A Totally Unneccesary Remake

[5stone10]

Capricorn One --<br /><br />I hated that movie the first time.

 

[jmilsom]

Why do they always feel they have to remake films? There is so much fantastic material out there just beckoning to be made into film. As someone has said, I guess it is a safer bet financially and less risk for the Director to stay with something tried and true.<br /><br />I am skeptical about remaking <i>The Day the Earth Stood Still</i>. No doubt, there will be more violence, more deaths, no subtlety, exaggerated bad guys etc etc.<br /><br />I recently watched the original <i>Day of the Jackal</i>. It is such a good film. The remake is more a parody than a remake. They took away all the brilliant tension and subtlety and replaced it with Bruce Willis blowing people away and how ridiculous was that gigantic, super remote controlled machine gun......<img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<i>Why do they always feel they have to remake films?</i><br /><br />I think they believe since the original movies were so popular, it's a sure winner a second time around - with a built-in "Cult" audience who will assuredly go see it.<br /><br />Something like that. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">Why do they always feel they have to remake films?</font><br /><br /><font color="red">$$$$</font>/safety_wrapper> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Lack of creative imagination is one reason <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Worth a new CGI look <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[qso1]

I agree there. I'm one of those folks who can appreciate the classics and the remakes if the remakes are good. Its one of those deals where I'd just like to see them remake the movie mostly the SFX part while retaining as much of the original storyline as possible.<br /><br />One case in point...Godzilla remake of 1998. I liked the movie, the CGI monster was awesome...but it wasn't the Godzilla I recall from my youth. I still liked the movie anyway. Just thought they might as well have made it about an entirely new monster. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

That's true: there have been good remakes, and sometimes it's nice to see improved SFX. On the other hand, I think the effects in Day the Earth Stood Still were perfectly good, standing up surprisingly well even for today's jaded audiences. They kept things subtle, and limited the SFX so that they did not overburden the story or call attention to any failings. Nowdays, SFX are often used almost as spackle, liberally spread wherever necessary to keep the audience entertained (by distracting from the deficiencies of a poor story -- and make no mistake, this could become a poor story if told badly).<br /><br />My biggest worry is that with Hollywood's tendency to push young, inexperienced filmmakers (believing wrongly that quality results from having fresh ideas, and not from the experience to know how to express ideas well), they'll end up with something which really won't stand up well to Robert Wise's phenomenal direction. That was the single biggest factor in the original film's success, although the fine cast certainly was also vital. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[qso1]

CalliArcale:<br />Nowdays, SFX are often used almost as spackle, liberally spread wherever necessary to keep the audience entertained (by distracting from the deficiencies of a poor story<br /><br />Me:<br />Thats true. Special effects does not make the story and the classic movies such as Forbidden Planet had some pretty awesome effects anyway. I'd prefer to see new stuff come along but maybe Hollywood is getting as fearful of risk in its sci fi as we as a nation seem to be about human spaceflight. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[docm]

Sometimes remakes are a good thing. One example is "The Thing", ostensibly based on "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr.<br /><br />The original made in 1951 as "The Thing from Another World" was only loosely based on the novel, making Thing out to be a humanoid carnivorous carrot. <br /><br />Jim Arness in coveralls and under poor lighting. <b>NOT</b> what Campbell had in mind <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />The 1982 remake by John Carpenter was a <i><b>much</b></i> better film, and followed the novel much better with Thing being very alien and assuming the identity of its victims. This one has in your face scary effects and direction.<br /><br />Favorite scene: half the movie.<br /><br />Favorite line is when Palmer sees the spider-head walking out of the room: "you gotta be ****ing me!". Perfect <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <br /><br />IMO a classic. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>