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Knipples
05-06-2009, 07:14
First reaction is Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Why cant they bloody well leave things like this alone, why do they need to remake them, and are film makers so thick that they need to resurrect old films instead of thinking up new ones.

I know theyve done well with certain films, but surely iconic ones like this, are best left in the past.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a158199/short-circuit-remake-gets-new-writer.html

:angry:
Piggymon
05-06-2009, 07:18
Nooooooooooooooooooooo :(
Pheebs
05-06-2009, 07:21
What!?

Seriously!?

That sucks.
Justsomebloke
05-06-2009, 07:27
Johnny 5 Alive ???
Flibster
05-06-2009, 08:15
Hollywood is in crisis

Hence the remakes *or reboots as they're now calling them - in other words, redo the entire series...* that are out or coming out soon. Well if they worked well then, they'll work now type of thing.

So what do we get? *this is a brief list of abominations that should be killed now, or should have been killed off... just off the top of my head...*

Alien Prequal
Friday 13th *with Jason...when it was his mother in the first film....*
Nightmare on Elm Street
Top Gun
Weird Science
The Birds
Psycho
Halloween
The Wicker Man *Remove the religeous hatred and cast a man who can't act... viola!*
The Day the Earth Stood Still *Keanu .... ..... ..... Reeves...*
Barbarella
Casino Royale *yes..the new one... it should have been put into a bag with a brick and drowned at birth*
Creature From The Black Lagoon
The Dambusters *I'm uneasy putting this one in here - if they change the dogs name, then it deserves it, but now we know more about the missions it could be a worthwhile tribute to those who partook in it. Also, depends who the cast is*
Easy Rider
Escape from New York
The Hitcher
The Howling
Mary Poppins *Who at disney decided to start cashing in more than they have done with the DVD releases?*
The Omen
Predator
Red Sonja
Robocop
The Seven Samuari
Six Million Dollar Man
Spies Like Us
St Trinians
The Man who Fell to Earth
Tron
Get Smart *although - in it's defence - Anne Hathaways legs :shocked: :o ;)*
Highlander
Hellraiser
Scanners
The Dirty Dozen
The Lavender Hill Mob
Vanishing Point
20'000 Leagues Under the Sea
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Frankenstein *Surely Mel Brooks' version was all that was needed other than the original? ;)*

Apparently one of the reasons to remake some of these films is that the originals are in black and white.

Exqueeze me? Thats a reason? So, Schindlers List next then? Clerks?

I fully expect to see announced a remake of The Godfather, The Great Escape, Ben-Hur or Ghandi announced soon.

Bastards.
kaiowas
05-06-2009, 08:27
Most of them are jigged around to the point that they're not really remakes it's just an exercise in branding and 'franchises' (I really hate that term in it's media context). At the end of the day a film with a name people have fond memories of will pull in more $ than the same film with a totally new name.
Flibster
05-06-2009, 08:39
Most of them are jigged around to the point that they're not really remakes it's just an exercise in branding and 'franchises' (I really hate that term in it's media context). At the end of the day a film with a name people have fond memories of will pull in more $ than the same film with a totally new name.

The Italian Job...
Del Lardo
05-06-2009, 08:50
If they **** it up I swear to God I will hunt down the Director and Producer and leave a lit bag of poop on their doorsteps :angry:
Belmit
05-06-2009, 09:06
Flibster mentioned this in a thread a while back. Why do a remake when they could easily have done another sequel? I've no doubt Johnny Five is now going to be an armor-plated killing machine that goes haywire or something.
kaiowas
05-06-2009, 10:20
The Italian Job...

Don't get me started...
Pumpkinstew
10-06-2009, 13:14
Wow.

They're remaking a film which I actually remember being released.

I've never felt so old. :(

Here's something else that will make Flibster spit. Liam Neeson has been cast as Hannibal in the new A-Team movie.
Presumably Dwayne Johnson is in discussions for MrT and Chris Rock for Murdock.
NokkonWud
10-06-2009, 17:44
Nic Cage can act, watch Leaving Las Vegas for proof. Stunning.
NokkonWud
10-06-2009, 17:45
Here's something else that will make Flibster spit. Liam Neeson has been cast as Hannibal in the new A-Team movie.
Presumably Dwayne Johnson is in discussions for MrT and Chris Rock for Murdock.

Haly's current beau, Bradley Cooper has just been cast in the A-Team.
Flibster
30-06-2009, 14:50
Oh for ***** sake!

And the next film to add to the remake list - American Werewolf In London (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/30/werewolf_rehash/)!

Why?!
Mark
30-06-2009, 15:04
Why?!

Because they are bereft of their own ideas and feel the only solution is to plagiarise someone else's hard work?
Knipples
30-06-2009, 19:51
I saw this the other day, and it made me want to cry :'(

Nooooo dammit noooooo!!!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a162644/columbus-goonies-sequel-may-happen.html
Flibster
30-06-2009, 20:53
I saw this the other day, and it made me want to cry :'(

Nooooo dammit noooooo!!!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a162644/columbus-goonies-sequel-may-happen.html

It's been rumoured for some time that one. But it doesn't anger me that much.

If it was a remake though... Grrrrrrrrr!
Belmit
30-06-2009, 20:59
The idea of making the film about their kids is just horrible. It would need to be the original cast on an adult adventure (no, not like that!).