Much Ado About Remakes

[Awesometown]

Recently there have been a lot of remakes of great films and there are more coming Nightmare on elm street,the crazies etc. I not one of the guys who are like "how dare you remake halloween" but more Why? why don't you go and make a film i haven't seen before instead of making the same movie twice but kinda different. Write a sequel to a film make nightmare on elm street 8 or freddy vs jason 2 (I'd love to see that) or better come up with your own idea cause if it's about making money make a kids film. I just want to see something different at the flicks for once

 

[Biosophilogical]

Agreed! Except, you know, uber-old classics, none of which I would watch anyway. On the other hand, I would love to have game remakes of like ... Golden Sun 1&2 (re-make the monsters and dungons, so it is like a new game with the same plot but way better graphics and better battle options).

 

[Valksy]

I read recently that Hollywood intends to remake Teenwolf.

It made me wonder if creativity had officially been slain on the altar of making the quickest buck possible.

Frankly I don't watch remakes and it depresses the hell out of me that movies I remember going to the first time are now being remade.

 

[Frybird]

If you do a remake you definitly have a audience basis of the original-fans, both those who ***** afterwards and ones who actually hope it to be good.

And given that success is determined more and more by the opening week, studios want to have at least some of thier costs covered. (Wich kills the chance of movies without stars or a franchise behind them coming out)

It's sad, but, well, vote with your wallet n stuff...and at least "The Crazies" seems to be actually good.

 

[S.R.S.]

Yahtzee explained it pretty well in his tomb raider review.

It's all for the money.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Remakes tend to do a lot worse than the original version. Trying to take something that worked well before and change it to fit today's audience is something that has proved to work about as well as an umbrella made out of bread.

 

[CouchCommando]

I want a remake of Ben-Hur with "the Rock" in it. Directed by the guy who did gladiator, it would be awesome!!!

 

[wooty]

It made me wonder if creativity had officially been slain on the altar of making the quickest buck possible.

I do believe you've hit the nail on the head with that statement.

I'd say it was true for about 80% of re-makes out there. Hollywood should stay away from foreign movie remakes, such as the US version of The Ring to me, was far less than what the Japanese did

I think Hollywoods formula for remaking foreign horror films is:-
partially copy the idea + cutesy actress + tits + sex + gun x screaming - atmosphere = sit back and grow fat

But thats how I feel