Makes and remakes, but What, Who and How?
Discussion
Obviously there have been a number of threads on films that should or should not be made or remade, but I was think of something a little more indepth.
Given the chance to have full control over a film, what film would you choose, who would direct and star and how would it be filmed, style etc?
My first choice would be A Clockwork Orange. The original is quite a piece of work, but a remake could be immense.
I think David Fincher would be an excellent director given his work on Fight Club and Se7en. Alex is a difficult role to cast, but maybe Bradley Cooper? He seem's clean cut enough, but could possibly pull off that slightly insane state of mind? Or maybe Elijah Wood?
Given the chance to have full control over a film, what film would you choose, who would direct and star and how would it be filmed, style etc?
My first choice would be A Clockwork Orange. The original is quite a piece of work, but a remake could be immense.
I think David Fincher would be an excellent director given his work on Fight Club and Se7en. Alex is a difficult role to cast, but maybe Bradley Cooper? He seem's clean cut enough, but could possibly pull off that slightly insane state of mind? Or maybe Elijah Wood?
Nothing I really fancy being remade.
One thing I really can't belive isn't already being remade is Back to the Future! it's the right age - the orginal audience will make for a ready made audience, they have kids to drag along, plus it's got a lot of special effects and stuff that could be made look s
t with CGI - Hollywood loves that sort of thing.
It could be okay I guess if they continue the story a bit. 25 Years later a kid who hangs out with Professor McFly (now in the Doc Brown role) who's been working since the delorean was destroy to build another time machine to go back to visit Doc Brown in the old west. Something happens and the new kid ends up going to the 70's and hiding from the advances of his Mum.
Dam I should be a script writter, that took seconds and it's still better than the scrip for Blues Brothers 2000.
One thing I really can't belive isn't already being remade is Back to the Future! it's the right age - the orginal audience will make for a ready made audience, they have kids to drag along, plus it's got a lot of special effects and stuff that could be made look s
t with CGI - Hollywood loves that sort of thing. It could be okay I guess if they continue the story a bit. 25 Years later a kid who hangs out with Professor McFly (now in the Doc Brown role) who's been working since the delorean was destroy to build another time machine to go back to visit Doc Brown in the old west. Something happens and the new kid ends up going to the 70's and hiding from the advances of his Mum.
Dam I should be a script writter, that took seconds and it's still better than the scrip for Blues Brothers 2000.
Edited by P-Jay on Monday 28th March 15:21
P-Jay said:
Nothing I really fancy being remade.
One thing I really can't belive isn't already being remade is Back to the Future! it's the right age - the orginal audience will make for a ready made audience, they have kids to drag along, plus it's got a lot of special effects and stuff that could be made look st with CGI - Hollywood loves that sort of thing.
It could be okay I guess if they continue the story a bit. 25 Years later a kid who hangs out with Professor McFly (now in the Doc Brown role) who's been working since the delorean was destroy to build another time machine to go back to visit Doc Brown in the old west. Something happens and the new kid ends up going to the 70's and hiding from the advances of his Mum.
Dam I should be a script writter, that took seconds and it's still better than the scrip for Blues Brothers 2000.
Perhaps Hollywood can't stomach replacing a living actor (Michael J Fox) with a replacement for a role that the original would undoubtedly have had were it not for his illness.One thing I really can't belive isn't already being remade is Back to the Future! it's the right age - the orginal audience will make for a ready made audience, they have kids to drag along, plus it's got a lot of special effects and stuff that could be made look s
t with CGI - Hollywood loves that sort of thing. It could be okay I guess if they continue the story a bit. 25 Years later a kid who hangs out with Professor McFly (now in the Doc Brown role) who's been working since the delorean was destroy to build another time machine to go back to visit Doc Brown in the old west. Something happens and the new kid ends up going to the 70's and hiding from the advances of his Mum.
Dam I should be a script writter, that took seconds and it's still better than the scrip for Blues Brothers 2000.
Edited by P-Jay on Monday 28th March 15:21
I'm not sure films should be remade, and CGI is one reason why it shouldn't. By that, I mean that the cgi would undoubtedly overtake what the film was about. Look at the 'rehash' of THX 1138, and the special effects they put in that after the fact. Looks st, looks out of place, and ruined the film. Remakes would concentrate on making them video games, and not what the films were all about in the first place.
t, looks out of place, and ruined the film. Remakes would concentrate on making them video games, and not what the films were all about in the first place. 
Evangelion said:
No film should ever be remade. Once it's done, leave it alone. If you can't do something original, you're in the wrong line of business.
I would disagree Some films have wonderful ideas, but cannot fully realise them due to limitations of budget and sfx technology at the time.
That said I cannot think of that many great remakes. Heat was a remake I believe and so was Dawn of the Dead, can't think of any others off the top of my head.
Bullett said:
I'd also like to see a version of The Forever War. Plenty to get your teeth into, lots of boom explore war and plenty of social commentary possible.
I would love to see that also. IMDb shows it in development, but that doesn't mean we will ever see a film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307468/
I think the sci-fi book I would most like to see turned into a film is Ender's Game.
JagLover said:
I would love to see that also. IMDb shows it in development, but that doesn't mean we will ever see a film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307468/
http://www.slashfilm.com/blade-runner-screenwriter-working-on-ridley-scotts-forever-war/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307468/
That sounds promising.
Godzuki said:
'Rendezvous with Rama'
I'm sure I read a while back that Morgan Freeman had bought the rights to make a film version of the original Rama book, and David Fincher had been attached to direct, but they hit problems getting a decent script and then MF's health deteriorated. I agree I'd like to see a decent film version made though. One of the best sci-fi books I read as a kid.
In a similar vein, I'd love to see a film (although a TV mini-series would probably be needed to do it justice) of Niven & Pournelle's "The Mote in God's Eye".
youngsyr said:
Perhaps Hollywood can't stomach replacing a living actor (Michael J Fox) with a replacement for a role that the original would undoubtedly have had were it not for his illness.
Ah, I knew he was ill, but didn't know he wasn't working because of it, it wouldn't work unless MJF was back a Marty. JagLover said:
Bullett said:
I'd also like to see a version of The Forever War. Plenty to get your teeth into, lots of boom explore war and plenty of social commentary possible.
I would love to see that also. IMDb shows it in development, but that doesn't mean we will ever see a film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307468/
I think the sci-fi book I would most like to see turned into a film is Ender's Game.
An excellent book and plenty of potential. Maybe Christopher Nolan to direct though, it's seems like his style to do a weirdy action type of film.
JagLover said:
Some films have wonderful ideas, but cannot fully realise them due to limitations of budget and sfx technology at the time.
That said I cannot think of that many great remakes. Heat was a remake I believe and so was Dawn of the Dead, can't think of any others off the top of my head.
Effects might not even come into it, I would hate to see a film remade for the sake of CGI (Star Wars shudder) the simple idea of telling a story more capably draws me. A story can be fluffed by poor direction, bad acting, incomprehensible scenes. The Maltese Falcon was a remake and is one of the best films out there, they crafted the story beautifully, it call came together in that. So remakes aren't all that badThat said I cannot think of that many great remakes. Heat was a remake I believe and so was Dawn of the Dead, can't think of any others off the top of my head.
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