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The Cow 02-21-09 01:52 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
"The Thing" is the only better remake of these choices.

DthRdrX 02-21-09 02:16 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
"The Thing"

Maxflier 02-21-09 02:41 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Kong

hotsexyboi 02-21-09 04:46 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
I would say either The Thing or Cape Fear

El Clerk 02-21-09 06:51 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Outta those I'd have to go with The Thing

NoirFan 02-21-09 09:36 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by Abob Teff (Post 9280984)
I love The Thing, but have never seen the original (It Came From Outerspace?).
The original of The Thing is The Thing From Another World (1951). A similarly titled film to It Came from Outer Space, It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), was remade as Alien.

islandclaws 02-21-09 10:11 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
It's almost not fair to include The Thing here, because it always wins. But it needs to be included in every poll, because it is that awesome.

Close second: The Fly.

OldBoy 02-21-09 10:30 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
i know it has its' detractors, but i think De Palma's "Scarface" is epic and i've seen it the most over time, though it really has very little to do with the 32 original.

Lastyear 02-21-09 10:53 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
The Maltese Falcon-previously made as Satan Met a Lady.

Hokeyboy 02-21-09 10:56 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by zekeburger1979 (Post 9280833)
The Maltese Falcon (1941).
Not a remake. That's like saying the TV movie version of "The Shining" is a remake of the Kubrick film.

TimeandTide 02-21-09 11:31 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by discostu1337 (Post 9281044)
that was easy...dawn of the dead was amazingly awesome
:up:

Rammsteinfan 02-21-09 11:51 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
The Thing. Best Remake, Best Horror, ever.

Zen Peckinpah 02-21-09 12:35 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
I'm not going to view this as "Best Americanized foreign film," so I won't choose The Departed. In that case, The Thing gets my vote. Carpenter's best film (except for They Live :D), and a touchstone of the horror genre.

emachine 02-21-09 12:43 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
The Fly by a longshot. The rest of those movies listed suck.

RyoHazuki 02-21-09 01:04 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by fumanstan (Post 9280836)
What's so funny? It's a great remake.
Say this outloud: Ocean's Eleven is better than The Thing.

Are you laughing yet?

Kicker_of_Elves 02-21-09 01:51 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
The Thing

riotinmyskull 02-21-09 03:10 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by emachine (Post 9281563)
The Fly by a longshot. The rest of those movies listed suck.
seriously?

LickTheABCs 02-21-09 03:27 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by riotinmyskull (Post 9281745)
seriously?
I'm guessing he hasn't seen any of them.

Trevor 02-21-09 03:41 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
That's a good list of remakes.

The only one that doesn't belong (imo) is the 2005 Kong. How anyone could like that more than the original (or even the 1976 version) is beyond my comprehension.

Lastyear 02-21-09 09:28 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser (Post 9281426)
Not a remake. That's like saying the TV movie version of "The Shining" is a remake of the Kubrick film.
I don't follow your logic. The Maltese Falcon by D. Hammett was made into the movie Satan Was A Lady which wasn't very good. It then was filmed again and kept it's original title. Not a remake?

hasslein 02-21-09 10:13 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Ben Hur.

Trevor 02-21-09 10:17 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by hasslein (Post 9282318)
Ben Hur.
Great answer. I forgot about the original(s). The 1959 remake is the best movie of all time.

inri222 02-21-09 10:23 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by Sierra Disc (Post 9280856)
Sorry, I think The Fly is a way better remake than The Thing (which is also pretty darned good though).
:thumbsup:

muMbLing 02-21-09 10:26 PM
Re: Best remake ever
 
i dunno,

but i would like to see a remake of an 80's movie. (comedy, classic)
'midnight madness'

i believe it was michael j. fox's first movie role. (hes not the main character)
not to mention paul reubens (pee wee herman) had a role too.

... or is there one?

Solid Snake 02-22-09 12:22 AM
Re: Best remake ever
 
Originally Posted by Lastyear (Post 9282261)
I don't follow your logic. The Maltese Falcon by D. Hammett was made into the movie Satan Was A Lady which wasn't very good. It then was filmed again and kept it's original title. Not a remake?
They made one in 1931 titled The Maltese Falcon, they later remade it in '36 as Satan Was A Lady, and then again in '41 as The Maltese Falcon.

I consider it a remake. 10 yrs and 3 films based on the same story. Sounds like a remake to me...


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