Things that should be remade

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**Bromsy**

.....and that's where the humor comes from.

**Orlanth**

Frazzled wrote:No classic should be remade. its just a sin and lazy. Generally the remakes are far far crappier than the originals.

Remake Tora Tora Tora? Remake 2001? Sinner! Blasphemer!!!

Lets remind ourselves of some of the joyous remakes.
*Pearl Harbor (dry heaves)
*Conan (wait, where's the Nietsche and cool drum sound track wussy!)
*Halloween (no, just no)
*Nightmare on Elm Street (ditto on the no, just no)
*Psycho (you think you're better than Hitchcock? Seriously?)

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MeanGreenStompa wrote:DUNE. Truer to the book.

I actually really enjoyed the Sci Fi miniseries. Lower budget, but I think it captured the essence of the novel's intent.

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rockerbikie wrote:I heard Blade Runner might be redone.

And someone needs to die for that offense.

Oh dear. I am in complete agreement with Frazzie.
Sign of the Apocalypse

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Bromsy wrote:

Here's one that needs to be remade. A cool idea, but the execution was lacking.

I agree, the director just took his coin and did his job, the 'actors' also. It is the production team that needs to be executed for their vile milking of a 70's classic that was perfectly good as it was. However the fethers are still at large.

Rollerball had a decent plot with an underlying message, obvuious but not too preachy, and yet remained a decent 'sports', man vs system and action movie irregardless. The remake took all the brains out and replaced it with CGI and choreography.