Just chatting with someone about when in the history of tv and film, has a remake ever been better or at the very least, as good as the orginal show/movie they were remaking.

9/10/2009 4:29:04 PM

Scarface

9/10/2009 4:30:57 PM

Does this question/scenario include a director's spin on a classic story that has been made more than once?

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9/10/2009 4:32:19 PM

3:10 to Yuma

9/10/2009 4:33:41 PM

Inglorious Bastards

9/10/2009 4:35:07 PM

Ocean's 11

The Departed (Internal Affairs)

Cape Fear

9/10/2009 4:39:00 PM

LK....? plz to explain

was not aware that either Scarface or IB were remakes....

9/10/2009 4:40:26 PM

I would imagine every single one of R. Kelly's hit songs

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9/10/2009 4:40:30 PM

The italian Job

Gone in 60 Seconds

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9/10/2009 4:41:33 PM

9 (Toy Story)

9/10/2009 4:41:46 PM

songs I'm not talking about here BHS....

Also.....how about this.... considering that there are a shit ton of advances made in technology etc that would make a huge difference (HUGE, not necessarily just how much better CGI have gotten between 80s and 90s) between the way a story was told in the 30s vs the 80s .....what about....what has been remade within a relatively small time frame that was better? Like something made in the 80s and being remade in the last few years for example....

9/10/2009 4:45:55 PM

Ok, what I mean is...like Romeo & Juliet. Luhrmann's portrayal versus the late 60s version featuring Olivia Hussey

or

A Christmas Carol...Allistair Sim as Scrooge from the 50s versus George C. Scott from the 80s or even Bill Murray in Scrooged? And I'm quite partial to Mickey's Christmas Carol, but that's the kid in me We got the one starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge in the newly animated version this November to throw in the pot too.

now we're about to get another Alice in Wonderland to mull over.




an example you're looking for would be which Planet of the Apes was better, if one can be better than the other/original b/c of technology advances in film? Mark Wahlberg or Charlton Heston (ahem...Heston)

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9/10/2009 4:51:14 PM

ah......ok....

I'm trying to think of another example and I'm drawing blanks

As for Gone for 60 secs, I never saw the original but the one I did see, sucked ass. Horrible...

I also guess if the remake is made far enough apart then the fact that it's a remake doesn't matter as much....also, if the original of something sucked ass to begin with then I guess it can only get better from there

9/10/2009 5:00:29 PM

Ok...here's another--Psycho; Hitchcock versus Gus Van Sant

now...Van Sant tried to make it as much like the original as possible, even recreating shots, sets, and camera angles, with the main difference of course is his was in color. Which was better???

Hitchcock's...hands frickin' down (IMO)

9/10/2009 5:10:58 PM

Quote :

"an example you're looking for would be which Planet of the Apes was better, if one can be better than the other/original b/c of technology advances in film? Mark Wahlberg or Charlton Heston (ahem...Heston) "

the remake was a travisty.

9/10/2009 5:12:25 PM

Battlestar Galactica

9/10/2009 8:31:57 PM

I liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory better than Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

9/10/2009 8:33:17 PM

baz luhrman's romeo and juliet >>> 60s version

9/10/2009 8:34:07 PM

vs.

9/10/2009 8:41:00 PM

The Thomas Crown Affair with Brosnan and Russo

9/10/2009 9:05:51 PM

Well Michael Haneke remade his own Funny Games after 10 years.

I haven't seen the '97 one or the '07 one, although I've been meaning to. They sound pretty unpleasant and preposterous. But I hear they are pretty much identical.

Hitchcock remade himself as well, with The Man Who Knew Too Much.

The Fly and The Thing remakes make great use of advances in technology, and remain quality movies. Haven't seen either original.

The '78 Invasion of The Body Snatchers was good as well.

Evil Dead II is pretty much a remake. Probably better than The Evil Dead. Maybe.

9/10/2009 11:25:55 PM

my initial reaction was any joe cocker song he recorded, then i realized this was a movie thread

9/10/2009 11:27:50 PM

bttt

9/11/2009 4:32:44 PM

The Departed

9/11/2009 4:39:11 PM