What would you like to see remade?

fatchowmein
fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
edited March 2010 in Music & Movies
With Hollywood remaking everything, what would you like to see remade? Can be TV or movie.

I'd like to see a reboot of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles starting with Interview with the Vampire. Cruise/Pitt was a bad combo although Antonio Banderas was awesome as Armand. I heard The Queen of the Damned wasn't very good but I didn't see it.

I'd also like to see a redo of Star Wars 1, 2, and 3 but don't touch 4, 5, and 6.
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited March 2010
    There was a TV movie in the early 80's by the name of "Goliath Awaits" about a cruise ship that sunk in WWII, but stayed intact and everyone survived to live on the ship for 40 years and create their own community, technology, etc. I thought it was a great concept, but poorly executed. I'd like to see that remade.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2010
    Zardos with Sean Connery, and they could get Gerard Butler to do Sean's part, hell hes in everything else.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,184
    edited March 2010
    They just remade "Jason and the Argonauts" and I love the original so I hope they did it well. It looks pretty good from the previews.

    Then there are the Sinbad movies that I liked also. Those could be updated maybe.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2010
    Any one of Michael Crichton's books that were made into movies....They mostly sucked big time. Congo, Sphere, Eaters of the Dead (13th Warrior), Timeline, The Terminal Man, all need to be remade into a GOOD movie...not great...just good. Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain are the only two I actually consider good. Rising Sun, The Great Train Robbery and Disclosure were passable at best...but not terrible like the others I mentioned.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Starship Troopers with a bit more emphasis on the book, and with drop suits. Okay to keep the coed shower.

    Yes the book was good and I would have like to see them with the drop capsules instead of the pods as well. BUT...this is one of those bad campy movies that was so bad it is truly a cult classic. I love it...just the way it is. You have Doogie Howser running around in a SS uniform and Denise Richards just being hot. And most of all...I cannot imagine a remake that doesn't have Dina Meyer naked in the shower.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2010
    Excalibur
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited March 2010
    well.....I'd like to see Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix hook up! :D
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited March 2010
    "THEM"! 1954, James Whitmore, James Arness, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon. A real classic coming out of the 1950's Sci-fi, UFO, hysteria flick's. The common household ant mutated to elephant-like size, via radiation from the testing of the first Atomic bomb blast in New Mexico. One of my favorite movies. Would love to see a 21st century, special effects laden version.



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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2010
    Keiko wrote:
    I'm a sci-fi buff...Hmmm, how bout Forbidden Planet?

    I love that one as well...but I keep thinking of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Rollerball" and cringe.

    Maybe it could be pulled off..."War of the Worlds" and "Planet of the Apes" were decent (not as good as the original...but not terrible)...

    But it would be very easy to screw it up.
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    edited March 2010
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited March 2010
    Huck344 wrote: »
    There was a TV movie in the early 80's by the name of "Goliath Awaits" about a cruise ship that sunk in WWII, but stayed intact and everyone survived to live on the ship for 40 years and create their own community, technology, etc. I thought it was a great concept, but poorly executed. I'd like to see that remade.

    Oh yeah, and Mark Harmon can still play the lead role.

    What about a remake of Steve McQueen's "Bullitt"?
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2010
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    Zardos with Sean Connery, and they could get Gerard Butler to do Sean's part, hell hes in everything else.

    A classic but not widely known or seen film...Sean was pretty good in the first one!

    Jason and the Argonauts...and Sinbad also good....there have been some made for TV remakes...but nothing like the old Epic formats.....

    I'd like to see a remake of THX-1138....perhaps Lucas's best film ever....I think he went down hill after that! 1st 3 Star Wars were OK for what they were but didn't have the drama and depth or artistry, of the student film.

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    I'm a sci-fi buff...Hmmm, how bout Forbidden Planet?

    An absolute 'classic'....I wouldn't touch that. Just like I would not have touched The Day the Earth Stood Still...the remake with Keanu just does NOT hold a candle to the original B & W....and at least Michael Rennie could 'act'!

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2010
    I would like to see Avatar remade
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited March 2010
    The Magnificant Seven or Seven Samurai. Loved them both and modern versions would be great. And through in Yohimbo too. Actually any Kurosawa film.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited March 2010
    Nothing, they've already been done. How about something new worth watching for a change.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited March 2010
    F1nut wrote: »
    Nothing, they've already been done. How about something new worth watching for a change.

