DEP E510 wrote:
Moby Dick- perfect as is, but wouldn't mind a 3-d cgi heavy remake

This could be interesting ( especially since it has been directed by Ron Howard )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWU5qvGEKZM

Orca Bay Images wrote:
After waiting 30+ years for a movie to be made of "Starship Troopers," I was hugely disappointed to see the "Mobile Infantry" walking from one battle to the next, after Robert Heinlein went to all the trouble of making flying armor. And to see them fight arachnids that shot hot poop. No raid on the Skinnies. No Arachnids coming out of the tunnel walls (well, "Aliens" co-opted that detail, plus "bug hunt").

SST: definitely needs a reboot.

^^what he said^^

That one was a massive disappointment

Koryn wrote:
I wish Americans would stop remaking foreign films (and shows) that were awesome to begin with.

it didn't work out so badly for "The Seven Samurai" and "The Magnificent Seven."

Wye wrote:
Every new attempt has value.

Explain to me the value in Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot color remake of "Psycho."

Orca Bay Images wrote:
Explain to me the value in Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot color remake of "Psycho."

People who try sometimes succeed.  Those who never try never succeed.

I have no problem with what he was attempting.

Wye wrote:
I have no problem with what he was attempting.

What was he attempting?

Orca Bay Images wrote:

What was he attempting?

I misspoke. I meant to say:

I have no problem with whatever he was attempting

He already had movies like Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho and Good Will Hunting under his belt at the time.

Bold people try new and difficult and sometime even foolhardy things. They certainly don't always succeed. People who say "I shouldn't try that" or ask "what right do I have to...?", on the other hand, never accomplish anything of note. They never succeed.

Looknsee Photography wrote:
It's been a long while since we had a version of Star Trek on TV.  I'm ready.

DHayes Photography wrote:
Reboot "Enterprise".  The voyages of the first starship Enterprise were fun.   Only this time, leave out the Temporal Cold War plotline which ran the series into the ground.  Time travel stories can be fun, but with lazy television writers involved it usually results in a big steaming mess:  Heroes.

I hate serial dramas, and having a plot line like the "Temporal Cold War" makes it a serial dramas.

To me, serial dramas have to grow bigger & bigger & bigger & more complex & more convoluted until they collapse under their own weight.  And they have to make a big thing about trivial items.  By the end, the plot evolves into a Rube Goldberg machine of inefficiency.

I know that serial dramas are very popular, and I'm not the kind that to insist that every show has to be my taste.  But I'm not going to be interested in a serial drama.

Vintagevista wrote:
"Escape from New York" is perfect as it is - and then they tried to go to the well a second time and made the "LA" version it was a swimming crapfest

Agreed. But the powers-that-be don't give a rat's patootie for your opinion. Or mine. They're doing it.

http://comicbook.com/2015/01/14/escape- … -from-fox/

Caradoc wrote:

Agreed. But the powers-that-be don't give a rat's patootie for your opinion. Or mine. They're doing it.

http://comicbook.com/2015/01/14/escape- … -from-fox/

Sacrilege  .......

Hollywood the only creative place on Earth that has run out of new ideas.

Jason Haven wrote:
I'm ready for a Spider-Man reboot into the MCU.

Sony should do Amazing Spider-Man 3, and have Peter Parker die in it. Then Miles Morales can show up in MCU, and watch the nerd rage be met with pure awesomeness.

Aren't these Spiderman reboots getting to be an annual thing?

John Photography wrote:
There was nothing wrong with the 3 Sam Raimi Spiderman movies. Nothing.

Did not need a reboot

Why must there be something wrong with something before it is remade?

I truly don't understand this attitude. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

According to you one version of a Shakespeare play is sufficient.

One arrangement of Mozart.

As long as there's nothing wrong with what's already been done there's no need to do something new with it.

It's ridiculous.

Vintagevista wrote:
"Hulk" movies - - -

No Reboots please

No Sequels

Not perfect as they are..

Just stop - for the love of god, please stop trying.....

Why?

The idea of not trying to do something seems ridiculous coming from someone in a creative field. Just because others (may) have failed why does that preclude trying something new with a character or idea?

Orca Bay Images wrote:
The Right Stuff: I wouldn't mind a re-release with real shots of Earth from orbit used in the sequence involving John Glenn's flight. The crappy effects they used for Earth were very jarring.

all i remember were shots of light coming through the capsule window. maybe i'll have to watch it again. i found very little wrong with that movie. it would hardly be worth the effort to remake, just for that one aspect.

beyond the obvious cliches, that movie was still very well directed, and acted.

