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Remakes Vs Originals - Ever watched a remake which was better?
Posted by Tiger33 • 8/13/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: asian movie remakes, movie remakes
Ok we've had a hell of alot of remakes released in the last few years.
And with the new Tron on the way i got thinking.
As anyone actually ever watched a remake which was superior to the original?
With Asian movies and their hollywood remakes the answer is generally NO
Infernal Affairs > Departed
Ill mare > Lake House
Can only think of any remakes which were better also is there any film in which you would like to see a remake?
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
War of the Worlds
Both Original and Remakes had amazing things about them - especially if you take creation dates and capabilities into account.
I would love to see MORE older films put into NEW movies - with new actors.
I would - and this is just a personal wish - like to see the old Jerry Lewis movies - and Marilyn Monroe Movies remade...
And I'd love to see a NEW Remake of the Wizard of Oz --- I mean following the Script - and everything - not some weirdo kind...
And I would love to see Quantam Leap...
And Alias made into movies.
Oh - and might as well make LOST into a real movie series - instead of made for TV.
Sigh...
Beverly HIlls Cop - those could be redone - they were pretty cool.
An yanno - I'm sorry - I TOTALLY Dug DEMOLITION Man - and Logan's Run - and think those could be redone.
Just some whacked out thoughts..
I think EXORCIST could be redone too. -
you know what you are right
Quantam leap the movie would be fantastic! -
Every re-make of an old classic I've seen has been a complete disaster. The two absolute worst were The Razor's Edge and DOA. Invasion of the Body Snatchers was pretty loathsome as well. Also, American renditions of good contemporary European films are almost always inferior to the original. -
Edited because: Read the question wrong.
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How about tv shows?
Battlestar Galactica -
TRON is going to be re-made? I loved that 80's film!
I want to see Krull re-made...don't laugh.-
A krull remake would be awesome
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the Tron movie is a sequel not a rehash of the original
apparently it continues right where the original left off -
tv shows could be a good thread too but lets wait and see what the new version of V is like (really hoping for good things from that)
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king kong's remake was great imo. also the departed was the best!!! -
The Return of Martin Guerre was a 1982 French film based on events in C16th France that really did happen. I was reading French history back then, and felt the story was improbable but believable. Gerard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye were wonderful.
Sommersby was a 1993 American remake of the very same story, but this time they set the events in the USA, just after the civil war. I don’t dislike Richard Gere and Jodie Foster’s acting; I just think a remake into another nation’s culture is silly. It would be like inserting the Gallipoli story into Peru’s cultural history. -
Dawn of the Dead
I thought the remake was alot more fun (dont hate me!)-
I was gonna say dawn of the dead - its the first that comes to mind when i think of good remakes
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I prefer watching the Originals. Remakes sometimes change each every detail of the story. Thats why am so disappointed to watch Remakes.-
thats possibly the difference between a remake and a re-imagining though. For example House of Wax was a "name only" remake which was more of a re-imagining of the concept
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I like to see original only always. If i see remakes that makes me to feel that it is just a xerox copy, and the mind did not get into it. -
fine then
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Don't even get us started... There are waaay too many remakes, although some enjoyable, we maintain there are many many classic movies which should NEVER be touched. Ever.
Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins
Logan's Run
Some Like it Hot
The list could go on and on... leave 'em alone Hollywood! -
I think I've answered this
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One of the writers on my blog wrote a really good article about remakes and originals. The article relates to asian movie remakes but I believe the arguments hold up well regarding any type of remakes
Click on my name to see the blog then the post called
"Why Hollywood Remakes Don’t Measure up to the Asian Originals Part 1"
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