Last Starfighter remake

shaun of the dead > dawn of the dead

seven samurai > magnificent seven
 
@FoxhoundKopy > ALL ideas from this point (read: 1984) on already been made/thought of, so everything is basically a remake in some way or another.

@DuckTape > Shaun of the Dead is a great movie, and so is Dawn of the Dead, but to compare them is like comparing Sesame Street to Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, just because they both happen to be puppet shows.
 
Rellik said:
@FoxhoundKopy > ALL ideas from this point (read: 1984) on already been made/thought of, so everything is basically a remake in some way or another.

@DuckTape > Shaun of the Dead is a great movie, and so is Dawn of the Dead, but to compare them is like comparing Sesame Street to Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, just because they both happen to be puppet shows.
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I agree with you, to a point, while great classic movies are iconic in the sense they pioneered new scripts and presentation formulas it is harder for novel ideas to come along but to use or borrow certain aspects of a movie is one thing, to make a blatant copy or remake a movie that gains nothing by remaking it is absurd but this practice will continue ad infintum since its easier to throw on a new coat of paint than to make something original which btw has been going on longer than 1984 or did you mean the movie 1984?
 
Having grown up with movies like this, I am torn between supporting or opposing a remake. It would be awesome to see this movie remade the right way, but Hollywood's track record with remakes, those odds are slim at best...
 
chapped said:
Having grown up with movies like this, I am torn between supporting or opposing a remake. It would be awesome to see this movie remade the right way, but Hollywood's track record with remakes, those odds are slim at best...
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i would have to agree, it would be cool to see what new special effects, hopefully better , and what not but yes our expectations are generally let down, the way most sequels fail to live up to the originals.
 
foxhound-KD- said:
I agree with you, to a point, while great classic movies are iconic in the sense they pioneered new scripts and presentation formulas it is harder for novel ideas to come along but to use or borrow certain aspects of a movie is one thing, to make a blatant copy or remake a movie that gains nothing by remaking it is absurd but this practice will continue ad infintum since its easier to throw on a new coat of paint than to make something original which btw has been going on longer than 1984 or did you mean the movie 1984?
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i picked the year 1984 randomly. not to be confused with the book and/or movie... there were still some original ideas coming out (atleast in movies) in the early to mid 80s.... mostly because CGI and movie effects were just really beginning be be born.
 
Rellik said:
i picked the year 1984 randomly. not to be confused with the book and/or movie... there were still some original ideas coming out (atleast in movies) in the early to mid 80s.... mostly because CGI and movie effects were just really beginning be be born.
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Those are just technical achievements. One could argue that originality has been dead for way longer. Heck Zane Grey pretty much wrote every conceivable plot for a Western by 1939. Though this way of thinking is a little cynical.

There is always something new coming out, whether is be a tweak on a well worn genre or something that is groundbreaking. There will always be innovation.


Also:

Dawn of the Dead (Original) > Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
 
are you kidding me????
i thought the original DotD was a joke... we are talking about the same movie right?
the one with the biker pie fight scene?
 
Rellik said:
are you kidding me????
i thought the original DotD was a joke... we are talking about the same movie right?
the one with the biker pie fight scene?
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Yeah the one with the social metaphor on consumerism and the better ending scene...yeah that one.
 
i guess i just wasn't thinking as hard as you when i watched it :-/
1978 or not... it seemed like a joke to me...
it started out good, i loved how they were working the big trucks and such... but i just can't get over the pie fight scene.
 
Rellik said:
i guess i just wasn't thinking as hard as you when i watched it :-/
1978 or not... it seemed like a joke to me...
it started out good, i loved how they were working the big trucks and such... but i just can't get over the pie fight scene.
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Yeah...it's hard to get over that. Then again Dr. Strangelove was suppose to end with a pie fight.
 
you call that a pie fight? This is a pie fight!!!!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AOeSrLCD-U[/ame]


and then there is this one!!!!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8TCpxXsDA[/ame]
 
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