A lotta old movies are getting the big budget remake latlely...I'm kinda curious...are there any you guys think will be next up soon?
I'm gonna try a Crisswell and guess what ones might be next, for better or worse....
LAST HOUSE on the LEFT- Being they Did the HILLS HAVE EYES 2,is this far behind?
The OMEGA MAN - If they do it...BRUCE CAMPBELL!!!!! This guy should be a major star by now,dammit!
the BIRDS- PSYCHO got sh!t on..can this be far behind?
MARTIN-I'm surprised this HASN"T been remade yet....'course some bonehead runny nose directer will f#ck it up...
Any predictions you guys have,hope,or dread...?
Not sure but I don't like the idea of the Cannibal Holocaust remake. I really wouldn't doubt a LHOL remake. I heard awhile back it was in the works but later scraped. Unless you consider Chaos a Last House remake. I imagine they'll hit most of the bigger titles like Poltergeist, Rosemary's Baby etc.
Personally, I hate remakes. I didn't mind the Hills Have Eyes remake or the Dawn of the Dead but I still prefer the originals.
There are alot of movies I'd like to see remade.
Flash Gordon
Battle Beyond the Stars
Starcrash
Galaxina
The Last Starfighter
The Black Hole
Silent Running
Plan 9 from Outer Space
I've heard rumors of remakes of:
The Creature from the Black Lagoon :hatred:
The Day the Earth Stood Still :hatred:
Fahrenheit 451 eh. As long as they reuse Bernard Herrmann's score.
I'm actually suprised they don't have a Return of the Living Dead remake. I know they will screw it up beyond belief by making PG-13 or something but it is cult movies they have been picking on. "Warriors" is other.
Why don't we start a campaign to get Kickboxer and Bloodsport remade?
I wonder if "The Apple" could be remade well... Or maybe "The Bronx Executioner."
Apparently, Motel Hell is due out this fall/winter.
How about Citizen Kane, Casablanca or The Godfather? :teddyr:
Hmm, The Last Mimzy comes to theatres soon, how about remaking that?
I recall John Landis trying to get a deal going back in the 80's about re-making Blackie....never came to pass.
PLAN 9?!?! NO! It's PERFECT the way it is!!! "STOOPID!STOOPID!STOOPID!"
RETURN of the LIVING DEAD would probally end up using music from lame s0-called "punk" bands like Green Day,(bleech!) or even worse Rap music (shudder)...
i really dont mind the remakes i liked hills have eyes, texas chainsaw and DOTD. I am a huge fan of the wolfman and creature from the black lagoon and im am very curious to see how they turn out. benicio del toro is playing the wolfman so im not so concerned because hes a great actor and actually resembles chaney to a point (IMO). As for creature from the black lagoon i havent heard diddly except for a script review i had read over at aintitcoolnews.com. As to how they obtained it idk, but it didnt say much about the plot or any details except that it sucked. now until I read the script or see the movie and make the judgement for myself im not gonna get on its case. i can see how it would turn people off by reading it if they dont have an open mind or are controlled by these people who review these items(or movies for that matter) like they are some kind of religious entity that besiges their opinion on these people and that means it automatically sucks just because they said so. so as an after thought i dig remakes, but if you feed me s**t like the hitcher, well thats when people start to die.
The only remakes I like come from well before the "remake everything" era, stuff like The Fly, The Thing, the Blob, etc. The only newer one I like is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the one with Jennifer Beals).
I wouldn't mind if they remade stuff like The Green Slime. Cheesy acting and CGI everything would be too hilarious. But of course they'd never do that. They'd probably make it into an intentional comedy that wasn't funny at all.
I agree with Mr. Briggs, they should remake the Godfather and put Adam Sandler in the starring role. Citizen Cane with Oprah in the lead. Casablanca with Ellen Degeneres and Rosie O'Donnel in a hip hop club. They should have movie company executives come on screen after the movie and laugh. And laugh. And laugh some more.
:buggedout:
I really don't like remakes of anything or reimagining as they call it.
I heard that they were going to remake several SA films, including The Gods Must Be Crazy. :question:
I will now use South African slang mixed with Afrikaans:
"Ag nee, man, dis sommer 'n kak idee!" :hatred:
If you want to know the meaning of what I just typed above, PM me and I will translate.
GORGO RETURNS! - "The little one grew up...WAY up!"
THE GIANT CLAW - "A Bird. A bird as big as a supertanker!"
REPTILICUS - " Death comes...from a little piece of tail".
Quoteincluding The Gods Must Be Crazy.
Starring Will Ferrell and featuring Chris Rock as the bushman, no doubt. :thumbdown:
I understant the SiFi channel is doing a Flash Gordon series.
With their hit & miss ratio one never knows, what it will be like.
Quote from: moravec on March 14, 2007, 11:44:32 AM
I understant the SiFi channel is doing a Flash Gordon series.
With their hit & miss ratio one never knows, what it will be like.
I hope to god they don't go the
"dark and serious" route. There are already enough bad sci-fi shows like that on the air.
I would prefer something along the lines of the Filmation cartoon, but in live action.
Quote from: Him on March 14, 2007, 11:55:07 AM
I would prefer something along the lines of the Filmation cartoon, but in live action.
They already had that on, too. It was called
LEXX.
