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Good Remakes Vs Bad

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Following on from the Magnum thread.....

There are probably more shite remakes of TV series and films than good.

Any hidden gems that actually did the originals justice that you can think of?

I can certainly think of plenty of examples of the bad.

A

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

Battlestar Galactica

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

The Thing 80s version was the first remake the second was crap.

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

Miracle on 34th Street.

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)


"Battlestar Galactica"

That's exactly what I was about to say

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

Death wish was good

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate


"Battlestar Galactica

That's exactly what I was about to say"

I can't think of another remake as good as that. Because there isn't one

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

Lethal Weapon

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Miracle On 34th Street; I really liked that being the soppy did that I am

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"Death wish was good"

Surprisingly good!

I'll add the Denzil Washington movie remake of The Equaliser.

A

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


"Death wish was good

Surprisingly good!

I'll add the Denzil Washington movie remake of The Equaliser.

A"
deffo but sequal was crap

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"Death wish was good

Surprisingly good!

I'll add the Denzil Washington movie remake of The Equaliser.

A deffo but sequal was crap"

Yep.

A

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

I thought IT was a better remake but dad's army remake was terrible.

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich

Pappilon , just why.

How can they match a film with Dustin Hoffman and McQueen.

The film is a timeless classic and should have been left alone.

Chloe Xxx

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The Dirty Dancing remake was bloody awesome, especially when the um...actors, started singing the songs.

......only joking!!!

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock


"Pappilon , just why.

How can they match a film with Dustin Hoffman and McQueen.

The film is a timeless classic and should have been left alone.

Chloe Xxx "

I love papillon but didn't know there was a remake

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich


"Pappilon , just why.

How can they match a film with Dustin Hoffman and McQueen.

The film is a timeless classic and should have been left alone.

Chloe Xxx

I love papillon but didn't know there was a remake "

Just out this week.films of this quality and depiction of history should never be remade.

Some films (especially 80s) films should be left alone , they are our memorys ,remakes mess up the feel good factor. X

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"Pappilon , just why.

How can they match a film with Dustin Hoffman and McQueen.

The film is a timeless classic and should have been left alone.

Chloe Xxx

I love papillon but didn't know there was a remake "

Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam.

If you've never seen the original it's ok.

If you have? It's a bag of shit.

A

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

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

It's amazing.

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


"The Dirty Dancing remake was bloody awesome, especially when the um...actors, started singing the songs.

......only joking!!! "
he man skellator version

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

The remake of The Taking Of Pelham 123 is actually as good as the original.

Agree though that they're usually woeful - The Italian Job and Sergeant Bilko being two that should never have been made.

One that surprised me though as when it was announced I refused to even contemplate it as it seemed sacrilegious but actually enjoyed it when I saw it was Dad's Army - they made it different enough but still showed respect to the original

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"The remake of The Taking Of Pelham 123 is actually as good as the original.

Agree though that they're usually woeful - The Italian Job and Sergeant Bilko being two that should never have been made.

One that surprised me though as when it was announced I refused to even contemplate it as it seemed sacrilegious but actually enjoyed it when I saw it was Dad's Army - they made it different enough but still showed respect to the original "

I liked the Italian Job remake - would have been much better if it was called something else though.

What bugs me almost as much as a shite remake is when the plot strays too far from the original, so as to be almost a completely different film.

A

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

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I actually thought it was better than the films. Bloody Fox execs!

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

I like Hawaii 5 0. And not just because of the delicious Alex O' Loughton either. It's a fun show to lose oneself in for 40 minutes.

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By *imon the welderMan
over a year ago

Northampton

Death race 2000

As of it’s time as the original David Carredine/ Sylvester Stallone version was it’s bloody funny

The Jason Statham remake was entertaining but mostly vacuous

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By *olexMan
over a year ago

Hull

How were the Americans allowed to remake Get Carter? For shame.

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

12 monkeys, the tv show took the ideas from the film of the same name (which itself is also based on a short film called La Jetèe), and expanded on it and ran further with the concept than portrayed in the film.

And as mentioned above BSG was brilliant, so say we all.

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

Thought the True Grit remake was worth seeing

Did not think much of the American remake of girl with the dragon tattoo compared to the original

And why did anyone thinks remaking Ben Hur was a good idea

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


"Battlestar Galactica"

Agreed, but not much to live up to!

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

Think im the only person who dislikes Heat and far prefer the original LA Takedown

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

The Netflix version of Lost in Space was pretty great. BSG would otherwise be the best I could have thought of.

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By *tingly ByronMan
over a year ago

In a town Fab forgot

I put off seeing the Magnificent Seven remake for ages.

Convinced it was going to be BoS.

Saw a few trailers, thought it might be worth a watch.

Pleased that I did. They managed a few nods to the original too.

Of course the "original" Magnificent Seven wasn't the actual original Magnificent Seven.

Kurosawas version was stunning.

So, three good versions of one film. Not bad going......

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Cape Fear.

And don't shoot me on this but....Star Trek.

A

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By *owboy BebopMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

The US remake of “The Ring” was great (and fucking scary)

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

The westworld series is ALOT better than the 70's Yul Brinner movie.

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

Prisoner Cell Block H into Wentworth Prison.

Nice to watch a prison drama where the walls don't shake as they close the bars up , also liked that it was just "loosely based" and a bit more modern than a 100% remake.

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

The new Blade Runner 2049 is just beautiful and follows perfectly from the original.

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By *obo999Man
over a year ago

Fife

JUMANJI - I thought the new one was terrible.

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Scarface is a good remake.

Get Carter (the American version with Stallone) was terrible.

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By *tingly ByronMan
over a year ago

In a town Fab forgot


"The new Blade Runner 2049 is just beautiful and follows perfectly from the original. "

I watched the first 20 minutes and turned it off.

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By *tingly ByronMan
over a year ago

In a town Fab forgot


"The westworld series is ALOT better than the 70's Yul Brinner movie.

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I've just bought the first series box set. Not started it yet.....

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By *eanne n AliCouple
over a year ago

glasgow

Although not a remake I thought the film of the A Team was quite decent.

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow


"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I actually thought it was better than the films. Bloody Fox execs! "

That was a great show!!!!! Summer glau, and Lena Hadley mmmmmm

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