Movies we'd like to see remade

[WillBrink]

There was a tranny? I never noticed. There were some weird chicks in a tent though...

Dude would fit in perfectly in Antifa and the ilk:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449...r/rm3646010113

Some how, don't think he looked like that...

[MountainRaven]

Star Wars Episodes 7, 8, and 9.



Red Dawn. Keep it set in the 1980s. Keep it set in the same universe as the original. Just make it about another small town resistance in Texas, Utah, Colorado, &c.

Seven Samurai
But not another bad Western. Maybe in space or something. Or keep it in Japan.

I don't think there's any way to remake Seven Samurai and improve it. I think the best you could do would be to do a shot-for-shot remake - and hope the new actors are up to the task.

I'm only interested in remakes if they are able to improve upon the original like True Grit. I'm sorry, and I know this is going to anger some boomers, but the Jeff Bridges remake was better in every way than the original version with John Wayne.

Another remake that was light years ahead of the original is the 2002 version of The Bourne Identity. The 1988 version is just awful.

The best remake of all time though is the 1995 Michael Mann classic Heat. The made for tv version that Mann did in 1989 called L.A. Takedown was decent enough for a made for tv movie, but Heat is a masterpiece.

3:10 to Yuma's remake is also better than the original, IMO.

As far as movies I'd like to see remade, I'd vote for Dirty Harry, but I know Hollywood would screw it up. It would have to be dark, with good casting. No getting The Rock to play Harry Callahan either.

I don't think you can make Dirty Harry in 2020. Even before George Floyd. The idea of a loose-cannon police officer who is a gun nut and does the right thing even when it goes against the regulations and living in San Fransisco. First, it's been troped to death and second, nobody would believe that anyone who knows anything about guns would intentionally choose to live in San Fransisco. Maybe, maybe Los Angeles. But I don't think it works outside of San Fransisco.

And what would you replace the iconic S&W model 29 with? A 10mm?

[MountainRaven]

oopsie

[SomeOtherGuy]

Dune would benefit.

With Star Wars, a lot of us grew up with it and didn't realize how hokey and silly it was. After watching 1-6 dozens of times, and having seen 7-9 (puke), I think Lucas did as well as his material allowed, Jar-Jar and all. Actually what I would change would be to have Lucas re-do 2-3 with the evil Sith lord Jar-Jar that was intended. 7-9 are junk and are two steps below Spaceballs.

Wouldn't mind seeing the promised sequel of Spaceballs, it couldn't possibly be worse than Star Wars 7-9 or GOT season 8.

Most of the recent re-makes are awful and I would rather just enjoy better films from the era when Hollywood was only 70-90% pozzed instead of the current 100%.

[just a scout]

I'm only interested in remakes if they are able to improve upon the original like True Grit. I'm sorry, and I know this is going to anger some boomers, but the Jeff Bridges remake was better in every way than the original version with John Wayne.

Another remake that was light years ahead of the original is the 2002 version of The Bourne Identity. The 1988 version is just awful.

The best remake of all time though is the 1995 Michael Mann classic Heat. The made for tv version that Mann did in 1989 called L.A. Takedown was decent enough for a made for tv movie, but Heat is a masterpiece.

As far as movies I'd like to see remade, I'd vote for Dirty Harry, but I know Hollywood would screw it up. It would have to be dark, with good casting. No getting The Rock to play Harry Callahan either.

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[Bodhisattva05X]

Not a remake per se, but how about a quality movie about the Korean War, specifically about the Chosin.

[Evel Baldgui]

I would remake any film with John Wayne in it. He was a god awful actor who never deserved the fame he got. Also, Bob Hope was never funny, he sucked; but I digress.

[MountainRaven]

Wouldn't mind seeing the promised sequel of Spaceballs,

They could do a JJ Abrams style prequel-sequel for it.

I don't think anyone can do Mel Brooks as well as Mel Brooks does, unfortunately.

[SeriousStudent]

The first person to suggest remaking Blazing Saddles gets banned.

That is all.

[SteyrAUG]

Red Dawn. Keep it set in the 1980s. Keep it set in the same universe as the original. Just make it about another small town resistance in Texas, Utah, Colorado, &c.



I don't think there's any way to remake Seven Samurai and improve it. I think the best you could do would be to do a shot-for-shot remake - and hope the new actors are up to the task.



3:10 to Yuma's remake is also better than the original, IMO.



I don't think you can make Dirty Harry in 2020. Even before George Floyd. The idea of a loose-cannon police officer who is a gun nut and does the right thing even when it goes against the regulations and living in San Fransisco. First, it's been troped to death and second, nobody would believe that anyone who knows anything about guns would intentionally choose to live in San Fransisco. Maybe, maybe Los Angeles. But I don't think it works outside of San Fransisco.

And what would you replace the iconic S&W model 29 with? A 10mm?

All salient points. I considered Dirty Harry but I don't think it could be done in a way that modern movie goers could even relate too since cops are generally the "bad guy" unless they too are criminals fighting the system from inside.

Would be interesting to see a period Red Dawn attempt. Anything would be better than that ":Oh No the Koreans are here" nonsense.

I don't see the point in a Seven Samurai remake, most audiences wouldn't be able to relate to it without them making a "manga" version. And they completely destroyed classic films like "Hara Kiri" and a few others.

But you can add "13 Assassins" to films where there was a very successful remake as good or better than the originals.