Meanwhile, heard that they're wanting Gerard Butler from
300 to play Snake Plissken in a
Escape From New York remake? http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19320 (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19320)
Can I get sick now?
Quote from: biff_debris on March 15, 2007, 05:19:41 AM
Quote from: Him on March 14, 2007, 11:55:07 AM
I would prefer something along the lines of the Filmation cartoon, but in live action.
They already had that on, too. It was called LEXX.
How is LEXX like the Filmation Flash Gordon Cartoon? If anything it was more like Farscape, but with a sense of humor.
Quote from: Him on March 15, 2007, 03:00:28 PM
How is LEXX like the Filmation Flash Gordon Cartoon? If anything it was more like Farscape, but with a sense of humor.
Sorry, that was pretty much a joke -- I was actually a fan of LEXX. If anything it was more like
Flesh Gordon...
Quote from: Mr. Briggs Inc. on March 14, 2007, 05:52:46 AM
How about Citizen Kane, Casablanca or The Godfather? :teddyr:
Hmm, The Last Mimzy comes to theatres soon, how about remaking that?
Sorry, Briggs. But "Casablanca" has been remade as "Armaan," "Barb Wire," and "Caboblanco." "The Godfather" has been remade as "Sarkar." Only "Citizen Kane," as far as I know, has not been remade, but it is only a matter of time.
How about remaking a film that sucked in the first place? How about the Sci-Fi Channel remakes some of their own films, albiet with a better cast and crew?
Hmmm... Nah, the world doesn't need Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy or Puppet Master Vs Demonic Toys inflicted on it again.
Quote from: CoreyHeldpen on March 16, 2007, 02:45:55 PM
How about remaking a film that sucked in the first place? How about the Sci-Fi Channel remakes some of their own films, albiet with a better bast and crew?
Hmmm... Nah, the world doesn't need Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy or Puppet Master Vs Demonic Toys inflicted on it again.
Hmmm, the Puppet Master series probably could be better with higher production values, but part of their charm is the low budget "Come on everyone, let's put on a show" attitude that doesn't get intimidated into not making a movie simply due to a lack of funds.
Rumors about a Day the Earth Stood Still (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qzcELew6frWBZspks_7SsnUuv9VNTUA-?cq=1&p=205) remake are, apparently, all too true.
As has been confirmed by another poster there's supposedly a Flash Gordon sciffy series in the works or in production, but with their track record I'm not expecting much.
Actually of all the things they could turn into a series I think Mad Max should be given a shot. Preferrably on a cable channel like HBO or Showtime or Skinemax. Jeremiah had promise but was unceremoniously dumped when Showtime ditched it's sci-fi programming in favor of catering exclusively to the rainbow coalition. And while Jericho isn't bad it's not great either, but it does show there's potential for such a series.
Alas on the sci-fi front what we'll probably get is more of the same. Enterprise redux, rebooted, re-envisioned, and probably with half a hundred more new aliens instead of exploring the show's already overfull background of extant critters.
Speaking of Critters I'm kind of surprised they haven't remade those old 80s genre movies. There's a ton of them. Alas a remake of Gremlins would probably use CGI.
I might agree with that Mad Max theory, maybe even Road Warrior, as well. Just so long as they don't remake Beyond Thunderdomem, which was, really when you think about it, totally unnecessary.
Quote from: raj on March 16, 2007, 02:51:49 PM
Quote from: CoreyHeldpen on March 16, 2007, 02:45:55 PM
How about remaking a film that sucked in the first place? How about the Sci-Fi Channel remakes some of their own films, albiet with a better bast and crew?
Hmmm... Nah, the world doesn't need Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy or Puppet Master Vs Demonic Toys inflicted on it again.
Hmmm, the Puppet Master series probably could be better with higher production values, but part of their charm is the low budget "Come on everyone, let's put on a show" attitude that doesn't get intimidated into not making a movie simply due to a lack of funds.
Yep, gotta respect that attitude.
"Rumors about a Day the Earth Stood Still remake are, apparently, all too true."
Well that's just wrong on so many levels.
I think a remake of The Gods Must Be Crazy is just an awful idea. That movie had such a wonderfully quirky sense of humor, it could never be duplicated. Except maybe by people with a lot of talent, but, yeah. Maybe I'll win the lottery tomorrow too.
I really HATE Remakes of movies. Whats the point? Its just ruining the clasic! If the movie already exists, let it be! Dont whore it out just to make a few bucks! Sorry, It just seems that movie makers are running out of ideas. Last summer I think every movie was either a remake, a seaquel, or a comicbook or videogame or book adaptation, NOT That those are always a bad idea, but some originality would be refreshing.
Quote from: KYGOTC on March 19, 2007, 05:05:33 PM
I really HATE Remakes of movies. Whats the point? Its just ruining the clasic! If the movie already exists, let it be!
Not to belabor the point, which has been made MANY times here before, but if there were NO remakes ever, we would not have Carpenter's THE THING. There are other examples of good remakes, too. (We had a thread a while back on films whose remakes are better than the original - do a search for that thread, there were some VERY interesting points made).
It's true that MANY remakes are cheap pieces of garbage. But some stand on their own as powerful, well made classics in their own right.
I view someone re-making a movie like somebody covering a well known song. Only do it if you'll be able to put your own unique stamp/vision on it and don't just do a simply re-tread.