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There's a big difference between making a film of a book and a series of a book. So that's allowed IMO.
Well out of that list none will take any harm of being remade as they were all shite.
Macaulay Culkin responded to news of the Home Alone reboot by offering what it would look like today:
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49416629
The Matrix? Really?! We’ve already had two too many.
"Lana is a true visionary - a singular and original creative filmmaker - and we are thrilled that she is writing, directing and producing this new chapter"
Or to put it another way “From the people who brought you Jupiter Rising and Cloud Atlas.”
I actually quite enjoy the loonacy of the Warchowskis' recent output. Cloud Atlas is one of my favourite 'it's so bad it's good' movies!
It's not a remake - it's The Matrix 4.
(Thread is about remakes, not sequels, you see)
Sorry.
It is still going to be a turd rolled in glitter.
Turd Rolled In Glitter 3
Which is a crappy American remake of the obscure but excellent Le Merde Scintillait by Georges Le Gloupier
crappy
Chapeau!
Chapeau!
Crapeau?
Chapeau de toilet
Jacob's Ladder.
Jacob’s Ladder.
What? The Tim Robbins one?
@Drac re: Dambusters - my mate reckons he’ll make it into a three part epic with lots of lingering shots of the crews being trucked across Scampton to dispersals.
Didn’t Neo die in Matrix 3? I’m sure he did.
Turd of a film anyway.
re: Dambusters – my mate reckons he’ll make it into a three part epic with lots of lingering shots of the crews being trucked across Scampton to dispersals.
That'd be a shame, doesn't need to be THAT long. 🙁
I don't think that was a serious comment.
It’s Jackson. I wouldn’t be so sure.
I know it's a sequel, not a remake, but is there really a single person in the entire world who wants to see another Rambo movie?
I wasn't aware of this until recently....
I don't think you can make a bad movie better by just remaking it....
Ace another Rambo switch off entertainment instead of trying to do a clever storyline that is predictable and dull.
Katniss Everdeen has let herself go a bit
Ace another Rambo switch off entertainment instead of trying to do a clever storyline that is predictable and dull.
I parsed that about 10 times before I think I understood what you intended, but I'm not really sure.
I know it’s a sequel, not a remake, but is there really a single person in the entire world who wants to see another Rambo movie?
Yes, I'm looking forward to it.
Yes, I’m looking forward to it.
Looking at the Rambo trailer I'm hoping to get some home security tips for protecting the garage! I'll be watching it (but maybe waiting until its on telly).
Another Rambo film, I could get behind. I mean, it's been diminishing returns since First Blood so meh, yet another brain out action flick.
But remaking The Princess Bride though? That's a very very bold notion indeed. That will go one of two ways and I suspect it'll be the Not Good one. About the only person I can think of that might possibly get away with it is Joss Whedon.
Another Rambo film, I could get behind. I mean, it’s been diminishing returns since First Blood so meh, yet another brain out action flick.
True. FB was a very good, post-war drama. The rest were just wham bang boom films. Fun, but not in the same space as First Blood.
Took my little girl to see the Aladdin remake at the cinema last weekend.
Fair play to Will Smith for having a crack at it but Robin Williams is a hard act to follow and it just lacked the 'zing' and fun of the original. I thought a proper comedian with a distinctive voice like Chris Rock, Jim Carrey or Will Ferrell might have done a better job.
A plodding pace too in a few parts and it doesn't help that the way they've animated the animals means they completely lack emotion. Poor casting too for the other characters I thought. My littlun completely lost interest by about 2/3s of the way through.
The only good part was the carpet, and that was no better than what was in the original.
First Blood is a great film and all the others (especially 3) are firmly in so bad it’s good territory. New one looks a bit like Home Alone on a farm without Joe Pesci.
