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STOP REMAKING EVERY FILM EVER MADE YOU FESTERING, MALODOROUS, IGNORANT, FECKLESS

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I wasn't aware of this until recently....

I don't think you can make a bad movie better by just remaking it....


 
Posted : 05/09/2019 10:14 am
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Ace another Rambo switch off entertainment instead of trying to do a clever storyline that is predictable and dull.


 
Posted : 05/09/2019 10:42 am
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Katniss Everdeen has let herself go a bit


 
Posted : 05/09/2019 10:43 am
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Ace another Rambo switch off entertainment instead of trying to do a clever storyline that is predictable and dull.

I parsed that about 10 times before I think I understood what you intended, but I'm not really sure.


 
Posted : 05/09/2019 10:57 am
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I know it’s a sequel, not a remake, but is there really a single person in the entire world who wants to see another Rambo movie?

Yes, I'm looking forward to it.


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 1:50 pm
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Yes, I’m looking forward to it.

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Posted : 06/09/2019 2:22 pm
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Posted : 06/09/2019 2:59 pm
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Looking at the Rambo trailer I'm hoping to get some home security tips for protecting the garage! I'll be watching it (but maybe waiting until its on telly).


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 3:11 pm
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RAGE

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1173954759071547392?s=19


 
Posted : 18/09/2019 2:16 am
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Another Rambo film, I could get behind. I mean, it's been diminishing returns since First Blood so meh, yet another brain out action flick.

But remaking The Princess Bride though? That's a very very bold notion indeed. That will go one of two ways and I suspect it'll be the Not Good one. About the only person I can think of that might possibly get away with it is Joss Whedon.


 
Posted : 18/09/2019 2:41 am
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Another Rambo film, I could get behind. I mean, it’s been diminishing returns since First Blood so meh, yet another brain out action flick.

True. FB was a very good, post-war drama. The rest were just wham bang boom films. Fun, but not in the same space as First Blood.


 
Posted : 18/09/2019 2:45 am
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Took my little girl to see the Aladdin remake at the cinema last weekend.

Fair play to Will Smith for having a crack at it but Robin Williams is a hard act to follow and it just lacked the 'zing' and fun of the original. I thought a proper comedian with a distinctive voice like Chris Rock, Jim Carrey or Will Ferrell might have done a better job.

A plodding pace too in a few parts and it doesn't help that the way they've animated the animals means they completely lack emotion. Poor casting too for the other characters I thought. My littlun completely lost interest by about 2/3s of the way through.

The only good part was the carpet, and that was no better than what was in the original.


 
Posted : 18/09/2019 11:23 am
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Wesley doesn't appear to be impressed.

https://twitter.com/Cary_Elwes/status/1174124906327330816


 
Posted : 18/09/2019 4:41 pm
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First Blood is a great film and all the others (especially 3) are firmly in so bad it’s good territory. New one looks a bit like Home Alone on a farm without Joe Pesci.


 
Posted : 18/09/2019 9:03 pm
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Oh Frak Cylons are returning
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/...robot-creator/

The new show will be "an updated, more modern look at the world" based on the 2004 edition, THR says, not the 1978 original. The show will be helmed by Sam Esmail, who is best known as the creator of Mr. Robot. The final season of Mr. Robot will be airing this fall, freeing Esmail up for other projects. He will reportedly also be heading up two other series for the streaming service, including an adaptation of the classic 1927 film Metropolis.
In a tweet posted after this story was originally written, Esmail clarified that the show is not a straight remake but instead something of a spinoff, "because... why mess with perfection? Instead, we’ll explore a new story within the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. So say we all!"


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 7:21 am
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Bring on Rambo, sorta film I can go watch with the old man.


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 7:52 am
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i hear they're making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this...


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 8:02 am
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Make it about a Mexican trying to cross Trump’s wall but with echoes of Le Carre’s Berlin books.


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 8:14 am
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I would look at the PB remake the same way as ghostbusters... you already have a nigh-on perfect movie, the remake can only ever be worse, what’s the point?! (I mean, money obviously, But artistically... why would anyone respectable take it on?)


i hear they’re making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this…
he’s not as funny as he used to be, but at least it will have (and be written by) Eddie Murphy (and Arsenio Hall). Plus... Wesley Snipes! Who is actually cooler than ever now IMO!


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 10:25 am
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i hear they’re making a sequel to the greatest movie of all time, Coming to America! not sure how i feel about this…

Great film shame Murphy stole the idea.


