Link....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>Michael Bay to relive A Nightmare on Elm Street</b><br /><br />Transformers director Michael Bay and his partners at the Platinum Dunes production company have been tasked by New Line Cinema to "relaunch" the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.<br /><br />Wes Craven’s 1984 slasher classic gave the world the iconic Freddy Krueger, who haunted a total of nine films and two TV series. According to Variety, the new outing will represent a "complete overhaul" of the Nightmare concept.<br /><br />Bay and chums are also gearing up for a May start on resurrecting Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th in a new film to be helmed by Marcus Nispel. This is apparently up for a "complete overhaul" as well, and movie buffs will remember just what a complete overhaul did for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - remade in 2003 by New Line with Nispel calling the shots and Platinum Dunes lurking in the shadows.<br /><br />And just to reinforce the feeling that Hollywood has completely lost the ability to come up with an original concept, Variety adds that Platinum Dunes is "prepping an exorcism thriller" for Rogue Pictures, plus a remake of Near Dark to be directed by music vid vet Samuel Bayer.<br /><br />Oh yes, and the company's filling its spare time "developing a Universal remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds", in which Casino Royale director Martin Campbell will presumably ensure that slated star Naomi Watts will get plenty of unwanted avian attention. <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
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Dammit! We just finished killing the K-1 monster over at M&L, now we have to deal with Freddy Krueger again?<br /><br /><br /><br />Crap!<br /><img src="/images/icons/mad.gif" /><br /><br /><i>I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark<br />when he made Pearl Harbor.<br /><br />I miss you more than that movie missed the point<br />and that's an awful lot girl. And now, now you've gone away<br />and all I'm trying to say is Pearl Harbor sucked<br />and I miss you.<br /><br />I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school.<br />He was terrible in that film.<br />I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part.<br />He's way better than Ben Affleck, and now<br />all I can think about is your smile and that s****y movie too,<br />Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you.<br /><br />Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies.<br /><br />I guess Pearl Harbor sucked just a little bit more than I miss you. </i> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>
..<br /><br />I don't know what to say... Seriously. How many times can Hollywood beat a dead horse? Has anyone seen ANY remake that was worth paying for at the box-office? Yet, people still go... I suppose that's encouragement enough for Hollywood.<br /><br />I think there may be a handful of remakes that were worth paying for at the box-office. "The Thing" was one of them. I don't really count "The Lord of the Rings" as it was much, much more than just a remake and it was live-action to boot.<br /><br />What's next, a remake of "Ishtar?" <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>
Dunno if you can say that.<br /><br />Batman Begins was a great 'reboot' and Dark Knight looks to be a spectacular sequel.<br /><br />Also: "Chicago" was a great flick, but it had been made before; in 1942 as "Roxie Hart". Both were great flicks in their own way.<br /><br />Not to mention how many times "The Front Page" has been remade under various titles....what is it 4 - 5 times since 1931? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
Ocean's 11 as a remake *might* be better than its "Rat Pack" predecessor - depending on your tastes...<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything." Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
"Batman Begins" was decent, but it wasn't really a remake was it? It was just a different story concerning Batman's beginning than the Keaton "Batman" wasn't it?<br /><br />I haven't seen "Chicago" but I have seen "Switching Channels" (Reynolds/Turner) and "The Front Page" (Lemmon/Mathau) which weren't bad. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>
I really can't stand the newer "Ocean's" movies. I'm probably doing them a disservice but I just don't really like the actors in those roles. I'm not a big Clooney fan. Maybe I'm an anti-Clooney fan. I suppose I do like the other actor's though. There's just something about Clooney that comes off "smarmy" to me. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>
A plot element of Dark Star (a very good underrated sci-fi near classic) was remade as Alien.<br /><br /><br />I enjoy the humor of Dark Star (can't help but think Red Dwarf 'borrowed' quite a bit from this movie) and the horror of Alien is almost beyond compare.<br /><br />As a concept, remakes are not good or bad, and if sufficient care and money are thrown at them, they have the potential to surpass the original.<br /><br />Having said that, Hollywood percieves (most) remakes as a profit center regardless of quality, and does chuck quite a bit of crappola in this format.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>
Let Jason RIP I swear I hate those movies, how many times and how many storylines can you have about a guy that kills people then gets killed and comes back again.<br /><br />New stuff, all these remakes are getting out of hand, and most of them are crap <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
