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What film would you like to see given a reboot?

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  • 18-01-2010 7:27pm
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    opr
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    With the news that 'Jurassic Park' is going to be given a reboot causing so much debate and it seems 'Highlander' is going down this road I wondered what other films people would you like to see given the same treatment.

    'Batman' springs to mind as one franchise that had found a new lease of life and is all the better for the reboot. So what if any franchise would you like to see given a reboot ?

    Mine would be 'Back to the Future' *ducks*. Now before people start crying about this being a timeless classic and a pox on anyone who dares touch this franchise remember this is a reboot in which the original trilogy will always stand untouched in its own right. Main reason being the advancement in special effects could go a long way in creating a new future and with the right director I think these could be amazing.

    Opr


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    krudler
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    The Wizard of Oz, itd be interesting to see a darker, closer adaptation of the books, as long as Tim Burton isnt allowed anywhere near it

    I dont have an issue with remakes/reboots tbh, if they make one and it flops it doesnt suddenly make the original unwatchable


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    Necronomicon
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    I'd love to see a modern Escape From New York, as long as it was done right of course. It has been mooted, seemingly it has been in development hell for a couple of years, with Gerard Butler once attached to Plissken.


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    niallon
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    Necronomicon wrote: »
    I'd love to see a modern Escape From New York, as long as it was done right of course. It has been mooted, seemingly it has been in development hell for a couple of years, with Gerard Butler once attached to Plissken.

    Hell no! All that could be improved is some effects, the original story and performances etc. are fine. Doesn't need it.

    Reboots should only be aimed at the like of Bond or Batman, franchises that are beyond redemption on their current path. Spiderman is a good example. The upcoming reboot is a little extreme but without Raimi there's no way to have another top note director come in and keep the franchise competent on the blueprints Raimi laid down, it'd just be imitation. If they weren't adamant about going back to scratch this would be an ideal reboot, new team behind the production but same story. It all makes sense, directors and actors alike grow tired of their franchises, they can't be kept permanently so moving on to another crew makes sense. If they would just keep the original canon intact it'd be fine.


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    humanji
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    My only problem with reboots and remakes is that so many of the ones that had great potential are just f*cked up. It's heartbreaking in a way.

    I kind of would like to see a remake of The Maltese Falcon, but mainly out of interest of what would be done with it.

    I'd like to see Jurassic Park remade to be more like the book, which was darker and more violent. I thought there was a better air of mystery in the books version at the start. Oh and while we're on the subject of Michael Crichton books, I want to see The Andromeda Strain remade. They made it into a mini-series that turned it into an alien intelligent virus or some muck like that. It was terrible.

    Oh, and I'd have Serenity remade and have almost identical except Wash wouldn't die!


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    jaykhunter
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    I'd like someone to do a good job with Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. I think it's a fantastic idea but both Will Smith's 'I Am Legend' (2007) and Charlton Heston's "The Omega Man" (1971) failed to interpret it into a smart, enjoyable movie. They're both not bad, but I'm quite disappointed by both considering the plotline. I love the campy cloaks of the 70s and the first half hour of the 00 version but both had their flaws. I'd love for a smarter (but visually sumptuous) version to be made.

    Before anyone asks, I haven't seen "The Last Man on Earth" (1964) as I read some negative reviews of it, and plan on watching it sometime in the future.

    I'd like someone to remake the SAW Series...


    ...:eek::D Just kidding! :pac::pac::pac:

    Actually, a few years down the line I'd like to see a Matrix prequel (without Neo). I know that the Architect mentioned that there were 6 (6?) others before Neo. It'd be nice to see one of those iterations played out (birth, continuance and destruction of the Matrix all in one film)

    I never hate on sequels or remakes/reboots because I'll just choose not to watch it. It doesn't cost me anything and someone obviously enjoys it so good for them! I hate (eg) Parody Movie films but there's an audience for that so live and let live.


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    mike65
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    Reboot? :( Can I boot that phrase to kingdom come?

    Escape from New York doesn't need a remake, I watched it again only a few months back and it holds up well, anyway who could possibly top Kurt Russells "hand me down" Clint Eastwood performance?

