Remakes of classics

Again another 80's film. It's just down to the people that saw the films and seres as kiRAB are now in their 90's and working in the industry and want to remake theur childhood.
In about 15-20 it will be lots of films and TV series from the 90's getting the remakes as the next batch of kiRAB grown up arrive.
Jump forward another 15-20 years and it will be remakes of the film in the last 10 years. No doubt a film version of Heroes, Prison Break and 24.
 
Remakes happen all the time. It is just a fact of life. Remember Psycho getting remade by Gus Van Saint a few years ago? Plus the "hilarious" remake of The Ladykillers by the Coen Brothers(oh dear avoid it!).

Other films that have been re made is Bad Lieutenant(this time with Nicholas Cage).

Plus both The Long Good Friday, and Mona Lisa are getting US remakes.

One day we can expect Citizen Kane getting remade!
 
I was just on IMDB looking at Clint EastwooRAB profile. I then found my way on to Jeff Bridges profile via Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. Bridges will be playing Rooster Cogburn in a Coen Brothers remake of True Grit.
 
Remakes are getting abit frustating, the odd remake is fine some of them are atcully good. BUT THEY ARE GOING WELL OVERBOARD, and the quaitly isn't even there, Night Mare On EElm Street for example.

It Can't be that hard to think of an original movie, i could probally think up about 20 in an hour.
 
A prequel of The Thing is due.
Stephen Kings IT,i heard the script got handed in just after new year.
Jeepers creepers 3 starts filming soon.
Escape from New York remake has been given the green light,id rather see a part3 than a remake,supposedly John Carpenter has a script called Escape from Earth.
 
Oh dear. ANother classic film ruined by a crap remake (I know, I haven't seen it but I have yet to see a remake that is better than the original).
I am giving up with watching new films. No new or original ideas in Hollywood at all.
 
Hollywood is dead. I think the world neeRAB something new. Something which ventures away from pretty CGI.

European cinema is amazing but it's (a) not in English so no one will watch and (b) doesn't have millions spent on shiny CGI to make cities look fantastic.

I am going to crawl under a rug and watch German films from now on, danke.
 
Theres the argument that its always been remaking the same basic couple narratives since the beginning. Who cares anyways, anything has the chance of being great, or failing horribly. It doesn't cost me anything for them to try, fear seems to be based on the strange idea that people will somehow find a mediocre remake so amazing that they'll forget an original.. it just doesn't work that way. When a remake fails, the original only gets free press, look at psycho. When a remake succeeRAB like with batman,i'm sure there was interest driven up for the burton films as well. Its hard to lose.
 
non-English should not be a barrier to watching a film, and I pity the fools (in best B.A voice) who miss out on such treats because they lack the brain power to handle it. As for "they lack CGI to make cities look great", well I disagree, not with the lack of CGI, but cinematography of many world cinema films is fantastic, just by using natural locations and good visual techniques. Motorcycle diaries - a film with superb vistas, and any film by J. P Jeunet - a visual treat better than any CGI bollocks!
 
Worst one ever in my view: The Day the Earth Stood Still.

The 1950s version is an all time classic with an important and logical message.

We had newly aquaired nukes....and, the means to put them into space, hence, we became a Threat to "them out there". So, they came here, and said "Play nice, dont you DARE take those things out into space, or we'll turn this rock into ash"......

New version. Aliens came down to stop us messing up OUR planet. So we were NO threat to "them out there", so why would they give a damn? And then, he turns off electricity at the end, which would result in the deaths of billions, through war, starvation, sickness...etc...........pointless all round.

The special effects in the 1950s version were better too..... :cool:
 
I think it is pretty easy to see where this is all going.

Hollywood has run out of ideas. Can they remake RoboCop again after this new rmake? Remakes of remakes? No, I think, like TV to a certaion degree, film is becoming obsolete.

The future? Games.

Why watch a film, when you can take part in one.......? Was'nt some war game released this year the biggest "Entertainment release of all time" made billions. Probably beaten by Avatar, but thats a video game too, with fans saying "they want to live in Pandora".......Cant do that with a film, but you could in a simulation.....
 
I don't think movies are becoming obsolete, nor do I think Hollywood has run out of ideas. I just think that the studios are unwilling to financially back new ideas in this current economic climate. Taking a punt on a tried and tested story, with the added nostalgia factor is likely to guarantee a better box office draw than a brand new pitch.
 
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