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ASSHATS!
Whatever happened to any sort of originality?
Normally I’d agree with you but in the case of Robin Hood, I’m happy for them to keep trying until they make one good one
Which film is this a remake of?
You know, when they remake a film, you can still watch the old one. Or old dozen or so in this case.
There have been good remakes anyway. The Fly with Jeff Goldblum in it was a good one. Also invasion of the body snatchers iirc was a remake, no?
Robin Hood films are made all the time. It’s not a remake it’s just another interpretation of the legend. If they ever touch Back to the Future though I will cry
I take it you prefer the Erol Flynn version.
I just seen earlier that they have remade Papillon. Papillon FFS! Do they think they are going to improve on Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman?
Someone with a Kevin Costner mancrush has got a bee in his bonnet.
TBF the bar isn't set very high if comparing to Prince of Thieves (excluding Alan Rickman who I won't hear a bad word about)
Which film is this a remake of?
You know, when they remake a film, you can still watch the old one. Or old dozen or so in this case.
This. They are new versions of an old story. Of course, there are some films which are original, some are good, and it’s difficult to imagine it being done better, but sometimes the original is dire, and is begging to be remade by someone with a clue. The Kevin Costner version is so full of plot holes it could easily be redone.
I really want a new version of Zelazney’s Damnation Alley, the first and only one was utter crap.
Saw the trailer for the new Robin Hood film last week while we at the cinema. It looks utterly awful. Woeful beyond belief.
Big trouble in little China, starring Dwayne Johnson
Men in tights?
If they ever touch Back to the Future though I will cry
Actually, that could be pretty good I reckon. Originals look dated now.
Which one are you raging about? Errol Flynn? Kevin Costner? Men in Tights? Russell Crowe?
Star trek films are all much the same,
Bad guy tries to kill humanity, Kirk saves the day in a Space ship.
There's talk of remaking Clueless. Now that really is a travesty.
Ah, the curse of the Public Domain Character...
I'm not raycisst , but I doubt there would have been a black guy about sherwood 900 a.d.
Normally I’d agree with you but in the case of Robin Hood, I’m happy for them to keep trying until they make one good one
Er, they already have.
Men in tights?
Exactly.
If they ever touch Back to the Future though I will cry
Actually, that could be pretty good I reckon. Originals look dated now.
They are a product of the time though. I’d be interested to see a different take on them as opposed to an attempt at remaking them.
We need a fresh Spiderman
We need a fresh Spiderman
Totally , have yet to watch a decent spiderman movie.
Er, they already have.
@OP
U OK HUN?
I’d be interested to see a different take on them as opposed to an attempt at remaking them
That's the point of a remake isn't it?
Well I have just found out that I have been cast as Robin in our local valley Panto. I hope I can do the remake justice. I im to emulate Errol Flynn where possible 😉
We need a fresh Spiderman
It's not eight o'clock yet, there'll probably be a new one before 9pm.
Then another on Tuesday,
I’m not raycisst , but I doubt there would have been a black guy about sherwood 900 a.d.
Should have tried harder in history.
There were black people in Britain around the time of the Romans
Taking of Pelham 123 - all the remake added was an explosion and John Travolta looking like he was chewing a wasp all the way through. Insulting pointless.
That’s the point of a remake isn’t it?
The point of a remake is to generate money for a movie studio, hopefully in a less risky manner than with a new film property.
Artistic considerations rarely figure highly.
In the case of Spiderman, Sony remake it so often in order to prevent the movie licence reverting to Marvel (IIRC).
Crikey. Paper clip sales down this quarter are they?
I’m happy for them to keep trying until they make one good one
To be fair to CFH, this one does look almost as terrible as the Kevin Costner one.
Totally agree with flashy here. Some remakes are just total tosh and seem hell-bent on destroying any decency within the title ( King Arthur and his bunch of Cockney Rebels anyone?) Or the Point Break monstrosity....
A remake should be sensitive to the original or at least be slightly betterer.
Isn’t Men in Tights just a remake of
Actually, a serious remake of American Flyers could actually be quite good!
Big trouble in little China, starring Dwayne Johnson
A 'continuation' apparently, not a remake. Still sounds shite though.
As no studio has managed to make a sequel that lives up to the original why would anyone think they'd manage to do anything other than screw up a remake?
Best Robin Hood is the Sean Connery one
As no studio has managed to make a sequel that lives up to the original why would anyone think they’d manage to do anything other than screw up a remake?
