Remake of Big Trouble In Little China.

[etmoviesb]

Would I like to see The Rock star in an offbeat action comedy? Absolutely.

Should that offbeat action comedy be a remake of BTiLC? Most definitely NOT.

You nailed it.

I like The Rock, I think BTiLC main character role is where he shines most. "Strong man in a strange situation he cannot really understand fully," but what the heck.

Why a remake, make a new movie. Just state as objective: a kungfu comedy like in the golden age of cinema, the '80, with The Rock coming in and saving the day.

Of course your movie will share similarities with other, but where is the problem...

[ulthar]

Why a remake, make a new movie. Just state as objective: a kungfu comedy like in the golden age of cinema, the '80, with The Rock coming in and saving the day.

Of course your movie will share similarities with other, but where is the problem...

You raise an excellent point.

Why not just make a new movie that pays homage to not only BTiLC but any other films in the genre that one seeks to honor?  Why the need to attempt "remake?"

There are a 1000 ways Johnson could make a killer film out of this kind of idea, but as a remake, his project will be stained by the "remake" label always and forever.  Even if it is good on its own merits, there are some that will never give it a proper, objective chance. 

I may well be in that group.  (I've not seen the remakes of ANY of Carpenter's movies).

[JaseSF]

It could be good but it'll never match the original.

[Allhallowsday]

I love the original, like a bag of candy.  It's a favorite though I've not seen it in years and do not own any copy.  I don't think it's good for your teeth either.   

Man, a lot of Carpenter's films have been remade or slated for remakes.

My question is "Why do people think they need to be 'updated'?"  I mean, they have followings for a REASON.

I was going to ask... why ??? 

I guess part of the blame lies on the misconception that a movie's visuals make the movie...that those 80's looks are passe and that's what needs to be updated.  But Carpenter in the 80's made films that transcend the visuals.

He did?  I mean... He did!! 

Carpenter was a tremendous film maker back in the day who was, as cliched as it sounds, ahead of his time.  I just view all these rehashings as perhaps an art lover would view a child's stick-figure drawing of The Mona Lisa.  They might be cute, but they will NEVER even approach the level of the base work.

[Flangepart]

Here's what they should do.
Cast Russel as an older, yet only a little less clueless hero, and the film opens with him running his own trucking company...and he has the hide of the monster he found on his rig at the end of the original, mounted on the wall.

"Where did you get that?"
"Killed it myself."
"Gun or knife?"
"Truck. Dumb bastich got in front of me in the I-35."
"You ran him over while still driving on the freeway?"
"It's all in the reflexes, kid."

[etmoviesb]

Very fun idea.

After the movie I was imaging something different, Russel character actually using the monster as antitheft system. Of course the monster needs food, so sometime he says: I am kinda worried, I have some valuables in the truck...

So food arrives to the monster naturally.

[Rev. Powell]

Why not just make a new movie that pays homage to not only BTiLC but any other films in the genre that one seeks to honor?  Why the need to attempt "remake?"

$$$$$$$$$

I'm sure there are plenty of unproduced scripts based on original ideas running around Hollywood. However, studios can only take a gamble on so many of these a year. Remakes and sequels make money because the built-in audience goes to see them, that's all there is to it.

[Skull]

I wonder if they are going to remake the story and then used the original script... From what I understand, Big Trouble in Little China was supposed to be a western and John Carpenter couldn't get the money for the budget.

[Alex]

Just heard that Disney are now going to remake Sister Act, although my thought on that one was "Meh". I did used to wonder why instead of taking good movies and remaking them as bad ones, why didn't anyone try taking a bad movie and improving on it. Then the remake of My Bloody Valentine came out and I've never asked that question again.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Just heard that Disney are now going to remake Sister Act, although my thought on that one was "Meh". I did used to wonder why instead of taking good movies and remaking them as bad ones, why didn't anyone try taking a bad movie and improving on it. Then the remake of My Bloody Valentine came out and I've never asked that question again.

You and director John Huston. He was always dissatisfied with his "Roots of Heaven" (1958,) and he always wanted to remake it, but . . .?! As far as I know, he never did. I have seen it, on TV, and I quite enjoyed it.

As for "Sister Act," it spawned a sequel "Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit," an year later. It has also spawned a stage version. I saw the sequel, but I have never seen the stage version, even though it came to the city in which I live. Thus . . .?! Why not a remake, especially as the Walt Disney Company is remaking many of its animated classics, as live action films, or a combination of animation and live action.

[etmoviesb]

[...]try taking a bad movie and improving on it. Then the remake of My Bloody Valentine came out and I've never asked that question again.

I did not see the original or the remake. Can you give me some context?

[Alex]

Its a stalk and slash, and if I can remember everything correctly with the premise the murders were triggered by a cave in at a mine on Valentines Day. The one survivor took to killing anyone from the town who celebrated Valentines Day. I can't remember if this was in the orginal but in the remake ****SPOILER ALERT**** its actually the 'hero' who is doing the killing via a multiple personality type disorder.

[Alex]

I'd like to see John Carpenter involved. But then I'd like to see him back at the height of his directoral powers.

Last week it was announced that Dwayne Johnson is set to star in a remake of Big Trouble In Little China, and now the action hero has revealed that there are plans afoot to get original director John Carpenter involved in some capacity…

"I loved reading the reactions from the fans, that they were so polarised," says Johnson in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "I’m the same way. My response is: know that I come to the project with nothing but love and respect for the original, which is why we want to bring on John Carpenter."

"It felt like if we surrounded ourselves with the right group of people, the right writers who loved the movie too and wanted to honour it, bring on John Carpenter in some capacity … If we did that, then we have a shot at hopefully making something good. Let’s see what feels good, what we can come up with and then go from there. As we write it, if the whole thing starts to stink up, then we thank everybody for their efforts and accept this just couldn’t make it."

Carpenter recently commented that he was not involved with the remake, although it might be the case that an official approach has still to be made. Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are currently hard at work on a script, with a release date yet to be announced.

[etmoviesb]

[...] but as a remake, his project will be stained by the "remake" label always and forever.  Even if it is good on its own merits, there are some that will never give it a proper, objective chance. 

It could be good but it'll never match the original.

Ehehe...

[Archivist]

It's not Big Trouble without Kurt Russell!

This is one of the few movies of my childhood that I do not have on DVD or blu-ray.  Will have to remedy that very soon!