remakes

Remakes are all well and good, but there are just too many of them lately, even the so called new films are remakes of foreign films.

[kung-fu-jesus]

yeah, thats why i had almost no respect for the ring and dont even get me started on the grudge

[dodge50]

Remakes are just about money. Film companies would rather turn out a remake because it is less of a gamble than making an original. They use the original as a platform to sell the remake, building on its popularity and notority, gaining years of free publicity. An original idea you have to sell to the public, it has to be exciting and new and you have to make people want to see it, and that is a big gamble for some studios. I am sure that there must be hundreds of new ideas landing on producers desks every year, but we usually end up with a tired re-hash of a worn out format. The music industry is going the same way with cover version after cover version after cover version.

That said however I don't want people to think I am against remakes. I've seen some very good remakes (TCM) and some really poor originals (The Village), but I console myself with the fact that in a few years someone will probably turn out a kickarse remake of The Village, which will be everything the orginal wasn't i.e good. Unless however the The Village was a remake of an earlier film I just never saw.

SHIT!!! I just had a thought. Does that mean the term "Original" is subjective, will the kids of today watch TCM 2003 and because they never saw TCM 1974 regard it as original.

This can only mean one thing, that my rhetoric here is just a re-hash of something someone has already said before, and that I have never had a truly original thought in my entire life!!!!

This could mean.........Oh bollocks I'm going to bed ;)

[bloodysundae]

hey well i think remakes are better then the first ones! more special effects and a hell of alot better actors/ actresses! the only problem i have is when they remake the old movies and they totally screw up the ending or some of the facts if it were a true story. but all in all i say the remakes ROCK !

[jenna26]

I am tired of the remakes myself. I don't mind the occasional remake. In fact, I like several; I love Cronenberg's remake of The Fly, I love the Dawn of the Dead remake (kind of unnecessary but I think it is a decent film).

But I have to admit that I have been just a little bitter about remakes after The Haunting remake, which sucked beyond description and completely missed the point of the original story. Better special effects do not make a better movie. I am probably in the minority here, I know a lot of people loved it, but I hated the TCM remake because it just didn't have the impact of the original. Not even close, in my opinion. There was one really good scene in the film, but otherwise it was completely pointless and dull, yes, I found it to be boring. Slicker than the original, but that is exactly why I love the original. It wasn't slick; it was dark, gritty and terrifying.

And I am dreading The Evil Dead remake and The Fog remake.....just dreading them....

I want to see more original films and less remakes, but again, I am not totally opposed to remakes. Just don't want to see quite so many.

[urgeok]

hey whats to dread ? just dont see them unless you hear that they are good ..


i dont care about remakes one way or the other - some are good, some are bad .. just like non remake films.

i mean its not like other films are that origional - even if they arent direct remakes.

1/2 of teen comedies are just rehashes of Romeo and Juliet or The Taming of the Shrew.

most sci-fi or post apocolyptic film is just a version of Shane ..

like people have already said ... the masses crave something they can identify with. people looking for more origionality have always suffered because the movie machine is a business - it doesnt claim to make art.

[jenna26]

Originally posted by urgeok
hey whats to dread ? just dont see them unless you hear that they are good ..


i dont care about remakes one way or the other - some are good, some are bad .. just like non remake films.

i mean its not like other films are that origional - even if they arent direct remakes.

1/2 of teen comedies are just rehashes of Romeo and Juliet or The Taming of the Shrew.

most sci-fi or post apocolyptic film is just a version of Shane ..

like people have already said ... the masses crave something they can identify with. people looking for more origionality have always suffered because the movie machine is a business - it doesnt claim to make art.

I dread them because I know I won't be able to help myself.....I watch just about any horror movie out there, no matter what I hear. I am not a fan of the Friday the 13th films. Yet I have still seen them all. Why? I don't know. I need help. ;)

And no there isn't much in the way of originality these days, but I at least want to believe that someone is trying. And I figure there are some decent, fairly original horror scripts out there that are completely ignored because the film industry would rather throw money at yet another remake. I just want to see it balance out a little more.:)

[slasherman]

what about remaking "Jaws" and "Piranha"...?...Maybe the audience are ready for a new monster in the water wave ?
...and the spesial effects in for example "Jaws" can be improved..but I like the old "Jaws" too...
..And what about starting a new mad scentist wave...like "Dr Jecyl and Mr Hyde"......:confused:

[zwoti]

Originally posted by slasherman
what about remaking "Jaws" and "Piranha"...?...Maybe the audience are ready for a new monster in the water wave ?
...and the spesial effects in for example "Jaws" can be improved..but I like the old "Jaws" too...
..And what about starting a new mad scentist wave...like "Dr Jecyl and Mr Hyde"......:confused:

piranha has been remade :mad:

[slasherman]

Originally posted by zwoti
piranha has been remade :mad:

are you sure ? I seen the sequel made by James Cameron..but never heard of any remakes...:confused: