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Originally posted by no mulier
A hundred bad remakes of the Fog wouldn't make any difference, in my opinion.
It used to be that I'd make all kinds of cruel remarks about filmmakers who do them. Very easy to jump to conclusions that it's just going to be another cashing in. Maybe it will. Maybe it won't.
I like to keep my mind open, either way. You never know when the next the Thing -caliber remake will come along...
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Well, I think a hundred bad remakes of any film would certainly make a difference. Yes, there are good remakes. Hell, occasionally there is even a superior remake. But I'm tired of having to accept this complete lack of originality as inevitable. I just know there are some interesting scripts out that are being turned away in order to bank on yet another remake or worse, a"reimagining" that simply cashes in on a name, with a director that has no real interest in, or love of, the genre. :D
It is simply different when a director that has an understanding of the genre takes on a remake, rather than one that is just doing a job. I don't know who is directing The Fog remake, but I can tell you, I am not impressed with the signed cast. And that is a bad sign...lol.