Short Circuit being remade

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/a...ew-writer.html

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

*
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaiowas

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...

kaiowas · 05-06-2009, 10:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flibster

The Italian Job...

Don't get me started...

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

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.

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Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	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 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. __________________

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Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	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. __________________