Films your surprised haven't been rebooted yet?
Films your surprised haven't been rebooted yet?
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Tony Starks

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2,365 posts

235 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Seeing as Hollywood doesnt seem to have a new thought nowadays and just reboots films that were popular once there cant be many left for them to reboot.

Flash Gordon was my first thought, I'm suprised a remake isnt in the pipe line.

A new version could be quite good as long as Brian Blessed was still in it.

Some Gump

13,015 posts

209 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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When you say "reboot",do you mean "ruin"?

Italian job was bad enough, but taking of Pelham 123 was an utter travesty.

All we need now is someone to redo Shawshank Redemption so it features Queen Latifah, Nicholas Bloody cage and Jason fking Statham and some random st blowing up. At that point, all hope will be lost =(

Meteor Madness

420 posts

225 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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If true, I'd surprised if Flash Gordon hasn't been re-done since 1936.

Asterix

24,438 posts

251 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Meteor Madness said:
If true, I'd surprised if Flash Gordon hasn't been re-done since 1936.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080745/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_100

Butter Face

34,008 posts

183 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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I believe a remake of Flash is indeed in the pipeline.



Next!

CharlesAL

532 posts

147 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Top Gun.

Some Gump

13,015 posts

209 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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CharlesAL said:
Top Gun.
Oh pleas egod no.

The original was perfect, any attempt at a remake will only add lame!

strummerville

1,022 posts

150 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Mad Max.

Oh, hang on....

belleair302

6,995 posts

230 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Battlestar Galactica, French Connection and Thelma and Louise.

DamienB

1,203 posts

242 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Some Gump said:
CharlesAL said:
Top Gun.
Oh pleas egod no.

The original was perfect, any attempt at a remake will only add lame!
Could be a good nihilistic remake, they'd walk out to their brand spanking new F-35s, they'd all have software glitches or engine problems, bad guys steam in with ancient yet reliable jets and kill everybody. The end.

m8rky

2,090 posts

182 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Convoy.

robemcdonald

9,753 posts

219 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Some Gump said:
CharlesAL said:
Top Gun.
Oh pleas egod no.

The original was perfect, any attempt at a remake will only add lame!
Top gun 2 is in the works (or was a couple of years ago)

anonymous-user

77 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Bullitt.
Given the reworking of so many American classic cars of late, in seems obvious to redo the film that went with them.

NicD

3,281 posts

280 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Some Gump said:
When you say "reboot",do you mean "ruin"?

Italian job was bad enough, but taking of Pelham 123 was an utter travesty.

All we need now is someone to redo Shawshank Redemption so it features Queen Latifah, Nicholas Bloody cage and Jason fking Statham and some random st blowing up. At that point, all hope will be lost =(
Are ANY of the modern do-overs better than the original?
I watched the newish True Grit this week, and even the wooden John Wayne original had it beat by a mile.

Martin4x4

6,506 posts

155 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Metropolis
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, any Jules Verne Voyages Extraordinaires
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Forbidden Planet
West World
Barbarella
The Blob
The Thing
Island of Doctor Moreau

Any HP Lovecraft


Edited by Martin4x4 on Sunday 8th February 10:25

91,888 posts

307 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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From 2013, 57 planned remakes (very sad face) - http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/remakes-and-reboot...

Barbarella was planned with Rose McGowan in the lead role, thankfully cancelled for now.

MartG

22,375 posts

227 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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DamienB said:
Some Gump said:
CharlesAL said:
Top Gun.
Oh pleas egod no.

The original was perfect, any attempt at a remake will only add lame!
Could be a good nihilistic remake, they'd walk out to their brand spanking new F-35s, they'd all have software glitches or engine problems, bad guys steam in with ancient yet reliable jets and kill everybody. The end.
Surely TG2 would be about a group of bespectacled nerds flying drones ?

Beati Dogu

9,348 posts

162 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Jane Ayre.

Must be at least a year since the last one.

RemyMartin

6,759 posts

228 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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The long good friday.

Thank god. One of my top three films.

Please never let it be remade. Its perfect, Bob's performance and the early 80s means it captures a time spot on. Oh and the monologue at the end would sound stupid if redone.

In regards to Mad max (also in my top 3) i wad initally sceptical, however I was sold on Hugh Keynes-Byrne being in it! And George Miller directing. Trailers now have it as my 'must see' film of 2015.

Halb

53,012 posts

206 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Long Good Friday is a good choice.

Difficult to think of classics that have not been rebooted. The nostalgia of Mad Max is better than actually watching Mad Max, sometimes a film benefits from a reboot, best example I can think of from the top of my head is The Maltese Falcon.

Murder By Death, Clue? They haven't been rebooted...yet.