story called "Farewell to the Master", it's a great read and if they did a movie properly that could be awesome. The original movie is iconic, but if they did one that followed the story I would support a remake for that.
If you get a chance, that movie was loosely based on a short story called "Farewell to the Master", it's a great read and if they did a movie properly that could be awesome. The original movie is iconic, but if they did one that followed the story I would support a remake for that.
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Hi Ron, were you talking about the 1982 version of The Thing, or the 2011 one? The 2011 movie was a prequel, just wanted to make sure which one you mean.Ron May wrote:I googled movie remakes that failed in doing so, I would have to add these too :
Total Recall, Psycho, Godzilla, Poseidon Adventure, Robo Cop, and The Thing.
The most egregious of these to me were, Godzilla, Psycho, and The Thing.
Godzilla because it was a ground breaking classic in special effects.
The Thing because it didn't need to be remade. It's first pre-release title was "Halt Who Goes There".
Last but not least, Psycho. It did not have to be remade to "make it relevant to today's youth". This is a clear arguably one of the best classic suspense thrillers of all time. How can you improve on that?
Ron
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