The best example is The Thing. The original film in the 1950s was awkward af. But the 1980s remake by John Carpenter was chef's kiss. Then they made a remake of a remake and it was meh.
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You scared me for a second, being only aware of the 80s one I thought you wanted a remake of that lol
Dune comes to mind
Instead of the corporatization of storytelling, we should be letting artists tell the stories they want to tell. We should engage with our media more critically and stop chasing nostalgia.
Somebody ought to remake Demolition Man
I only know about that in the case where the film was bad, but based on an great book. The Lord of the Rings and Dune both had bad films made of it.
Because nobody will fund a huge production that's based on something that didn't do well. Are you nuts? Are you going to go up to people and ask for 50 million dollars or whatever and say we're going to take this thing sucked that nobody liked and we're going to redo it.
I mean, they've made how many Percy Jackson movies? Pretty sure no one likes any of them.
Let's have multiple reboots going at the same time. I think it would be great to have like three reboots of Jurassic Park going at the same time with different directors. I want to see a full length Wes Anderson take on the film, but also a Zach Snyder take and maybe a Danny Boyle take competing on the same weekend.
On a vaguely related note, why aren't we making more movies that take a Shakespeare plot and just stuff it in a different setting without trying to hide it? Like 10 Things I Hate about you was Taming of the Shrew.
Tell me you wouldn't watch Mechbeth.
Macbeth... IN SPAAAAAAACE!!!!!
There have been a bunch: Throne of Blood is Samurai Macbeth. Warm Bodies is Zombie Romeo & Juliette
I kinda think Event Horizon had a phenomenal concept, but had a C+ execution. If there's a movie I think needs a remake, it's that.
I kinda thought we were going to get a new Howard the Duck for a second. That would’ve been hilarious either way it panned out.
I think we should take something really underrated but improve it. Off the top of my head, The Rollerblade Seven.
This only works on like mid movies, maybe. You can't do it with a film like Plan 9 from Outer Space or The Room because the jank is part of the appeal. But maybe an actually good version of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow? Sucker Punch, but with a better director?
Mid movies with an interesting premise. That's the point of OP's post.
Scarface, Omega Man, The Bird Cage, Thomas Crown Affair, Ocean's 11, Fist Full of Dollars, Vanilla Sky, Wizard of Oz, The Bourne Identity: all remakes. Arguably, the new Dune movies might be considered remakes of a relatively mid original movie, though the new ones are far more tied to the book.
So taking the 1993 mid kids' movie Rookie of the Year and adapting it to a modem take where the lead is 19 and plays soccer for Arsenal or whatever, would be what OP means. Or redo the 1993 racist POS movie Falling Down. Or Dave, JFC.
There is no saving Sucker Punch. The fundamental premise of the movie is each rape is a fight scene showing a literal interpretation of a metaphorical struggle. It's not recoverable.
how about we gut the premise but keep the badass ninja schoolgirls and campy explosion-filled fight scenes and charmingly dated CGI, and let Angela Robinson direct it
Uh, they remade The Room starring Bob Odenkirk.
What about remaking foreign movies into domestic interpretations? La Pacte des loups could use an update.
They knew how to do this in the 80s. Little Shop of Horrors, The Fly, and The Thing for example. All remakes that far surpassed the cheesy originals.
The 80s version of The Blob is terrifying.
I was scared of the colour pink for like 3 years in primary school.
I nominate _The Room _by Tommy Wiseau. It coulda been good.
How many more versions of Tron do we need?
yes
One more.
- T ron.
- R eboot.
- O h fuck, why did we cast Jared Leto
- N ow we're talking.
Tron Reboot, fuck yeah make it happen!
Keep em coming. Tron: Legacy is my all time favourite.
Do you want Fantastic Four? That's how you get Fantastic Four
[raises hand] which Fantastic Four... Last I counter there were like five... I think... I lost count.
Well, there was the "We want to keep the rights" movie from the... 90s, I think? Then the two with Jessica Alba, then Fantfourstick, then the MCU version. So, yeah, five by my count.
Do waterworld again!
Is it a flop? I thought it's good from recent viewing, no nostalgia involved because i never watched it back then. Wouldn't mind for another one in that setting though.
It was the most expensive movie ever made at the time, which attracted a lot of criticism. It made a profit though.
I think the movie is amazing, but it was generally panned as an expensive flop. I think the setting is really interesting and the practical effects were out of this world
I want a remake of Tetsuo!
The shaky can of this movie makes me nauseous :(
Kaneda?
Iron man, maybe
Airplane!
You picked the wrong time to start sniffing glue...
Airplane is a remake of Zero Hour, which itself is a remake of Flight Into Danger. I don’t think we could take another level of remakeception. It would probably turn out to be a musical.
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Surely you can’t be serious‽
Absolutely not
Surely you must be joking. That would be awful.
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Interesting. Who plays Divine/Babs?