Oh Frak Cylons are returning
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/...robot-creator/
The new show will be "an updated, more modern look at the world" based on the 2004 edition, THR says, not the 1978 original. The show will be helmed by Sam Esmail, who is best known as the creator of Mr. Robot. The final season of Mr. Robot will be airing this fall, freeing Esmail up for other projects. He will reportedly also be heading up two other series for the streaming service, including an adaptation of the classic 1927 film Metropolis.
In a tweet posted after this story was originally written, Esmail clarified that the show is not a straight remake but instead something of a spinoff, "because... why mess with perfection? Instead, we’ll explore a new story within the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. So say we all!"
Bring on Rambo, sorta film I can go watch with the old man.
i hear they're making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this...
Make it about a Mexican trying to cross Trump’s wall but with echoes of Le Carre’s Berlin books.
I would look at the PB remake the same way as ghostbusters... you already have a nigh-on perfect movie, the remake can only ever be worse, what’s the point?! (I mean, money obviously, But artistically... why would anyone respectable take it on?)
he’s not as funny as he used to be, but at least it will have (and be written by) Eddie Murphy (and Arsenio Hall). Plus... Wesley Snipes! Who is actually cooler than ever now IMO!
i hear they’re making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this…
i hear they’re making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this…
Great film shame Murphy stole the idea.
why would anyone respectable take it on?
It’s “Hollywood”, who the **** is respectable there?
I know Tank Girl wasn't a massive success first time round, but I enjoyed it. Happy to give a reboot a chance, especially with Ms Robbie!
https://twitter.com/GeeksGamersCom/status/1171811010585550849
Lori Petti was a pretty good fit for Tank Girl I thought, the rest of the film was a little odd, but still not a bad match to the graphic novels. I'm not likely to forgive them for using SA80s as the "futuristic" guns though.
Well played Cary Elwes.
What kind of hubris would lead anyone to even consider remaking The Princess Bride? Talk about setting yourself up for a fall.
Not exactly a remake, but vaguely relevant to the discussion,
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/sylvester-stallone-wants-to-make-a-tango-cash-sequel
I bet it feels like Groundhog Day eh OP?
Stallone is making another RAMBO movie at 75 , punishing pesky Mexicans for raping folk , what's he gonna do tut at them ??
Sad. Just 'plane' sad
We just watched the remake of Whisky Galore (with Gregor Fisher). As good as, possibly even better than, the original.
God damn, Top Gun Maverick looks
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AMAZING!
Whisky Galore the remake was ace ! as is True Grit by the Coen brothers which is super.
God damn, Top Gun Maverick looks
There's a few-page thread somewhere from a couple of months back.
Re: Tank Girl - I have a sketch of her on the lining of a leather bike jacket, drawn by Jamie Hewlett while he was working for Deadline magazine, along with drawings by a couple of the artists on the mag.
They're remaking The Thing, again....
I thought Top Gun was naff and won't bother watching the new one (even the trailer). To keep Winston company, like.
Because the world needs a spin-off about the paedo bowler from The Big Lebowski?!?
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-jesus-rolls/
EDIT: How the reviewer managed not to describe it as a "Turkey" I'll never know.
Empire did a superb feature on John Turturro, shame the film’s crap!
Hows this for a pointless remake-
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bambi-disney-remake-1203479063/
I thought Top Gun was naff and won’t bother watching the new one (even the trailer). To keep Winston company, like.
Yeah it’s naff but it’s entertaining.
Reboot or remake? Who cares, it's already dead.
https://thedisinsider.com/2020/05/05/pirates-of-the-caribbean-reboot-female-lead/
No.
Just no.
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/movies/knight-rider-being-made-new-film
Can't be any worse than the original, I suppose
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1292926784934215682?s=19
Ambivalent at best about this one.
https://deadline.com/2020/08/garth-davis-tron-sequel-director-jared-leto-movie-1202992103/
not seen Knight Rider 2000 then 😂 Makes the original look like The Wire.Can’t be any worse than the original, I suppose
Tron is awesome, Tron Legacy was somehow weirdly great too, the law of averages alone means the new one will be shit 🤣
not seen Knight Rider 2000 then 😂 Makes the original look like The Wire.
