View Full Version : Another nail in the coffin of originality
Matblack
14-01-2009, 21:34
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7828224.stm
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD COME UP WITH SOMETHING ORIGINAL! :angry:
MB
:confused:
Why bother remaking it? ::/:
I didn't get where I am today by remaking old TV classic.
Great. Super.
Not.
the_dead_parrot
14-01-2009, 22:07
Damn you BBC! They clearly failed with original sitcoms e.g. My Family, My Hero, that one with Jasper carror and the disabled indian (that may have been the title for all I am aware) and theres that new one with the Quentin woman from men behaving badly. All televisual excrement! I dont have high hopes for this remake of what was a really good program.
I wouldn't mind watching the originals again. Only thing I can remember is the mother in law :evil:
And yes WHY WHY WHY do a remake???!
Pumpkinstew
14-01-2009, 22:20
I'm starting to think I should tape a random selection of BBC productions and pop it in an envelope along with my TV licence requesting a refund.
Did you know that they are also doing a remake of the Karate Kid?
Jackie Chan to play Mr Myagi (SP?)
Jaden Smith (Will Smith's son) To play "Daniel-son!"
Shooting starts early this year apparently....
Piggymon
14-01-2009, 22:44
Nooooooo :(
Bet they won't have Cobra Kai there :/
I hope this isn't the start of a new breed of revival with classic sitcoms. Imagine things like The Young Ones being redone... doesn't bear thinking about.
Nooooooo :(
Bet they won't have Cobra Kai there :/
"Pain Does Not Exist In This Dojo - Does It!"
"No Sensai"
lol - Classic....
the_dead_parrot
14-01-2009, 23:01
I hope this isn't the start of a new breed of revival with classic sitcoms. Imagine things like The Young Ones being redone... doesn't bear thinking about.
If that ever happened I would drive down to the BBC and forcebly take their possessions to the value of my TV licence over the years. While inviting everyone I know to do the same.
I'm not surprised, originality is a rareity these days. The film industry is getting wose (it wasn't always this bad, was it?) All we seem to be doing is bloody Batman or Spiderman films. More Terminator films, rebooting Star Trek. Where's the fresh concepts? Where's the fresh ideas that Hollywood's creative industry is supposed to be coming up with? It seems they're all too busy lazing around pools and wiping their arses with $50 bills, and when it's time to do another film they just think, what cash cow still has some milk? Have we done a film about Catwoman recently? No? Great, start a triology.
There's a whole series of X-Men movies on the horizon too apparently, going into the origins of the main characters. Why? Why does that justify entire films, when that sort of info can just film a Wiki article and leave it at that. Remakes of old classics is even worse. Leave them alone, they're classics by definition. Writes/producers should respect them, let them be inspired by them, but not just think "I'll do a remake" knowing the title and subject matter will bring people in whether or not the film turns out to a complete load of toss - which it normally is, tainting the original forever.
NokkonWud
15-01-2009, 00:41
This is why I ignore British TV nowadays.
Flibster
15-01-2009, 00:43
What the hell?!!!...
Instead of remaking them - show the originals again. This goes double to the bloody movie industry - remaking Robocop. **** OFF!
I'm not surprised, originality is a rareity these days. The film industry is getting wose (it wasn't always this bad, was it?) All we seem to be doing is bloody Batman or Spiderman films. More Terminator films, rebooting Star Trek. Where's the fresh concepts? Where's the fresh ideas that Hollywood's creative industry is supposed to be coming up with? It seems they're all too busy lazing around pools and wiping their arses with $50 bills, and when it's time to do another film they just think, what cash cow still has some milk? Have we done a film about Catwoman recently? No? Great, start a triology.
There's a whole series of X-Men movies on the horizon too apparently, going into the origins of the main characters. Why? Why does that justify entire films, when that sort of info can just film a Wiki article and leave it at that. Remakes of old classics is even worse. Leave them alone, they're classics by definition. Writes/producers should respect them, let them be inspired by them, but not just think "I'll do a remake" knowing the title and subject matter will bring people in whether or not the film turns out to a complete load of toss - which it normally is, tainting the original forever.
I must admit, I've not actually watched TV in an evening in months. I think the last thing I watched was Wallace and Gromit. Certainly the movie industry needs a kick up the ass. Especially after what happened this year with the new Harry Potter film. Ie delaying it a year as they had nothig that would make a summer blockbuster this year. I'm not a huge fan but the films are normally good.
Gah, bloody x-men. The start of the last one with the sentinel "simulation" was awesome. Break out the mutants and lets kick ass. So far they have had a few spats, I'd like to see things getting really serious. Going back into the past is a cop out as that was typically covered as small side scenes. We have Gambit and a few others that need to come in as well.
Flibster
15-01-2009, 17:39
Oh god....They're even starting to remake films that are less than 20 years old.
It really sounds like they're going to be doing a remake of.... Scream!
Sorry, not remake... reboot. WHY!?! The Scream trilogy has no need to be restarted and indeed, as the story was buttoned up at the end of the third, it's going not going to be an easy one either.
Matblack
15-01-2009, 17:41
Oh god....They're even starting to remake films that are less than 20 years old.
It really sounds like they're going to be doing a remake of.... Scream!
Sorry, not remake... reboot. WHY!?! The Scream trilogy has no need to be restarted and indeed, as the story was buttoned up at the end of the third, it's going not going to be an easy one either.
They are remaking Hellraiser :(
MB
Flibster
15-01-2009, 17:59
They are remaking Hellraiser :(
MB
From the top of my head - over the next 3 years we should have arrive remakes of:
Friday 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Birds(!!)
Frankenstein
Poltergeist
Red Sonja
Robocop
Highlander
Short Circuit
Metropilis
Akira
Escape from New York
The Dirty Dozen
20'000 Leagues Under The Sea
Clash of the Titans
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Lavender Hill Mob
Vanishing Point
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
All The Kings Men
Bride of Frankenstein
The Fly
The Blob
Bastards!
Piggymon
15-01-2009, 19:49
They are remaking Hellraiser :(
MB
**** !!! :angry:
Short Circuit?! What the ****?!
SC2 is one of my favourite films of all time. :cool:
They are remaking Hellraiser :(
MB
I'd like to tear their souls apart.
:angry:
Short Circuit?! What the ****?!
SC2 is one of my favourite films of all time. :cool:
OT: Excellent sig there Belmit :D Brilliant film. (both Short Circuit and Office Space ;))
the_dead_parrot
15-01-2009, 23:27
Noooooo they cant remake "The Birds" how dare they meddle with Hitchcock! It seems they can just remake whatever they fancy. How long before they remake The Godfather? Probably staring Tom Cruise or Will Smith. Stanley Kubrik had the right idea by destroying the sets and props from 2001:
Stanley Kubrik had the right idea by destroying the sets and props from 2001:
Didn't stop 2010 being made though did it? Ok, it wasn't a remake but they just made copies of the sets and props.
I agree, some of these films listed are ridiculous, purely because I remember a lot of them first time round. How dare someone remake a film that I saw the original of. I'm not old enough for this to happen :(
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