Movies we'd like to see remade

[Vandal]

If they absolutely MUST reboot Bond, I want it done as period pieces, set against the times they were written in, in storyline order and only "massaged" to tone down the graphic obscenity and fit historical events and equipment of the day.

And find an ensemble of actors willing to sign long-term contracts as the core "Bond-Moneypenny-M-Q-Leiter" team.

Similarly, Tom Clancy stuff should have been done as period pieces... James Earl Jones's Admiral Greer stomps the crap out of the new "reimagined" Greer as a character.

I have read every piece of Clancy fiction and do enjoy what they've done with the TV show on Amazon. If they can't come up with some good movies from that stable of books it's Hollywood's fault, and I want period pieces *cough* Without Remorse *cough* done correctly. Heck, even the Jack Jr. series is solid.

[JediGuy]

If they absolutely MUST reboot Bond, I want it done as period pieces, set against the times they were written in, in storyline order and only "massaged" to tone down the graphic obscenity and fit historical events and equipment of the day.
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Similarly, Tom Clancy stuff should have been done as period pieces...

You are correct on both these ideas.
My only thought on Bond... Is that they should redo “Bond” without it being Bond. Follow the format somewhat, but go without the spoof stuff that made Bond Bond from the beginning.
And with Clancy...man, that would be cool. Watch the growth of characters from period piece to modern day. Would be beautiful.

[Diamondback]

JG, I mean hardcore Fleming/Gardner Bond, not "kinder gentler kiddie-fied" Broccoli Bond. Even Connery seems a bit cartoon-character at times... Dalton was the closest to a Book Bond, but still missing something. Maybe Jason Statham could pull it off if he cleaned up and grew some hair...

[JediGuy]

Bond was always intended as a spoof of spy films. Admittedly, all films except the newest reboot have been studiously avoided by me... But when I saw clips, they always fit with the idea of “intentional exaggeration.”

[Mozart]

Bond without the character development is Jason Bourne. What makes Bond Bond is his dry sense of humor, his alcoholism, his dapper sense of dress, and his womanizing.

I’d be down to see a much younger actor play Bond next time around, and explore the changes to his psyche from his first assignment as a 00 to his 4th or 5th, over the course of the movies. They kind of tried to do that with Craig. The events of Casino Royals and QoS took his youth and innocence away, by the time we see him in Skyfall he’s a raging alcoholic that nearly dropped off the grid.

[chuckman]

Clancy had so much detail a single movie just can't do a book justice. I would love to see the books done as a mini-series, especially Red Storm Rising. I love that book, I re-read it every other year or so.

[Grand58742]

OK, let's get serious

Someone mentioned the Tom Clancy's series. This won't be a remake, but just a make. Make a movie based on the book "Without Remorse". I've heard talks and plans and discussions about it, just make the damn movie.

THIS. So much THIS... as a Vietnam period piece. Do it right, get someone short and stocky to play Clark. Needs to be about 5-8 IIRC... Hugh Jackman's too big and Tom Cruise is too scrawny pipsqueak, somebody in between.

"Without Remorse" would be epic if done right. If they do Clarke like they did in "Clear and Present Danger", it would be a pisser.

You guys do realize they are making Without Remorse with Michael B. Jordan as Clark? And like everything Clancy, Hollywood is effing it up royally?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_Remorse_(film)

John Clark, a U.S. Navy SEAL, goes on a path of vengeance to solve his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.

With Rainbow 6 as a sequel...

[SteyrAUG]

Bond without the character development is Jason Bourne. What makes Bond Bond is his dry sense of humor, his alcoholism, his dapper sense of dress, and his womanizing.

I’d be down to see a much younger actor play Bond next time around, and explore the changes to his psyche from his first assignment as a 00 to his 4th or 5th, over the course of the movies. They kind of tried to do that with Craig. The events of Casino Royals and QoS took his youth and innocence away, by the time we see him in Skyfall he’s a raging alcoholic that nearly dropped off the grid.

If only they could have gotten Don Draper.

[ubet]

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[SteyrAUG]

I'd be willing to let somebody take a shot at "Three Days of the Condor", by itself it was decent but I kinda hate Robert Redford. But as an analyst who suddenly finds himself on the "operational" side of the CIA it was an interesting film.

I also wouldn't mind seeing a big budget attempt at "The Exterminator" but I fear it would just become another "Punisher" movie and those all are mostly terrible. I also fear early 80s vigilante films wouldn't translate well because few today can comprehend what a cesspool NYC was back then. But "Defiance" would be another good one with the same problems.

NYC really was a tinderbox of combat experienced nam vets who felt like they had been left out in the cold with no jobs, no skills and no prospects and often found themselves in gangland and could only see one solution to the problem of predatory gangs that victimize their working class communities.