Arrrgh More Remake Hell!

[Chadzilla]

Both Willard and Ben were released on video by Prism Entertainment.  When Prism crashed and burned when the video bubble burst in the late eighties, Paramount Video picked up most of Prism's library and release Willard and Ben for a brief time (I own copies of those editions).

The remake looks fairly good, and the casting of R. Lee Emery as the boss from Hell is truly inspired.

[raj]

What I'd like to see is instead of remaking a good movie, remake one that sucked.  Maybe it was a good story, but the actors were bad, or the director was drunk, or the writers were on a cocaine high all the time. . .

It'd be really neat if some director said "well, that movie was a piece of crap, but I'm so damn good that I could remake it into something worthwhile."  But no, they don't have the balls to do that.  Instead, we get people saying "that movie was good, I can redo it and make a fortune!"  Here's a hint, Hollywood:  How many remakes have made a lot of money?  Huh?

[Lancer]

What I'd like to see is instead of remaking a good movie, remake one that sucked. Maybe it was a good story, but the actors were bad, or the director was drunk, or the writers were on a cocaine high all the time. . . Sounds like the making of Death Sport... A remake could be much better... :D

[Fearless Freep]

There was a thread of conversation along the lines of remaking bad movies well...a few weeks back, iirc