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As with most people here, I agree that remaking any classic is at the very least, a dangerous thing. However, updating in minor ways can be a good thing.
Take the original Star Wars films. All they did was add a little here and there, and update the graphics. None of it altered the movies in a major way, but I appreciated the updates (upgrades?).
On the flip side of this, I did a quick search on the forum for "films that SHOULD be remade" to see if my next thought had been discussed before, and one thread did come up, but it wasn't really what I'm thinking. My question really goes the opposite way - What movies really should be remade, because the original was done so poorly, especially when it comes to having hacked the original source material to bits.
I thought about this because of a remake that is coming out that I think (hope) will come off better - I Am Legend. I'm sure you all know what movie this is a remake of. I honestly don't know just how faithfully the new one will follow the original, but from what I have read, it is supposed to be a heck of a lot closer than Omega Man was. Now, there was actually another film made prior to that, called The Last Man on Earth, but I don't know anything about it, I've never seen it. So maybe this is a case of remaking a remake to fix the bad job done on the first remake?
And if you could follow that logic, you are doing pretty good!
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