Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Aug 9, 2011, 4:31 PM
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Put The Remake In A Corner.
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Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be another remake, there'll be a new version of "Dirty Dancing." Although Kenny Ortega will be on hand again, the original cast won't be. Swayze and Orbach must be rolling over in their graves.
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"Never walk alone in a danger zone."
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Aug 10, 2011, 8:52 AM
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Hollywood's going to remake everything (except for Casablanca; there were plans to remake that, but they were scrapped); remakes and lazy writing go hand-in-hand.
Also, many of today's filmmakers grew up watching these movies, and now that they have jobs in the film industry, they opt to do their own takes on the movies they grew up watching.
A year and a half ago I read that someone was planning to remake 1987's The Monster Squad. Seriously. The flippin' Monster Squad is getting a remake. Was anybody really clamoring for a new Monster Squad in the 21st century?
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An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.
(This post was edited by Starburst on Aug 10, 2011, 8:56 AM)
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Supervising Animator
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Sep 4, 2011, 7:20 PM
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I'm now in college again working on my Bachelor of Arts and I'm thinking of writing about "Movie Remakes" and how it's harming the film industry.
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
(This post was edited by MrCleveland on Sep 4, 2011, 7:20 PM)
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Animator
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Nov 16, 2011, 8:50 PM
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In a paranormal board I'm in, we've all come to the consensus that Hollywood has, indeed, run out of ideas. The paranormal board's anchor site has a huge supply of true stories dealing with the paranormal. Many of them would make for great horror film fodder.
I remember reading that Forbidden Planet is being remade, as is Fantastic Planet. For the latter, I suggested that the humans be real, the aliens be real/CGI combined, and the landscape and creatures that inhabit the planet (besides the Oms and Draags) all be done by John Kricfalusi.
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Directing Animator
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Nov 30, 2011, 12:09 AM
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Hollywood's going to remake everything (except for Casablanca; there were plans to remake that, but they were scrapped)...
Thank God!!!! 
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"I'd like to cover you with furs and automobiles!"
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Directing Animator
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Nov 30, 2011, 12:16 AM
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I agree... Hollywood seems to have run out of original ideas. Remakes are nothing new, of course...
"The Maltese Falcon" (1941) has two predecessors that are largely (and understandably) forgotten today. "Nothing Sacred" was remade as a Martin-and-Lewis vehicle in the 50's and "The Front Page" was remade twice: first as the hilarious "His Girl Friday" and then as direct remake of the original with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.
But today, it seems like that there are a lot more remakes of classic films and TV shows (and even cartoons); with varying results.
Nora Ephron seems to have been one of the biggest offenders in Hollywood during the 1980's and 90's. Has she ever directed any original movies, or just remakes of classic films that pale in comparison to the originals?
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"I'd like to cover you with furs and automobiles!"
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Supervising Animator
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Nov 30, 2011, 2:34 PM
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I agree... Hollywood seems to have run out of original ideas. Remakes are nothing new, of course...
"The Maltese Falcon" (1941) has two predecessors that are largely (and understandably) forgotten today. "Nothing Sacred" was remade as a Martin-and-Lewis vehicle in the 50's and "The Front Page" was remade twice: first as the hilarious "His Girl Friday" and then as direct remake of the original with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.
But today, it seems like that there are a lot more remakes of classic films and TV shows (and even cartoons); with varying results.
Nora Ephron seems to have been one of the biggest offenders in Hollywood during the 1980's and 90's. Has she ever directed any original movies, or just remakes of classic films that pale in comparison to the originals?
"The Wizard of OZ" was a remake! Yes...it was the remake of the 1925 film featuring Oliver Harding.
"Ben-Hur"...obviously was a remake, it seems that once the Silent Films were obsolete...they must be remade.
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Zinc Saucier
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Nov 30, 2011, 5:07 PM
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I would tend to argue that a film that was done again in sound and color when the first version was a silent film shouldn't count as a remake. The two versions really don't compare and are vastly different in pretty much all aspects.
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Directing Animator
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Dec 1, 2011, 1:00 AM
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But didn't William Wyler direct both the silent and color/sound versions of Ben Hur? Both films have a magnificent and thrilling chariot-race sequence.
And, yes, of course... the 1939 "Wizard of Oz" is far superior to the Larry Semon film (which actually took a few liberties with the original story, IIRC.)
There have been exceptions in which a remake or newer version of a previously-released film had improved on the original... but this does not seem to be the case today.
One film that I thought was a good adaptation of the original source was "The Fugitive"; starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. It was intelligently-written and superbly-acted.
"Starsky and Hutch"; despite it's overall campiness was actually a fun homage to the original TV series. I always LMAO at the scene where the Korean kid starts throwing knives at them
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"I'd like to cover you with furs and automobiles!"
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