tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post7790744956172020636..comments2023-04-05T11:31:56.026+01:00Comments on ATOMIC DONKEY#0: Remakes ! My Opinions.Andrew Glazebrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-36940783129590140722007-04-30T09:35:00.000+01:002007-04-30T09:35:00.000+01:00So let me get this straight. The studios should ha...So let me get this straight. The studios should have passed on a profit making cash cow like Peter Jackson's King Kong remake, because in your opinion it's a no-go area. Even though it lead to the restoration and special edition release of the original on DVD. But they should remake a new film like Starship Troopers, that no one went to see the first time around, just because you like the book. With thinking like that, Hollywood would lose so much money so fast, that soon you wouldn't have any new movies like or hate anymore.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243886615251293866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-31801952072265735332007-04-15T17:03:00.000+01:002007-04-15T17:03:00.000+01:00I liked the remake of Solaris with George Clooney,...I liked the remake of Solaris with George Clooney, but then this was based on the novel like the 1972 version. I do think Hollywood has dumbed down a lot over the last 15 years or so though regarding remakes. It seems they'll remake anything these days.Moonwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781050964344852521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-84588621812065338352007-04-12T07:03:00.000+01:002007-04-12T07:03:00.000+01:00There are only two reasons for doing remakes: i) d...There are only two reasons for doing remakes: i) doing it better; ii) making money. You simply cannot justify remaking something like The Wicker Man on creative grounds, so what you are left with is screwing money out of someone else's good work and reputation. When Don't Look Now's remake comes out it will no doubt feel like someone is pimping my wife.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468431337680647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-5227868650019940872007-04-12T02:24:00.000+01:002007-04-12T02:24:00.000+01:00Escape from NY grossed $25.2 million in American t...Escape from NY grossed $25.2 million in American theaters in '81, and a total of over $50 million when all was said and done. The budget for Escape from NY was $5.5-7 million.<BR/><BR/>So, with that in mind, yeah, you can pretty much see why someone would want to remake it. <BR/><BR/>But again... who cares? And why care? The original still exists... it makes no odds.I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-51310760330723750892007-04-12T02:16:00.000+01:002007-04-12T02:16:00.000+01:00Yeah Escape from L.A bombed, it cost around $50m a...Yeah Escape from L.A bombed, it cost around $50m and made about half of that back. But the original Hitcher movie barely made any profit either and they still remade that. Not too sure what happened to that film, I know it got a release in the U.S but I don't think it even got to UK cinemas, unless our local Multiplex gave it a miss.Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-91377445488820444662007-04-12T02:03:00.000+01:002007-04-12T02:03:00.000+01:00But that just means that it doesn't matter. It doe...But that just means that it doesn't matter. It doesn't have any effect on cinema. You said so yourself, people quickly forget about the Fog after it was remade. <BR/><BR/>Now, the reason I asked where the demand was for a remake of Escape from NY was because wasn't Escape from LA a flop?I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-83481452770311151872007-04-12T01:46:00.000+01:002007-04-12T01:46:00.000+01:00It is ! :)It is ! :)Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-51881461896232914412007-04-12T01:20:00.000+01:002007-04-12T01:20:00.000+01:00"So it would seem you do have some feelings about ..."So it would seem you do have some feelings about films being remade."<BR/><BR/>I'd have thought that was evident from my remarks about the guy with the fancy hair and penchant for giant spiders in the third act (which is the context of that response).I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-55891018420020599992007-04-12T00:36:00.000+01:002007-04-12T00:36:00.000+01:00Mind you when I posted about the remake of Escape ...Mind you when I posted about the remake of Escape from New York recently your response was <BR/><BR/>"This is nuts! Where is the demand for this exactly?"<BR/><BR/>So it would seem you do have some feelings about flms being remade.I'd say the demand is today's audiences in that case :) Anyway soon I'll be posting about sequels.Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-49006422678986786642007-04-11T18:17:00.000+01:002007-04-11T18:17:00.000+01:00"Say you went to a film company with an original i..."Say you went to a film company with an original idea and were told they'd rather back the remake of 'Police Academy' because they new that would make money and your idea had no such guarantees, I'm sure it would piss you off." If EVERY studio I went to said that, I'd begin to take the hint.I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-65692279839071219422007-04-11T18:07:00.000+01:002007-04-11T18:07:00.000+01:00It's something that crops up quite a bit. I've not...It's something that crops up quite a bit. I've noticed it whenever a remake is announced and I've never quite understood the view point that damns it. Not really a matter of agreeing (as you clearly have your opinion and I have mine, I don't wish for you to change yours), I'm merely seeking enlightenment. <BR/><BR/>The film industry, as I see it, excels at demonstrating nonsensical judgment. The fate of a movie is often determined by someone with fancy hair who wants a giant spider in the third act (re: Kevin Smith's Superman experience). It really is little wonder that there are people with power and money who have little imagination and will hedge bets on established successes in the hope of making an easy dollar. 