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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Aug 25, 2024 22:50:53 GMT -5
The Crow thread got me thinking, which movies would actually benefit from a remake.
My first thought was The Pagemaster--it's a great concept and could be a great movie or TV series if done right. I actually think a TV series would work better.
World War Z -- they absolutely dropped the ball with this one. How can you do a World War Z movie and bollocks it up that bad. How can you do a World War Z movie and NOT include the Battle of Yonkers?
Timeline -- The book is probably the most historically accurate time travel book. The level of research that Crichton puts into researching medieval society from the food, the languages, the style of dress, the layout of castles is absolutely insane. The movie... just decided to drop all that and made it absolute gash.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 26, 2024 0:14:36 GMT -5
I could deal with a more book faithful movie of Jurassic Park, though between all the sequels swiping the best unused scenes, it probably wouldn't go over well, I think Jurassic Park left a lot on the table that could make a kick-ass remake.
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Post by agent817 on Aug 26, 2024 0:19:36 GMT -5
Regarding comic books, I wonder how some people will take to an adaptation of the "Kick-Ass" reboot series, which is more of a follow-up than anything. I can just see and hear all of the angry comments about it, when in reality, the titular character actually was an African-American woman with a military background.
Aside from that, though, I could imagine how it would be done, especially with a setting in New Mexico, which you don't see a lot.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Aug 26, 2024 2:17:41 GMT -5
I could deal with a more book faithful movie of Jurassic Park, though between all the sequels swiping the best unused scenes, it probably wouldn't go over well, I think Jurassic Park left a lot on the table that could make a kick-ass remake. I think the movie hit most of the book's plot points. Really, the only major changes was the subplot about raptors on a boat (which I don't think is needed--it basically existed as a reason to put basically a timer on Grant getting back and restoring power) a few characters different (I preferred movie Hammond to book Hammond, but I liked book Gennaro better) and the river scene/rex escape with the waterfall. It would have been nice to see Muldoon blasting a raptor's leg off with a rocket launcher though. The Lost World though, I would enjoy a book-accurate version of that.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 26, 2024 2:27:51 GMT -5
The Crow thread got me thinking, which movies would actually benefit from a remake. There is potential in a Crow remake. The '94 movie isn't a particularly faithful adaptation of the graphic novel – sharing a handful of characters and a couple of scenes – while the 2024 movie is an even less faithful adaptation. A four- or six-episode miniseries set in a late-'70s/early-'80s Detroit that sticks close to the graphic novel could be pretty good in the right hands.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Aug 26, 2024 2:50:03 GMT -5
"Starcrash" starring Katarina Leigh as Stella Star.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Aug 26, 2024 4:48:39 GMT -5
1980’s “The Apple”.
We need a modern version of BIM’s On The Way.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Aug 26, 2024 5:03:09 GMT -5
World War Z would only work as a TV show with the Netflix or HBO big bucks... maybe you could put it on two films like the most recent It but it is a big project and the most important word of the title is 'World' seeing how all the different cultures deal with the ZA is probably too difficult for a film. I expect one day we will get the 12-part series we deserve.
Now, I've mentioned a Stephen King book I'll go with The Dark Tower for a remake. They tried to push too much into one film even though the casting was good. I think a lot of entries will be books/comics you'd like to see made or made better which could be its own thread.
It's been ages since I read Capote's novella or watched the Hepburn film but from memory, there are legs in a Breakfast at Tiffany's remake. Make Holly's character have a more complex background as in the book, Yunioshi can be a weird guy who just happens to be Asian rather than an offensive stereotype, bring back the book's 1940s setting and the time jump that makes Holly's fate ambiguous.
A lot of classic WW2, Western, and Samurai moves from the 1960s and 70s would be grand for a lick of paint upgrade due to advances in CGI, costumes, settings, camera work and the like.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Aug 26, 2024 6:22:00 GMT -5
I know there are like a million reasons why it won't happen, but I really do think, in the right hands, a modern remake of Back to the Future could be pretty awesome.
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Post by thechase on Aug 26, 2024 6:33:40 GMT -5
I want to see reboots of some MST3K movies, particularly Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, Puma Man, and Time Chasers
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Aug 26, 2024 6:36:51 GMT -5
I know there are like a million reasons why it won't happen, but I really do think, in the right hands, a modern remake of Back to the Future could be pretty awesome. I don't think it would work because the 90s or early 2000s just aren't distinct enough culturally. Music, cars, fashion, culture... nothing in particular stands out. Ok, Marty walks through the 1990s like that iconic scene when he first arrives and instead a Peugeot 405 drives past and Oasis are playing...it won't have the same feel to it. It's just not unique or distinct enough. Even the clothing--someone goes back in time to the 1990s from today, they won't stick out the way Marty did ... unless they went full douche mode and made him go for the tight trousers that end above the ankle and no socks look. Or the "you're kids are gonna love it scene". What music could Marty do from today that would absolutely shock someone in the 90s?
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Post by agent817 on Aug 26, 2024 8:43:12 GMT -5
I know there are like a million reasons why it won't happen, but I really do think, in the right hands, a modern remake of Back to the Future could be pretty awesome. I don't think it would work because the 90s or early 2000s just aren't distinct enough culturally. Music, cars, fashion, culture... nothing in particular stands out. Ok, Marty walks through the 1990s like that iconic scene when he first arrives and instead a Peugeot 405 drives past and Oasis are playing...it won't have the same feel to it. It's just not unique or distinct enough. Even the clothing--someone goes back in time to the 1990s from today, they won't stick out the way Marty did ... unless they went full douche mode and made him go for the tight trousers that end above the ankle and no socks look. Or the "you're kids are gonna love it scene". What music could Marty do from today that would absolutely shock someone in the 90s? If you look really hard enough, there are some differences in technology and fashion to some degree. There are a lot of things even in the 2000s that feel dated by today's standards.
