How long should people wait for they can make a remake of a video game, movie, etc. I personally think the remake line should be 20 years. By that time the new effects and everything will really shine and there will be little backlash if any at all.
Poll: The remake line
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How would you feel about remakes that have the same exact script as the first one but with just better video and sound quality? Like a remake of Casablanca or Citizen Kane.Alucard 11189 said:
I think there needs to be a pretty good length of time before a remake happens, like 15 years or more. It also kind of depends on how successful the original was. Something iconic, like Citizen Kane, would be idiotic to remake. Something that was a good idea, but didn't do well and remained obscure/cult would be a good choice.
I can agree with that. Gamefreak has remade Pokemon Green, Red, Silver and, Gold and they were all released 10 years after the originals were released*. With those titles you can really see and feel the changes from the original to the current iterations of those games.icame said:
As for movies, I think they remake movies at the right times too for the most part. The best movies to remake are the movies that are so incredibly old nobody really remembers what the originals were like (except for movie critics and movie buffs of course). Platinum Dunes should just stop though.
I can't wait for the Halo remake and the Ruby/Sapphire remakes that should be out soon (2012 in Japan, 2013 in U.S. if Gamefreak keeps up with it's current 10-year remake trend). I'm also interested to see when they remake movies I remember growing up with. I'm not saying the inevitable Beetlejuice or, Pulp Fiction remakes will be stellar but those will be interesting to see in the next 15 - 40 years.
I personally don't believe in remakes since the community who enjoyed the original game would do a good job keeping it fresh, and often times better than a big-budget company can. Just look at Black Mesa for instance.
But if the original developer wanted to remake one of their own games, I'd say twenty years is the perfect time. That way, the technology at their disposal would help resurrect interest in an old IP for a new audience.
But if the original developer wanted to remake one of their own games, I'd say twenty years is the perfect time. That way, the technology at their disposal would help resurrect interest in an old IP for a new audience.
That would still be a terrible and stupid idea. The actor is also important, and replacing Orson Wells with someone like Nicolas Cage is just, well...stupid. I also agree with this comment as well:Professor James said:
So no. I don't agree with a remake having the exact same script either.plugav said:
It depends, assuming we're talking about remakes, within the same medium, as opposed to adaptations from one medium to another. It depends on how fast the medium is moving and how fast the culture is moving. Video games, for instance, move very quickly; Halo, for instance, will be awesome to see with the vastly improved graphics of the last decade. Old games from before the days of 3D would be interesting to see make a conversion to 3D, even though they're just 15 or so years old now (though the current climate of video game remakes would not allow such drastic changes to happen, unfortunately).
Overall, when it comes to video games, I think we need a seriously better theory of adaptation. We have a pretty terrible understanding of what a good game remake is; unless it's exactly the same it sucks. That needs to change.
Anyway, in the case of video games specifically, I'd say a decade, give or take a few years.
Overall, when it comes to video games, I think we need a seriously better theory of adaptation. We have a pretty terrible understanding of what a good game remake is; unless it's exactly the same it sucks. That needs to change.
Anyway, in the case of video games specifically, I'd say a decade, give or take a few years.
I have never seen a movie remake that was as good as the original. People like to say The Thing, but that wasn't really a remake of The Thing from Another World, they were just based on the same short story (the first not following it that closely at all). Might as well say the Omega Man was a remake of Planet of the Apes by that logic.[footnote]Also, you can argue which was best, the first worked very well.[/footnote]
Generally, things are made the way they are because of the times they are made in. Trying to get something that worked under certain circumstances to work under different ones is unlikely to work. If the thing still works now, then that leaves you with other problems.
Generally, things are made the way they are because of the times they are made in. Trying to get something that worked under certain circumstances to work under different ones is unlikely to work. If the thing still works now, then that leaves you with other problems.