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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

Well on the subject of remakes, the people behind the remake of "True Grit" have a special place in hell reserved for them... You do not remake a John Wayne classic.

Then of course you have the remake of "the day the earth stood still." A slow death on spit over a slow fire would not be torture enough for that travesty.
Lets not forget the Tom Cruise version of War of the Worlds. The exercise machines used by the Spanish Inquisition would be perfect for that group to have a spa treatment.

The Nightmare on Elm street remakes sucked, as did the Halloween remakes...

Basically, anyone that does a remake takes the original script, runs it through a paper shredder a few times, then hires some hack to rewrite the damn thing.

You do not remake a classic. If it aint one of the deadly sins, it should be, as well as a capital offense under federal law, and a crime against humanity.

If you want a remake done, at least have the decency to allow the generations that saw the original to die off first so we do not have to see tv ads detailing how bad a butcher job was done on a movie they actually enjoyed.

Besides, honestly, who could replace Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson, John Wayne, Bogart, Bacall, and all those actual movie stars and do the original justice?

Thus speaketh the Grouchy old movie fan with over a thousand classic movies on his hard drives.

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ORIGINAL: TheBanshee

I just read an article about the movie remake of "Death Wish" being put on hold because someone backed out of the deal. That got me to thinking about Bronson in the Magnificent Seven. If they did a remake, who would you cast in M7? (yes, those purists would say you should never remake that movie but remember it was already a remake in its own day)

What movie do you think would be interesting to have a remake done?

I was thinking Westworld - awesome thriller (cheesy as it was)

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ORIGINAL: Level

I'd like to see Daredevil done right; the entire Frank Miller run needs a David Fincher to bring it to life. It'd make the Dark Knight trilogy pale in comparison.

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

Well on the subject of remakes, the people behind the remake of "True Grit" have a special place in hell reserved for them... You do not remake a John Wayne classic.

Then of course you have the remake of "the day the earth stood still." A slow death on spit over a slow fire would not be torture enough for that travesty.
Lets not forget the Tom Cruise version of War of the Worlds. The exercise machines used by the Spanish Inquisition would be perfect for that group to have a spa treatment.

The Nightmare on Elm street remakes sucked, as did the Halloween remakes...

Basically, anyone that does a remake takes the original script, runs it through a paper shredder a few times, then hires some hack to rewrite the damn thing.

You do not remake a classic. If it aint one of the deadly sins, it should be, as well as a capital offense under federal law, and a crime against humanity.

If you want a remake done, at least have the decency to allow the generations that saw the original to die off first so we do not have to see tv ads detailing how bad a butcher job was done on a movie they actually enjoyed.

Besides, honestly, who could replace Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson, John Wayne, Bogart, Bacall, and all those actual movie stars and do the original justice?

Thus speaketh the Grouchy old movie fan with over a thousand classic movies on his hard drives.

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

Well on the subject of remakes, the people behind the remake of "True Grit" have a special place in hell reserved for them... You do not remake a John Wayne classic.

Then of course you have the remake of "the day the earth stood still." A slow death on spit over a slow fire would not be torture enough for that travesty.
Lets not forget the Tom Cruise version of War of the Worlds. The exercise machines used by the Spanish Inquisition would be perfect for that group to have a spa treatment.

The Nightmare on Elm street remakes sucked, as did the Halloween remakes...

Basically, anyone that does a remake takes the original script, runs it through a paper shredder a few times, then hires some hack to rewrite the damn thing.

You do not remake a classic. If it aint one of the deadly sins, it should be, as well as a capital offense under federal law, and a crime against humanity.

If you want a remake done, at least have the decency to allow the generations that saw the original to die off first so we do not have to see tv ads detailing how bad a butcher job was done on a movie they actually enjoyed.

Besides, honestly, who could replace Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson, John Wayne, Bogart, Bacall, and all those actual movie stars and do the original justice?

Thus speaketh the Grouchy old movie fan with over a thousand classic movies on his hard drives.

Truth be told, Jeff, the True Grit remake is one of the few (can't think of any others) I thought was better than the original. I hope you, and God, can forgive me for saying that, as it sounds like you're a die-hard John Wayne fan. No offense intended!

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ORIGINAL: Level

Nope, I think Affleck is hella talented, but that movie was weak, considering the wealth of material they had to work with. Miller is one of the ones that buried the idea that comics are for kids.

Preacher is another freaking gold mine of potential. It's been optioned umpteen times, but no one is doing anything with it. I feel the same way about Sandman. If they can do a decent Watchmen movie, then they can pull that off.