Useless remakes have somehow become worse..

[CroutonsofDeath{RD}]

I know that it is a time of low creativity for Hollywood, but god must they be desperate. We all know by now of the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, but it only gets worse from there: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1238299/

That's right. They are remaking PLAN 9 FROM OUTERSPACE. Why!? It is beyond me. That is just one of those films you don't remake. Everyone claims that the original Plan 9 was the worst movie ever made, yet just about everyone in the cult scene loves it for its pure awfulness. Will it be the same without Ed Wood's amazing talent to be bad? It just won't. Talk about desperate. Ohh, and for those on the cult scene, that's not all: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267299/
They are remaking the rocky horror picture show too! Well, okay, to be fair its a made for TV version, but it still begs the question, the big big question:

WHY!?

Normally I'm not one to groan at Hollywood for lack of invention, but its final. When you have to go to the midnight movies and cult scene for remakes, you know Hollywood is desperate. And films like this just can't be remade. They can't. What made them garner this audience in the first place is what made the movies unique; be it the fact that they were really bad, or just really different for the time. These are movies that oddly have more charm than a lot of others simply because something made them popular, and that something is always a unique charm to that movie. Go ahead, dip into the 40's, 50's and 60's for movies to remake, but leave these movies alone.

 

[featherfoot07]

Hollywood likes to squeeze every ounce of "entertainment" it can out of anything or anyone. Be it a movie, a T.V series, or even a celebrity couple. Hollywood over-rates things and makes them seem more important than they are....this is not different.

 

[Sexy Beast]

Actually the reason is simple. When a studio owns a once popular film property that no long generates revenue they attempt to resurrect the film for a new generation.

Once resurrected not only will they make money at the box office, DVD sales and TV showings. The original property will begin to generate revenue when old fans decide that they will buy the original instead of watching the knock off.

So in conclusion its not because of Hollywood's lack of originality, but more its a easy way to make a quick buck.

 

[Frank Booth]

You cannot make Rocky Horror Picture Show without Tim Curry! These people should be shot. This is where you vote with your wallet and do not give them money for this trash. 3