Thread: Remakes of Classic Films

I was thinking PM, but that works too I didn't even know about the other versions of War of the Worlds... Chiasaur: Which "The Prisoner"? I know one of the actors from the Australian TV show... <.<

Quote: Originally Posted by Serpentine I was thinking PM, but that works too I didn't even know about the other versions of War of the Worlds... Chiasaur: Which "The Prisoner"? I know one of the actors from the Australian TV show... <.< The classic Patrick McGoohan mind trip spy thriller TV show. AMC is remaking it. I have no idea why, but no good will come of it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Makensha The original King Kong movie was bad . Nuff said War of the Worlds the original was decent, but the Spielberg remake was better The Day the Earth Stood Still original really wasn't that good besides the concept I've never seen a Godzilla movie I've liked. I must disagree with my entire being on these three counts. (Except the disliking Godzilla bit, I can't actually disagree with you on...

The original King Kong movie was bad . Nuff said The remake of King Kong was decent, did a lot more with the concept. War of the Worlds the original was decent, but the Spielberg remake was better, although somehow sillier. Having seen three versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I still say the first wins hands down. The 70s era (maybe later, maybe earlier) one was decent, but the screaming noise they made was pretty bad. The latest one...

Edit: on second thought, rules are rules. It's not hard to find out there.

War of the Worlds Loved the original, thought the new one was acceptable, not some kind of offense to the original work, and it had some very cool elements itself, like the blood-growth stuff, but overall the original just felt like a better movie to me. King Kong Never saw the original, but thought the new one was quite good. Ooh, ooh! Battlestar Galactica Had to put it down, even if it isn't technically a film but a series, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cyrion Rumor has it that they're going to be doing a remake of Highlander. The fansite I saw this on had a report that the script was simply terrible. How can you remake that movie?

List of intended remakes, some of which are already out http://www.themovieinsider.com/classic-remakeville/ http://horror.about.com/od/upcomingm...rorremakes.htm http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1662...the_works.html It ticks me off they wanna do Rocky Horror. Godzilla rules. Accept this or there will be hairballs in your slippers as you awake i nthe morning

Quote: Originally Posted by Serpentine Which ones do you think they've gotten right? Which ones were disasters? Were any not bad, but kinda pointless? Which ones would you like to see redone? Here's my assessment of the ones I've seen: War of the Worlds I haven't seen the original film or heard the radio show, so I can't compare it to those. Well, I can say that it didn't have the same sort of impact as its first...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bhu It ticks me off they wanna do Rocky Horror. It ticks me off that they want to remake Slap Shot In general, I hate remakes of classic films. If it is a classic then it stands on its own and people shouldn't try to improve on it. I don't mind remakes of lousy or forgotten films. Usually they have a plot that this interesting but the original director dropped the ball or no one remembers it. Films in...