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Title: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 10, 2011, 07:41:58 PM
With the current trend in cinema going towards re-making just about every and any movie in the catalog, I got to thinking about some movies that I would hate to see done over.

Here are some of mine in no particular order:

  - the Princess Bride
  - Christmas Story
  - the Godfather trilogy
  - Bullitt (I won't be surprised if it happens)
  - any Kubrick film (too late for the Shining)


What are some of your picks?
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: GAAN on January 10, 2011, 07:46:49 PM
Apocalypse now

Reservoir Dogs

A clockwork orange

Pulp fiction

Blue velvet

Taxi driver

Lonesome Dove

Gone with the Wind

Fight Club

Casablanca
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: kopfjäger on January 10, 2011, 07:55:19 PM
Bambi
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 10, 2011, 08:02:31 PM
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 10, 2011, 07:55:19 PM
Bambi


word
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: GAAN on January 10, 2011, 08:10:57 PM
Quote from: alfisti on January 10, 2011, 08:02:31 PM

word

Never seen that movie
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 10, 2011, 08:14:40 PM
Quote from: Mother on January 10, 2011, 08:10:57 PM
Never seen that movie


Sorry, I was being sarcastic b/c I didn't know if kop was being serious.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: kopfjäger on January 10, 2011, 08:19:41 PM
Quote from: alfisti on January 10, 2011, 08:14:40 PM

  I didn't know if kop was being serious.

Not sure I know what that means.  :D
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: LMT on January 10, 2011, 08:28:55 PM
I too, have never seen Bambi. Our Old Yeller.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Timmy Tucker on January 10, 2011, 08:42:51 PM
Quote from: alfisti on January 10, 2011, 07:41:58 PM

Here are some of mine in no particular order:...

 
  - Bullitt (I won't be surprised if it happens)...


There were rumors going around about 3-4 years ago that it was being considered for a remake w/ Brad Pitt.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: fastwin on January 10, 2011, 08:45:21 PM
Commies! How could you be alive in America and not see those movies? I'm starting deportation proceedings ASAP! [laugh]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Goat_Herder on January 10, 2011, 08:47:31 PM
Please don't remake Top Gun with the Joint Strike Fighter.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Drunken Monkey on January 10, 2011, 09:00:11 PM
Seriously the only movies that should ever be remade are low-budget movies remade by the same director with more money (Il Mariachi, Evil Dead)

Art should stand on it's own and doesn't need a mulligan to get it "right"

Otherwise it's like saying "Yeah, someone should do a re-write of Moby Dick." Or "I really like Rembrandt's 'The Potato Eaters' but I think it needs more color."

Disclaimer: This doesn't apply to anything that's done as part of a live performance (music, plays, opera) because that's supposed to be different every time.

Also, get off my lawn you damn kids  [coffee]



Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 10, 2011, 09:46:54 PM
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on January 10, 2011, 08:28:55 PM
I too, have never seen Bambi. Our Old Yeller.

+ 11ty
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: kopfjäger on January 10, 2011, 10:07:07 PM
Well, it was redone once.  :D


Bambi vs Godzilla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBkc2jK-6w#normal)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: darylbowden on January 10, 2011, 11:37:01 PM
The Big Lebowski.  Without that exact cast and crew, it's a piece of shit.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: GAAN on January 10, 2011, 11:56:25 PM
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on January 10, 2011, 09:00:11 PM
Seriously the only movies that should ever be remade are low-budget movies remade by the same director with more money (Il Mariachi, Evil Dead)

Art should stand on it's own...


Evil Dead was art you old codger

Go back to your armchair of hate curmudgeon man
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: kopfjäger on January 10, 2011, 11:57:58 PM
There just movies. Remake all of them, who gives a make the beast with two backs.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 02:09:33 AM


3:10 to Yuma should never be remade.


Russell Crowe's awesome.

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 02:57:11 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 02:09:33 AM

3:10 to Yuma should never be remade.


Russell Crowe's awesome.



3:10 to Yuma should never have been made, period. That movie is horrible. Appaloosa puts it to shame on all counts.

Others that should never be remade:

War of the Worlds

The Poseidon Adventure

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Gone In 60 Seconds

and

The Original Star Wars Trilogy
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: GAAN on January 11, 2011, 04:28:00 AM
Quote from: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 02:57:11 AM
3:10 to Yuma should never have been made, period. That movie is horrible. Appaloosa puts it to shame on all counts.

Others that should never be remade:

War of the Worlds

The Poseidon Adventure

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Gone In 60 Seconds

and

The Original Star Wars Trilogy



Besides starwars, all of those have been remade
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 11, 2011, 04:42:24 AM
the Gone in 60 Seconds remake wasn't bad as far as remakes are concerned...but that sems to be a different subject altogether...

now...any Monty Python or Mel Brooks film should never be redone...that is just sheer blasphemy

2 other ones that should NEVER be touched....EVERRRRRRRRR

Magnificent Seven

The Wild Bunch
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: derby on January 11, 2011, 04:47:02 AM
Quote from: zooom on January 11, 2011, 04:42:24 AM

2 other ones that should NEVER be touched....EVERRRRRRRRR

Magnificent Seven


...which was a remake of seven samurai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samurai).
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 05:25:01 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 02:09:33 AM

3:10 to Yuma should never be remade.


