Remakes That You Would Like Done
 

It's a given that Hollywood has a severe case of "Remake-itis". I personally don't think the idea of remakes itself is a bad idea, just the films that are being chosen for remakes because it's usually ones that were done right the first time.

So which past movies would you like to see a remake of? (For example, an adaptation of a novel in which the first movie version was poorly made.)

I noticed James Wan (Saw) turned down a remake of The Blob (1958). I would like to see not a remake but a continuation. If you remember, the original ended with the mass . Sorry if this is considered a bit off topic as it would be more of a sequel, but it was the first movie that came to mind.

Something I would like to see redone as a more faithful adaptation of the original novel:

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe's novel is a great satire of American society, but the current movie version is bad, very very bad. It's like the filmmakers were too afraid of the un-Politically-Correct nature of the book and decided to try to sidestep that by making the characters more cartoonish and less realistic. Add to that some poor casting decisions that throw out a lot of the satire of the book, and it was an awful adaptation, one of the worst ever.

I would love to see a remake of this if the filmmakers just stuck to the source material.

I think there should be a rule that you can only remake a film if the original sucked. Remake The Bad News Bears...no. Remake The Bad News Bears Go To Japan...ok. That way we would eventually get a good movie. It would be like sitting through a shitty opening act, knowing that the headliner will be great.

I'd like to see a remake of Masters Of The Universe. Sure it was a fun movie (albeit very cheesy) but that was mainly because of Frank Langella and Billy Barty. I'd like to see it remade in the spirit of those two performances. Had it been that way in the first place, it would have been one heck of a sci-fi/fantasy film and not just a guilty pleasure.

I'd also love a film (or series of films) based on The Iliad that was truer to the original work than any adaptation before. Same goes for The Odyssey.

Now that musicals are (sort of) back in fashion, a remake of <b>A CHORUS LINE</b> would make sense - the film version as directed by Richard Attenborough (what the hell were they thinking ????) turns one of the milestones of American musical theatre into an almost unwatchable mess.

Star Wars: Episode I - this time without rastafarian lizards, "engrish"-speaking aliens, midichlorians, prodigy children and anything to do with trade organizations or political *gak* "intrigue."

Howard the Duck

I would also love to see this redone, with a more faithful to the comics take on the character. AND NOT CGI.

My vote is for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (the true title), redone with Tim Burton at the helm, and I'd love to see further books in the Oz series put to movie. And with the ten original songs by L Frank Baum used for the soundtrack.

wow good ideas on Masters of the Universe and Burton doing wizard of oz!

I'd love to see a live action "Castle of Cagliostro". Definitely not going to happen, but if it did, it might elevate my favorite action/adventure/comedy of all time out of the animation ghetto.

Well, there is The Phantom Re-Edit.

i keep hearing about that, but never see it at the comic shows...i always wondered if it was just a rumor. anybody here seen it with their own eyes. how is it

I've always wanted to see a serious re-make of JAWS with a great script and director behind it...but then I'd fear it would turn into another JAWS: THE REVENGE, and who needs that?! Besides, probably no way to top the original...

I think there is enough of a gap in generations now that Soylent Green would have the punch it did from the original version. Especially since many of the younger folks don't like to see "older" movies.

Also, a remake of the Italian 1974 flick Miracles Still Happen should cause some interest.

I'd like a better version of Godzilla than the one we got in 1998. I'm sure they'll try a sequel to this one of these days.

That would be cool. I had made up a story that allowed them to consider it a sequel to the 1998 one but have it be much more like the Japanese one.

Basically the baby at the end of the first one got into the bay, swam to that downed nuclear sub (got a good dose of radation) and ate a few sailors. Eating them combines human DNA with Godzilla's so the baby grows up looking like the Japanese Godzilla. The extra radiation gives him the toughness and atomic breath. How cool would a scene be where planes come into to shoot Godzilla in the side thinking it will kill him like the last one. The missles hit but that just pisses of Godzilla who turns and blasts the jets out of the sky.

I wouldn't mind seeing a new "Final Countdown."

Clash of the Titans.

