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Nixorbo
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DOOP Secretary
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::continues the trend::
As long as they actually manage to do a good job, yeah, it's a good idea. For instance: Italian Job.
If they don't do a good job, however . . . See: Planet of the Apes.
Hmm, when's Marky Mark going to star in an original movie?
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Meh...
I'm indifferent towards them.
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Zed 85
Space Pope
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Can't remember if it was Kurosawa-san who complained to Sergio Leone after A Fistfull of Dollars, but there was a Japanese Saumuri-Genre director who said to him "Yes it was a very nice film, but it was my film!!!" I'm usually sceptical of remakes. Though it depends. If they're too faithful, then they're not very original, and you'd have more reason just to prefer the original "you've grown to love" or something. If they're too different, for instance taking a British film and making it American, then it would probably leave many people annoyed, thinking it was sacreligious. Or something. I really like A Fistfull of Dollars and The Magnificent Seven, but I've never seen the originals though. The difference of AFOD was of course it was Americanising something, but it was done by Italians and filmed in Spain, which is an interesting twist. It worked quite well.
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Tweek
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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It depends on the film, a remake that merely copies the original is pointless, films based on books where the director goes back to the book rather than the original film are likely to be better than an straight remake of the film.
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El Zilcho
Professor
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Originally posted by Kryten: I don't think I've ever seen a single remake that was as good as the original. Mr. Deeds. I rest my case.
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Roboguy
Crustacean
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Some of the remakes are O.K.
I've never seen one that was better than the original.
By and large, though, I think they're a waste of time and only show that Hollywood had no originality left.
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El Zilcho
Professor
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Originally posted by Kryten: ...no... So, you've seen "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" and you know it was better that the remake? ...Neither have I, I was just bluffing. But from what I've heard, the remake was better.
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kip
Professor
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Cannot wait for the Starksy and Hutch remake...
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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I'll go with the majority. The sucess of a remake depends on the movie is remaking. If the first one was a cool original idea but the execution was flawed, then I'm ok with remakes. But if the original movie was already pretty good, I don't see what's the need to remake it.
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SlaytanicMaggot
Professor
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As long as no one decides to remake "citizen kane," at which point I will forever hate remakes, my decision is it depends on wether or not it's a good movie in the first place, and then wether or not it's a good remake.
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