Russell Crowe's awesome.



3:10 to Yuma was a remake.  The first was made in 1955 with Glen Ford in the Crowe roll.  Both films were awesome in their own way.  Ford played it as a smooth suave psychopath, could have been the devil himself.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 06:53:55 AM
Quote from: Mother on January 11, 2011, 04:28:00 AM
Besides starwars, all of those have been remade

I'm aware. And in my opinion, none of them were as good as the originals. Thus my post.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducpainter on January 11, 2011, 07:34:23 AM
Animal House

The Blues Brothers
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 11, 2011, 07:58:13 AM
The Unforgiven

The Departed

Eraserhead (probably never should have been made the first time)

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Monster Dave on January 11, 2011, 08:03:46 AM
Back to the Future

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Enter the Dragon

Missing in Action

Remo Williams the Adventure Begins

Office Space

Short Circuit

Eddie and the Cruisers
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: dennisd on January 11, 2011, 08:16:03 AM
Hard Day's Night

Help

Yes, I know they were not really great movies but to make them without the original 4 just wouldn't work.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: GAAN on January 11, 2011, 08:27:48 AM
Quote from: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 06:53:55 AM
I'm aware. And in my opinion, none of them were as good as the originals. Thus my post.

yeah

well your grammar was confusing

and

lately that seems to be dangerous

:-\
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: duccarlos on January 11, 2011, 08:31:51 AM
Road House.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducpainter on January 11, 2011, 08:33:57 AM
Quote from: duccarlos on January 11, 2011, 08:31:51 AM
Road House.
Good one Carlos  [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: sbrguy on January 11, 2011, 08:44:25 AM
Quote from: RAT900 on January 11, 2011, 07:58:13 AM
The Departed

only problem was that the departed was a remake of a japanese movie infernal affairs trilogy with parts from each.  the original infernal affairs makes the departed look like an overweight hollywood crap movie.  it was ok but should have never gotten any awards for remaking someone elses original work.

movies you can't remake becuase the cast is what made the movie

the outsiders
the great escape
star trek 2 (there is no way you can remake this movie without ricardo montalban, only way you can is by reincarnating him)

all those movies are made by the ensemble casts without them the movies will suck.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: JEFF_H on January 11, 2011, 08:53:24 AM
Quote from: alfisti on January 10, 2011, 07:41:58 PM

  - any Kubrick film (too late for the Shining)


I disagree on the Shining.
The original movie was all Kubrick, but the TV Movie one was what Stephen King envisioned, and I think stands on its own.
Of course, the Simpsons version from Treehouse of Horrors V owns them both

THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR V THE SHINNING (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvkgKRMlp90#normal)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 11, 2011, 08:56:00 AM
Quote from: sbrguy on January 11, 2011, 08:44:25 AM
only problem was that the departed was a remake of a japanese movie infernal affairs trilogy with parts from each.  the original infernal affairs makes the departed look like an overweight hollywood crap movie.  it was ok but should have never gotten any awards for remaking someone elses original work.



OK if you say so...I will stop liking it now
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Timmy Tucker on January 11, 2011, 08:57:03 AM
Lethal Weapon

Full Metal Jacket

Platoon


And FWIW, I think Flight of the Intruder should be remade. I read the book in high school about a year before the movie came out. The cast was absolutely perfect for the movie, especially Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe, but overall the script was a shite adaptation of the book.


Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Monster Dave on January 11, 2011, 08:57:09 AM
Quote from: sbrguy on January 11, 2011, 08:44:25 AM
star trek 2 (there is no way you can remake this movie without ricardo montalban, only way you can is by reincarnating him)


Did you know that though both Bill and Ricardo are arch enemies in Wrath of Kahn that they actually never share a single scene together?

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 09:23:44 AM
Rebel Without a Cause cause there can be only one James Dean

On the Waterfront cause there can be only one Marlon Brando

Hombre, The Hustler, Hud cause there can be only one Paul Newman

Casablanca cause there can only be one perfect and best movie of all time.  "Play it again Sam"
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 09:47:08 AM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 05:25:01 AM
3:10 to Yuma was a remake.  The first was made in 1955 with Glen Ford in the Crowe roll.  Both films were awesome in their own way.  Ford played it as a smooth suave psychopath, could have been the devil himself.


Oh.

Well then I'd have to go with The Italian Job.

That should definitely never be remade.

You can't beat Ed Norton.

