What movie would you like to see re-made?

[hedgehog]

I'll go first - Gone With the Wind - but only if Spike Lee directs!

[Mutley]

1. Nothing.

I want them to make something original for once! Not based on a book. Not based on another movie. Not based on comics books. Not based on a true story. Original. Idea. Please. x(


:rant:

And that was my short rant for the day. :P

[Deja Q]

3. But that's taking a risk!

Can't do that.

[Mutley]

10. Of course not!

We Americans aren't clever enough to appreciate something that might require thought.


Peggy Bundy. :thumbsup: :rofl:

[Hugin]

7. No movie is an island tho...

We all stand on the shoulders of giants.

Can't think of any more cliches...

[Mutley]

9. Of course no movie is an island.

But there is originality, and there is plain laziness. Hollywood has seemed to be fine with the latter for years now.

edit: oops :P

[Hugin]

14. True... True...

I'm also kind of tired of all of the spin offs.

It's gotten hard to even think of "original movies"... For the sake of this
discussion I'm only counting "original movies" as those which may have been
based on a relatively unknown book. Not those based on a popular best selling
tome.

[Mutley]

17. I guess I don't mind a movie based on a book I haven't read

but if I've read a book, I tend to really despise the movie. I probably won't see this Da Vinci Code 'til it comes out on DVD.

[XemaSab]

18. What about

"The Island?"

[Hugin]

19. IS! IS! I said, IS!

Jeeze, you'd think this was "The Island of Dr. Moreau"!

:hi:

[Mutley]

21. Technically they (spoiler I guess)

weren't on an island. :P

[terrya]

2. It might be interesting to see a remake of "Network"

It was and still is a brilliant film. But it might be interesting to get some perspectives of television and corporate interests today.

But the talent in front and behind the cameras would have to be just as good as the original.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

27. IIRC, George Clooney is planning on doing a live version for one of the

networks.

[terrya]

31. And that's the man who could do justice to it

And a live version...Clooney did a terrific live version remake of "Fail Safe". That's in very good hands. :thumbsup:

[Catchawave]

29. Starring KO as Howard Beale !

He's already auditioned for the part:

[Hugin]

4. "Best Defense"

Tighten up the story a bit, especially the ending... Better editing...
Otherwise, it'd be good.

Too bad it bombed so badly the first time.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

5. I'll second that.

[anarch]

6. First Blood

But they'd have to stick to the book version this time.

[genie_weenie]

30. Dude! You could get Stallone to play the Sheriff this time.

I'm sure the ironic killing Rambo would intice him. Eh, Yo!

[anarch]

33. Holy shit, that's perfect!

It would serve him right, after that remake of Get Carter.

[kid a]

8. Roadhouse - with Ultimate Fighter champs and cages

[taterguy]

11. Midway

That mid-70s flick about the World War II Pacific battle. I'd love to see what modern special effects could do with the air combat scenes.

[JohnKleeb]

15. I feel the same way but with the Longest Day

We've only had one real definitive D-Day movie in the last 5-10 years and I loved Saving Private Ryan but I'd like to see a film that tells the whole Operation Overlord story, I realized Saving Private Ryan wasn't intending to do this but I'd love a D-Day epic.

[mikeytherat]

12. Terms of Endearment - done with sockpuppets and with a happy ending.

mikey_the_rat

[theophilus]

13. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and go with the Books this time.

It might be more practical to do it as a thirty minute T.V. show (sort of like the original T.V. version). It has to be many hours long to work in all the bits that are actually charming, etc. Now, I can stand some updates....like cell phones and ipods for digital watches....but please stick to the original spirit of the piece. Bring back the original Marvin while you're at it!

[mikeytherat]

16. But Arthur and Trillian's romance made the movie so sweet and nice...

bleccccccccccccch!

I agree; I wasn't expecting much, but the movie pretty much blew.

mikey_the_rat

[Benfea]

46. You're disagreeing with the person who wrote the script?

You do know that D. Adams wrote the script, right?

That's just too much material to really do properly in a movie. Go rent tapes of the radio show and quit yer whinin'!

[genie_weenie]

20. Titanic.. no wait

Episodes I, II, III - horrible horrible horrible!

Hard Times (A Chuck Bronson Film about Depression Era Street Fighting) with Ken Shamrock in the Bronson role.

