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Three of my favorite movies of all time are remakes of the same story.

Shop Around The Corner with Jimmy Stewart, In The Good Ol' Summertime with Van Johnson and You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks are all the same basic story. Each is excellent in it's own right.

I think it is possible to have a great remake or retelling of a story. YGM is a combination of the two earlier movies. I love them all the more because I can see how the filmmaker used elements of each movie to make YGM.

I think a TRON remake could be good, but the story of the first movie was right at the crest of a wave in the late 70's early 80's, the video game movement. That story won't fly today.

TRON does not need remaking, it needs a new story set in these times. A combination of the Search Engine, Col. Kurtz and MCP storylines would make an excellent film in my opiniion. Too bad Disney won't go there.

DaveTRON Wrote: Shop Around The Corner with Jimmy Stewart, In The Good Ol' Summertime with Van Johnson and You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks are all the same basic story. Each is excellent in it's own right..

I guess I am just trying to fathom these days what consitutes a need for a remake... I mean it seems to me like just $$$.. why does the Omen (of all films) need a remake?

The Amityville Horror maybe needed one because the first one was a piece of sh** (haven't seen the second one).

Did "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" really need to be morphed into "Guess Who"? with Ashton Kutcher *sour face*

Is it "homage"? Nostaliga? Greed? A little of all?

There are good remakes. Gone in 60 Seconds, is a good example I think. The original, which was made in the 70's was made by a group of stunt people. They didn't have a script, which shows in many areas of the film, for they just made the film for fun. It still has the best and longest chase scene in my opinion. It's just classic and pretty believable. The newer version is a remake/retelling. Alot of the classic scenes are remade in the newer one, but a plot is added, new characters are made and are given histories and plenty of depth, and they did a great job squeezing in some automotive history with many of the cars. Hemi Cuda! I love them both.

I don't think Hollywood has gotten lazy, mainly because if they did they would just stop making films if you really think about it. Remember movie making is a business. I do think there are alot of remakes lately.

Boingo_Buzzard Wrote:The Amityville Horror maybe needed one because the first one was a piece of sh** (haven't seen the second one).

I take great exception to that statement. The first Amityville Horror movie with James Brolin and Margot Kidder was perhaps not Academy Award material, but in it's day it was one scary mofo of a movie. I know it freaked me out for months after seeing it. All of it's sequels (5 I believe), blew chunks, but the first one was good for me. I can't believe you think it's s**t?!?!

A movie remake I am looking forward to seeing is the new version of The Fog. John Carpenter's version is awesome scary fun, and the new one looks pretty faithful to the original. I wonder if it will be any good?

I think something to consider too is that a great story is always a great story. The Omen is a great story. It was a great movie because it had a good director and a good cast with a great story to tell. That's the deal these days. will it be a great cast, or a bunch of WB castoffs 'acting' their way through it and ruining the great story? Who's supposed to star in the Omen remake?

I make the WB reference because I believe the cast of my The fog remake is mostly WB people. I am scared.

I can see your point on certain pieces. It was certainly low budget. I guess since I had read a lot of the related books before seeing it I was also able to embellish the story in my head. For me it does stand the test of time. I will watch it if it is on TV.

Everyone has their preference, I mean look at all the people who think TRON is a POS? What do they know right?

Remakes can be really good, but can also suck horribly.
It all depends on how they're made...

What they SHOULD remake (Just so that they can have a better alien apperance, even though the one in the origional is cool..) Is The Man Who Fell To Earth. They shoud keep Bowie in it though, because he was awesome in it.

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Tori Wrote:I didn't even like ID4 much...too much of an "The American Government wins EVERYTHING and saves the day" movie for me.

I actually did like ID4 even though it was somewhat formulaic, predictable, and nothing new.

It was just entertaining for me, so that was OK. I don't own the DVD or consider it one of the best films ever made, but I did like it for what it was at the time.

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I definately agree with you there. Pack some explosions, monsters and hot chicks in a movie and you have a summer blockbuster.

I am trying to remember the last time I saw a visually stunning film that was an original creation (like Tron) that I actually liked.

So much seems to be adapted from books,comics,and previous movies that it's hard to tell what is actually an original screenplay anymore.