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: El Matador on January 11, 2011, 09:57:08 AM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 09:23:44 AM

Casablanca cause there can only be one perfect and best movie of all time.  "Play it again Sam"
I can totally envision the tagline right now: *Cue in-a-world-voice* Casablanca. "We're playing it again"
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Timmy Tucker on January 11, 2011, 10:00:05 AM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 09:23:44 AM
"Play it again Sam"

Was never actually a line in the movie. Probably the most misquoted movie line ever.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: sbrguy on January 11, 2011, 10:02:39 AM
Quote from: Monster Dave on January 11, 2011, 08:57:09 AM

Did you know that though both Bill and Ricardo are arch enemies in Wrath of Kahn that they actually never share a single scene together?



yeap they may not have had a scene together , in my view the entire movie was good bc of the cast overall.

and regarding the departed to the other poster, i just thought the original was better, but hey that is why we are putting up movies that we like and debating them. like whatever movie you want.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Grampa on January 11, 2011, 10:04:39 AM
two girls one cup
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: spolic on January 11, 2011, 10:07:26 AM
Star Wars.



Oh, never mind..They already screwed those up.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Timmy Tucker on January 11, 2011, 10:08:09 AM
Quote from: bobspapa on January 11, 2011, 10:04:39 AM
two girls one cup


+1  [puke] [puke] [puke]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: derby on January 11, 2011, 10:19:08 AM
Quote from: RAT900 on January 11, 2011, 08:56:00 AM
OK if you say so...I will stop liking it now

you don't have to start liking it, but you should really watch the infernal affairs series.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: derby on January 11, 2011, 10:20:08 AM
Quote from: Timmy Tucker on January 11, 2011, 08:57:03 AM
...but overall the script was a shite adaptation of the book.

and that is the root of most of my "exceptions" to the "should never be remade."
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 11, 2011, 10:38:51 AM
Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot

Ishtar

Gigli
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Monster Dave on January 11, 2011, 10:58:05 AM
Quote from: RAT900 on January 11, 2011, 10:38:51 AM
Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot


This one belongs in the "Movies that should NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE" thread  [laugh]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 11, 2011, 10:59:32 AM
Quote from: Monster Dave on January 11, 2011, 10:58:05 AM

This one belongs in the "Movies that should NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE" thread  [laugh]

All three are so bad, so very very bad that no one could ever hope to replicate the full bouquet of the stench
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 11:11:31 AM
Quote from: Timmy Tucker on January 11, 2011, 10:00:05 AM
Was never actually a line in the movie. Probably the most misquoted movie line ever.

True, I've watched the movie just waiting for the line and it was never said.  But Sam did play it again.  For those of you that have never seen the film (and why haven't you) the song is "As Time Goes By."
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: sbrguy on January 11, 2011, 11:19:19 AM
all time movie to never be remade or never should have been made

Battlefield earth

only in this movie can humans go from being cavemen to flying f-16 in 20 minutes.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 11:52:43 AM


The Longest Yard should never be remade.


Nobody could possibly top Adam Sandler in that role.

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 12:10:48 PM
Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 11:52:43 AM

The Longest Yard should never be remade.


Nobody could possibly top Adam Sandler in that role.



Now I get it, your fun-un us, ain't ya [laugh] [laugh]

How about True Grit, no-one could top the Duke!
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Stinky Wizzleteats on January 11, 2011, 12:27:45 PM
Showgirls

The Gods Must Be Crazy I & II
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 12:44:47 PM
Showgirls  Fits in the class of movies that were so bad that they should never be remade but I loved that film.  You can watch it without the sound on and it will be a little better.  As they say, it was a film with great visual impact. 
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Stinky Wizzleteats on January 11, 2011, 02:02:08 PM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 12:44:47 PM
Showgirls  Fits in the class of movies that were so bad that they should never be remade but I loved that film.  You can watch it without the sound on and it will be a little better.  As they say, it was a film with great visual impact. 

;)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 02:11:29 PM
Quote from: Stinky Wizzleteats on January 11, 2011, 12:27:45 PM
Showgirls

I call bullshit.

That movie is just screaming to be remade starring Isla Fisher.

And then again starring Jessica Biel.

And then...
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 02:22:34 PM
Quote from: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 02:11:29 PM
I call bullshit.

That movie is just screaming to be remade starring Isla Fisher.

And then again starring Jessica Biel.

And then...

Okay, now that you put it that way, I can see your point.  I'm big enough to admit when I'm wrong.  Let's remake it!!! [clap] [clap] [clap]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: NorDog on January 11, 2011, 02:42:31 PM
Quote from: sbrguy on January 11, 2011, 11:19:19 AM
all time movie to never be remade or never should have been made

Battlefield earth

only in this movie can humans go from being cavemen to flying f-16 in 20 minutes.

Battfield Earth is AWESOME!!

You just need a few friends, a case of beer, and a copy of this turd of a movie to create you own Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Speedbag on January 11, 2011, 03:04:13 PM
Quote from: NorDog on January 11, 2011, 02:42:31 PM
Battfield Earth is AWESOME!!

