[katdad]

Once in a while, a remake comes across very well, as in John Carpenter's "The Thing", much more faithful to Campbell's original "Who Goes There?" story. That remake I'd say is by far the best ever.

The original "The Fly" had this excellent sense of suspense and mystery (faithful to the original story) where the press is set to zero clearance, two cycles were activated, etc. and this really added to the story. And who can forget that horrible Hedison-head fly?

The sequel w. Goldblum was fun, but even though it was more graphic, it really wasn't more scary.

There have been some pretty entertaining Dracula and Frankenstein remakes, with I'd say the Coppola Dracula being by far the best.

And then there are classics that simply cannot be improved upon, like King Kong.

I'm not against remakes per se, but it takes a lot of effort and care to outdo the original, in most cases.

Oh, and may those who tried to remake The Wicker Man please burn in hell, suffering the same fate as those who screwed with The Manchurian Candidate.

I agree with others that a principal objection to remakes is that it takes money away from new and fresh projects.