what movie would you like to see remade?
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The movie where the US Navy captures a German U Boat and takes the Enigma machine.
It was the Royal Navy that did that before the US entered the war after Pearl Harbor. Even before then, Polish Cryptographers had obtained an Enigma machine and worked out how it worked. Without the Poles, we British might not have been able to read German messages until much later in the war.
US troops did some amazing things during WW2 which should be celebrated but making a movie in which the US claims credit for a British operation is going too far. Hollywood would have you believe that John Wayne won WW2 on his own. Too many Hollywood WW2 movies play down the hard work and sacrifice made by so many Americans in favour of giving the star almost all the credit.
It was the Royal Navy that did that before the US entered the war after Pearl Harbor. Even before then, Polish Cryptographers had obtained an Enigma machine and worked out how it worked. Without the Poles, we British might not have been able to read German messages until much later in the war.
US troops did some amazing things during WW2 which should be celebrated but making a movie in which the US claims credit for a British operation is going too far. Hollywood would have you believe that John Wayne won WW2 on his own. Too many Hollywood WW2 movies play down the hard work and sacrifice made by so many Americans in favour of giving the star almost all the credit.
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Well, of course, it's easier for an audience to identify with a hero than with an army.
I'd like to see The Running Man filmed the way King/Bachman wrote it.
But that's never gonna happen. First, it's too lefty-subversive -- the villain of the story is not the TV industry, it's the whole corporate sector, ruling unchallenged and producing a dystopia. (King is a definitive Boomer.) Second, it ends with the protagonist crashing an airplane into a skyscraper -- it's too soon.
But that's never gonna happen. First, it's too lefty-subversive -- the villain of the story is not the TV industry, it's the whole corporate sector, ruling unchallenged and producing a dystopia. (King is a definitive Boomer.) Second, it ends with the protagonist crashing an airplane into a skyscraper -- it's too soon.
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I think Logan’s run would be a good remake. The original was very cheesy and the special effects were pretty bad.
I think a remake could be really interesting - the concept and plot of the movie is pretty cool actually.
I think a remake could be really interesting - the concept and plot of the movie is pretty cool actually.
In the book, the future society was global rather than one domed city -- and the maximum permissible age was not 30 but 21.
You really couldn't run a high-tech society and economy with nobody older than 21.
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None. If you cannot think of something on your own that's original so you remake something, you're lazy.
Or you're trying to get by in Hollywood. The studios like remakes and sequels because something original is always a financial gamble. One person can write a book at no cost, but a movie is a major investment.
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Not a single one.
Does anyone think that you can remake the Mona Lisa and improve upon it?
If it's a great movie, you appreciate it for what it is and for the time that was.
If it's a bad movie, why bother?
It's the True Grit rule...
Does anyone think that you can remake the Mona Lisa and improve upon it?
If it's a great movie, you appreciate it for what it is and for the time that was.
If it's a bad movie, why bother?
It's the True Grit rule...
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But still no guarantee...
Yeah, I kinda wondered about that too.
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bonus points!!!
Class is not a quality you want, if making a movie about something as redneck as an outlaw cross-country road race.
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We already have too many remakes.
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i think they could do a fabu version of 'whatever happened to baby jane', set in the music business instead of cinema, with madonna as jane and cher as blanche. it would probably steal the title of 'campiest movie ever made' away from 'mommy dearest'.
(note: screen stretchers must die.)
(note: screen stretchers must die.)
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PeckerSniffer's too busy sniffin' peckers.
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Only if they can find suitable replacements for Farrah and Jenny and they do each other.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/f/fc/broomstick.png
'Broom first, then slippers.' 'How do I know you'll return the broom once you've secured your ticket?' 'I'll leave my little dog as collateral.' 'Great. Pleasure doing business!'
'Broom first, then slippers.' 'How do I know you'll return the broom once you've secured your ticket?' 'I'll leave my little dog as collateral.' 'Great. Pleasure doing business!'
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