<font color="yellow">A plot element of Dark Star (a very good underrated sci-fi near classic) was remade as Alien. </font><br /><br />"Alien" was more a ripoff of the 50's sci-fi film "IT! The Terror From Beyond Space". In fact the similarities caused a lawsuit by the producers of "IT!" when "Alien" came out.<br /><br />The screen play of "IT!" was penned by Jerome Bixby, who also wrote the classic "Star Trek" episode "Mirror, Mirror." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Has anyone seen ANY remake that was worth paying for at the box-office?<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Oh, absolutely. The remake has a long and glorious tradition going way back to the bygone days of storytelling, when people would retell stories originally told by others. Many of Shakespeare's plays were either remakes or adaptations of other works. "Troilus and Cressida" goes way back. And of course his plays have been restaged, both in the theater and the cinema, many times.<br /><br />Paintings and sculptures have also been "remakes", going way way back.<br /><br />So just because it's a remake doesn't mean it will suck. However, it does seem that a large percentage of modern remakes do in fact suck. I think the only reason we just see good remakes from Shakespeare's day and before is because all the sucky remakes got forgotten, and good riddance. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <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>
I'm hearing now that the Nightmare flick may be a prequel about Freddy's backstory.<br /><br />Another remake coming;<br /><br /><b>The Wolf Man (2009)</b><br /><br /><b>Release:</b> February 13, 2009 (USA)<br /><br /><b>Director:</b> ?<br /><br /><b>Writer:</b> Andrew Kevin Walker (Sleepy Hollow, Tales from the Crypt)<br /><br /><b>Effects:</b> Steven Begg (Stargate SG-1, Batman Begins, Batman, Laura Croft 1/2)<br /><br /><b>Make-up/creature:</b> Rick Baker (Star Wars & too many others to list)<br /><br /><b>Synopsis:</b> Upon his return to his ancestral homeland American Larry Talbot is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.<br /><br />Cast<br /><br /><b>Sir John Talbot:</b> Anthony Hopkins<br /><b>Larry Talbot:</b> Benicio Del Toro <br /><b>Gwen Conliffe:</b> Emily Blunt <br /><br />Benicio Del Toro as the Wolf Man is inspired casting IMO <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
Please please be true, my opinion of Michael "money-shot" Bay is well documented on here. <br /><br />If he makes this he might leave Transformers 2 to someone that can direct. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>
<font color="orange">Another remake coming; <br /><br />The Wolf Man (2009) </font><br /><br />Whats next Teen Wolf?<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
I heard about 'The Birds' coming back as a remake. I don't mind a remake here and there, but all Hollywood does anymore is remakes. The best remake I've seen in the last few years is 'Batman Begins'. <br /><br />If Naomi Watts at least has a shower scene in 'The Birds', then I will consider going to see it <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>
I could jokingly say that "Christine" is a remake of "The Car", but it wasn't.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything." Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
Wonder why no-one has remade it? Its one of my favorites!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWea3Eu97E <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything." Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
Not to be confused with this one:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzqhAmP-gq4 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything." Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
Oh wow.. I remember seeing Killdozer when I was a kid. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>
Apologizing for further derailment:<br /><br />When I was a kid, I remember seeing "Duel" when it first came on TV - I was scared of large trucks for years afterwards....<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything." Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
I hate the utter absence of original sf ideas in Hollywood.<br />Back in the late nineties I tried to submit scientifically accurate and original movie treatments and a spec script, but no one in the industry would even glance at them.
When they have finished milking the remake market...new stuff will be needed, hang in there. <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>
<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>When they have finished milking the remake market...new stuff will be needed, hang in there. <br /> Posted by qso1</DIV></p><p>Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>
<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><em>Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.</em> <br />Posted by <strong>a_lost_packet</strong>_</DIV><br /><br />I don't think they'll run out of mat'l to remake any time soon though. That kinda scares me as they seem to mangle the good stuff. Just today I was nudged into thinking about the original Johnny Quest series. It was the coolest cartoon show eva ! They ruined it in later incarnations with "sensitivity" and now I find out that a movie may be in the works. From the link;</p><p><font color="#000080">"Helping bring Jonny to theaters will be producers Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter, who recently worked together on this fall's <em><strong>Hitman</strong></em>, and screenwriter Dan Mazeau. And if it seems strange that the guys behind <em>Hitman</em> would want to work on a Jonny Quest movie -- heck, if the very <em>idea</em> of a Jonny Quest movie seems strange -- consider the following excerpt from the article:<br /><br /><em>Askarieh, a longtime fan of the series, is hoping to turn the property into a family-friendly adventure franchise -- something the studio is clearly looking for now that "<strong>Harry Potter</strong>" is winding down.</em><br /><br />In other words, folks, get ready for a lot of movies like this one. This is the part where the studio execs start throwing stuff at the walls to see what sticks."</font></p><p>PC-ness is what killed the show's kewlness IMO and now the pinheads are looking to make a HP-ized, family friendly Johnny Quest ?!? I can only hope the projected died stillborn (article dated 8/2007). Race Bannon must be turning in his grave !</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>
<p>I wonder what will happen when producers have easy access to phototrealistic, sounds alike, act alike computer generated actors from the past - I wonder if we will start to see "new" episodes of TV series like "Lost in Space" with the original cast. Sort of. (Once copyright issues on likenesses are disposed of that is)</p><p> I can't wait for the "new" episodes of Kolchak. 
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