I would like to see To Live and Die in L.A. remade. It just seems very dated now with all the 80's fashions and soundtrack and the flourescent opening titles. I would like to see it updated and have a more modern look at counterfeiting. The car chase would be hard to duplicate, because it is one of the greatest ever.

YES, YES, YES - no to Colin Farrell though in the Harry Hamlin role.

Also, I loved LadyHawke with gorgeous Michelle Pfeiffer and the rest of the cast EXCEPT the male lead Rutger Hauer. Please redo this movie. Michelle could still probably still look amazing as the female lead but Rutger Hauer nearly ruined this movie for me.

I'd love to see a remake of the Color of Money only because i love Pool movies

Would also like to see a remake of Big trouble in little china only because a remake is more likely than a sequel

But with more T & A. :eyebrow:

Flash Gordon is due.

Yeah I would like to see a remake of the Cary Grant classic Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream house but with Ice Cube in the lead role!

Wait, no i wouldn't.

I personally want to helm the remake of Jurassic Park. I thought the first one was very poorly done.

Disney's The Black Hole
Make it have more action and include a darker ending.

The Chinese horror flick Biozombie.
Pace it similar to the Dawn of the Dead remake. Up the action, terror, and suspense. Play it off more as a zombie-action film than a zombie-horror/comedy (this is a cue to drop all the comedy from the film). Increase the level of gore and go from there.

The Hidden

Hands down still one of the best sci-fi, action movies of all time. Just update the special effects and weapons and you got a an instant summer hit. Anyone who hasn't seen the original check it. It is the closet any sci-fi movie has ever come to Terminator.

Damnation Alley.
Mellinium


If it anit broke. Don't fix it.

Impulse (the one from the 80's starring Meg Tilly).

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. It's time for some Battlestar Galactica type reimagining to go on with that franchise.

I'm all for a Jurassic Park remake. Give it a $300 million budget and an allotted 3 hours screentime and a truly great adaptation can be made. That movie always comes to mind when thinking about re-makes.

Speaking of Spielberg, I'd love to see a re-make of Hook. I was watching this on TV the other day and somethings definitely need to be changed. 1) No Robin Williams. He brings his own form of "comedy" that drags the film. 2) Lost Boys are a bunch of clowns. They fight armed pirates with eggs. 3)Julia Roberts WTF? Basically I'd change the whole movie except the way Dustin Hoffman looked and acted as Hook.

Well, I always believed its okay to remake only when the original was half-cooked or average.
Here's some titles that could use a face-lift:
Fiend w/o a Face (1958): actually the original producer is trying to
Spider Baby - This time have Sid Haig in Lon Chaney's role
Catwoman - Everything stunk about this, but there's was sooo much possible potential
and
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman - a fav of mine but it would've been better than AVP

Dont's:
-No more remaking films that don't need to be; examples like Evil Dead, Last House on the Left, Omen, any John Carpenter's, and Romero's
-Stop remaking films that have been remade several times like War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the Blob, and King Kong (yes, I said it)
-and finally, stop udating TV shows.

John Woo, Tsui Hark or Johnnie To directing Men in Black into a full HK action/sci fi flick. Forget the cutesy nonsense. The new team would be Andy Lau with Chow Yun Fat or Anthony Wong.

Big budget remakes of the rest of the classic monsters. I thought The Mummy was entertaining.

None.

Creature From the Black Lagoon, with the right effects

If they got the right cast, I wouldn't mind a re-imagining of Ghostbusters, maybe one that takes place after the originals with a torch passing. It would be cool if they got Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrel, and Owen Wilson to fill the original roles.

I am not sure if they would necessarilly be remakes, but I would love to see Tim Burton do more Planet of the Apes movies. I don't know if his plan for them included remakes (or reimaginings) of the previous movies or he was going to go in a different direction all together.

That's an interesting suggestion and not a bad one either. Impulse had a good premise and since hardly anyone saw the original, a remake might certainly go over well.

How about the Quiet Earth. I greatly enjoyed the original movie, but it might be interesting to go back to the original source material and redo it with a better budget.

Old Sci-Fi with more recent tech updates would be great. I am a huge Chuck Heston fan but would really like to see updates of The Omega Man, Soylent Green and though not a Heston movie, When Worlds Collide.