Top Gun w/ Cruise but fully Scientilogyized.

Battle Royale (A trememndous Japanese Film- remaking Japanese films are all the rage these days) but with all those OC, American Pie and Dawson Creek actors http://www.battleroyalefilm.net/

[underpants]

22. Joe versus the Volcano....no wait the original is the greatest movie ever

[Hugin]

23. Would've been better with George Clooney...

*snicker*

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. No...we just need a sequel!!

[ghostsofgiants]

44. Joe versus The Volcano, The Comic

http://www.joeandmonkey.com/classic.php

[gpandas]

24. any of hitchcock's movies...

and i wish he were still around to direct them with the technology of today.

[AngryAmish]

25. The Poisiaden Adventure

Not the original but the one that came out last week.

[Left Is Write]

26. None. The movies I love should never be remade...

and the movies I hate aren't worth remaking.

:D

[Book Lover]

28. The Forbin Project

The original was shot like it was a Mission:Impossible episode. Not that that's bad, but not suited to the big screen. Hmmm, maybe Cronenberg should direct...

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

32. Alien 3

with someone of David Fincher's calibre (if not himself, but that's really never going to happen) at the helm free from any studio interference. (Or it could be "remade" using the original William Gibson script or the original monastry concept.)

But I am in agreement that remakes are generally a bad idea, especially this current trend of remaking films that are less than 20 years old, or foreign stuff that just came out (people working on OldBoy US - I'm talking to you).

[YankeyMCC]

34. Enemy Mine

I actually like the original fairly well but if they remade it as a trilogy more true to the books it would be an incredible and much more moving story with much more interesting characters.

I thought about "Forbidden Planet", I'm sure an update in special effects would make for a spectacular modern movie but I think I'd rather let that classic stand alone without any remakes.

[arwalden]

35. The Women

[terrya]

36. Wasn't there a recent stage production?

As I recall, Kristen Johnston was part of the cast.

Or then again, I could be wrong.

[arwalden]

38. A Buddy Of Mine Videotaped It For Me...

... when it was on PBS, but I still haven't watched it yet. Cynthia Nixon was in it.

[AlCzervik]

37. oh please no, that is one of my all time favorites, no need to redo.

[Orrin_73]

39. Battlefield Earth

:crazy: :silly: :crazy: :silly:

[noonwitch]

40. Spike should make a film of the parody of GTW

"The Wind Done Gone"

[YellowRubberDuckie]

42. 1984.

I think we need a big budget version going right along with the book.
Duckie

[WeRQ4U]

43. Only shitty movies should be remade.

Obviously, they were poorly made in the first place and need a revanmping. Good movies need no improvement so why remake them. Case in point.......The Poseidon Adventure. It was a great movie. Gene Hackman was great. There is no need to remake it with Kurt Russle and rename it "Poseidon." It cannot outdo the original and is, therefore, destined to fail.

[Courtesy Flush]

52. That's so untrue

You're assuming that a re-make improves on the original. That's a rare occurrance. Re-makes usually are poor attempts to improve something that was wasn't broke to start with. No. Not an attempt to improve. I guess it's an attempt to squeeze more money out of the name recognition of the original.

This week I posted my comments about the new version of The Producers. They should have stopped with the stage version. The new movie bites.

If it's worth re-making, it's worth seeing in its original form, and NOT re-making.

[BlueStorm]

45. Tron!!!

I know, I know, it's silly but I liked that movie and I would like to see a more modern remake of it.

Blue

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

51. Your wish is my command, master.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=7913

[Benfea]

47. The Star Wars prequel trilogy.

But not unless we can keep Lucas from being involved in it.

[Blue_Tires]

48. in my dream world, i always envisioned personally

re-writing, directing, and playing a role in "2001: A Space Odyssey"...I always wanted to release it IN 2001, and tie-in 9-11 as well (now I have to hope for "2010")...oh well--some well-funded studio scriptwriter just got his million-dollar idea

[Ariana Celeste]

49. The Neverending Story.

My favorite childhood movie. I bet there are a lot of kids today that haven't seen it.

Or possibly Willow, that one was awesome, too. :D

[XemaSab]

50. Harry Potter

With no dialogue, just "The Wall" and a few other songs as the only sound.

[KamaAina]

53. Fahrenheit 9/11: The Post-Impeachment Director's Cut

:bounce: