Remakes are a disgrace

[Despare]

Originally Posted by benim

being close-minded is something else. like refusing to see film because of its country of origin, an actor/actess playing etc.

Those are just different reasons for being closed minded, such as not watching a film because it's a remake.

[Doc Faustus]

Lucky for us Hollywood isn't nearly smart enough to know what movies had actual merit so they can go back and ruin them. They'll mostly just deal with sacred cows from the 80s. The TCM thing pissed me off but I'm over it and Halloween was somebody actually trying to work with a new vision instead of just glossying up an older movie.

[Ferox13]

Has any one ever seen the 80's version of THE BAD SEED?

or Night of the Hunter with Richard Chamberlain (now thats a bad idea)..

[benim]

what to say. if you enjoy wasting your time for watching something you've already watched, i have no problem with that. that's your time and you can use it however you want. who can judge you?

i'm open-minded and spend my time to see things which are NEW to me, rather than repeating OLD ones.

[iSeymore]

Originally Posted by paul2012

Rob Zombie should be ashamed of himself. Of course he wouldn't know what shame meant. Part of the lure of Halloween was not knowing what made Michael Myers so evil. Zombie blew it by chalking it up to growing up in a dysfunctional family and having an abusive childhood. We can get that crap on Court TV every nite. He also took the character of Dr. Loomis and relegated him to a creep who would sell his mother for a book deal. I can only imagine the damage Zombie will do to his remake of the Blob.

Zombie also made a mess of Friday the 13th which would almost seem impossible. He made nearly every character so despicable the audience was literally cheering as Jason took them out.

We've also seen this in the remake of the Fog. Old Mr. Machem went from being a crusty old fisherman telling spooky campfire stories to being an alcoholic bum.

There should be laws for misfits like Zombie to be sued for tampering with classic horror movies.

Rob Zombie had nothing to do with the 2oo9 Friday the 13th movie, it was created and directed by the people who remade the Texas chainsaw Massacre. I personally liked the Halloween remake, and his own horror movies, House of 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects. They were fantastic movies. Just opinions I guess.

[p1zl3]

actually i've watched "The Thing" but as i know it's not a full remake, it's a different adaptation. [i didn't like it btw. i expected something better]

What!?!?

[Despare]

Originally Posted by benim

what to say. if you enjoy wasting your time for watching something you've already watched, i have no problem with that. that's your time and you can use it however you want. who can judge you?

i'm open-minded and spend my time to see things which are NEW to me, rather than repeating OLD ones.

You say you seek out the original first though, so you're not spending your time watching something you've already watched as you haven't seen either version. Your logic is not.

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Yeah it was a remake of the HK film 'Infernal Affairs'.

Oh, cool - I'll have to check it out. Thanks!


Re: Remakes. I actually think that the American remake of The Grudge is better than the original. Then again, this is a singular case; The original Japanese Director Takashi Shimizu had a chance to direct the American version, so his hand was on both of them. I see the American remake as a great chance to edit out what was otherwise a bit rambling and unnecessary in the original. The scares are just as effective, the ghosts just as horrifying, and it cuts out the unnecessary parts. Same director, improving on his first run.

So remakes aren't always a bad thing. If they are legitimately trying to improve on the original or if they are trying to "re-envision" a concept (which is still considered improving on it), I think that they are totally justified.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Oh, cool - I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

If I'm not mistaken The Departed condenses all 3 off the Infernal Affairs into one so check em' all out. Good stuff.

[ChronoGrl]

Thanks, Des. I will. :D

Originally Posted by Despare

I'm sure you've seen a few remakes without knowing they were remakes.



I can't believe there's a horror fan out there that hasn't seen The Thing nor can I believe you haven't seen a version of Frankenstein after 1910.

I want to pick on Des for a second here (and split some hairs)...

I consider "The Thing" to be just a second adaptation of Who Goes There?, and all Frankenstein movies are various adaptations of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. As for various Wolf Man movies, however, THOSE I would consider remakes.

Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by Ferox13

Has any one ever seen the 80's version of THE BAD SEED?

Yeesh. Part of the horror of that film was the subject matter within the context of the time... A remake of it sounds ABYSMAL.

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Also - I think that this year's My Bloody Valenting 3D was not only a ridiculously fantastic remake, but an homage that completely venerated the genre... And the most fun I've probably had at the movies. Ever. Now THAT'S how you do a remake!