    :D My thoughts exactly. I litteraly said that before reading your reply Jesse.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,963
    edited March 2010
    The Big Bus
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited March 2010
    I would like to see "The Ten Commandments" redone, with Jim Carrey playing the part of Moses.
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited March 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    I'm a sci-fi buff...Hmmm, how bout Forbidden Planet?

    Dune. What a god-awful travesty of one of the epics of Sci-Fi. And they tried to polish that up and failed. *

    Also, Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis was a disaster movie version of a very fine story.

    Movies that were made well, leave well enough alone.

    * I see there was also a TV series made of it, so, never having seen that.....
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,065
    edited March 2010
    F1nut wrote: »
    Nothing, they've already been done. How about something new worth watching for a change.

    Absolutely.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2010
    John30_30 wrote:
    Dune. What a god-awful travesty of one of the epics of Sci-Fi.

    I actually like "Dune"...and yes...I read the book. The extended version where they try to explain stuff was ok...but not necessary.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited March 2010
    Star Wars 1,2 and 3. And rewritten.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,963
    edited March 2010
    sorry...
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  • bobman1235
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    edited March 2010
    shack wrote: »
    Any one of Michael Crichton's books that were made into movies....They mostly sucked big time. Congo, Sphere, Eaters of the Dead (13th Warrior), Timeline, The Terminal Man, all need to be remade into a GOOD movie...not great...just good. Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain are the only two I actually consider good. Rising Sun, The Great Train Robbery and Disclosure were passable at best...but not terrible like the others I mentioned.

    Great call - I found Sphere particularly disappointing, though I admit I coudln't even make it through Congo, but Sphere was one of my favorite books when I was younger and the movie was just an abortion.
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited March 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Great call - I found Sphere particularly disappointing, though I admit I coudln't even make it through Congo, but Sphere was one of my favorite books when I was younger and the movie was just an abortion.

    Is Congo a good read.. Im looking for my next book and i liked the premise of the movie however i agree the movie was pretty crappy
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    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    bruss wrote: »
    Is Congo a good read.. Im looking for my next book and i liked the premise of the movie however i agree the movie was pretty crappy

    I read it probably 12 years ago so I couldn't tell you... I mean, I liked it at the time, but I was also an idiot back then (you know, moreso) so who knows.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2010
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Great call - I found Sphere particularly disappointing, though I admit I coudln't even make it through Congo, but Sphere was one of my favorite books when I was younger and the movie was just an abortion.

    Sphere is always part of the conversation when I'm asked about my opinion of "worst movies of all time". It was an abomination IMO. Congo is not far behind. Timeline and 13th Warrior were ok at best...but could have been SO MUCH BETTER. Eaters of the Dead is my favorite Crichton novel so 13th Warrior is especially dissappointing to me. I give Terminal Man a break because it was made at a time when there were very few really good sci-fi themed movies made.
    bruss wrote:
    Is Congo a good read.. Im looking for my next book and i liked the premise of the movie however i agree the movie was pretty crappy

    I enjoyed all of Crichton's books. While not his best IMO, Congo was an entertaining read. Like all his books, he threw in a good amount of technical info that made it semi-believable. If you have read and enjoyed any of his other novels, I think you would like Congo.
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited March 2010
    I'd pay to see a remake of "2001 A Space Odyssey." Don't get me wrong. Kubrick's movie has stood the test of time, which is difficult for sci fi movies. Since technology has moved on over the 40+ years of its making, it still looks fairly current in the details.

    My beef with Kubrick's interpretation of Clark's book is that he did took too much liberty with what happened to the character Bowman once Bowman entered into the monolith. What happened in the book while traveling through the "warp" (for lack of a better definition) is quite different during that journey. The same for the very end of the book.

    That may be due to the lack of special effects technology during that day. Still the movie is a classic. It is just hard for individuals to understand what what was actually going on in the book during the last part of the original movie.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2010
    Hillbilly61 wrote: »
    I'd pay to see a remake of "2001 A Space Odyssey." Don't get me wrong. Kubrick's movie has stood the test of time, which is difficult for sci fi movies. Since technology has moved on over the 40+ years of its making, it still looks fairly current in the details.

    My beef with Kubrick's interpretation of Clark's book is that he did took too much liberty with what happened to the character Bowman once Bowman entered into the monolith. What happened in the book while traveling through the "warp" (for lack of a better definition) is quite different during that journey. The same for the very end of the book.

    That may be due to the lack of special effects technology during that day. Still the movie is a classic. It is just hard for individuals to understand what what was actually going on in the book during the last part of the original movie.

    I saw it back in my teens years and the LSD I took made the movie make all the sense in the world!:eek::D
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