Aaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

I'm going to be sick. Genuinely deep down existentially sick with a preponderance of physical symptoms. Look at this garbage:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35013
Metropolis remake. Just not...when Michael Bay's Haxan comes out, I'm gonna start burning things. So disgusting. So very disgusting.

Oh, that's just great. :rolleyes:

Whoever came up with this just doesn't get it.
Fucking morons.

eff my life.

its going to be a prequel for Transformers!

Of course! Birgitte Helm was the ORIGINAL Decepticon!

i heard bay's next project will be a remake of Birth of a Nation! it will also tie-in to Transformers

I'd say that I'd go see it, you know, for irony's sake, but I do not wish to financially support this claptrap.

I don't like seeing our resident Doc get sick.

I'll take care of them.

*arms self with machete*

God damnit! Fucking Hollywood! The only reason Bay keeps doing remakes or adaptations is because whenever he tries to direct something original, we get shit like The Island.

It is mildly amusing (but also painful :) ) that the films that tend to get remade are those that don't need to be remade in the first place.

I mean, the studios want to make money. Lots of money. So when remaking a film, which are they going to choose - a classic that is well respected or a film that was panned on its release? If a film has a good reputation by name already, people are going to go along and see the remake. Likewise, if a film has a poor reputation, it becomes a risk money-wise.

Note I am talking about the general public, not officionados in the above paragraph.

Trouble with all this is that in a perfect world that was driven by art or entertainment and not money, the opposite should be the case. For those films that are already great, the chances are that a remake is not going to surpass from an artistic or entertainment point of view. Obviously, if the room for improvement is very small, then the chance of hitting the mark is also small. Sure, you can add modern special effects etc, but in my experience, effects add something extra to an already good film, but if the film itself is crap, effects do nothing. (take Independence Day for example).

However, for films that were poorly scripted and executed in the first place, there is a reasonable chance of improving the film in a remake. But it's risky for Hollywood, because people who remember the original are likely to avoid the remake because they have bad memories of the original, and the film will get a bad reputation before it is even seen.

It's a shame that profit is the main driver for films, and that Hollywood has gotten itself into a situation where films are so expensive to make.