    If I were to suggest one film series that could be usefully revived it would be Matt Helm
    which is now forgotten and rightly so as they were a pretty low grade vehicle for Dean Martin. The first two did good business on the back of James Bond at its commerical peak. Someone like George Clooney, Brad Pitt or even John Cusack would make a decent Helm


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    Handsome Bob
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    Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles is the only franchise that I really want to be rebooted.


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    Necronomicon
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    niallon wrote: »
    Hell no! All that could be improved is some effects, the original story and performances etc. are fine. Doesn't need it.

    Reboots should only be aimed at the like of Bond or Batman, franchises that are beyond redemption on their current path. Spiderman is a good example. The upcoming reboot is a little extreme but without Raimi there's no way to have another top note director come in and keep the franchise competent on the blueprints Raimi laid down, it'd just be imitation. If they weren't adamant about going back to scratch this would be an ideal reboot, new team behind the production but same story. It all makes sense, directors and actors alike grow tired of their franchises, they can't be kept permanently so moving on to another crew makes sense. If they would just keep the original canon intact it'd be fine.

    I guess the term 'reboot' does hint more at a franchise. I love Escape From New York to bits, but I do think it would lend itself well to a remake. Just on Spiderman, I think it's a little too soon to see another origin story, not sure I could watch his back story again.
    mike65 wrote: »
    Escape from New York doesn't need a remake, I watched it again only a few months back and it holds up well, anyway who could possibly top Kurt Russells "hand me down" Clint Eastwood performance?

    Who said anything about replacing Kurt Russell? :D


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    rednik
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    Not a film but Salems Lot the original series was perfect but I would love to have seen this made into a movie. The Rob Lowe remake was dreadful but with a movie I think it could be made better with the right people behind the project.


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    Sleepy
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    LZ5by5 wrote: »
    Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles is the only franchise that I really want to be rebooted.
    While the first movie was probably okay if you weren't a fan of the books, if you were the casting was horrible, they played way too much with canon where vampiric 'powers' were concerned and just generally made it next to impossible to film the rest of the series and warm to Lestat as 'the brat prince'. The reviews for Queen of the Damned were so bad I couldn't even bring myself to watch it.

    One movie I've always wanted to make was an origins story for Bond which played to the story of him being orphaned, effectively adopted by the MI5 and having Q as something of a father figure to him... great potential there. Loving the new run but bringing the reboot back to the very start would've been my approach.

    Shogun / Tai-Pan - both made as mini-series, would love to see a HBO / Boxoffice take on either of them.

    The prospect of a highlander reboot both enthralls and terrifies me!


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    Handsome Bob
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    Sleepy wrote: »
    While the first movie was probably okay if you weren't a fan of the books, if you were the casting was horrible, they played way too much with canon where vampiric 'powers' were concerned and just generally made it next to impossible to film the rest of the series and warm to Lestat as 'the brat prince'. The reviews for Queen of the Damned were so bad I couldn't even bring myself to watch it.

    Dodged a bullet there! Myself on the hand had to watch a film you'd swear MTV made. Agreed on some of the casting in Interview, particularly Antonio Banderas. That said I don't think Tome Cruise did a bad job. I'd say it was passable.


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    Nervous Wreck
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    I'd like to see the Superman franchise rebooted. They attempted it with Superman Returns but it just didn't really work... Brandon Routh and Kevin Spacey were extremely well cast but the rest of the casting was awful. The storyline was too convoluted and the same old problem came about of Superman being too powerful. Basically, I'm looking for a remake of Superman II. :D


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    Coriolanus
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    Star Wars, but aimed firmly at the 16/18 ratings bracket.
    I'm not a fanboi of the originals, and completely understand that they're movies for kids (from Lucas' lips at least) but I think they'd do incredibly well given a darker treatment.
    Considering they're going back to KOTOR with the MMORPG, you could concievably do that with films too.