You just need a few friends, a case of beer, and a copy of this turd of a movie to create you own Mystery Science Theater 3000.

+1
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Stinky Wizzleteats on January 11, 2011, 04:43:36 PM
Quote from: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 02:11:29 PM
I call bullshit.

That movie is just screaming to be remade starring Isla Fisher.

And then again starring Jessica Biel.

And then...

I stand corrected.  [bow_down]

Just going through so many names in my head......

Rhona Mitra
Scarlette Johansson
Malin Akerman
Natalie Portman

[drool]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: la strada on January 11, 2011, 04:48:51 PM
Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 02:09:33 AM

3:10 to Yuma should never be remade.


Russell Crowe's awesome.

lol,  that's irony for you.... that is a remake from the original with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.

whippersnappers!    [cheeky]

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: DesmoLu on January 11, 2011, 04:49:11 PM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 11, 2011, 09:23:44 AM
Casablanca cause there can only be one perfect and best movie of all time.  "Play it again Sam"

Not at all. A Casablanca remake would be badass. I can see it now:
America's classic love story, now starring Megan Fox as Ilsa, Ryan Reynolds as Rick, and...

Samuel L. Jackson as Sam - cue "I've had it with these mother make the beast with two backsing nazis in this mother make the beast with two backsing bar!"
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: derby on January 11, 2011, 04:53:10 PM
Quote from: DesmoLu on January 11, 2011, 04:49:11 PM
Not at all. A Casablanca remake would be badass. I can see it now:
America's classic love story, now starring Megan Fox as Ilsa, Ryan Reynolds as Rick, and...

Samuel L. Jackson as Sam - cue "I've had it with these mother make the beast with two backsing nazis in this mother make the beast with two backsing bar!"

[thumbsup]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 11, 2011, 05:56:28 PM
Quote from: DesmoLu on January 11, 2011, 04:49:11 PM
Samuel L. Jackson as Sam - cue "I've had it with these mother make the beast with two backsing nazis in this mother make the beast with two backsing bar!"

[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

"Round up twice the usual number of suspects, especially that 'Bad Mother make the beast with two backser.'"
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 06:42:45 PM
Quote from: la strada on January 11, 2011, 04:48:51 PM
lol,  that's irony for you.... that is a remake from the original with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.

whippersnappers!    [cheeky]



Damn.

Okay, then The Karate Kid should never be remade.

Will Smith's son was great in it!

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Revax30 on January 11, 2011, 07:12:29 PM
Here's my vote for non remakeable movies

Warriors
Slap Stick
Blade Runner
Highlander
Bad Boys
Texas Chainsaw(oops, too late)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: DesmoLu on January 11, 2011, 08:43:15 PM
I am recasting Samuel L. Jackson in remakes of classic films...

"Frankly pregnant dog, I don't give a shit." - Gone with the Wind
"Toto, we ain't in Compton no more." - Wizard of Oz
"Here's lookin at your fine ass, girl." - Casablanca
"I love the smell of pregnant doges in the morning." - Apocolypse Now
"What we gots here is you not picking up on what I'm layin down." - Cool Hand Luke
"Houston, we done make the beast with two backsed some shit up." - Apollo 13
"Mrs. Robinson, you trying to get some of this fine ass?" - The Graduate
"Mama always said life is like a bucket of KFC, you never know how crunchy it'll be." - Forrest Gump


Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: derby on January 11, 2011, 09:52:41 PM
Quote from: DesmoLu on January 11, 2011, 08:43:15 PM
I am recasting Samuel L. Jackson in remakes of classic films...


is this your facebook group?

http://eu-es.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12641655483 (http://eu-es.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12641655483)

;D
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: darylbowden on January 11, 2011, 10:53:45 PM
Hudson Hawk.

Howard the Duck.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 12, 2011, 03:00:24 AM
Quote from: DesmoLu on January 11, 2011, 08:43:15 PM
I am recasting Samuel L. Jackson in remakes of classic films...

[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

Ow. Hot coffee through nose. Ow.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 12, 2011, 04:56:47 AM
Quote from: DesmoLu on January 11, 2011, 08:43:15 PM
I am recasting Samuel L. Jackson in remakes of classic films...

"Frankly pregnant dog, I don't give a shit." - Gone with the Wind
"Toto, we ain't in Compton no more." - Wizard of Oz
"Here's lookin at your fine ass, girl." - Casablanca
"I love the smell of pregnant doges in the morning." - Apocolypse Now
"What we gots here is you not picking up on what I'm layin down." - Cool Hand Luke
"Houston, we done make the beast with two backsed some shit up." - Apollo 13
"Mrs. Robinson, you trying to get some of this fine ass?" - The Graduate
"Mama always said life is like a bucket of KFC, you never know how crunchy it'll be." - Forrest Gump




BEST POST EVARRRRRR!!!....


on a small note...1 fear cropped up in my head about this thread...some producer and screenwriter troll is going to somehow websearch and find this thread and start pitching some of these films as new ideas to various film houses....
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: akmnstr on January 12, 2011, 05:42:16 AM
Quote from: zooom on January 12, 2011, 04:56:47 AM
BEST POST EVARRRRRR!!!....


on a small note...1 fear cropped up in my head about this thread...some producer and screenwriter troll is going to somehow websearch and find this thread and start pitching some of these films as new ideas to various film houses....