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 10:29 am
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why would anyone respectable take it on?

It’s “Hollywood”, who the **** is respectable there?


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 10:30 am
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I know Tank Girl wasn't a massive success first time round, but I enjoyed it. Happy to give a reboot a chance, especially with Ms Robbie!

https://twitter.com/GeeksGamersCom/status/1171811010585550849


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 10:43 am
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Lori Petti was a pretty good fit for Tank Girl I thought, the rest of the film was a little odd, but still not a bad match to the graphic novels. I'm not likely to forgive them for using SA80s as the "futuristic" guns though.


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 10:47 am
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Well played Cary Elwes.

What kind of hubris would lead anyone to even consider remaking The Princess Bride? Talk about setting yourself up for a fall.


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 10:47 am
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Not exactly a remake, but vaguely relevant to the discussion,

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/sylvester-stallone-wants-to-make-a-tango-cash-sequel


 
Posted : 19/09/2019 2:52 pm
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I bet it feels like Groundhog Day eh OP?


 
Posted : 20/09/2019 10:36 am
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Stallone is making another RAMBO movie at 75 , punishing pesky Mexicans for raping folk , what's he gonna do tut at them ??


 
Posted : 20/09/2019 11:45 am
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Sad. Just 'plane' sad


 
Posted : 18/02/2020 5:22 pm
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We just watched the remake of Whisky Galore (with Gregor Fisher). As good as, possibly even better than, the original.


 
Posted : 18/02/2020 5:39 pm
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God damn, Top Gun Maverick looks

    AMAZING!

 
Posted : 18/02/2020 6:29 pm
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Whisky Galore the remake was ace ! as is True Grit  by the Coen brothers which is super.


 
Posted : 18/02/2020 6:49 pm
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God damn, Top Gun Maverick looks

There's a few-page thread somewhere from a couple of months back.


 
Posted : 18/02/2020 7:04 pm
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... here, in fact.

https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/negative-ghostrider-the-pattern-is-full/


 
Posted : 18/02/2020 7:05 pm
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Yeah @winston you’re outnumbered with that one.


 
Posted : 18/02/2020 8:58 pm
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Re: Tank Girl - I have a sketch of her on the lining of a leather bike jacket, drawn by Jamie Hewlett while he was working for Deadline magazine, along with drawings by a couple of the artists on the mag.


 
Posted : 19/02/2020 12:49 am
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They're remaking The Thing, again....


 
Posted : 19/02/2020 11:06 am
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I thought Top Gun was naff and won't bother watching the new one (even the trailer). To keep Winston company, like.


 
Posted : 19/02/2020 11:17 am
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Because the world needs a spin-off about the paedo bowler from The Big Lebowski?!?

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-jesus-rolls/

EDIT: How the reviewer managed not to describe it as a "Turkey" I'll never know.


 
Posted : 08/04/2020 10:03 am
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Empire did a superb feature on John Turturro, shame the film’s crap!

Hows this for a pointless remake-
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bambi-disney-remake-1203479063/


 
Posted : 08/04/2020 10:24 am
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I thought Top Gun was naff and won’t bother watching the new one (even the trailer). To keep Winston company, like.

Yeah it’s naff but it’s entertaining.


 
Posted : 08/04/2020 12:59 pm
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Reboot or remake? Who cares, it's already dead.

https://thedisinsider.com/2020/05/05/pirates-of-the-caribbean-reboot-female-lead/


 
Posted : 07/05/2020 10:10 pm
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No.

Just no.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/movies/knight-rider-being-made-new-film

Can't be any worse than the original, I suppose
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1292926784934215682?s=19

Ambivalent at best about this one.
https://deadline.com/2020/08/garth-davis-tron-sequel-director-jared-leto-movie-1202992103/


 
Posted : 11/08/2020 12:57 pm
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Can’t be any worse than the original, I suppose
not seen Knight Rider 2000 then 😂 Makes the original look like The Wire.

Tron is awesome, Tron Legacy was somehow weirdly great too, the law of averages alone means the new one will be shit 🤣


 
Posted : 11/08/2020 1:16 pm
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not seen Knight Rider 2000 then 😂 Makes the original look like The Wire.

That was about the Three Men remake. Oh, and no, never seen KR2000, which is surprising, because I have seen the Point Break remake...

Suspect you're right about Tron, too!


 
Posted : 11/08/2020 1:24 pm
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not seen Knight Rider 2000 then 😂 Makes the original look like The Wire.

Not seen Knight Rider 2010 then?


 
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