That was about the Three Men remake. Oh, and no, never seen KR2000, which is surprising, because I have seen the Point Break remake...
Suspect you're right about Tron, too!
not seen Knight Rider 2000 then 😂 Makes the original look like The Wire.
Not seen Knight Rider 2010 then?
No!! 😭 weird as I [i]have[/i] seen Team Knight Rider (also shit) which came later
Looking at Wiki there’s also a 2008 movie/series reboot that totally passed me by!
We just watched the remake of Whisky Galore (with Gregor Fisher). As good as, possibly even better than, the original.
It was God awful
FFS
Will Smith, Kevin Hart to Star in ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ Remake
FFS indeed! Just why? The original is a brilliant comedy if you stop it ten minutes from the end. Watch it all and it’s unbelievably sad.
Not all remakes look too bad...
Should have tried harder in history.
There were black people in Britain around the time of the Romans
Aye, maybe around the ports but in Sherwood forest 😕 I think not.
But I wonder if they are remaking these films to remove non PC elements from it 😕
I know it’s a sequel, not a remake, but is there really a single person in the entire world who wants to see another Rambo movie?
I watched this a couple of nights ago. Not sure why. Was as bad as you'd expect - I was hoping for something more along the 'ageing warrior' stuff, but it was Expendables rather than Creed.
Low class Taken coupled with Home Alone, the last third making the home defence bit of Skyfall look classy and realistic.
Aye, maybe around the ports but in Sherwood forest 😕 I think not.
There have been remains found in Fairford in Gloucestershire dating about 900-1200AD of that of a black woman in her 40's (I think) probably a slave. Black folk in medieval England were more common than most folk think.
I feel for folk trying to make Batman films. You're never going to meet the expectations of lots of the audience, who only ever want the Batman that exists in the head to made into a film...You're always going to piss someone off.
At least the baddie appears not to be the Joker this time.
Not all remakes look too bad…
TBH it's quite hard to tell from that trailer, and yet another Batman reboot? Really?
I mean the Nolan batman movies were only ten minutes ago, and were pretty good. Can't we just wait a minute?
I kind of want them to let the joker be, the character had lots of potential as played by Heath Ledger (which can't really be realised now) and the Joaquim Phoenix 'Joker' was a good exploration of a possible origin story... But I can't help thinking the bar has been set a bit too high and a bit too recently and they're going to balls it up...
yet another Batman reboot? Really?
You're going to love The Flash solo film when that comes out then. Looks like it's going to feature both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck, both playing different versions of Bruce Wayne.
Something, something... multiverse...
yet another Batman reboot? Really?
Yes. They’re very popular and make the company millions which is what they want.
There have been remains found in Fairford in Gloucestershire dating about 900-1200AD of that of a black woman in her 40’s (I think) probably a slave. Black folk in medieval England were more common than most folk think.
Yes I grant you that there was indeed the possibility of slavery, but more bonded labour as this was the feudal era.99% of bonded slaves would be white. A black slave would be something exotic, and not be as common as you suggest, a rare sight, and then only in the company of a lord or merchant class, although having a black manservent didn't become fashionable until the 17th century.
A single skeleton of someone who died are the very old age of 40+(old indeed in the poor classes, unless food was good and that again points to the owner being wealthy, and the 'staff' reasonably well cared for. I expect where the remains were found would play a part in determining who her servitude was with.
All tha said, with the portrayal being a Muslim, that would play out, in the role of a friend to a crusader, as Africa beyond the north was quite uncharted, and slavery a common practice int he Ottoman Empire. Someone from abroad in that role would likely be of similar portrayal, but the same horror and shock reaction from the public would remain, because black or people from outside the UK or even Europe would be very very uncommon in the 12th or 13th century.
Dyna-Ti you’re in for a shock when you also find out Robin Hood didn’t exist and Alnwick Castle isn’t in Nottingham.
I don't know where to start with this one.
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