Good remake/ Bad remake

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AURAPTOR

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:02 PM

Battlestar Galactica - Good remake

Bionic Woman - Bad remake

The T.Rex they call JANE!

MUTT999

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:31 PM

The Thing - Good remake (Great, actually)

Rollerball - Bad remake (Dismal, actually)

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:55 PM

I Am Legend
Day The Earth Stood Still
Planet Of The Apes

But... I really can't think of any bad remakes...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

The laughing Chrisisall

ZEROKIRYU

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:03 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I Am Legend

Can this really be called a remake, since it was based off a book and all?

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

IMNOTHERE

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:14 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I Am Legend
Day The Earth Stood Still
Planet Of The Apes

But... I really can't think of any bad remakes...

You forgot "The Time Machine"...

Good Remake: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (pick any one you like)
Bad Remake: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (pick any one you hate)

In the interest of gratuitous point-stretching:

Good Remake: The Lord of the Rings (remember - there was an animated version of the first half)

Good Remake-ish: Twelve Monkeys ("inspired by" a French short).

Bad Remake-ish: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (remake of the towel/stage play/computer game/book/TV Show/LP/radio show).

Forthcoming potentially good/bad remake: Forbidden Planet
( http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/12/19/james-cameron-might-direct-that
-forbidden-planet-remake/)

...potentially bad because, well, they're re-making Forbidden Planet - what could possibly (not) go wrong?

...potentially good because it sounds like James Cameron might be directing and J.Michel Straczynski (Babylon 5) writing it.

RIPWASH

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:22 PM

Two come to mind that might just possibly get me in trouble

Good remakes:
The Italian Job
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Bad remakes:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (I had such high hopes for that one and it failed me . . . BIG TIME!!!)

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'll add more later

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:27 PM

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Originally posted by zerokiryu:
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I Am Legend

Can this really be called a remake, since it was based off a book and all?

Yeah IMO, because they incorporated elements of The Omega Man into it.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:28 PM

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Originally posted by ImNotHere:

You forgot "The Time Machine"...

Yeah. That was almost good, but...
it wasn't.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:31 PM

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Originally posted by RIPWash:

Good remakes:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Yer daft man, Willy Wonka was twice as good!

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Bad remakes:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (I had such high hopes for that one and it failed me . . . BIG TIME!!!)

It was inferior because they were trying to fit in a two hour movie. What they gave us wasn't bad, just horribly attenuated.

The laughing Chrisisall

RIPWASH

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:43 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by RIPWash:

Good remakes:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Yer daft man, Willy Wonka was twice as good!

I beg to differ, so differ I shall. I didn't say BETTER than the original, I said a good remake. I am a big fan of both actually. But in terms of story in general, in fact, the Depp/Burton version is much closer to the source material with the exception of Willy's childhood backstory. In the original, there was a TON of stuff added that wasn't even in the book and some things omitted. I mean Danny Elfman (one of my favorites) even used the actual Oompa Loompa lyrics from the book in his songs! And the Oopma Loompas appeared as they were described in book (not freakish orange skinned clown midgets). When I heard they were making the newer version I read the book to my kids, we watched the Wilder version and then the new version. I was just blown away. It was fantastic.
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Bad remakes:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (I had such high hopes for that one and it failed me . . . BIG TIME!!!)

It was inferior because they were trying to fit in a two hour movie. What they gave us wasn't bad, just horribly attenuated.

I beg to differ again. I don't think that the time frame was all that important and, as I understand it, the "source material" has gone through many changes. Each and every one had changes made to it. The book, LP, radio show, British TV version . . . all different. But my main gripe was that the funniest part of the book, to me, was Zaphod. Sam Rockwell was a great choice to portray him, but in taking away Zaphod's 2nd head shortly after his introduction (and having it hidden half the time before that) really detracted from his overall character. Not to mention that I don't think they even mentioned Slartibartfasts's award for outstanding fjord design.

I dunno. I may have to watch it again.

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