Orca Bay Images wrote:
After waiting 30+ years for a movie to be made of "Starship Troopers," I was hugely disappointed to see the "Mobile Infantry" walking from one battle to the next, after Robert Heinlein went to all the trouble of making flying armor. And to see them fight arachnids that shot hot poop. No raid on the Skinnies. No Arachnids coming out of the tunnel walls (well, "Aliens" co-opted that detail, plus "bug hunt").

SST: definitely needs a reboot.

I'd echo this. I so enjoyed the book, and then they took Heinlein's blend of conservative socialism, of sorts, and turned it into a fascist mess. In the book, the rights and duties of citizens was the philosophical and moral underpinning of the story, and the powered suits were the nifty action parts. And the movie got all of that wrong. Well, the morphology of the actual Bugs was OK. That's the singular nod I can give to that steaming pile.

Justin wrote:
I'd echo this. I so enjoyed the book, and then they took Heinlein's blend of conservative socialism, of sorts, and turned it into a fascist mess. In the book, the rights and duties of citizens was the philosophical and moral underpinning of the story, and the powered suits were the nifty action parts. And the movie got all of that wrong. Well, the morphology of the actual Bugs was OK. That's the singular nod I can give to that steaming pile.

SO much this.

SayCheeZ!  wrote:
"Jersey Boys'" needs to be remade.
The Clint Eastwood version is sloooow and boring, not nearly as fun and upbeat as the Broadway show.

"The Shining" should have never been remade.  Although the second one wasn't bad, there was no real reason for it to be done.

"Deep Throat" needs to be redone, only because nobody wants to see those funky 70's hairdos anymore.

I thought Jersey Boys was just ok. I agree  it was slow but I personally didn't like the voice of the guy who played Frankie Valli, sounded like he had major nasal congestion.

Jay2G Photography wrote:
I'd like to see some decent Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn movies made. None of them were really well done, including the old ones. All the remakes have sucked and they are stories I really enjoyed growing up.

In today's sociopolitical climate, any remakes of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are going to suck the ever-loving suck out of suckage. I can't even explain why without using words that'd get me brigged here.

Not gonna happen.

They couldn't even remake "Blazing Saddles" today.

Caradoc wrote:

In today's sociopolitical climate, any remakes of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are going to suck the ever-loving suck out of suckage. I can't even explain why without using words that'd get me brigged here.

Not gonna happen.

They couldn't even remake "Blazing Saddles" today.

Yeah, I agree.  I hate when film makers use modern day sensibilities & political correctness for historical stories.  I don't want to see Gandhi kick ass or Lady Marion punch the Sheriff in the nose.

Jay2G Photography wrote:
I'd like to see some decent Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn movies made. None of them were really well done, including the old ones. All the remakes have sucked and they are stories I really enjoyed growing up.
    Maybe JAWS even though it was perfect with one exception. THE SHARK. I remember the film scaring the shit out of me until they showed the shark and it was a major let down and was no longer scary.  I was probably 10 when I finally seen it and the shark was stupid to me. 

Wait till you see Jaws 3 which I think is the one with the walking shark.

John Photography wrote:
Ruth Popper was the first MILF.

Mrs. Robinson beat her by a few years.

And for Ted Nugent fans, the first MILF might have been Bambi's mother. (Edit: Or maybe just Ted himself.)

Orca Bay Images wrote:

Mrs. Robinson beat her by a few years.

And for Ted Nugent fans, the first MILF might have been Bambi's mother. (Edit: Or maybe just Ted himself.)

OK I didn't know The Graduate came out before Last Picture Show.

I do like both movies.

Model Sarah wrote:
Stanley Kubrick is dead. Please, no matter the director do not think you are as genius as he is to recreate his work. You are not.

Julia Steel  wrote:
My favorite movie and book ever is A Clockwork Orange. I sooooo would love to see a remake though. Maybe a cute ex-child star as Alex. I'd be all over it.

Only problem is today it would be a PG13 disaster.......  Unless a director with balls

Looknsee Photography wrote:
I'm also a fan of Terry Gilliam's movies.  No remakes, please.
...  Time Bandits
...  The Adventures of Baron Von Mushausen (sp?)

The Gilliam film is "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." No "von" in there.