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    iMax
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    opr wrote: »
    With the news that 'Jurassic Park' is going to be given a reboot

    <SNIP>

    Mine would be 'Back to the Future'

    Don't think it would be possible with that franchise. The only possible way to do it is to retain the original cast in their original (stripped back) roles & focus on a younger generation (Your kids Marty...)
    krudler wrote: »
    The Wizard of Oz, itd be interesting to see a darker, closer adaptation of the books, as long as Tim Burton isnt allowed anywhere near it

    He's the one director who could possibly pull it off

    Sleepy wrote: »

    One movie I've always wanted to make was an origins story for Bond which played to the story of him being orphaned, effectively adopted by the MI5 and having Q as something of a father figure to him... great potential there. Loving the new run but bringing the reboot back to the very start would've been my approach.

    There was a credible (but unsubstantiated) that they were going to start Casino Royale with Pierce Brosnan, coming into M's office after completing another mission only to be introduced to "James Bond" & he would have to hand over the mantle. but Brosnan didn't want to do it. This would have provided them with a plausable Backstory that "James Bond" is a different man through the years & that he's a figment of someone in MI5's imagination
    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    I'd like to see the Superman franchise rebooted.

    <SNIP>

    Basically, I'm looking for a remake of Superman II. :D

    Get hold of the Donner Cut of Superman II. Much better more superior, more enjoyable movie, you can pretty much stop watching them at that point.

    If they ever do go for a reboot, I'd like to see this darker version (with a darker less Ghay suit) & a better villan than lex luthor & a rock of kryptonite... Maybe a giant spider or something... :D


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    Coriolanus
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    iMax wrote: »
    He's the one director who could possibly pull it off
    I'd give it to Guillermo del Toro, personally.


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    sprinkles
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    I can't understand why anyone one would want to see a reboot of a film that was already good. OP - Back to the future remake!!! You gotta be kidding! There's no way that they could be made better - none of the 3 films relied heavily on special effects and adding copious amounts of CGI to the mix would be disasterous. You'll never be able to recreate the on screen partnership of Doc and Marty. Timeless (excuse the pun). Sorry, don't mean to just pick up on this one but there's loads of talk about films that were perfectly fine being remade for no apparent good reason. For instance - would Blade Runner be any better if it was remade with better effects? Or Star Wars? etc etc.

    Super hero franchises and the likes of Bond etc can be easily remade as they have such a wealth of other narratives - comics/books/cartoons etc to draw upon and they are constantly being reinvented in those other media anyway.

    Other than that I think remakes should be limited to films that were based on a great idea but poorly executed. Robocop for one I think could be turned into a great film. And if anyone thinks that the original was great then please go back and rewatch it with your nostalgia glasses tucked away out of sight. In a similar vein I think the Punisher deserves to be taken seriously and a proper director/screenwriter and cast thrown at it.

    Hollywood wants to play it safe these days and will rely on remakes/sequels to draw in the crowds.


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    Sleazus
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    Keeping with the comic book vibe, I'd love a rebooted Daredevil. I mean, Spidey has had his two days in the sun and the same with Superman.

    Daredevil got a terrible movie. Just terrible. And he's one of the most consistently well-written books on the market (for the past decade and during the eighties). There's a lot of potential there, particularly given Hollywood's darker and edgier phase.

    I'd also say Swamp Thing, rebooting the Craven film, but there are so many ways Hollywood could mess up an adaptation of Moore's run. So many. And, even if they were faithful, that could also be a problem - see Watchmen.

    Outside comic-book-dom, I could get behind the Wizard of Oz idea if it were pitched right or maybe Mission Impossible.

    My biggest reboot fear is that Hollywood attempts to reboot The Godfather. Though at least they couldn't mess up the third film any more.


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    Wreck
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    I'd love to see a dark, gritty and brutal remake of The Warriors, a proper version of I Am Legend and a darker version of the Wizard of Oz would be really interesting.


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    EdgarAllenPoo
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    Wouldn't mind seeing a modern version of IT, if the film was actually made for the cinema and not tv and had a half decent budget it could be decent. Not sure who you'd get to play Pennywise but it'd be interesting to see if a whole new generation of kids can be given a clown phobia.


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    jaykhunter
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    GDM wrote: »
    Wouldn't mind seeing a modern version of IT, if the film was actually made for the cinema and not tv and had a half decent budget it could be decent. Not sure who you'd get to play Pennywise but it'd be interesting to see if a whole new generation of kids can be given a clown phobia.