Maybe we should produce our own remakes!  Form the DMF production co.  It is obvious that those Hollywood mo fos will find us eventually. 

Oh, and we should never remake Snakes on a Plane.  Who else but S. Jackson could deliver the line, "Enough is enough! I have had it with these mothermake the beast with two backsing snakes on this mothermake the beast with two backsing plane!" 
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 12, 2011, 06:33:54 AM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 12, 2011, 05:42:16 AM
Oh, and we should never remake Snakes on a Plane.  Who else but S. Jackson could deliver the line, "Enough is enough! I have had it with these mothermake the beast with two backsing snakes on this mothermake the beast with two backsing plane!" 

Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and maybe...just maybe...Jamie Foxx
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: lethe on January 12, 2011, 06:41:27 AM
Ian McKellen

YOU SHALL NOT PASS, you Mothermake the beast with two backsing Snakes!
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 12, 2011, 07:11:02 AM
Quote from: lethe on January 12, 2011, 06:41:27 AM
Ian McKellen

YOU SHALL NOT PASS, you Mothermake the beast with two backsing Snakes!

Monty Python...

Eric Idle speaks...

Snakes may pass on the count of three. Snakes shall count to three, no more, no less.  Three shalt be the number they shall count, and the number of the counting shalt be three.  Four shall they not count, nor either count them two, excepting that they then then proceed on three.  Five is right out. Once three is counted, and only then on the number three, it being the third number, be reached, then shall they pass.

John Cleese...

Do snakes actually count?!?!?!
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: duccarlos on January 13, 2011, 06:32:25 PM
Starship Troopers
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Stinky Wizzleteats on January 13, 2011, 07:16:01 PM
Quote from: duccarlos on January 13, 2011, 06:32:25 PM
Starship Troopers

Nothing wrong with the shower scene.  [drool]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: slowpoke13 on January 13, 2011, 07:19:44 PM
Quote from: duccarlos on January 13, 2011, 06:32:25 PM
Starship Troopers

That book is actually on the Navy's junior enlisted leadership reading list. It's not bad.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 13, 2011, 07:23:01 PM
Quote from: slowpoke13 on January 13, 2011, 07:19:44 PM
That book is actually on the Navy's junior enlisted leadership reading list. It's not bad.

It's also NOTHING like the movie.

Still waiting for those co-ed showers... <kicks rock>
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: GAAN on January 13, 2011, 09:30:26 PM
The series was a lot of fun, the movie was great as a large budget B movie
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: la strada on January 13, 2011, 10:02:02 PM
the human centipede.

come to think of it, it probably shouldn't have been made in the first place.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 13, 2011, 10:09:23 PM
Mothra

Godzilla vs. Rodan

Godzilla vs. Megalon
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: duccarlos on January 14, 2011, 07:12:27 AM
Quote from: slowpoke13 on January 13, 2011, 07:19:44 PM
That book is actually on the Navy's junior enlisted leadership reading list. It's not bad.

I read that book years before the movie. I still own it and read it every few years.

Quote from: Stinky Wizzleteats on January 13, 2011, 07:16:01 PM
Nothing wrong with the shower scene.  [drool]

I would only allow a remake if the whole movie was based on that one shower scene, but remove the guys.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Venom51 on January 14, 2011, 07:42:32 AM
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 07:57:18 AM


Bad News Bears should never be remade.

Billy Bob Thornton's incredible.

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: NorDog on January 14, 2011, 08:17:40 AM
Casablanca
Wizard of Oz
The Godfather
The Maltese Falcon
Lawrence of Arabia
L.A. Confidential
Pretty much any film considered great.  (I love the original True Grit, but it's not really a "great" film.)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: dennisd on January 14, 2011, 08:49:35 AM
Quote from: Venom51 on January 14, 2011, 07:42:32 AM
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

You beat me to it but I was going to add:

A fist full of Dollars & For a Few Dollars More
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 14, 2011, 08:53:49 AM
Quote from: Venom51 on January 14, 2011, 07:42:32 AM
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly


Just got this on Blu-Ray.

The HD transfer is FANTASTIC.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 14, 2011, 08:55:28 AM
Deep Throat.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: dennisd on January 14, 2011, 08:58:14 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on January 14, 2011, 08:55:28 AM
Deep Throat.