'making it' in movies is about proving your worth and a good film maker is a 'hungry' film maker. A lot of the films that you and I would class 'classics' really didn't do too well on their release and many films that we consider classics have tread water in a sea of remakes, films that struggle for financing bob to the surface and don't do well enough on their opening week to sate a studio but by the DVD release (or in the case of Blade Runner for example, the video release)they reap their returns a plenty and achieve 'cult classic' status at best. The remakes meanwhile keep the studio ticking over by putting handsome people in fancy clothes and throwing buckets of blood over them.<BR/><BR/>As I see it, it's getting easier to leave impressive calling cards, in both film, television and publishing, and a back door is slowly opening that undermines the guy with the fancy hair and penchant for giant spiders in the third act. Viva la creativity. <BR/><BR/>If we build it, they will come.I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-37876814637549388022007-04-11T16:18:00.000+01:002007-04-11T16:18:00.000+01:00Look on points like this we're never going to agre...Look on points like this we're never going to agree so it'll just go around in circles ! It's good to see that you have a strong opinion about your side of this though :)Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-55912959527476571772007-04-11T16:13:00.000+01:002007-04-11T16:13:00.000+01:00I just think movie wise when there's people out th...I just think movie wise when there's people out there who are breaking their backs and the bank to try and get an original project off the ground and having little or no success, but Hollywood are quite willing to fund a remake of a film that was fine already and only made in the last 20 years just because it's easy money. <BR/><BR/>Say you went to a film company with an original idea and were told they'd rather back the remake of 'Police Academy' because they new that would make money and your idea had no such guarantees, I'm sure it would piss you off. For every lame remake they make there's 100+ novels, comic books,original screenplays that are crying out to be made into films.Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-26595570525776630682007-04-11T15:58:00.000+01:002007-04-11T15:58:00.000+01:00But isn't a film just a story? Or is it that you h...But isn't a film just a story? Or is it that you have a strict 'no same medium' rule when it comes to remakes?I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-19453867889252515622007-04-11T15:37:00.000+01:002007-04-11T15:37:00.000+01:00But if you don't go and see it then why should it ...But if you don't go and see it then why should it matter?I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-39159729181042554572007-04-11T14:45:00.000+01:002007-04-11T14:45:00.000+01:00It's only a no go area in my opinion, I just think...It's only a no go area in my opinion, I just think it's naff when people could be making new movies. Same as an unmade bed in a gallery is art to some and a bloomin waste of time and a joke to others, no one would ever convince me it was art.<BR/><BR/>I love the remake of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' but then again it's just another version of Jack Finney's story 'The Body Snatchers' Like I said I don't have too many problems with adaptations of stories, it's just remakes of original films, it just pisses me off, but hey that's me !Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-56510514667384242872007-04-11T14:36:00.000+01:002007-04-11T14:36:00.000+01:00What I don't understand is, how is remaking a movi...What I don't understand is, how is remaking a movie such an affront? <BR/><BR/>Why is it a no go area? <BR/><BR/>You don't have to watch the remake after all. There's not a global budget for cinema which means that if a remake gets made an original work doesn't. Also there's no policy that means we erase from existence any trace of the original movie upon which the remake is based.I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-33974315716398479032007-04-11T13:42:00.000+01:002007-04-11T13:42:00.000+01:00I love movies from the 30's to the 2000's, I didn'...I love movies from the 30's to the 2000's, I didn't have to see a newer version of The 'Wizard of Oz' when I was a kid because it wasn't made for my generation,I didn't think in 1975 boy this 'Wizard of Oz' would be so much cooler with the Bay City Rollers in it, I wish they'd remake it. A good movie will always be a good movie. Most remakes do enough Box Office to make them worth while being made and then disapear, who's ever going to remember the remake of The Fog even in 5 years, nobody is ever going to consider it a classic, remakes of films for teens are like getting Girls Aloud to remake all the Beatles Singles.<BR/><BR/>Still we all have an opinion, and obviously someone out there loves doing remakes, I suppose because it's easier to rehash and old ideas than to pay for an original screenplay which may be a gamble at the Box Office.Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-62752040042338205082007-04-11T12:59:00.000+01:002007-04-11T12:59:00.000+01:00The way I see it, there is zero blasphemy in remak...The way I see it, there is zero blasphemy in remaking old movies because it makes absolutely no difference to the original movies that were made. Also, remakes often serve as an introduction to movies people likely never even heard of, and from generation to generation audiences change. Some people may even seek out the original movie and find they like that one better etc.I. N. J. Culbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588613689574148154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-86048377158866033252007-04-11T05:22:00.000+01:002007-04-11T05:22:00.000+01:00Great post, Andrew!I really enjoyed it and agree w...Great post, Andrew!<BR/>I really enjoyed it and agree with your thoughts and opinions.<BR/><BR/>If they ever remake ALIEN or ALIENS, I will destroy this planet, tho. Just sayin.... :)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014253770950049304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26106885.post-73183929002404597992007-04-11T03:53:00.000+01:002007-04-11T03:53:00.000+01:00I too would like to see War of the Worlds done as ...I too would like to see War of the Worlds done as the novel did...tho I too like both films already done. I guess I would like to see Hollywood do something original...I feel like our story is original and anytime we have come close to anything that has already been done, we shy away.<BR/><BR/>Great post!allen etterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05945997781240742167noreply@blogger.com