Thread: .five sci-fi classics tinseltown should at least THINK on re-making

I don't know the exact timeline, but I believe he was working on the book at the same time as the movie was being filmed, which is why there are some differences, like Saturn instead of Jupiter. Whatever the case, even though I love the film, I always found the final act somewhat lacking. It just becomes a long light show with some strange images. Sure, you can come up with a bunch of interpretations, but to me it always smacked of...

....with CGI/fx today it would be instresting(not to mention PROFITABLE)...1..THE H-MAN...2..BEGINNING OF THE END...3..THE 4-D MAN..4..THE SECRET OF THE TELEGIAN..5...(c'mon warner bros. at least consider)..THEM...

How about Metropolis... though I'm not sure people would go for the political message in the film.

With current technology, they could actually make the end from the book and make it look good. As much as I love the original film, I'd love to see a newer non-Kubrick version. You mean the ending to the book that was written after Kubrick and Clarke's screenplay and the film itself were completed? ||||||||||||||| ||||| | |||

Better they just choose from the thousands of excellent written sci-fi stories and faithfully bring them to the screen! That would be something, but I ain't holding my breath!

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"Plan 9 from Outer Space" 1st - you can't make anything that would be worse than original (I mean it's values as a horror, action, sci-fi movie) 2nd - the story was actually a bit more clever than most of the crap that comes out now. Really wouldn't we like to see aliens in Trek-like shiny, sterile star ships who would decide that people are threat to the galaxy and should be wiped out and for that purpose...

Yeah, I'm one of those people who cringe every time someone suggests remaking a 50's sci-fi or horror movie because they always want to improve on Forbidden Planet, The Incredible Shrinking Man and The Thing From Another World. Here's a novel concept: remake something that should have been good but just missed the mark. The 4D Man (a particular favorite of mine) could be improved with today's sfx. Creature With the Atom...

Dark Star with a big budget and a few good players...

Your almost right theyellowsign, the book and the screenplay were worked on at the same time, the Jupiter ending was used in the film because Kubrick didn't think they could achive the Saturn 'set' effectively. The story of the production/ writing is show in the book The Lost Worlds of 2001 which includes some additonal background Material. Of course 2001 came from the short story The Sentinal with a lot of influence from...