What movies should Hollywood remake?

[Brother Shatterstone]

There not always popular, there not always done right, they seems to happen no matter if you want them or not so movies should Hollywood remake?

My vote is simple enough: The Final Countdown

I though that it needed a serious remake but with the wait for its releases upon DVD finally over I’m not so sure… I would still like to see it remade because it’s always has and always will be one of my favorite movies.

I would like to see it remade cause well time has gone by, out of all the planes you see in the movie, minus the Zeros that weren’t in service when the movie was made, only two are still in service today and there's more and more talk of ending the run of the F14 Tomcat. The special effects, for the most part have withstood the test of time but one can see quickly where they could be improved.

Though having been on USS Carl Vinson "CVN70" during a filming of a Hollywood movie I can honestly give my dearest sympathy for the crew of the ship during the movie.

So what would you like to see remade?

 

[Jamdin]

Enough with the Dracula and Frankenstein remakes. I want a Creature From The Black Lagoon remake.

 

[Kai Lord]

Interestingly enough, the Creature from the Black Lagoon is reported to be the monster Hugh Jackman goes after in the next Van Helsing.

 

[nHammer]

Dementia 13
White Zombie

 

[Krieg]

Oddly enough I think that a remake of The Final Countdown would be a huge letdown for me.

One of the great attractions of the film for me is the fact that almost the entire film actually takes place on the Nimitz. The aircraft are real, the flying is real, those extras you see in the background are actual squids p). If they remade the film today I have a feeling that it would all be done with CGI & on studio lots which would absolutely kill it for me.

PS the DVD of The Final Countdown is fabulous. It's nice to finally see it in widescreen, all those times I watched it on HBO as a kid were letterboxed!

 

[Kai Lord]

Star Wars: Episode I
Star Wars: Episode II
Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions

If there was a way to remake Return of the Jedi with the original actors at their original ages, I'd put that on the list too.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Oddly enough I think that a remake of The Final Countdown would be a huge letdown for me.

Honestly, it probably would be for me also...

One of the great attractions of the film for me is the fact that almost the entire film actually takes place on the Nimitz.

Yeah, I know as I said I was on the Carl Vinson, which is in the same class as the Nimtiz. I recognize all the rooms, I love reading the bullseyes on the walls telling you where your at, I love the fact that when the ship goes to GQ that the 1MC announcements are authentic and are the same ones that are used on US ships some 24 years later.

If they remade the film today I have a feeling that it would all be done with CGI & on studio lots which would absolutely kill it for me.

Yeah probably true...

I wouldn't mind seeing an alternate ending on the remake...

 

[Krieg]

To answer the original question...

I would love to see a remake of All Quiet on the Western front. Film it entirely in German & give it the treatment it deserves.

I though that it needed a serious remake but with the wait for its releases upon DVD finally over I’m not so sure…

BTW have you watched the extras disc yet?

The commentary by the VF-84 guys is just great, especially their opinion of Katharine Ross.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

BTW have you watched the extras disc yet?

Sadly, I rarely make it to the extra disk... This might be the first time I listened to the commentary take, it was on the first disk.

Actually to be honest I was taken by surprise when I found the DVD by chance, I had been looking forever for it and had finally give up hope on finding it. I didn’t know it till after I owned it for a while that there was a two DVD set version also. At least I didn’t get to excited and forget to get the wide screen version.

 

[Some guy from Ohio]

Starship Troopers. Great book about the military life of a common soldier in a time of war; lousy movie about pretty-boys and models with guns fighting bugs.