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By *izzmasterzero OP   Man
over a year ago

Aberdeen

I'm a big movie fan and like other fans I hate it when they remake old films especially when they talk about bringing back old classics, but are there any old films out there that could actually work well being brought back and modernized? If so what movie and why?

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By *izzmasterzero OP   Man
over a year ago

Aberdeen

I reckon a good one would be a little film called hackers. It was made when people didn't really know what the internet was and the way that they hack and the graphics used is a little funny "probably pretty cool when it was made". But now that technology has improved it could bring this film a new audience, using smartphones to hack the planet

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

Garbagepail Kids would be epic for children now with the changes in technology and ofcourse the current focus on individuality and how being different isn’t a bad thing.

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

I really like The Rocks’s remake of Jumanji (on tomorrow night I think) and White Chicks which was based on one of my all time fave oldie movies Some Like It Hot

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By *estless nativeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

Pretty much any film can be remade, the key is the quality of what you do.

As always there will different views on re-makes depending on individual tastes and any attachments people have to the original.

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


"Pretty much any film can be remade, the key is the quality of what you do.

As always there will different views on re-makes depending on individual tastes and any attachments people have to the original."

Very true, same goes for sequels

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By *eammeupMan
over a year ago

Wooburn

Highlander is begging for a film reboot

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By *tew008Man
over a year ago

edinburgh


"Highlander is begging for a film reboot"

Think they are doing a TV series

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By *vbride1963TV/TS
over a year ago

E.K . Glasgow


"Highlander is begging for a film reboot"

Surely there can be only one ?

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By *4Fun11Woman
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Highlander is begging for a film reboot

Think they are doing a TV series"

Isn’t there already a TV series on this?

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By *tew008Man
over a year ago

edinburgh


"Highlander is begging for a film reboot

Think they are doing a TV series

Isn’t there already a TV series on this? "

Oh shit yea there was one in the 90s

I meant a new one apparently

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By *otPrinceHarryMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"I reckon a good one would be a little film called hackers. It was made when people didn't really know what the internet was and the way that they hack and the graphics used is a little funny "probably pretty cool when it was made". But now that technology has improved it could bring this film a new audience, using smartphones to hack the planet"

My favourite memory of Hackers was a retrospective review written about a year later in SFX. When talking about the cast, it said, "... and Angelina Jolie, who sadly was never heard from again."

My personal nomination for a film that's crying out to be remade today would be 1957's black comedy "The Naked Truth." A bunch of celebrities individually plot to murder a newspaper editor who's threatening them with exposés. That could be a whole series right now.

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By *he Regina PhalangeWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire


"I really like The Rocks’s remake of Jumanji (on tomorrow night I think) and White Chicks which was based on one of my all time fave oldie movies Some Like It Hot "

Oh I did not know this. Loooove Some Like it Hot. Never watched white chicks but I might now.xx

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By *he Regina PhalangeWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire


"Highlander is begging for a film reboot"

There can be only one!

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By *he Regina PhalangeWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire


"Highlander is begging for a film reboot

Surely there can be only one ? "

Och you bet me to it!!!

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


"I really like The Rocks’s remake of Jumanji (on tomorrow night I think) and White Chicks which was based on one of my all time fave oldie movies Some Like It Hot

Oh I did not know this. Loooove Some Like it Hot. Never watched white chicks but I might now.xx"

The final scene with Jack Lemon always makes me laugh! Brilliant movie and white chicks is pretty good. The scene with Terry Cruz in the car singing to “I need you, I want you” is also soooo funny

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

Big trouble in little China! Absolutely amazing movie but think that would be a great remake!!

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

Yeah TV series are the big thing now for remaking old movies plus got the add a lot of grey, less colour and have it be a lot more serious and gritty!

Why don't Hollywood stop being lazy and come up with something that isn't an old movie, a book or a comic book?

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By *he Regina PhalangeWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire


"I really like The Rocks’s remake of Jumanji (on tomorrow night I think) and White Chicks which was based on one of my all time fave oldie movies Some Like It Hot

Oh I did not know this. Loooove Some Like it Hot. Never watched white chicks but I might now.xx

The final scene with Jack Lemon always makes me laugh! Brilliant movie and white chicks is pretty good. The scene with Terry Cruz in the car singing to “I need you, I want you” is also soooo funny "

Yes, when he’s trying to let down Mr Fielding

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


"I really like The Rocks’s remake of Jumanji (on tomorrow night I think) and White Chicks which was based on one of my all time fave oldie movies Some Like It Hot

Oh I did not know this. Loooove Some Like it Hot. Never watched white chicks but I might now.xx

The final scene with Jack Lemon always makes me laugh! Brilliant movie and white chicks is pretty good. The scene with Terry Cruz in the car singing to “I need you, I want you” is also soooo funny

Yes, when he’s trying to let down Mr Fielding "

YES!!! “Nobody’s perfect”

https://youtu.be/-mHhr-aaLnI

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By *estless nativeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow


"Big trouble in little China! Absolutely amazing movie but think that would be a great remake!! "

One of favourite cult films, but I think a remake would rely on CGI and it would lose something

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


"Big trouble in little China! Absolutely amazing movie but think that would be a great remake!! "

You need to check out the YouTube video big w**king in little Dumbarton

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

I thought the lethal weapon tv series was on par with the movies until damon wayans spat the dummy out and got jealous about the attention and acclaim clayne Crawford got for the way he portrayed riggs and got him killed off at end of season 2

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By *eammeupMan
over a year ago

Wooburn

The 90s TV series was a must view for me and my dad. It's on prime or Netflix now and looks even more tired than the film sometimes

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


"I reckon a good one would be a little film called hackers. It was made when people didn't really know what the internet was and the way that they hack and the graphics used is a little funny "probably pretty cool when it was made". But now that technology has improved it could bring this film a new audience, using smartphones to hack the planet"

Oooooh Angelinas first husband loved this film can deffo see it being a goodie too altho there are films quite similar to that genre now

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

Iv been loving the remakes all the Disney come to life, n totally reliving my childhood with them

I'm happy for any film to be remade, but I particularly love same cast appearances!

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By *izzmasterzero OP   Man
over a year ago

Aberdeen


"Iv been loving the remakes all the Disney come to life, n totally reliving my childhood with them

I'm happy for any film to be remade, but I particularly love same cast appearances!"

I did quite like the lion king but still preferred the old animated version. I was so disappointed in the jungle book and Christopher Walken totally ruined the oohbeedoo song which is one of my all time favourite songs.

There's a new Ghostbusters coming out at the end of the year which I was kinda hesitant about after the disastrous one we got a few years back, but this one at least has a story that ties in with the original

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

Im sure someone could do airwolf again but would it ruin the cheesy cult classic the original was (still one of the best tv theme tunes ever)

And i saw there is a remake of the equalizer starting next week on one of the sky channels

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