A Novel Idea
I have just learned that a remake of Sharkey's Machine is in the works.
Other remakes that are being/have been released are The Amityville Horror, The Omen, The Hills Have Eyes, When A Stranger Calls, Day of the Dead and The Wild Bunch (just to name a few).
These movies were really good the first time around. Why are they being remade? Remember "It's all for you Damien! CRASH, (swinging rope sound)"? Does someone actually think they can make that scene better? Zombies do not have to run in order to be scary. In fact, when they are slow and shambling, they can be scarier (and the metaphor of Zombie movies makes more sense). When A Stranger Calls does not work when you tell me the calls are coming from inside the house in the commercial. I have not seen the new The Hills Have Eyes, but, I am sure it is just the latest installment in the recent trend of bland remakes. Listen really hard for a moment....... you know what the sound is? That is the sound of a moment of silence in Heaven because Wild Bunch is being re-made.
Miami Vice, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Dukes of Hazzard, Herbie, and a bunch more that I can not think of off the top of my head are all movies/t.v. shows that were either good the first time, or good the first time in my memory. Either way, they did not have to be remade.
I have a novel idea....
Why doesn't Hollywood remake movies that actually were BAD?
I am SURE Deuce Bigalo could be made into a better movie. Not a sequel using the same format, but, an honest attempt to make the first one better. There were too many things wrong with Catwoman to mention. Can't we give that movie another try? While I am in the comic genre, they have tried two Punishers. I think three times might be the charm (however, this time, don't try and sell Rebecca Romijn as a homeless woman who is down on her luck. When you are that attractive, you are never down on your luck). What about Manos, Hands of Fate? I am sure that someone could take that turkey and turn it into something good. One more word on this thought: Showgirls.
Let's go Hollywood... try something different. If the idea was good enough to give it a go the first time around, the idea must be good enough to make it better the second time around.
One more thing, if anyone THINKS of redoing The Searchers, I am going postal.
Do you hear me? That movie is off limits.
Other remakes that are being/have been released are The Amityville Horror, The Omen, The Hills Have Eyes, When A Stranger Calls, Day of the Dead and The Wild Bunch (just to name a few).
These movies were really good the first time around. Why are they being remade? Remember "It's all for you Damien! CRASH, (swinging rope sound)"? Does someone actually think they can make that scene better? Zombies do not have to run in order to be scary. In fact, when they are slow and shambling, they can be scarier (and the metaphor of Zombie movies makes more sense). When A Stranger Calls does not work when you tell me the calls are coming from inside the house in the commercial. I have not seen the new The Hills Have Eyes, but, I am sure it is just the latest installment in the recent trend of bland remakes. Listen really hard for a moment....... you know what the sound is? That is the sound of a moment of silence in Heaven because Wild Bunch is being re-made.
Miami Vice, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Dukes of Hazzard, Herbie, and a bunch more that I can not think of off the top of my head are all movies/t.v. shows that were either good the first time, or good the first time in my memory. Either way, they did not have to be remade.
I have a novel idea....
Why doesn't Hollywood remake movies that actually were BAD?
I am SURE Deuce Bigalo could be made into a better movie. Not a sequel using the same format, but, an honest attempt to make the first one better. There were too many things wrong with Catwoman to mention. Can't we give that movie another try? While I am in the comic genre, they have tried two Punishers. I think three times might be the charm (however, this time, don't try and sell Rebecca Romijn as a homeless woman who is down on her luck. When you are that attractive, you are never down on your luck). What about Manos, Hands of Fate? I am sure that someone could take that turkey and turn it into something good. One more word on this thought: Showgirls.
Let's go Hollywood... try something different. If the idea was good enough to give it a go the first time around, the idea must be good enough to make it better the second time around.
One more thing, if anyone THINKS of redoing The Searchers, I am going postal.
Do you hear me? That movie is off limits.
posted by John S. at 2:48 PM
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