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Post by Soultastic on Aug 26, 2024 8:45:48 GMT -5
I know there are like a million reasons why it won't happen, but I really do think, in the right hands, a modern remake of Back to the Future could be pretty awesome. I don't think it would work because the 90s or early 2000s just aren't distinct enough culturally. Music, cars, fashion, culture... nothing in particular stands out. Ok, Marty walks through the 1990s like that iconic scene when he first arrives and instead a Peugeot 405 drives past and Oasis are playing...it won't have the same feel to it. It's just not unique or distinct enough. Even the clothing--someone goes back in time to the 1990s from today, they won't stick out the way Marty did ... unless they went full douche mode and made him go for the tight trousers that end above the ankle and no socks look. Or the "you're kids are gonna love it scene". What music could Marty do from today that would absolutely shock someone in the 90s? Dubstep
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Post by BorneAgain on Aug 26, 2024 9:13:42 GMT -5
Logan’s Run isn’t a bad movie, but it is so relentlessly 70s that a remake does feel like it could do more justice to the concept.
A lot of 70s sci fi is like that; ZPG is an intriguing premise that simply needs an actual production budget of more than 10 dollars to better execute its ideas.
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Post by gerbilfacedgeek on Aug 26, 2024 9:28:09 GMT -5
I know there are like a million reasons why it won't happen, but I really do think, in the right hands, a modern remake of Back to the Future could be pretty awesome. I don't think it would work because the 90s or early 2000s just aren't distinct enough culturally. Music, cars, fashion, culture... nothing in particular stands out. Ok, Marty walks through the 1990s like that iconic scene when he first arrives and instead a Peugeot 405 drives past and Oasis are playing...it won't have the same feel to it. It's just not unique or distinct enough. Even the clothing--someone goes back in time to the 1990s from today, they won't stick out the way Marty did ... unless they went full douche mode and made him go for the tight trousers that end above the ankle and no socks look. Or the "you're kids are gonna love it scene". What music could Marty do from today that would absolutely shock someone in the 90s? That and 50s nostalgia in the 80s worked because they were seen as "simpler" times. Don't get me started on what a time traveler would walk into with the early 2000s. (I mean ANYTHING seems simpler beyond the last 4 years, give or take a few more. But yeah!) A return to the 90s would work only if it were the early 90s, IMO. Still had enough of the 80s/another time in it, still had other distinct elements.
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Post by gerbilfacedgeek on Aug 26, 2024 9:31:27 GMT -5
If Disney MUST do live action remakes, THE BLACK CAULDRON is right there.
Or again, just for the mind**** possibilities, The Fox and the Hound. LIKE THE BOOK.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Aug 26, 2024 9:57:44 GMT -5
If you look really hard enough, there are some differences in technology and fashion to some degree. There are a lot of things even in the 2000s that feel dated by today's standards. I guess one of the big fashion changes is that stuff that was considered outdated in the 90s and 2000s--mullets and perms, are weirdly back in fashion now. But that would mean making Marty into either a mulleted or brocolli-haired douchebag with tight trousers that end above the ankle and no socks. By and large though, I think you could take a regular person from today and drop them in the mid to late 90s and they wouldn't look all that out of place. Whereas Marty entering the 50s stood out like a sore thumb. The scene where Marty enters the 1950s--I don't see how they can replicate that with the 90s and have it seem just as bizarre and unusual and distinctive.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Aug 26, 2024 14:43:58 GMT -5
Logan’s Run isn’t a bad movie, but it is so relentlessly 70s that a remake does feel like it could do more justice to the concept. "Relentlessly 70s" got me thinking about the movie Phase IV, an updated take on that would be interesting. The tech in the original was so very 'of its time'.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 26, 2024 18:27:50 GMT -5
I could deal with a more book faithful movie of Jurassic Park, though between all the sequels swiping the best unused scenes, it probably wouldn't go over well, I think Jurassic Park left a lot on the table that could make a kick-ass remake. I think the movie hit most of the book's plot points. Really, the only major changes was the subplot about raptors on a boat (which I don't think is needed--it basically existed as a reason to put basically a timer on Grant getting back and restoring power) a few characters different (I preferred movie Hammond to book Hammond, but I liked book Gennaro better) and the river scene/rex escape with the waterfall. It would have been nice to see Muldoon blasting a raptor's leg off with a rocket launcher though. The Lost World though, I would enjoy a book-accurate version of that. That’s fair, I read the book every few years and just wish the movie was more like it. Like I said, all the good scenes not used were taken for all the other movies. The Lost World was just ok as a novel, even Crichton didn’t want to write it. But it’s probably better than “the Weekend Sarah Wouldn’t Stop Touching Shit After Telling Everyone Not to Touch Shit and Everybody Dies” the 2nd movie was.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Aug 26, 2024 18:39:25 GMT -5
Big Trouble in Little China but a western as it was originally conceived. Only way I would want a remake.
Especially not with the Rock as has been bandied about. Maybe years ago when he was willing to poke fun at himself but with macho insecure Rock now you lose the entire conceit of Jack Burton actually being the comedic sidekick.
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