Aliens and Terminator 2.
A remake should be sensitive to the original or at least be slightly betterer.
Silent?
I liked the gladiator one where they invaded nottingham forest with loads of boats somehow
They could never remake Highlander because.. .... There can be only one.
Isn’t Men in Tights just a remake of
Glad to see you're keeping a sense of humour SR, that made me actually LOL.
King Arthur and his bunch of Cockney Rebels anyone?
What was that a remake of though? Excalibur is the only King Arthur movie I can think of.
God damn travesty...
What was that a remake of though? Excalibur is the only King Arthur movie I can think of.
Whaaaat?
Jackie Chan went down in my estimations for being in that pointless sack of shit. Still better than the fourth one in the original run though. Has there ever been a decent remake?
I enjoyed the new Robocop but it was a completely different film.
Has there ever been a decent remake?
The orignial Karate Kid was shite anyway, so who cares if there's a crap remake?
Bring Robin of Sherwood to the big screen, same style, music, obviously different cast but keep the mythical and druidic elements. Doesn't sell in Hollywood though. Glamour, rock star hero lead, action. That sells to Yanks who don't know where Nottingham is (a few hours walk from Dover apparently, via Hadrian's Wall!).
Anyway, more seriously, so many versions, why not a black guy playing Robin?
I liked the gladiator one where they invaded nottingham forest with loads of boats somehow
You can definitely invade Nottingham Forest from a boat, it's right on the banks of the Trent. Sherwood Forest on the other hand is a bit trickier, but many boats were designed to be dragged over land when meeting natural weirs and stuff. Anyway, let's have more Hood, it's good for the east Midlands economy.
Bring Robin of Sherwood to the big screen, same style, music, obviously different cast but keep the mythical and druidic elements.
That's got my money.
I take it you prefer the Erol Flynn version.
Prefer it? I think he was in it
😂
Is there a remake being made, or film in general, without Wayne Johnson in?
Studios remake film, or re-imagine, as its a safe bet for getting their money back, however it can sometime lead to a better movie, examples being The Thing (as above), The invasion of the body snatchers, Little shop of horror, A fistful of dollars, The fly and Heat.
Is there a remake being made, or film in general, without Wayne Johnson in?
I believe he declined the chance to appear in a remake of “The Rock” as he didn’t want to get typecast
As no studio has managed to make a sequel that lives up to the original
Toy Story 2 (and 3) - at least as good as the first 🤔
Eraserhead is definitely due a hipster update. 🍗
I’m not raycisst , but I doubt there would have been a black guy about sherwood 900 a.d.
Someone didnt watch the first one.... morethan freeman might disagree.
Relax, it was years ago. Its not like spider man, how many times has that been remade recentley?!
Bring Robin of Sherwood to the big screen
I'd watch that.
Someone didnt watch the first one…. morethan freeman might disagree.
Ermmmm!
I live pretty much on the edge of Sherwood Forest, they've just replaced my childhood visitors centre with an RSPB visitors centre.
No one seems capitalise on the legend appropriately.
I say keep going until then do a good one - not that any money from the film is now going to flood the area.
You’ve all missed the worst remake of all time!
Some sack of fetid dog poo thought that making another version of Swallows and Amazons would be a worthwhile project.
They ignored the perfect telling of a gentle tail that was made in a very quiet English way with a cast of believable actors and went ahead with it.
I had the misfortune to see a trailer for the new monstrosity a few years ago; there was a train chase and planes and a Russian spy.
****ers. If you want to make an action film based of a weird, twisted biography of Arthur Ransome then fair enough but leave the Swallows and Amazons out of it.
AND THEY CHANGED TITTY’s NAME! 🤬
The only time I’ve ever sent a rude message on Facebook was after viewing that trailer. I may have said that I hoped the film bankrupted everyone involved 😬
Never knew that The Thing was a remake. Brilliant film. The first Karate Kid is bad good the remake is just plain bad. Anyone remember how the shitty Russell Crowe version of Robin Hood started out? It actually sounded really good. Role reversal where the Sheriff is the good guy. Think it was called Nottingham and there were scripts kicking about online at one point.
Not a film, but i'm enjoying the new Sabrina the teenage witch on Netflix. Watched the firs one expecting it to be just something to stare at when I looked up from writing a couple of emails, but it's actually pretty good.
