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I Want Remakes For These Movies

posted 2 years ago by Padeen (6459)
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I know most people hate remakes, but I think they're great, so sue me.

-Jeremiah Johnson
-The Bounty
-Congo
-Apocalypse Now
-Jaws
-Captain Horatio Hornblower
-Eraserhead

That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more I'm not thinking of.

[–] jriley555 (8543) 2 years ago

Yes
Maybe
Don't Know
No
No
Yes
No

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

Your 2 yes votes are the ones I would want most. If you've never seen Congo, its a dumb-fun adventure movie based off a Michael Crichton book.

[–] jriley555 (8543) 2 years ago

Cool ! Yeah, i haven't. Thanks.

[–] bobbydallas (8681) 2 years ago

Congo was dope what are you talking about?
Tim Curry all day everyday..!

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

Oh, I love that movie. I've read that Ernie Hudson thoroughly enjoyed acting in it and would be down for a sequel, which would be just as good as a remake. Either way, I'd be a happy camper.

[–] sslssg (35178) 2 years ago

Why would you want to remake Jaws?

[–] samoanjoes (58580) 2 years ago

So they could have a bigger boat.

[–] bobbydallas (8681) 2 years ago

^ lol

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 2 years ago

🤣

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

I understand its a much loved classic and a remake would be risky, but it might be interesting set in the current day.

[–] sslssg (35178) 2 years ago

We've had so many Jaws rip offs that a remake just doesn't seem needed to me.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 2 years ago

Amen!

🤨

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

A pox on your house!

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

lol

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

the bounty has been done enough

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

never touch a classic like apocalyse now, never.

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

It could be a loose remake, set during a different war, with the same elements from the Heart of Darkness.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

ben hur sucked. the magnificent 7 sucked.

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

Never seen em'.

Looking up a list of remakes though, I'm surprised how many movies I've enjoyed that aren't actually original.

[–] jriley555 (8543) 2 years ago

I would just love them to do a bang-on treatment of the novel itself - not a re-jiggered adaptation.

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

That would work too. I think there was a TV movie back in 90's, but I've never seen it. With a big budget, it would make a hell of a movie.

[–] samoanjoes (58580) 2 years ago

I don't think any movie should be remade. It's like repainting the Mona Lisa or The Scream. The reimagining is immediately inferior.

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

I like risks.

[–] DarthAckbar (2317) 2 years ago

huh?

there are a bunch of remakes that were better than the original

The Thing and The Fly immediately come to mind

[–] samoanjoes (58580) 2 years ago

Sure, like 10% of them. I just mean they're inferior because the concept has already been done.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

John Carpenter's The Thing begs to differ. But that is an outlier.

[–] FentonMeiks (1349) 2 years ago

Have you seen the fanedit:
Jaws - The Sharksploitation?

its amazing. a grindhouse version of jaws
https://archive.org/details/SharksploitationEditH264

[–] tcrum (31863) 2 years ago

Xanadu