Films That Actually Should be Remade
Discussion
There are a lot of remakes out there, a lot of rubbish (Planet of the Apes, Day of the Dead, Rollerball, Assault on Precinct 13, Get Carter) and some good (Dawn of the Dead, erm, Deathrace). So what old films would actually benefit from modern fx and film making techniques? I will go with:
Mad Max (not sure who you would have to play Max though)
Soylent Green
Westworld
Slither
Midway
Swamp Thing
The Battle of Britain (nothing against the original, I just want to see some full on dogfights with the aircraft that were actually used in 1940)
Any others?
Mad Max (not sure who you would have to play Max though)
Soylent Green
Westworld
Slither
Midway
Swamp Thing
The Battle of Britain (nothing against the original, I just want to see some full on dogfights with the aircraft that were actually used in 1940)
Any others?
RDE said:
Catch-22. It was a pretty terrible attempt in 1970 IMHO, but I think in fairness because of the way the book is written it is difficult to transfer to screen. I'd still like someone to give it a go and make it brilliant though.
Yeah I think that's the right way to go. Remaking anything that was well loved can only go one way (down).
Negative Creep said:
There are a lot of remakes out there, a lot of rubbish (Planet of the Apes, Day of the Dead, Rollerball, Assault on Precinct 13, Get Carter) and some good (Dawn of the Dead, erm, Deathrace). So what old films would actually benefit from modern fx and film making techniques?
The problem with modern film making techniques they come as a package which include, bad acting, duff scripts, huge amount of PC, appealing to the stupid etc which make most modern films dreadful.But if you insist that a old classic film must be remade can they please redo "Ice cold in alex" to see how badly they could cock it up with a huge CGI explosion every ten minutes and actors who have less acting talent then the ambulance did in the original.
I quite liked Deathrace, nothing really to do with the original but as a stand alone film I thought it was good all action, cars and guns fun.
Regarding remaking Mad Max, I am not sure it would work. Doomsday had a section of the film with an almost homages to Mad Max and to me it didn't look very good at all. The Mad Max films were done in such a style that I think it would be almost impossible to realise again.
I would suggest a remake of Soylent Green would be really good!
Regarding remaking Mad Max, I am not sure it would work. Doomsday had a section of the film with an almost homages to Mad Max and to me it didn't look very good at all. The Mad Max films were done in such a style that I think it would be almost impossible to realise again.
I would suggest a remake of Soylent Green would be really good!
It's not to do with the technical aspects, it's to do with the mores of the time the film was made - for instance Forbidden Planet, especially the ending, can seem coy and corny to a modern audience, but to remake it would lose that charm of the film - "Morbius, what is the id, motherf
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