    There is a remake being made! Rated R too...:) Terrifying film...caused my unnatural hatred/fear of clowns :pac:


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    krudler
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    Sleazus wrote: »
    Keeping with the comic book vibe, I'd love a rebooted Daredevil. I mean, Spidey has had his two days in the sun and the same with Superman.

    Daredevil got a terrible movie. Just terrible. And he's one of the most consistently well-written books on the market (for the past decade and during the eighties). There's a lot of potential there, particularly given Hollywood's darker and edgier phase.

    The directors cut was a massive improvement though, it got very dark in places
    Murdoch having a vision of a girl dying after being attacked, when he heard the attack the night before and was too tired/not bothered about stopping it was a standout
    and its much more violent, especially in the Elektra vs Bullseye fight, if you've only ever seen the cinema version its well worth checking out, still not without its faults but its a much stronger movie.

    I'd love to see a proper, epic version of Masters of the Universe, the fantasy meets sci-fi thing, going into the mythology of Eternia, the backstory of He-Mans father and Skeletor, what Snake Mountain is, all that good stuff the 2002 animated one did very well, give it a massive budget, some decent director and a script written by someone who loves the series and it could be a massive new franchise


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    krudler
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    GDM wrote: »
    Wouldn't mind seeing a modern version of IT, if the film was actually made for the cinema and not tv and had a half decent budget it could be decent. Not sure who you'd get to play Pennywise but it'd be interesting to see if a whole new generation of kids can be given a clown phobia.

    Pennywise=Tim Curry, he's older now so he'd be even creepier, the obvious choice at the mo would be Jackie Earl Healey but he's already playing Freddy Krueger in the remake of Nightmare on Elm St, maybe he has a calling to play child murdering psychos:D

    A reboot of Spawn would be cool too, since the 97 movie is beyond terrible, but its such a great character and concept its a shame a proper version never saw the light of day


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    opr
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    sprinkles wrote: »
    I can't understand why anyone one would want to see a reboot of a film that was already good. OP - Back to the future remake!!! You gotta be kidding! There's no way that they could be made better - none of the 3 films relied heavily on special effects and adding copious amounts of CGI to the mix would be disasterous. You'll never be able to recreate the on screen partnership of Doc and Marty. Timeless (excuse the pun).

    I agree wholeheartedly with what your saying in many ways but a fresh perspective on the franchise isn't going to take any magic from the original so why not ?

    This idea that if something is good we should leave it alone I don't get ? If you give different people bits of clay they will all make different things and just because the first one that you happen to look at is good doesn't mean you shouldn't check out the others ? :p

    The back story to the film and the core idea are something that captures your imagination right from the bat so who's to say given another directors influence and vision for the films he couldn't make an equally great trilogy ? I mean the reboot could be something completely different like iMax suggested or maybe set it today and have him travel into our future/past. You could let him travel and play around in what would be an 80's kids "now" past who watched the originals as kids. In other films that have been good I think loads of them don't have the scope or range that BTTF has and I just think you could do loads of great stuff with the idea but I don't want to keep rambling.

    Also your point about Hollywood playing it safe means nothing in this kind of genre will get made unless it falls under a guise of something like this. How many big budget film comedy sci-fi adventures do you think Hollywood will be backing this year?

    Opr


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    Technocentral
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    Heres a crazy ,whacked out suggestion! So bonkers it will never catch on! What about original films! Original stories, how mental would that be? Instead of Transformers 3, what about paying someone to write something from their imagination instead of remakes of tv crap and movies from the 90's that you can rent out on dvd if you want to see them, 90 per cent of modern movies are crud, we need new visionaries that don't just worship at the alter of CGI, and the lowest common denominator. If there has to be a remake I suggest "Dude, wheres my car?" The existentialist motifs in the original weren't as fully explored as they could have being.


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    Hyndsy85
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    ghostbusters

    I think it would be great witha new young cast and a fresh story. The only element they would have to copy is that somebody sets up a ghostbusting business. I see it as a comedy/action flick


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    sprinkles
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    opr wrote: »
    I agree wholeheartedly with what your saying in many ways but a fresh perspective on the franchise isn't going to take any magic from the original so why not ?

