| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| Movies, Classics to Less than Normal By request - Grab your Popcorn. New Movie forum (for those that have given up fishing this year). (No P 0rn) |
 |
12-08-2009, 08:01 PM
|
#1
|
|
BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
|
Worst remakes of a Classic
I vote for:
Day the Earth Stood Still
followed closely by:
War of the Worlds
|
 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
|
|
|
|
12-08-2009, 08:38 PM
|
#2
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
|
I'll agree with both of those....
how about Planet of the Apes or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
pretty much if its a Classic...leave it the Eff Alone.....
probably take less time to try and list remakes that were better than the classics
|
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
|
|
|
|
|
12-08-2009, 09:47 PM
|
#3
|
|
BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
|
I am a purist......that being said I loved the War of the Worlds remake! Have not seen The Day The Earth Stood Still!
Worst remake of a classic is the remake of Miracle on 34th Street with Sebastion Cabot!!!! Horrible!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
|
|
|
|
|
12-08-2009, 10:21 PM
|
#4
|
|
Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,164
|
The remake of The Big Sleep was pretty bad. Robert Mitchum isn't Bogie---not by a long shot
|
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2009, 09:52 AM
|
#5
|
|
sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
|
I second Charlie and The Chocolate factory
|
making s-b.com a kinder, gentler place for all 
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2009, 10:22 AM
|
#6
|
|
Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,381
|
It's coming folks. They are remaking Red Dawn.
Yes, the classic teen angst good -v- evil of my generation, Red Dawn, where good 'ole USA is invaded by the evil Soviets, is being filmed.
I can't see how today's politically correct revisionist Hollywood is going to pull this one off. Charging across the hills in a Prius, getting chased by the Chinese...  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2009, 11:47 AM
|
#7
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
|
Oh Yeah...forgot about that crap remake of Godzilla........ .....Please Godzilla should NEVER be a Mother....... |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2009, 03:39 PM
|
#8
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: South Shore
Posts: 453
|
The Pink Panther.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2009, 04:07 PM
|
#9
|
|
Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
|
King Kong
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2009, 04:13 PM
|
#10
|
|
BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
|
Sometimes I think Ted Turner had a better idea: colorize the classics don't re-shoot. I do like the B&W originals and just making a comment.
|
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2009, 05:19 PM
|
#11
|
|
Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Marshfield
Posts: 2,608
|
Flight of the Pheonix
|
"Sunshine Day Dream"
|
|
|
|
|
12-11-2009, 01:11 PM
|
#12
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
|
So....pretty much any remake would qualify.
My only "partial" exception was the "War of the Worlds" remake.
Although they didn't build up the story as much as the original (You know how a story builds momentum as the plot develps?), they did try to make the aliens more like the originals from the H.G.Wells story. Beyond that it was just Hollywood crap-filled garbage.
Give me the classics any day of the week, colorized or not!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-11-2009, 01:31 PM
|
#13
|
|
Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,164
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by PRBuzz
Sometimes I think Ted Turner had a better idea: colorize the classics don't re-shoot. I do like the B&W originals and just making a comment.
|
Turner should die painfully for colorizing Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon.
Or at least be locked in a room and forced to listen to his ex-old lady's political diatribes for weeks on end. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
|
|
|
|
|
12-11-2009, 02:24 PM
|
#14
|
|
Always a Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: South Shore Long Island, NY
Posts: 475
|
Remake of The Omen and remake of The Shining.Totally agree with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...even Gene Wilder said it was made just for the money and was awful!
|
"Your first word was "Fishing", not "Mom", not "Dad", "FISHING." - Mom
Black, White, Chartreuse/Parrot = the Holy Trinity
|
|
|
|
|
12-11-2009, 05:31 PM
|
#15
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Turner should die painfully for colorizing Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon.
|
Thank You...Thank You...Thank You |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
|
|
|
|
|
12-11-2009, 05:35 PM
|
#16
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Turner should die painfully for colorizing Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon.
Or at least be locked in a room and forced to listen to his ex-old lady's political diatribes for weeks on end.
|
Redundant.. |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2009, 09:01 AM
|
#17
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
|
IMDb Video: The Bishop's Wife
The remake of the Christmas classic, The Bishop's Wife, with Denzel Washington in the Cary Grant role and Whitney Houston in the Loretta Young lead....pathetic...
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-15-2009, 08:20 AM
|
#18
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: South Shore
Posts: 453
|
Would "The Honeymooners" count?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01-10-2010, 01:35 AM
|
#19
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Mashpee,MA
Posts: 362
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by HighTide
Would "The Honeymooners" count?
|
Or Bilko?? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
01-10-2010, 08:50 AM
|
#20
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,705
|
I generally find most remakes to be terrible.
The remake of Pelham 123 wasn't bad though.
Probably the best remake was Dawn of the Dead.If you liked the classic Romero original the remake is mind blowing.Another great horror remake is Rob Zombie's version of Halloween.
But overall I tend to stayaway from remakes until I've heard enough good things about it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01-19-2010, 05:51 PM
|
#21
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 1,160
|
halloween. couldn't even watch it.
|
boatless................can I have a ride?
|
|
|
|
|
01-20-2010, 04:27 PM
|
#22
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 324
|
Alfie....the original is brilliant
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
 Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:48 PM.
|
| |
