Do Remakes REALLY bother you?

[fiend_skull]

Remakes only bother me when its of movies that don't need remakes. Like certain movies that are so bad (the unenjoyable bad, not Plan 9 bad.) should be remade. Though I will say the Reboot (I'm not sure what the difference between that and a remake are, they just called it that) of Hellraiser, has some of my interest despite the fact that Clive Barker is not going to be directly involved with it.

[GRAND INQUISITOR]

Is the Nightmare on Elm Street remake really nessecary?

[cheebacheeba]

Is any movie really n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y?
Is life?
Is existence?

[GRAND INQUISITOR]

Originally Posted by newb

For the most part, I see NO need for them. But every once in a while a real gem emerges from a remake.

Does that incvlude the Death Race 2000 remake? reminds me of an early '80s Italian flick Fighter Centurions/Rome 2073 by Fulci but instead of cars it's a gladiatorial motorbike race in only the winner survives.

[GRAND INQUISITOR]

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[VampiricClown]

Yes, they do. For several reasons. I think they've pretty much been covered here already, by many of the members:

The younger audience, for the most part, do not appreciate the classics, nor even bother to watch them, once a remake has been created. Mostly for the reason of "it's old" or "stupid".

Another gripe, is that I personally feel that when someone does a remake, they are using someone elses idea, because they could not come up with their own. Not only that, it is marketing greed.

And why keep feeding us the same movies, every ten years? I don't eat leftovers that are ten years old, because it has a prettier arrangement on my plate. Why would I wish to pay/watch a rearrangement of a movie? I want to see something NEW.

[Hollow God]

Generally yes, I really hate remakes. I don't see the remake of Nightmare on elm st. as being necessary because the original is still relevant. It just seems lazy and unoriginal to me.

[Elvis_Christ]

They never used to bother me until recently because there's been a long run of stinkers like Last House On The Left and The Stepfather.

It's weird its become a subgenre of its own. It was a lot better when there was one every now and then not the sole output.

[MisterSadistro]

Originally Posted by fiend_skull

Remakes only bother me when its of movies that don't need remakes. Like certain movies that are so bad (the unenjoyable bad, not Plan 9 bad.) should be remade.

I'm actually doing a 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' remake right now for that exact reason. The problem is they tend to cash in on the popularity of the original, but never bother to improve on them in any way. If the Hollywood system was at all interested in remaking movies, they should remake bad movies that had good ideas (like UFOs raising zombies :D ).
CK

[nightmare_of _death]

Yes, for the most part the do bother me.Some I don't mind,but some are just horrible.I thought the hills have eyes remake was okay, the second one sucked!!! I just saw the remake of Fame and it was horrible,still yet to see the original.The remake of dawn of the dead,haven't seen it and don't plan on it either.

For me I guess it all depends on the actors,directors and such,and if the trailer looks good,but sometimes....okay lots of time a trailer is misleading. It really disappoints me when they put stuff in the trailers,then you go to watch a movie and lots of the stuff in the trailer is never in the movie.