Now that IS a classic.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:08:20 AM
Quote from: dennisd on January 14, 2011, 08:49:35 AM
You beat me to it but I was going to add:

A fist full of Dollars & For a Few Dollars More


A Fistful of Dollars was a remake itself.

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 14, 2011, 09:17:12 AM
Quote from: humorless dp on January 11, 2011, 07:34:23 AM
Animal House

The Blues Brothers


Landis fan  [thumbsup]

Also love Trading Places, Coming to America and Spies Like Us.

However, none of those would be immune to a remake.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: dennisd on January 14, 2011, 09:17:48 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:08:20 AM

A Fistful of Dollars was a remake itself.



Really?  When was the original and who was in it?
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:33:22 AM
Quote from: dennisd on January 14, 2011, 09:17:48 AM
Really?  When was the original and who was in it?


The original was called Yojimbo.

It had a bunch of guys in it that I've never heard of and can't easily pronounce their names.

It was an Akira Kurosawa flick.

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 14, 2011, 09:33:52 AM
Quote from: darylbowden on January 10, 2011, 11:37:01 PM
The Big Lebowski.  Without that exact cast and crew, it's a piece of shit.


Agreed.  

Harlem Nights is another one that would be shitty without the exact cast.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 14, 2011, 09:46:27 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 07:57:18 AM

Bad News Bears should never be remade.

Billy Bob Thornton's incredible.



Billy Bob was the remake...the origional was Walter Mathau in the 70's...
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 14, 2011, 09:49:26 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:33:22 AM

The original was called Yojimbo.

It had a bunch of guys in it that I've never heard of and can't easily pronounce their names.

It was an Akira Kurosawa flick.



Toshiro Mifune.  If it's a Kurosawa flick, then chances are that Mifune is in it.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 14, 2011, 09:58:14 AM
they should never touch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Clockwork Orange or pretty much any Kubrick film


but hey...here's an idea...lets make a list of films they should remake...if for no other reason to see how they'de modernize it and waste money doing it...

like Convoy, Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, or any other film that used CB communication as a tool or integral part of the interaction betweeen charachters...
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 10:11:23 AM
Quote from: zooom on January 14, 2011, 09:46:27 AM
Billy Bob was the remake...the origional was Walter Mathau in the 70's...


make the beast with two backs.

Okay, then King Kong.

They should never remake that.

Jack Black can't be replaced.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: NorDog on January 14, 2011, 10:54:04 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:33:22 AM

The original was called Yojimbo.

It had a bunch of guys in it that I've never heard of and can't easily pronounce their names.

It was an Akira Kurosawa flick.



Yes, Yojimbo, remade as a western Fist Full of Dollars.  The "Remake" was remade as a gangster film called Last Man Standing.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 14, 2011, 11:02:09 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 10:11:23 AM
Okay, then King Kong.

They should never remake that.

Jack Black can't be replaced.


you can't be serious can you?....

King Kong was done as a remake in the late 70's with Jeff Bridges, but the origional was in the 30's with Fay Ray....
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 14, 2011, 11:04:24 AM
Quote from: zooom on January 14, 2011, 11:02:09 AM
you can't be serious can you?....

King Kong was done as a remake in the late 70's with Jeff Bridges, but the origional was in the 30's with Fay Ray....


(http://arthropoda.southernfriedscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/facepalm.jpg)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 14, 2011, 11:24:06 AM
Well we had Snakes On The Plane....

I would like to see someone make "Bedbugs In The Theater"
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Jobu on January 14, 2011, 11:32:53 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 02:09:33 AM

3:10 to Yuma should never be remade.


Russell Crowe's awesome.



Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 11:52:43 AM

The Longest Yard should never be remade.


Nobody could possibly top Adam Sandler in that role.




Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 06:42:45 PM

Damn.

Okay, then The Karate Kid should never be remade.

Will Smith's son was great in it!




Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 07:57:18 AM

Bad News Bears should never be remade.

Billy Bob Thornton's incredible.



Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 10:11:23 AM

make the beast with two backs.

Okay, then King Kong.

They should never remake that.

Jack Black can't be replaced.


Quote from: Rameses on January 11, 2011, 09:47:08 AM

Oh.

Well then I'd have to go with The Italian Job.

That should definitely never be remade.

You can't beat Ed Norton.



(http://img7.abload.de/img/obvious_troll5r0.jpg)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: NorDog on January 14, 2011, 12:33:07 PM
Speaking for the Italian Job, the remake sucked.

The original has, imo, the best movie ending of all time.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 14, 2011, 01:23:55 PM
Rameses is a kick-ass name.


I hope nobody else ever thought of that one.


[thumbsup]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 01:31:06 PM
Quote from: alfisti on January 14, 2011, 01:23:55 PM
Rameses is a kick-ass name.


I hope nobody else ever thought of that one.


[thumbsup]


Huh?   ???

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 14, 2011, 01:33:03 PM
Quote from: alfisti on January 14, 2011, 01:23:55 PM
Rameses is a kick-ass name.