I actually campaigned (well, set up an anti- FB page) against one movie remake (albeit of a 1970s TV show which spawned a spin-off movie), to no avail of course.
My only consolation is that it bombed at the box office...
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thesweeney.htm
Hollywood is doomed, there's very few movies out these days as good as they used to be. I think the end of it as an industry was the making of the Smurfs movie FFS, it was crap anyway!
i’m enjoying the new Sabrina the teenage witch on Netflix.
It's top draw Netflix progressive social agenda pushing once again, and a good show to boot. But it's not really a remake of the 90s show because they are both from an earlier comic.
"Totally , have yet to watch a decent spiderman movie."
No, no, no, no, no!!!!
Sam Raimi cracked it for me. To be fair there is not a lot he can do wrong in my eyes. Maybe have to be a fan of Raimi's previous work to get the humour, but even if you didn't get that - Kirsten Dunst as MJ made me want to be Spiderman.
I can never accept Robin Hood as anything other than an anthropomorphic fox.
Could be worse they could be turning another Theme Park Ride into a movie...
Oh hang on...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870154/
Yes, of course it has Dwayne Johnson in it.
Don't worry OP, there are multiple sequels to Avatar coming out over the next few years, that'll save you from having to watch remakes.
From Wikipedia:
Two sequels to Avatar were initially confirmed after the success of the first film; this number was subsequently expanded to four.[303][304] Their respective release dates are currently December 18, 2020, December 17, 2021, December 20, 2024, and December 19, 2025.[32] Cameron is directing, producing and co-writing all four; Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno all took a part in the writing process of all of the sequels before being assigned to finish the separate scripts, making the eventual writing credits for each film unclear.[305][306][307][308]
Filming for the first two sequels began in September 2017 and is expected to continue into 2018;[309][310] the filming of the following two is expected to start as soon as Avatar 2 and 3 wrap filming. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, Dileep Rao, and CCH Pounder, are all reprising their roles, as are Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald, despite the deaths of their characters in the first film.[311][312][313][314] Sigourney Weaver is also returning, although she stated that she would play a different character.[315]
New cast members include Cliff Curtis and Kate Winslet as members of the Na'vi reef people of Metkayina, and Oona Chaplin as Varang, a "strong and vibrant central character who spans the entire saga of the sequels".[316][317][318] Seven child actors will also portray pivotal new characters through the sequels: Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton and Trinity Bliss as Jake and Neytiri's children, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, and Duane Evans Jr. as free-divers of the Metkayina, and Jack Champion as a human.[319][320]
Although the last two sequels have been greenlit, Cameron stated in a November 26, 2017 interview: "Let’s face it, if Avatar 2 and 3 don’t make enough money, there’s not going to be a 4 and 5".[318]
The Sam Raimi Spiderman film was a pretty decent effort, but I think the nub of it is that Spiderman is essentially a bit crap.
Alan Rickman who I won’t hear a bad word about
I've got three: truly, madly and deeply
But it’s not really a remake of the 90s show because they are both from an earlier comic.
The remake is from a comic remake. It's very dark certainly not the Disney version.
There's a two-part adaptation on Watership Down on the way 🙁
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/watership-down-bbc-remake-release-date-cast-list/
Rory Aitken, executive producer at production company 42, told The Telegraph that they were toning down the violence this time around. “While we won’t shy away from the darkness in the book, visually it won’t be as brutal and scarring,” he said. “The idea is to bring it to a wider family audience. While Watership Down is never going to be for young children, it will be for the whole family to watch together.”
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I’m not raycisst , but I doubt there would have been a black guy about sherwood 900 a.d.
That's where you're wrong
Well you will all be pleased to know a gladiator sequel is on the way.
Jaws 2 was alright, not as good as the greatest movie of all time but still not bad in its own right
Versions 3 and 4 not so much..
What is the Cohen brothers version of True Grit like? I recorded it recently, do I bother watching it? Usually I like their stuff.... And it's True Grit.... But no JW so it's it true grit, or just meh?
Talking of films you might not have known were a remake - 'Airplane' is a remake - pretty much scene for scene and word for word
Not so much remake as pisstake.
Talking about utterly pointless remakes (and the Coen bros)...
What is the Cohen brothers version of True Grit like? I recorded it recently, do I bother watching it? Usually I like their stuff…. And it’s True Grit…. But no JW so it’s it true grit, or just meh?
It's well worth a watch. Such a different style to the original rather than a slavish remake.