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Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-17-17
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Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
Re: Movie Remakes: yay or nay?

One thing that should be redone... is that god-awful The Thing prequel from 2011.
Now that, was a remake. They just took the beats, scenes and dialogue from Carpenter's movie and smothered it all in...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-17-17
Replies: 105
Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
Re: Movie Remakes: yay or nay?

Seriously though, if Godfather was made again, I wouldn't call it a remake.
I'd hate the idea of it even though it's not a favourite of mine, based on a book or not The Godfather is a classic,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-17-17
Replies: 105
Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
Re: Movie Remakes: yay or nay?

Right! That's it!


From now on I'm classing The Dark Knight Trilogy as a remake of the Burton/Schumacher Series!
And from now on Jackson's LOTR is a remake of Bakshi's cartoon as well.


:D...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-17-17
Replies: 105
Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
A Godfather remake wouldn't be a remake either...

A Godfather remake wouldn't be a remake either though seeing as it is all based on a 1969 novel :D :D :D
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-17-17
Replies: 105
Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
Re: Movie Remakes: yay or nay?

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen remake would be decent but in today's market they'd have to do a DC/Marvel thing of making individual movies as a lead up to the Avengers/JL style movie.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-16-17
Replies: 105
Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
Re: Movie Remakes: yay or nay?

Exactly...


The new Ghostbusters is a remake, because the original wasn't based on a book/novel etc.
The 2016 Magnificent Seven is a remake of Magnificent Seven, which in turn is a remake of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-16-17
Replies: 105
Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
Re: Movie Remakes: yay or nay?

No, Burton's film isn't a remake... it's like calling Jackson's LOTR a remake of Ralph Bakshi's 1978 cartoon.
Or calling Man Of Steel a remake of Superman: The Movie.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-14-17
Replies: 105
Movie Remakes: yay or nay?
Posted By The Rodent
Re: Movie Remakes: yay or nay?

Nooooo!


People are still calling John Carpenter's The Thing a remake? :laugh:


Said this many a time on here... Carpenter's The Thing isn't a remake. It's based on the same book Who Goes...