I hope nobody else ever thought of that one.


[thumbsup]

Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 01:31:06 PM

Huh?   ???



NOPE....no one would have ever thought of that one before...

(http://thenightporter.tripod.com/tenimages/ramses6.jpg)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 01:54:53 PM
Quote from: zooom on January 14, 2011, 01:33:03 PM
NOPE....no one would have ever thought of that one before...

(http://thenightporter.tripod.com/tenimages/ramses6.jpg)


Pic no workie.


Regardless, the name came from the fact that back in the day when I registered on TOB I wore this...


(http://www.netitor.com/photos/schools/unc/galleries/traditions-general/Ram%20on%20bike_2000.jpg)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Venom51 on January 14, 2011, 01:59:09 PM
Quote from: alfisti on January 14, 2011, 08:53:49 AM

Just got this on Blu-Ray.

The HD transfer is FANTASTIC.

Totally amazing transfer!
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Cher on January 14, 2011, 03:57:05 PM

Dirty Harry

Raising Arizona

i robot

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 04:13:52 PM
Quote from: Cher on January 14, 2011, 03:57:05 PM

Raising Arizona



I just picked that up on dvd at Best Buy the other day for 5 bucks!!

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Speedbag on January 14, 2011, 04:16:10 PM
I remember watching "Raising Arizona" and wanting that period of my life back. No clue why some consider that such a great film.

:P
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Cher on January 14, 2011, 04:27:55 PM

Repo Man
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 14, 2011, 04:30:38 PM
Another pair for the "Without this cast, it's worthless" category:

True Romance

The Professional
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 14, 2011, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: Speedbag on January 14, 2011, 04:16:10 PM
I remember watching "Raising Arizona" and wanting that period of my life back. No clue why some consider that such a great film.

:P

it's the line "Son, you got a panty on yor head"
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: la strada on January 14, 2011, 08:26:15 PM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 01:54:53 PM

Regardless, the name came from the fact that back in the day when I registered on TOB I wore this...
(http://www.netitor.com/photos/schools/unc/galleries/traditions-general/Ram%20on%20bike_2000.jpg)

the original... http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1ramses.htm (http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1ramses.htm)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5355750555_9c418dc1a1.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39441309@N07/5355750555/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/39441309@N07/5355750555/#)

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 14, 2011, 08:33:10 PM
Quote from: la strada on January 14, 2011, 08:26:15 PM
the original... http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1ramses.htm (http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1ramses.htm)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5355750555_9c418dc1a1.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39441309@N07/5355750555/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/39441309@N07/5355750555/#)




OMG!!!!

REALLY?!?!?!

It's like he's been make the beast with two backsing with us the whole time!!!!!  :o :o :o :o :o

;)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 08:40:10 PM

[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 14, 2011, 08:44:51 PM
Quote from: zooom on January 14, 2011, 01:33:03 PM
(http://thenightporter.tripod.com/tenimages/ramses6.jpg)

I always wanted to come up with a meaning for "Brin" as a verb for something obscene.

I.e. Yul Brinner.

Get it?

[puke]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:04:26 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on January 14, 2011, 08:44:51 PM
I always wanted to come up with a meaning for "Brin" as a verb for something obscene.

I.e. Yul Brinner.

Get it?

[puke]


Am I the only one that pic isn't working for??

I wonder what the hell the deal is...
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Buckethead on January 14, 2011, 09:13:57 PM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:04:26 PM

Am I the only one that pic isn't working for??

I wonder what the hell the deal is...


Nope.

I get an

"Image Hosted By Tripod"

Rectangle.

<edited for spelling, because I'm an elitist>
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 10:16:06 PM
Quote from: Buckethead on January 14, 2011, 09:13:57 PM
Nope.

I get and

"Image Hosted By Tripod"

Rectangle.


Okay, cool.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Billyzoom on January 14, 2011, 11:02:02 PM
When Harry met Sally

Napoleon Dynamite

Sling Blade

Revenge of the Nerds

White men can't jump

Caddyshack

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Raux on January 14, 2011, 11:55:58 PM
Quote from: NorDog on January 14, 2011, 08:17:40 AM
Casablanca
Wizard of Oz
The Godfather
The Maltese Falcon
Lawrence of Arabia
L.A. Confidential
Pretty much any film considered great.  (I love the original True Grit, but it's not really a "great" film.)

Wizard of Oz was remade.. Diana Ross and Micheal Jackson ;)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: RAT900 on January 15, 2011, 04:18:45 AM
Quote from: Raux on January 14, 2011, 11:55:58 PM
Wizard of Oz was remade.. Diana Ross and Micheal Jackson ;)

He must have been seriously disappointed when he found out they were midgets and not kids
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 15, 2011, 05:14:44 AM
Quote from: Rameses on January 14, 2011, 09:04:26 PM

Am I the only one that pic isn't working for??

