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 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.
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.
What's interesting is in some ways, the visuals are actually more in than say 10 or 15 years ago. The retro 80s visual thing is quite popular, see things like Kavinsky, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Drive, or Kung Fury. Ya know what I think actually has legit promise but will never happen? A sequel to Big Trouble, with an old Jack Burton who thinks he still has it.
Spoilers: he doesn't.
