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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So I've gone through a nostalgic phase recently, revisiting movies from my youth that I loved.

Whilst still enjoying them, I can't help feeling a little let down too. In the way that my memory of the film seems far better than actually re-watching it, and I can't help feeling that some of them would be awesome if re-made, particularly with today's special effects.

Then there's always that moment, when waiting for a re-make to be released, that you've built it up so much in your mind and placed such high expectations on it, that when you watch it, it's a let down.

What's one of your nostalgic films, and would you like to see it remade?

I'll start with one I revisited lately, The Last Starfighter, and I'd love to see it re-made.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Re-makes are invariably shitter than the original.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Re-makes are invariably shitter than the original."

Always? I've come across a few I enjoyed more than, or as much as the original.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Re-makes are invariably shitter than the original."

Spot on.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Re-makes are invariably shitter than the original."

Omg, wasn't the poltergeist remake a crock of shit?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

...I feel the need....The need for speed . . .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Re-makes are invariably shitter than the original.

Omg, wasn't the poltergeist remake a crock of shit?"

Yep! One that should have definitely been left alone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"...I feel the need....The need for speed . . .

You can't remake Top Gun

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"...I feel the need....The need for speed . . .

Would you remake it though? I'm not sure I'd want to see a remake on that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Re-makes are invariably shitter than the original.

Always? I've come across a few I enjoyed more than, or as much as the original."

lol. Go on then..I'm all ears....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"...I feel the need....The need for speed . . .

You can't remake Top Gun

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Robocop, was a great remake, Judge Dredd too?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Robocop, was a great remake, Judge Dredd too?

**face palms**

This thread is dead.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

Really dislike the lack of originality in film making at the moment. Granted there are original films but how many times can you remake King Kong and the like.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Really dislike the lack of originality in film making at the moment. Granted there are original films but how many times can you remake King Kong and the like."

Yes some are really done to death!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've recently watched 2 remakes of films I enjoyed in my youth and I wasn't much impressed with either..

they should leave them well alone

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Robocop, was a great remake, Judge Dredd too?

**face palms**

This thread is dead.

The movie aficionado?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I've recently watched 2 remakes of films I enjoyed in my youth and I wasn't much impressed with either..

they should leave them well alone"

Which were they?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

petes dragon and ghostbusters...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Robocop, was a great remake, Judge Dredd too?

Dredd (the most recent one) was awesome for a remake....the one with Sly was pish!

Didn't rate the New Robocop much....didn't have any great one liners in it like..."Can you flyyyyy Bobby?" or "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

The original is far superior I reckon

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"petes dragon and ghostbusters...

Oh yes, both were terrible remakes! I was so excited for our kids to watch Petes Dragon when it was released, we were all dissapointed

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By *AA123Couple
over a year ago

Lichfield

"...I feel the need....The need for speed . . .

You can't remake Top Gun

They aren't. Top Gun 2 is being made however.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I wish they would remake 'The Dambusters'

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

"Robocop, was a great remake, Judge Dredd too?

Dredd (the most recent one) was awesome for a remake....the one with Sly was pish!

Didn't rate the New Robocop much....didn't have any great one liners in it like..."Can you flyyyyy Bobby?" or "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

The original is far superior I reckon

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the new RoboCop is pure tripe compared to the original .they shouldn't do re makes as most are pure rip offs .the film makers are just scraping the bottom of the barrel these days .when's home alone 76 coming out xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

remakes are the lazy Hollywood way to make money. Play it safe, it doesn't always work but there are enough people about who don't remember the original to make money. The majority of remakes I've seen don't come close to the original (but then again, I often avoid remakes). Ones that I didn't think worse than the original, though not better either, were Oceans 11 and i am Legend, a remake of Omega Man which was a remake of Last man on Earth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ok if you're talking remakes then the worst remake ever has to be ghostbusters 2017....

Evil dead remake was pants too..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Departed was a good remake so we're the 1980s versions of the fly and the thing. Scarface was a remake too. Remakes can be great if they're done well.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The Departed was a good remake so we're the 1980s versions of the fly and the thing. Scarface was a remake too. Remakes can be great if they're done well."