I wonder what the hell the deal is...


it was a pic of actor Yul Brynner in the film 10 Commandments.  He played the part of Rameses.

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: zooom on January 15, 2011, 05:54:15 AM
okay...the pic was supposed to be this...

(http://www.thorninpaw.com/u/htdocs/thorni/image/ramses09.jpg)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 15, 2011, 07:11:29 AM
Quote from: Buckethead on January 14, 2011, 08:33:10 PM

OMG!!!!

REALLY?!?!?!

It's like he's been make the beast with two backsing with us the whole time!!!!!  :o :o :o :o :o

;)


LOL


[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 15, 2011, 07:46:02 AM
Quote from: Venom51 on January 14, 2011, 01:59:09 PM
Totally amazing transfer!


Just picked up 2001(blu-ray) @wally world for 10 bucks last nite.

Another one with a phenomenal HD transfer!!!  I still can't believe the sets and special effects are circa 1968. 

42 years old and it does not look dated at all.

This look like an Ipad to you? ...


(http://octidextro.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ipad-a_space_odyssey.png)

As a kid I always thought that was slicker than snot.  Super far-out science fiction in '68 is now available at the local mall to anyone who wants one.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Raux on January 15, 2011, 10:06:20 AM
Quote from: alfisti on January 15, 2011, 07:46:02 AM

Just picked up 2001(blu-ray) @wally world for 10 bucks last nite.

Another one with a phenomenal HD transfer!!!  I still can't believe the sets and special effects are circa 1968. 

42 years old and it does not look dated at all.

This look like an Ipad to you? ...


(http://octidextro.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ipad-a_space_odyssey.png)

As a kid I always thought that was slicker than snot.  Super far-out science fiction in '68 is now available at the local mall to anyone who wants one.
that has to be a doctored image
no way they predicted the exact size/design of the ipad.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 15, 2011, 10:59:21 AM
Quote from: Raux on January 15, 2011, 10:06:20 AM
that has to be a doctored image
no way they predicted the exact size/design of the ipad.


nope.  Apple copied it right down to the color.

(http://www.cleverdonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2001-a-space-odyssey-ipad.jpg)

http://www.cleverdonkey.com/1499-2001a-space-odyssey-and-the-ipad-or-is-it-tampod/ (http://www.cleverdonkey.com/1499-2001a-space-odyssey-and-the-ipad-or-is-it-tampod/)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Raux on January 15, 2011, 11:16:54 AM
yep, i was right... doctored image

(http://www.boingboing.net/images/newspad.jpg)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 15, 2011, 01:22:30 PM
Quote from: Raux on January 15, 2011, 11:16:54 AM
yep, i was right... doctored image

(http://www.boingboing.net/images/newspad.jpg)

ah, you meant the image on the tablet.. i was thinking the tablet itself was shooped..
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Raux on January 15, 2011, 01:42:22 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on January 15, 2011, 01:22:30 PM
ah, you meant the image on the tablet.. i was thinking the tablet itself was shooped..

nope, the tablet as well. there are a series of buttons on the actual video image, has sharp lines and is more the size a a legal pad compared to the rounded smaller letter size iPad

The tablet computer was kinda the norm for scifi for years though.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XNPD380IpBQ/SWjkXPF_lyI/AAAAAAAAEa0/ZELY2MN_v-I/s1600/P103_5_thelightsofzetar.jpg)
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: Oldfisti on January 15, 2011, 04:38:52 PM
Quote from: Raux on January 15, 2011, 10:06:20 AM
that has to be a doctored image
no way they predicted the exact size/design of the ipad.



Sorry I picked a bad example.  Should have looked closer as that was an actual ipad.

You are correct that the one in the movie is slightly different with sharper lines and a row of buttons at the bottom.  Don't forget the IBM logo too.

Slight details aside I think they were PLENTY close to nailing it way back in 1968.

I'm still impressed.


[thumbsup]

Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: ducatiz on January 15, 2011, 07:13:47 PM
Quote from: alfisti on January 15, 2011, 04:38:52 PM
Slight details aside I think they were PLENTY close to nailing it way back in 1968.

I'm still impressed.
[thumbsup]

yes and no.

back then, it was just a tool that they were using (in the movies).

today, it's some kind of holy grail of coolness peddled by a rich self-absorbed wanker who thinks you shouldn't have flash.

But I have to say I *love* the Ikea utensils Dave Bowman is using..
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: mstevens on January 15, 2011, 08:39:17 PM
Quote from: Billyzoom on January 14, 2011, 11:02:02 PM
Sling Blade

The theatrical release was actually a re-make itself. Mmm-hmm.
Title: Re: Movies that should NEVER be remade
Post by: DucNaked on January 16, 2011, 07:35:50 AM
Kelly's Heroes

Great movie one of my favorites.

Clint Eastwood
Telly Savalas
Don Rickles
Donald Sutherland
Carroll O'Connor

You couldn't beat this cast.