Remake vs Original

[Perk]

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

[jmc]

1. Original.
2. Remake.
3. Only saw original.
4. Original.
5. Remake.

[Brother Ragnarok]

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

[Pete B6K]

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

[The Burgomaster]

I vote for the original on all of them (except for RINGU - I haven't seen either version yet).

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[Offthewall]

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

[onionhead]

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??)

[Damien01]

Roller Ball (the remake) what the hell are they thinking, didnt they see the original film? or even read the book???

[raj]

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.

[The Burgomaster]

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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[Perk]

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.

[Evan3]

 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.

[Skaboi]

1. Original
2. Remake
3. Neither, they are both horrible.
4. Remake
5. Original

[Squishy]

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."

[Squishy]

(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.