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Originally Posted by GeoffC
I consider the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" such a classic that I would hate to see what the re-make has done to it .....
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I do consider
The Day the Earth Stood Still a classic, and didn't think it needed a remake, but still, if I had a copy, I think I'd watch it, to see what they did. I understand the makers took both the original film and the short story into account, and in my mind that makes it a reinterpretation of the original, rather than just a remake.
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Still, some on the list there that were so bad first time around that there's not really much pressure on the remakes; Red Sonja, Meatballs, Conan, The Karate Kid and Footloose spring to mind. Let's face it, you don't need to be Francis Ford Coppola to improve on those!
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Oddly enough, I liked
The Karate Kid. Perhaps it was the age at which I saw it-- or maybe I just liked Pat Morita in the role.
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Originally Posted by mjh215
If you are not creative enough that you need to remake something, just rename it and change things around a bit. It is what writers, playwrights and film makers have been doing for centuries. Otherwise you are just cashing in... Bleh...  |
I'd have to say I generally agree with this. Including Disney "interpretations" of classics.
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Originally Posted by LazyScot
I don't suppose you have some Oolong (guess what book I'm re-reading, interspersed with Suggested Oddities).
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Would you prefer Jade-Ti Oolong, or Oriental Beauty?