Movies that should not be remade.

by **whitestazn88** on Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:43 am

Anybody have a list of movies that should NEVER be remade?

Personally;
Grease
The Music Man (although it happened already, it was pulled off the air after the first night)
The Sound of Music
Bruce Lee films
Little Giants
Wizard of Oz

And will probably add more later.

by **nagerous** on Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:04 am

Sorry, they have all been redone.

My list: ANY movie. Don't repeat, do something original!

by **jimboston** on Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:02 am

nagerous wrote:Sorry, they have all been redone.

My list: ANY movie. Don't repeat, do something original!

In general I agree with you... but there are some times where a remake might be OK in my mind.

King Kong for example... the ability to redo it with special effects is so much better that it could be redone well.

Though I think the latest attempt at a remake was poor.

Ditto with Planet of the Apes... the technology could have made the remake awesome... but the Mark Wahlberg remake sucked.

However, Rise of the Planet of the Apes was very well done... not a true remake, but similar.

by **saxitoxin** on Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:50 pm

whitestazn88 wrote:The Sound of Music

A remake would have Taylor Swift playing Maria, Ryan Reynolds as Capt. Von Trapp, the nuns would be replaced by an art collective of lesbian poets who impart a valuable lesson about marriage equality to Rolf, the movie would end with the children sabotaging a V-Rocket Base by singing the guards to sleep, the end credits would roll to Nicki Minaj's "Starships" and all of it would be shot on green screen in Vancouver.

So it could be pretty good.

by **Phatscotty** on Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:23 pm

by **Army of GOD** on Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:45 pm

nagerous wrote:Sorry, they have all been redone.

My list: ANY movie. Don't repeat, do something original!

Wizard of Oz has been redone? If so, we should legalize murder just for one do so I can do something to the person who came up with that idea.

Any classic movie shouldn't even be remotely touched. Movies like Karate Kid I don't really care about, because it's not really classic, it's just an important movie to a lot of people.

But if they remake something like Dr. Stangelove, heads are going to roll.

by **jimboston** on Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:50 am

Army of GOD wrote:
nagerous wrote:Sorry, they have all been redone.

My list: ANY movie. Don't repeat, do something original!

Wizard of Oz has been redone? If so, we should legalize murder just for one do so I can do something to the person who came up with that idea.

Any classic movie shouldn't even be remotely touched. Movies like Karate Kid I don't really care about, because it's not really classic, it's just an important movie to a lot of people.

But if they remake something like Dr. Stangelove, heads are going to roll.

I think he means "the Wiz" with Micheal Jackson.

I don't consider that a remake, I consider it a spoof.

by **Dukasaur** on Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:23 pm

Army of GOD wrote:
nagerous wrote:Sorry, they have all been redone.

My list: ANY movie. Don't repeat, do something original!

Wizard of Oz has been redone? If so, we should legalize murder just for one do so I can do something to the person who came up with that idea.

Any classic movie shouldn't even be remotely touched. Movies like Karate Kid I don't really care about, because it's not really classic, it's just an important movie to a lot of people.

But if they remake something like Dr. Stangelove, heads are going to roll.

They did a remake of The Producers. Nothing is sacred any more...

by **Woodruff** on Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:50 pm

whitestazn88 wrote:Anybody have a list of movies that should NEVER be remade?

All of them. Yes, I am serious. Find your damn creativity, Hollywood!

by **Iron Butterfly** on Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:10 am

Citizen Kane
Gone With the Wind
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Blade Runner

I was going to put Dances With Wolves but that was remade and called Avatar.

by **daddy1gringo** on Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:55 pm

whitestazn88 wrote:Anybody have a list of movies that should NEVER be remade?

Personally;
Grease
The Music Man (although it happened already, it was pulled off the air after the first night)
The Sound of Music
Bruce Lee films
Little Giants
Wizard of Oz

And will probably add more later.

Do you mean movies that are so good that to re-make them would be like sacrilege, or that are so bad that we should just give up on the whole concept, or are you looking for both and we should specify which?

by **jonesthecurl** on Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:05 pm

Ok, I'm gonna post in pairs. No, triplets.

Too Bad to remake:
Godspell
Too Good to remake:
Rocky horror Picture Show
Would like to see a better remake:
Land that Time Forgot

by **nagerous** on Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:50 pm

Apparently they are remaking Jumanji. Bastards.

by **Army of GOD** on Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:38 pm

nagerous wrote:Apparently they are remaking Jumanji. Bastards.

=(

no way it'll even be half as good as the original. ugh, but idiots are going to justify their reboot by going to the theaters and handing them money for a shit movie.

I hate people.

by **ender516** on Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:12 pm

whitestazn88 wrote:Anybody have a list of movies that should NEVER be remade?

Personally;
Grease
The Music Man (although it happened already, it was pulled off the air after the first night)
The Sound of Music
Bruce Lee films
Little Giants
Wizard of Oz

And will probably add more later.

Re: The Music Man -- are you referring to a TV movie from ages back? I think I have that on VHS still. I've been meaning to watch it. If it's that awful, now I MUST see it.

Re: The WIzard of Oz: I don't think anyone has tried to adapt the original story recently (apart from an animated series some years ago). Disney made that dark film, Return to Oz, (based on the second and third Oz books, I think) and lost a bundle because it's really too brutal to show to children. Now I hear that a prequel, Oz The Great And Powerful, is coming (saw a trailer). I think they made this because they couldn't get the film rights to the musical Wicked.