Good examples.

I think there can be great remakes, doesn't necessarily make them better, or replace the original though?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dredd wasn't a remake. Robocop was a travesty!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Departed was a good remake so we're the 1980s versions of the fly and the thing. Scarface was a remake too. Remakes can be great if they're done well."

You got me on both of these..bastard.

I'm gonna have to suffocate to death on my words now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Departed was a good remake so we're the 1980s versions of the fly and the thing. Scarface was a remake too. Remakes can be great if they're done well.

You got me on both of these..bastard.

I'm gonna have to suffocate to death on my words now.

Ha no need for such drastic measures!

Most remakes are shiiiite to be fair, just made for a quick buck but I reckon if they're done by the right people for artistic reasons there's potential for some really good stuff.

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By *acavityMan
over a year ago

Redditch

I liked the new Ghostbusters.

Not as good as the first film but better than the second.

Dredd was better than judge Dredd.

Total recall. Both good.

The American pie series is just remaking porkies.

Barb wire, is an interesting remake of casablanca, with Pamela Anderson taking bogarts role.

But the point of show business is business. Customers don't want to be challenged on a night out at the cinema, they want a familiar formula, with maybe a few twists.

Eg fast and furious. James bond, mission impossible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wish they would remake 'The Dambusters' "

Peter Jackson started it but put it on hold to do other projects, not sure if he plans to go back to it but he did have replica Lancaster Bombers made so guessing he will at some point.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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Why the hell do they do this?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why the hell do they do this?!"

I think with the advancement of CGI, they think they can improve on the original with better special effects

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

"Why the hell do they do this?!

I think with the advancement of CGI, they think they can improve on the original with better special effects

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well the train at the end of Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter really shows how advanced CGI is .Thomas the tank engine looks more realistic .I'd rather see a real train not some stupid make believe piece of crap

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By *on and TammyCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

John Carpenter's 'The Thing' from 1982 is a brilliant remake of 'The thing from another world' from the 50's.

'Assault On Precinct 13', also by John carpenter, was an ace remake of the western 'Rio Bravo'. 'Assault...' was subject to a pretty mediocre remake a good few years back.

The magnificent 7 from the 60's is a great remake of akira kurosawa's '7 samurai'. Not seen the new version of 'magnificent 7'.

Most remakes are crap, but then most films are crap so they're going to be.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So I've gone through a nostalgic phase recently, revisiting movies from my youth that I loved.

What's one of your nostalgic films, and would you like to see it remade?

I'll start with one I revisited lately, The Last Starfighter, and I'd love to see it re-made."

Not so much a film but series. I'd love to see the Fall Guy remade. I though Dukes was a good effort and Starsky and Hutch was superb and actually pretty close to the sentiment of the original.

Not sure who would/ could play Lee Major's Colt Severs part well though.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I'd prefer an original imperfect film to a modern remake. They usually trash sequels too. We're left with the emotional connections that we've had with the originals, based on who we were at that time - it's often why we don't perceive the old film in the same light when we rewatch it; we're just different to then.

I don't trust film studios to make good films generally though.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Three words...The Italian Job!! Should never have been re-made.

That said there are a few remakes I've enjoyed...Cape Fear with De Niro is a good example...the revamped Dads Army (which when I first heard of it I swore blind I wouldn't watch, but ended up doing so out of curiosity) I thought was pretty good if you put aside the fact it was a remake.

There are a few others which I can't think of right now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not quite a remake but man from uncle was great!!

One thing that is missing in a lot of remakes is the original cast, some of them are what really makes the film not cgi.

If anyone dared remake gone with the wind I would have to hunt them down and hurt them!!

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

Miami Vice the movie was a lot better remake than the TV show.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yojimbo ... another awesome Kurosawa film .... which was remade as the equally awesome Fistfull of Dollars

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By *cotsguyyMan
over a year ago

Belfast and Fife

Big Trouble in Little China?

