Remakes you want to see.

[Midnhtsun]

you can argue with the visuals of some of these older films, the use of camera etc is much more expert, these new films have ONLY the effects.

An improvement is an improvement, all those films had quality actors. If you just dont like the films thats fine, but that doesnt make them bad films because you dont like them. They were all recieved very well to the general audience.

 

[DorkyFresh]

you know guys...it's fine if you don't like remakes, but your opinions on remakes obviously contradict the purpose of this thread. your minds aren't going to be changed on remakes and i'm not trying to change them...

...but at the same token, you've already made your points, and have admitted that there aren't any movies that you want to see remade. if you're not going to talk about movies that should be remade, then out of respect, bring your lack of enthusiasm for remakes somewhere else and stop derailing the topic anymore than it already is, please.

 

[Dr. Fate]

I voted for Daredevil, just because it was the only one on there that really seemed to need a remake.

 

[Cyrusbales]

which of those movies are actually getting remakes?

 

[DorkyFresh]

I voted for Daredevil, just because it was the only one on there that really seemed to need a remake.

i'd rather see a sequel since it recently was made, but i'd take a remake all the same...

...as long as it's better.

 

[Midnhtsun]

which of those movies are actually getting remakes?

I think about 5 of them from the list are being remade or in talks atleast.

 

[DorkyFresh]

which of those movies are actually getting remakes?

the ones i can confirm are Escape from New York and Clash of the Titans...everything else is kinda flaky or just rumored. Logan's Run is also getting a reboot....which i DEFINITELY think should be remade.

 

[Midnhtsun]

With some of the fight choreographers and directors that we have in holly wood right now, I wouldnt mind seeing a Conan remake or sequel. We could see some really nice visual style with some great battle scenes

 

[Cyrusbales]

the ones i can confirm are Escape from New York and Clash of the Titans...everything else is kinda flaky or just rumored. Logan's Run is also getting a reboot....which i DEFINITELY think should be remade.

Bu...Log......wh....


Clash of the titan's will lose some of the magic though, the models and suchlike were impressive because they took so long to make etc, and you really get the feel of something majestic. But the acting sucked.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Bu...Log......wh....

if you've seen the movie, you'd agree.....if you've seen the movie and don't agree then you've got issues, hehe.

Clash of the titan's will lose some of the magic though, the models and suchlike were impressive because they took so long to make etc, and you really get the feel of something majestic. But the acting sucked.

i'd seen Clash of the Titans before when i was a kid and i barely remembered it....but i watched it a couple of months ago and i had a hard time getting through it, which is why i'd love to see a remake.

 

[Dangerous]

It will obviously be inferior? Bruce Lee was a great martial artist but wasn't a good actor, neither was the majority of the cast. Enter the dragon was essential a bunch of fights scenes pasted together with a brief and under developed unoriginal story. Bruce lee's popularity made this film successful and the action scenes.

You clearly do not know what you are talking about.
Bruce Lee WAS a good actor.

ETD was not just a film featuring great martial arts, but great cinematography, a great scoring, a great set of characters and the whole picture was edited together w/ great pacing and an awesome atmosphere.

Yes the martial arts were the main attraction, but to be so uneducated as to try and narrow down the sole worth of the picture to the fight scenes- only highlights your lack of perception.

 

[Cyrusbales]

if you've seen the movie, you'd agree.....if you've seen the movie and don't agree then you've got issues, hehe.


i'd seen Clash of the Titans before when i was a kid and i barely remembered it....but i watched it a couple of months ago and i had a hard time getting through it, which is why i'd love to see a remake.

Not seen Logan's run for a few years if I'm honest, but I attended a filmic event and they were commenting on it, and showed some sequences from it. Bit's they showed were impressive, obviously I may need to watch the whole thing again, but I can't buy it in this country, even though it's one of the most important sci-fi titles out there in the last few decades.

And it was remade(to a degree), they called it the matrix

 

[L0ngsh0t]

Daredevil clearyly

I would like too see both Clash of the Titans, and Jason and the Argonauts cause they are two movies made a good 10 years or more before the concept of doing a movie like that should have been made.

although Army of Darkness was in away kind of a remake of Jason and the argonauts anyways


I'm all for the Escape from New York remake

I don't think the thing needs to be remade

I'm all for remaking movies (even if they are classics) where the budget was well below what a movie like that should have been, for instance Escape from New York or Clash of the titans, both could be visual splendors with 100 million dollars or so, and the right director: btw I think Ridley Scott would do a good Clash of the titans, or Jackson or Raimi

Since the Wolfman is looking really cool (granted in way early preproduction)

I think it would be cool to try and ressurect the universal monsters also, out of all of them Frankenstien would be the no win situation, much like Halloween was, so you would need to get a director with some balls to do it. But outside of that, it would be cool to see a new Creature from the Black Lagoon too

 

[Midnhtsun]

Bu...Log......wh....


Clash of the titan's will lose some of the magic though, the models and suchlike were impressive because they took so long to make etc, and you really get the feel of something majestic. But the acting sucked.

