I'm really bored and so to pass time (and relieve stress from an upcoming midterm) I decided to make this thread. I will name five movies that have been remade and all you have to do is say whether you like the original or the remake more. You can consider it a science experiment if you so choose.
Night of The Living Dead
Little Shop of Horrors
Planet of the Apes
The Thing
Ringu
Have fun
1. Original.
2. Remake.
3. Only saw original.
4. Original.
5. Remake.
I know all about that midterm stress, man. There right now.
1. Original
2. Remake since I never saw the original
3. Original
4. Remake
5. Original
Brother R
NotLD - Original definitely.
LSoH - Only know the Rick Moranis one.
Planet of the Apes - So so so blatantly the original.
The Thing - Only seen Kurt Russell version, but it's a classic.
Ringu - Original by far
Pete
I vote for the original on all of them (except for RINGU - I haven't seen either version yet).
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NOTLD - Orginal although the remake is pretty good by remake standards
LSOH - The Remake
POTA - Orginal, remake was crap
Thing - remake (haven't seen orginal)
Ringu - never seen either
Holy crap! What kinda people are you to not have seen the Howard Hawks classic Thing???--snazzy dialogue, Jim Arness as the monstrous walking carrot (pre-Gunsmoke, of course). Better look fer this one boys--also look fer the original LSoH, Young Jack Nicholson in the dentis chair (I've said this before somewhere) is worth the price of a DVD or tape.
NotLD--original
LSoH--remake is livlier, but Roger Corman's original is a quirky enough cult classic
PotA--gimme break
The Thing--Original vs. remake--both have their merits
Ringu--haven't seen(holy crap, what kinda guy am I??)
Roller Ball (the remake) what the hell are they thinking, didnt they see the original film? or even read the book???
want to defend the remake of Planet of the Apes.
Hello, anyone out there?
BTW, wasn't Casablanca actually a remake? I thought I read that somewhere, long, long ago.
As I mentioned in a different string, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS are now available in 3-D versions (is nothing sacred anymore???)
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Funny thing is I got this topic intop my head after reading your topic aout 3D versions of NOTLD and LSoH. So in a way this is yet another "Spin off of a Burgomaster thread" (can't you just see that in a movie "based on a thread by The Burgomaster")
And I might as well say my piece about which ones I like.
NOTLD- I like the original (except the end) but the remake was also awesome. (Tony Todd)
LSoH- Remake if only for Steve Martin's song and the fact that they reenacted it on Head of the Class (the deciding factor)
PoTA- Original because I haven't wanted to see the remake since my roomate ruined the ending for me.
Thing- Remake because that's the only one I've seen.
Ringu- Hard choice. I like horses but I also like psychics. But Sadako's eye was creepier than Samara's. Yet the tape from the remake had a lot more substance and disturbing visuals.
NOTLD- in a close one I will choose the remake, the people werent as smart as the ones in the original
LSOH- only seen Rick Moranis version, but the voice dubbed songs gave me a headache
POTA - Original my god
Thing - Havent seen either.,..... its on my list though
Ringu- Remake is far superior if only because of Naomi Watts and the better Special effects.
1. Original
2. Remake
3. Neither, they are both horrible.
4. Remake
5. Original
Original on all five counts.
Like many, for me "The Thing" is a close call. Not a real big fan of either, but they both have their terrific moments. Ditto "Apes," but in this case, I utterly abhor the remake, and not just because of the ending.
My favorite version of "Little Shop" is actually the broadway musical, with its original, no-test-audience ending. But the original is gold.
The "NOTLD" remake was good, but not nearly as effective as the original.
Side note: Let's not forget giant monsters! "King Kong," "Godzilla," and "Yongary" have suffered inferior remakes, but if "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe" could be considered a remake, that's definitely a lonely score in the "remake" column.
For raj: "Casablanca" wasn't a remake, but was itself remade--well, rehashed, anyway--in 1980 as "Caboblanco"...with Charles Bronson. It was also the basis for two short-lived TV series of the same name!
Another title for consideration: "Cat People."
(Wakes up, looks at post) Oh God, did I just write that "Yongary" suffered an inferior remake? Well, I suppose it's true in that "Reptilian" was less entertaining, what with the total lack of death-by-chemical-induced-rectal-bleeding.
1. Actually a tie between these. I love both of them.
2. I've only seen the remake, and I can barely remember that one since I last saw it when I was about 6 or 7.
3. Original, all the way.
4. Haven't seen either of them, for some reason. Will do so, someday.
5. Can't make much of a comparison, since I've only seen the remake, which I really liked.
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Well, I do think it did address some of the late 80's/early 90's relevancies as well as the original at the same time having fun with the differences a generation can make.
Barbara the azzkicker was a welcome change, demonstrating that modern women could be as tough as needed. Ben and Cooper going at each other even more than the firstwas fun as was Ben trying to do the "right" thing and it backfiring on him.
The modern hollow doors in the upstairs remodelling was really a cute touch.
I am curious what is going to be different in the Dawn of the Dead remake.
> Night of The Living Dead
I'm a Tony Todd fan, and I almost would go with the remake, but the original does a better job of scaring me. Original by a close margin here.
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> Little Shop of Horrors
Remake, just because of Steve Martin.
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> Planet of the Apes
Original. No question. "Get your paws off me, you damn dirty human" doesn't have quite the same ring. You can't redo a twist ending like that, though the remake comes very close.
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> The Thing
Remake. Kurt Russell kicks it!
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> Ringu
Original. Sad to think that American film is resorting to borrowing Japanese successes.
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> Have fun
I did :)
How is that sad? Japanese stuff is way more stylish than anything our dumbass directors can come up with( cept a small handfull, which includes Sam raimi)