    This idea that if something is good we should leave it alone I don't get ? If you give different people bits of clay they will all make different things and just because the first one that you happen to look at is good doesn't mean you shouldn't check out the others ? :p

    The back story to the film and the core idea are something that captures your imagination right from the bat so who's to say given another directors influence and vision for the films he couldn't make an equally great trilogy ? I mean the reboot could be something completely different like iMax suggested or maybe set it today and have him travel into our future/past. You could let him travel and play around in what would be an 80's kids "now" past who watched the originals as kids. In other films that have been good I think loads of them don't have the scope or range that BTTF has and I just think you could do loads of great stuff with the idea but I don't want to keep rambling.

    Also your point about Hollywood playing it safe means nothing in this kind of genre will get made unless it falls under a guise of something like this. How many big budget film comedy sci-fi adventures do you think Hollywood will be backing this year?

    Opr
    I disagree. I think a bad remake/reboot or whatever Hollywood are calling it these days can ruin the already established and completed trilogy. It's not a franchise and shouldn't be made into one. Look at what 3 absolutely shockingly bad Star Wars prequels did to the franchise. While they are still raking in money from the Star Wars universe you can't fondly remember the originals without grimacing as the eternal image of Jar Jar Binks pops into your head. What was wrong with leaving it alone?

    And to further your clay analogy, if one person sculpts an engaging and brilliant work of art, why then try and replicate it? If that was the way of past artists we'd have hundreds of copies of David or the Mona Lisa.

    IMO it would be harder to better an already good (lets face it, they're great) film than to produce an original good film. And more rewarding too.


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    vincenzo1975
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    The Hangover


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    opr
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    sprinkles wrote: »
    I disagree. I think a bad remake/reboot or whatever Hollywood are calling it these days can ruin the already established and completed trilogy. It's not a franchise and shouldn't be made into one. Look at what 3 absolutely shockingly bad Star Wars prequels did to the franchise. While they are still raking in money from the Star Wars universe you can't fondly remember the originals without grimacing as the eternal image of Jar Jar Binks pops into your head. What was wrong with leaving it alone?

    Star Wars was NOT given a reboot!
    sprinkles wrote: »
    And to further your clay analogy, if one person sculpts an engaging and brilliant work of art, why then try and replicate it? If that was the way of past artists we'd have hundreds of copies of David and the Mona Lisa.

    How is this furthering my analogy? The whole point of a reboot is that its not a copy or extension of the original ? You tell a man to paint an apple and guess what they all might just paint it differently!

    I don't think you fully understand what a reboot is about. Also fwiw their are hundreds of copies of David and the Mona Lisa.

    Opr


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    sprinkles
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    I never said Star Wars prequels were reboots, I said they were prequels. My point was that if a film or a series of films has been done well already, why bother mess with it at all? Whether it be a reboot, a remake or messing about with the originals. The point of mentioning Star Wars is to show just how the originals can be tainted even by the less evil act of making a prequel as opposed to remake/reboot.

    As for the clay analogy I think it's just as apt as the original point. Sticking with BTTF this has achieved greatness already. Why remake/reboot it? Why not sculpt something else entirely? Surely there's writers out there with enough imagination that they don't have to resort to lazily turning to remake existing movies.

    That, however, does not mean that remakes shouldn't be done at all. As I mentioned remaking/rebooting comic material is very achievable as there are huge back-catalogue of stories out there to draw upon. Or poorly made originals that never lived up to the promise - ie. Robocop, Batman series after Burton left, Punisher etc.


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    That_Guy
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    I'm hoping that Predators, when released, will provide a much needed reboot to the series.

    The last remake of a film I saw was Friday the 13th and it was so awful.

    I'd personally love a remake of El Mariachi. I know there two sequels but I fell in love with the first one and would love to see it remade given what is available these days. No need to overload it with modern day effects.

    Upon failing that a remake of Sweeney Todd with just dialogue and no singing. It'd probably be a very short film though.


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