Bad films that should be remade

[Khephra]

IN the Zardoz thread, I mentioned (not originally tho) that Zardoz is a bad film that's good and should be remade.

Any other "bad" films that should be remade? Most remakes are crap, but sometimes...just sometimes...we get genius (E.g. Cronenberg's "The Fly").

[Raenelle]

1. Chick flick--an old movie, it should have been better--Forever Amber

[slackmaster]

2. Dark Star

It's YOUR turn to feed the alien.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter.

Not bad, but I'd like to see some Quatermass remakes.

[Khephra]

5. Quatermass

I wonder how many people here even know who Quatermass is?

Nevertheless, I agree. I haven't seen Kronos in years and then only once, so I don't really have that much of an opinion on it.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

7. Quatermass was good early high-concept sci-fi.

I'd like to see it brought up to date.
Although, the original was definitely disturbing and effective.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/quatermass/

[WilliamPitt]

4. The Running Man

done with loyalty to the short story.

[Khephra]

11. That would be like trying to get Chuck Palahniuk's (Fight Club)

book, "Survivor" into a film. If you haven't read it, it involves an ex-cult member hijacking a plane. You read as the plane goes down, down, down...

[XNASA]

6. Slapstick

If only to erase the original from everyone's memory.

Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Merv Griffin, Orson Welles and Pat Morita............How could it all have gone so terribly wrong??????? :D

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. Casino Royale.

For similar reasons.

[XNASA]

18. At least you can listen to Bacharach and look at Ursula Andress...

Funny how Orson Welles is in both Slapstick and Casino Royale.

[terrya]

20. And watch dignified Deborah Kerr make a complete fool of herself.

"Casino Royale" is almost painful to watch...

[Khephra]

12. I'm SO sorry that you had to see Slapstick!

I lost my sanity veiwing it.

[XNASA]

17. So that's when it happened...........

:hi:

[terrya]

15. "A Visit to a Small Planet"

Gore Vidal's wonderful play turned into an idiotic mess of a movie with childish acting Jerry Lewis (at his very most immature) as star.

[soothsayer]

8. They Live!

Updated to better reflect the BFEE.

[Khephra]

16. If I was a better writer and had the connections

I'd love to see an ongoing "They Live" comicbook. Nada (Piper's character...not many people know his name) wouldn't be the star. The "They Live" universe is too big. I'd do it with an larger cast and kill off one or two of the major characters each year, just to show how fucked humanity has become.

[elperromagico]

10. I think Gus Van Sant should tackle the Police Academy saga. n/t

[quispquake]

13. I think a shot by shot remake of Police Academy is in order...

And Gus is just the artist to do it...

[Beware the Beast Man]

14. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Apparently the director completely cannibalized Joss Whedon's screenplay. The film was supposed to resemble the tone of the TV series: high action, dark yet with some campy humor thrown in. The film is just garbage.

[mrboba1]

19. I have some:

Waterworld
The Postman
Dances With Wolves


Get a REAL actor!!!
(he actually fits in the baseball movies, though) :shrug: