ASSHATS!

Whatever happened to any sort of originality?

Normally I’d agree with you but in the case of Robin Hood, I’m happy for them to keep trying until they make one good one

Which film is this a remake of?

You know, when they remake a film, you can still watch the old one.  Or old dozen or so in this case.

There have been good remakes anyway.  The Fly with Jeff Goldblum in it was a good one. Also invasion of the body snatchers iirc was a remake, no?

Robin Hood films are made all the time. It’s not a remake it’s just another interpretation of the legend. If they ever touch Back to the Future though I will cry

I take it you prefer the Erol Flynn version.

I just seen earlier that they have remade Papillon. Papillon FFS! Do they think they are going to improve on Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman?

Someone with a Kevin Costner mancrush has got a bee in his bonnet.

TBF the bar isn’t set very high if comparing to Prince of Thieves (excluding Alan Rickman who I won’t hear a bad word about)

Which film is this a remake of?

You know, when they remake a film, you can still watch the old one.  Or old dozen or so in this case.

This. They are new versions of an old story. Of course, there are some films which are original, some are good, and it’s difficult to imagine it being done better, but sometimes the original is dire, and is begging to be remade by someone with a clue. The Kevin Costner version is so full of plot holes it could easily be redone.

I really want a new version of Zelazney’s Damnation Alley, the first and only one was utter crap.

Saw the trailer for the new Robin Hood film last week while we at the cinema. It looks utterly awful. Woeful beyond belief.

Big trouble in little China, starring Dwayne Johnson

Men in tights?

 If they ever touch Back to the Future though I will cry

Actually, that could be pretty good I reckon.  Originals look dated now.

Which one are you raging about? Errol Flynn? Kevin Costner? Men in Tights? Russell Crowe?

Star trek films are all much the same,

Bad guy tries to kill humanity, Kirk saves the day in a Space ship.

There’s talk of remaking Clueless. Now that really is a travesty.

Ah, the curse of the Public Domain Character…

I’m not raycisst , but I doubt there would have been a black guy about sherwood 900 a.d.

Normally I’d agree with you but in the case of Robin Hood, I’m happy for them to keep trying until they make one good one

Er, they already have.

Men in tights?

Exactly.

 If they ever touch Back to the Future though I will cry

Actually, that could be pretty good I reckon.  Originals look dated now.

They are a product of the time though. I’d be interested to see a different take on them as opposed to an attempt at remaking them.

We need a fresh Spiderman

We need a fresh Spiderman

Totally , have yet to watch a decent spiderman movie.

Er, they already have.

@OP

U OK HUN?

I’d be interested to see a different take on them as opposed to an attempt at remaking them

That’s the point of a remake isn’t it?

Well I have just found out that I have been cast as Robin in our local valley Panto. I hope I can do the remake justice. I im to emulate Errol Flynn where possible 😉

We need a fresh Spiderman

It’s not eight o’clock yet, there’ll probably be a new one before 9pm.

Then another on Tuesday,

I’m not raycisst , but I doubt there would have been a black guy about sherwood 900 a.d.

Should have tried harder in history.

There were black people in Britain around the time of the Romans

Taking of Pelham 123 – all the remake added was an explosion and John Travolta looking like he was chewing a wasp all the way through. Insulting pointless.

That’s the point of a remake isn’t it?

The point of a remake is to generate money for a movie studio, hopefully in a less risky manner than with a new film property.

Artistic considerations rarely figure highly.

In the case of Spiderman, Sony remake it so often in order to prevent the movie licence reverting to Marvel (IIRC).

Crikey. Paper clip sales down this quarter are they?

 I’m happy for them to keep trying until they make one good one

To be fair to CFH, this one does look almost as terrible as the Kevin Costner one.

Totally agree with flashy here. Some remakes are just total tosh and seem hell-bent on destroying any decency within the title ( King Arthur and his bunch of Cockney Rebels anyone?) Or the Point Break monstrosity….

A remake should be sensitive to the original or at least be slightly betterer.

Isn’t Men in Tights just a remake of

Actually, a serious remake of American Flyers could actually be quite good!

Big trouble in little China, starring Dwayne Johnson

A ‘continuation’ apparently, not a remake. Still sounds shite though.

As no studio has managed to make a sequel that lives up to the original why would anyone think they’d manage to do anything other than screw up a remake?

Best Robin Hood is the Sean Connery one

As no studio has managed to make a sequel that lives up to the original why would anyone think they’d manage to do anything other than screw up a remake?

Aliens and Terminator 2.

A remake should be sensitive to the original or at least be slightly betterer.

Silent?

I liked the gladiator one where they invaded nottingham forest with loads of boats somehow