Film remakes

[Angelfishsolo]

What films would you like to see remade? The one that appeals to me is "The Thing". The story is fantastic but would love to see better FX.

 

[Chromatic]

Good film that, assuming you mean John Carpenter's film. It was itself a remake of a 50's film called The Thing From Another World.
As to your original question, I can't think of one, sorry.

 

[Melonfish]

i dunno i really like how they did the first tbh.
i think alot of remakes rely to heavily on CGI and you end up getting familiar with the monster.
imo it was better when the monster was a rubber suit controlled by 5 guys because it would always be dark when it appeared and you never saw all of it. or it was brief! hence it was still scary.
modern films, you see the monster within 5 mins and then you're all like. Meh, not scary anymore.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I thought Peter Jackson was going to do a remake of the Dambusters. That could be good because the special effects were a bit ropey in the original.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I thought Peter Jackson was going to do a remake of the Dambusters. That could be good because the special effects were a bit ropey in the original.

I can think if little worse than this idea. And all people will end up talking about is the name of the dog anyway.

 

[Zoiders]

You shouldn't mess with the creature effects in "The Thing" a few of them are funny yes but then again who ever saw blood and guts that looked slick and convincing in real life?. I also don't think you would ever improve on the particular dynamic that the film had, if it hadn't been made in the early 80's it just would not have been the same.

I also think actual creature workshop effects that are well done are more convincing at times than most CGI.

To give a recent example, the recent Star Trek franchise reboot - a lot of it was shot on film not digital media to recreate the lighting and lense flare, a lot of the sets were real as well and as many old school effects were used as possible, without all that it would have fallen on it's arse and just looked like an extended TV episode.

 

[ColinJ]

You shouldn't mess with the creature effects in "The Thing" a few of them are funny yes but then again who ever saw blood and guts that looked slick and convincing in real life?. I also don't think you would ever improve on the particular dynamic that the film had, if it hadn't been made in the early 80's it just would not have been the same.

I also think actual creature workshop effects that are well done are more convincing at times than most CGI.

I agree.

The first 2 Alien films were really scary with animatronic aliens. I wasn't impressed with the 3rd one which I think used used more CGI?

To give a recent example, the recent Star Trek franchise reboot - a lot of it was shot on film not digital media to recreate the lighting and lense flare, a lot of the sets were real as well and as many old school effects were used as possible, without all that it would have fallen on it's arse and just looked like an extended TV episode.

Actually, I watched the Special Features and there the crew described how they digitally recreated lense flare etc.! When I was watching the film, I immediately noticed how much more 'real' it looked but it was 'artificially real'! Still, it shows that CGI doesn't have to look crap if done cleverly.

 

[MontyVeda]

I thought Peter Jackson was going to do a remake of the Dambusters. That could be good because the special effects were a bit ropey in the original.

edit... beaten to the dog comment... dang


Hancock needs to be remade with a better 2nd half.... the bourne films need to be remade without matt dull as dishwater damon in... in fact, all mat damon films could be vastly improved by casting somebody or even something else... he's got the screen presence of a tea bag

 

[zacklaws]

I don't think they should remake any films, what I do believe is that they should remake every episode of every "Soap" going back to the year dot and stick them on the TV 24hrs a day till they catch up to the present day.

That should get me out the house a bit more and get the miles in.

 

[MontyVeda]

I agree.

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Actually, I watched the Special Features and there the crew described how they digitally recreated lense flare etc.! When I was watching the film, I immediately noticed how much more 'real' it looked but it was 'artificially real'! Still, it shows that CGI doesn't have to look crap if done cleverly.

Very true, however i suspect there's a lot of stock CGI available which lower budget films or 'slack' directors are using... there's nowt worse than a really crap explosion.

 

[Melonfish]

not its original name i'll tell you that for nowt, although i wouldn't mind some of the old war films getting a decent repro, sort out some of the "model" effects they had back then

 

[Yellow Fang]

Perhaps they should remake Watership Down. I was disappointed with that when it came out. It's alright to do remakes of books, isn't it?

 

[MontyVeda]

Watership Down... Noooo... there's nothing wrong with it.

I've got the DVD, bought the single and eaten the pie

 

[PBancroft]

The Defiant Ones. Its been made a few times, but each time they've somehow missed the point.

I'd love to see a remake set in the deep South of the 1950s. The south of the time was so segregated that black and white prisoners would not have been chained together. Whilst on one hand this undermines the film, on another it raises more questions which could be approached by a remake.

 

[Zoiders]

I agree.

The first 2 Alien films were really scary with animatronic aliens. I wasn't impressed with the 3rd one which I think used used more CGI?


Actually, I watched the Special Features and there the crew described how they digitally recreated lense flare etc.! When I was watching the film, I immediately noticed how much more 'real' it looked but it was 'artificially real'! Still, it shows that CGI doesn't have to look crap if done cleverly.

Oh some of the scenes were CGI yes but they had to put the lens flare back in as it was present in all the celluloid scenes.

The hi-tech method of battering the film camera with your hand as it ran to save putting in camera shake as a CGI effect later was inspired.