Ray Harryhausen was a great animator, I agree that magic wont be there but i think that is something that you loose a lot of with all the CG. The acting was really bad hopefully if they make this they will be very careful with who they cast.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Not seen Logan's run for a few years if I'm honest, but I attended a filmic event and they were commenting on it, and showed some sequences from it. Bit's they showed were impressive

impressive by 70's standards maybe. nothing in Logan's Run holds up to today's standards....not even the script.

obviously I may need to watch the whole thing again, but I can't buy it in this country, even though it's one of the most important sci-fi titles out there in the last few decades.

that's weird...if you're up for it, it should be available for rental. at least it is at my Hollywood Video.

And it was remade(to a degree), they called it the matrix

eh...kinda. the Island also took a lot of ideas from Logan's Run, but i wouldn't call any of those a remake though. i want to see Logan and Jessica!

 

[Cyrusbales]

I live in the UK, Logan's run simply doesn't exist in this country

 

[Midnhtsun]

You clearly do not know what you are talking about.
Bruce Lee WAS a good actor.

ETD was not just a film featuring great martial arts, but great cinematography, a great scoring, a great set of characters and the whole picture was edited together w/ great pacing and an awesome atmosphere.

Yes the martial arts were the main attraction, but to be so uneducated as to try and narrow down the sole worth of the picture to the fight scenes- only highlights your lack of perception.

Dangerous I love the film, I own it and watch it a lot, Im a Bruce Lee fan but it wasn't such a high quality that it shouldn't be touched. I can see where the films has its faults.

When i say Bruce Lee wasn't a good actor, he had only a small range of acting that he could do. In all his movies his character were very similar.

Yes each of the characters were great, but there was no depth to them they were for the most part very much stereo types and remained flat throughout the entire film.

A remake does have a lot to live up to, it wont be easy to out do the original but so far from what they have planned out, they are taking an interesting approach to it.

 

[DorkyFresh]

I think it would be cool to try and ressurect the universal monsters also, out of all of them Frankenstien would be the no win situation, much like Halloween was, so you would need to get a director with some balls to do it. But outside of that, it would be cool to see a new Creature from the Black Lagoon too

yeah that would be really cool. i loved Monster Squad and i think a lot of the effects still hold up today, so i'd LOVE to see what they could do considering it's been 20 years since that movie came out...

 

[DorkyFresh]

I live in the UK, Logan's run simply doesn't exist in this country

well....that bloody sux then.

 

[Cyrusbales]

I'd rather they do something new with the classic monster's than just do it again.

 

[Cyrusbales]

well....that bloody sux then.

If Logan's Run is remade, at least we'll get the original on DVD.

 

[DorkyFresh]

I'd rather they do something new with the classic monster's than just do it again.

Van Helsing...

If Logan's Run is remade, at least we'll get the original on DVD.

see? good things CAN come out of remakes!

 

[Midnhtsun]

It would be great during October to be able to see the universal monster movies in theaters.

 

[Dangerous]

Dangerous I love the film, I own it and watch it a lot, Im a Bruce Lee fan but it wasn't such a high quality that it shouldn't be touched. I can see where the films has its faults.

When i say Bruce Lee wasn't a good actor, he had only a small range of acting that he could do. In all his movies his character were very similar.

Yes each of the characters were great, but there was no depth to them they were for the most part very much stereo types and remained flat throughout the entire film.

A remake does have a lot to live up to, it wont be easy to out do the original but so far from what they have planned out, they are taking an interesting approach to it.

Fair enough you are not a noob.

You are right about Bruce's characters in his films all being very similar,- although I do think he alluded to a greater acting range in Way of the Dragon, which had a comedic slant. Who knows what he might have gone on to do.

As the action hero I think he was very good at playing that part, and if you think about it- in the action genre- the actors that get to be stars generally stick to action films. Arnold was great at being the Terminator (at least in the first film), no one else would have been as good as him in that role.

Sometimes to us- characters in films from the past can seem stereotypical, but we should appreciate that that was 30 plus years ago. Times were different and characters that would seem clichéd now, were real people back then. That is part of why I like ETD as it is- apart from being an amazing action film it is also a great period film of the early seventies.

Although you note you feel these characters remained flat throughout the movie I would disagree. Sure it was a star vehicle for Bruce- so the others characters were not going to be on screen that much, but sure enough they all went through their own journey and showed a range of acting abilities. ETD was a big deal at the time- a foreign star getting the lead in a major WB Hollywood production and I think this marriage of budget and production w/ a talent like Bruce Lee’s is something we will never see again.
I also just think the film stands on it’s own very well.

 

[Midnhtsun]

Yea definitely for the time this was a very pivotal movie for so many reason and still remains there.
I wish we could have seen more of Bruce's comedy I think he would have done well.

As for the other actors they were more of Foils to bruce's characters. I would have loved to have seen more of their journey, but of course im asking for a 3hr movie now