I'll say no more....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not quite a remake but man from uncle was great!!

One thing that is missing in a lot of remakes is the original cast, some of them are what really makes the film not cgi.

If anyone dared remake gone with the wind I would have to hunt them down and hurt them!! "

Don't think 4 hour movies are that popular these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just watched Kong Skull Island its pish.

First ever King Kong is epic when he is on top of the Empire State Building and you can see the puppet strings when he is fighting off the airplanes lol pure class.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I just watched Kong Skull Island its pish.

First ever King Kong is epic when he is on top of the Empire State Building and you can see the puppet strings when he is fighting off the airplanes lol pure class.

I watched skull island last night and was left feeling a bit meh, but the original was done with stop motion animation, not a puppet, and ground breaking back then.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a puppet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's a puppet "

Haha now I'm picturing Brian Connelly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a puppet yes BC classic Saturday night Television

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's a puppet yes BC classic Saturday night Television "

I've just Googled it buddy, no strings, just stop motion animation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a puppet!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pink Panther Steve Martin ruined that it was a classic movie with Peter Sellers.

Do you have a rooooom

Tell me does yir dog bite??? That is not my dog.

How was I too know the bonk was being rowbed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's a puppet!!!!"

Yes but you mentioned seeing strings, and there wasn't any used, I've copy and pasted this from the kong page:-

All of the puppets used within the movie are stop motion puppets. The definition of stop motion animation is “Stop motion (also known as stop frame) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence.”

They are the very first form of “ball and socket” stop motion puppets ever used in a film. Their creator was the lead animator Willis O Brien. O Brien had previously been making stop motion puppets of dinosaurs. In 1914 using money he saved working in a marble shop he rented a small shed on the roof of a bank of Italy. These early animations filmed here were shot with the help of a local camera man. The puppets were very primal using soft clay over crude wooden armatures,needles to say the movement of the puppet was not at all smooth and the clay had to be fixed after every frame shot. O Brien eventually figured out that this was not a convenient way of working as it was time consuming among other issues,and worked out the new steel “boll and socket” joint system for his armatures,which is the type of armature primarily used ever since and is currently still the one used in today’s movies.

So yes it's "a puppet!!!!!" As you're screaming at me, but no strings

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Brian Conley Show (It's A Puppet!) https://youtu.be/Or8rKW6S3pU via @YouTube

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'll pull the strings Geppetto

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Disneys Beauty and the beast is doing quite well.

There is room for a remake if you think you can do it better. But classics such as Goonies should never be touched. Ghostbusters should never have been remade, in my opinion. (Although embarrassingly I thought it was not as bad as it could have been)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Disneys Beauty and the beast is doing quite well.

I thought the relaunch of ghostbusters was ok, I liked the nod to Harald Ramis, but it tried to be too funny.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Disneys Beauty and the beast is doing quite well.

I thought the relaunch of ghostbusters was ok, I liked the nod to Harald Ramis, but it tried to be too funny."

If you took

Out the camios and nods to the first film, its shit. The only thing that rescues it (imo) is the fact it reminded me how good the first film was.

It was okay, the avctresses in their roles were funny. And they brought it up to date with humour. 6/10.

And consider that the original was panned when it was released and has since become a cult classic with 30to40 yr olds. I can only see the lates re-incarnation finding its self in a bargain bin in Asda next year. £1 blue rays

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Disneys Beauty and the beast is doing quite well.

I thought the relaunch of ghostbusters was ok, I liked the nod to Harald Ramis, but it tried to be too funny.

If you took

Out the camios and nods to the first film, its shit. The only thing that rescues it (imo) is the fact it reminded me how good the first film was.

It was okay, the avctresses in their roles were funny. And they brought it up to date with humour. 6/10.

Agree with you there, it did make me want to watch the original again, no plans on buying the reboot version, don't care how cheap it's selling

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wouldn't mind seeing a remake of the 1989 movie Warlock as long as it is remains focused on the characters and the plot and have a minimal amount of relevant scares

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