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Which films should NEVER be remade?
Lady in a tree Posted May 27, 2002
Along the lines of Airplane there is one film that should be left well alone - Blazing Saddles!
THE one that encompasses a genre and should therefore be sacred... Frederico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita"
Which films should NEVER be remade?
superdogmonkey Posted May 27, 2002
Silent Running - Why you little *********.
Next they'll try and do " Dark Star"
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted May 27, 2002
Barbarella shouldn't be remade but Drew Bazza seems to think she can live up to Jane Fonda and her classic. C'est la vie.
I think SW Episode one should be remade without JarJar. In fact, I'd like to remake Episode one without JarJar. Let me, please!
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted May 27, 2002
Oh and incidently, Tron is a classic that shouldn't be touched.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted May 27, 2002
Madent, in answer to your question;
A play is just that, a collection of words that mean nothing until interpreted.
A film is a collaborative effort between a writer, a director, a lighting cameraman, a composer and a series of actors. Something like casablanca is bottled lightning-second choice leading man, second choice leading lady, third choice director.
Yet it remains a classic.
Far too much of Hollywoods re-make fever is to do with 'Actor X is as big a draw as Bogart, let's remake The Big Sleep' whereas they should be saying Actor X is as big as Bogart, what original vehicle can we find to put him in that will prove that?' 
Which films should NEVER be remade?
mrs the wife Posted May 27, 2002
Films that should never be remade?
Passport to Pimlico
Kind Hearts and Coronets
It's a Wonderful Life, Mr Smith goes to Washington or any Capra film really
An Affair to Remember (Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr)
The Bishops Wife (doh! Whitless Houston ruined that one)
Any Hitchcock classic
Diva
Gaslight (the one with Ingrid Bergman)
Oooh I could go on and on...
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted May 27, 2002
Interesting you should mention Capra.
I notice that the latest Adam sandler vehicle is Mr Deeds.
Yes, a re-make of the Capra/Cooper classic.
Brought to you by the same people who brought you Deuce Bigolow:Male Gigolo.
Can you *IMAGINE*...
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Abi Posted May 27, 2002
I actually found Deuce Bigalo quite funny, but that doesn't mean I want them to remake classic movies. Eddie Murphy as Doctor Doolittle and the Nutty Prof. I don't think so! 
They should never remake My Fair Lady or Rebecca.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Cheerful Dragon Posted May 27, 2002
They remade 'An Affair to Remember', but changed the title. The remake starred Warren Beatty and Annette Bening and was called 'Love Affair'.
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FABT - new venture A815654 Angel spoiler page Posted May 28, 2002
dr zhivago.
terrible book, terrible film, terrible music, terrible story
yuck yuck yuck
FABT
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Sep 17, 2002
I just saw the remake of Rollerball, and they totally missed the point and churned out a poo filum.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
CashDollar Posted Sep 17, 2002
They are remaking 'The Italian Job' setting it in San Fransisco (!?!) with the new BMW "Mini's" and they get away with the gold.
It breaks my heart... it really does.
Goddamn Hollywood Heathens.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Sep 17, 2002
With Marky "wooden and can't act" Mark. So sad.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 17, 2002
They get the gold!!?! 
Please tell me you are joking...
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 17, 2002
Well, with any luck, it'll fall flat on it's face, just like the Stallone re-make of Get Carter.
Any body spot that in the cinema? Didn't think so. Coming to a dvd bargain bin near you soon.
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Sep 17, 2002
Why oh why oh why?
Which films should NEVER be remade?
the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Sep 17, 2002
What about the re-makes of Anna Karenina? The original was a classic with Garbo and Frederic March. Alexander Korda re-made it with Vivienne Leigh and that was inferior but not too bad. But the NBC made a version with Jane Seymour. I know this because I was an extra. I held Doug McClure's horse
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 17, 2002
I can kind of see the logic behind the casting. Imagine the office where the idea was pitched;
Q: What is Michael Caine's greatest strength as an actor?
A: The ability to look as though he is not acting.
Q: What is Stallone's greatest weakness as an actor?
A: The inability to act.
Gee whiz, quick, it's a natural! 
Which films should NEVER be remade?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 17, 2002
Poot old Doug Mclure. A worthy career in movies and tv to find yourself reduced to a pinpoint accurate caricature on the Simpsons.
What did he do to deserve it?
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Sep 17, 2002
I don't think they'll be re-doing any of his old films. But if they did and wanted to dumb them down even further who could you pick? Bernard Cribbins maybe?
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- 63: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (May 27, 2002)
- 64: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (May 27, 2002)
- 65: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (May 27, 2002)
- 66: mrs the wife (May 27, 2002)
- 67: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (May 27, 2002)
- 68: Abi (May 27, 2002)
- 69: Cheerful Dragon (May 27, 2002)
- 70: FABT - new venture A815654 Angel spoiler page (May 28, 2002)
- 71: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (Sep 17, 2002)
- 72: CashDollar (Sep 17, 2002)
- 73: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (Sep 17, 2002)
- 74: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 17, 2002)
- 75: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Sep 17, 2002)
- 76: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (Sep 17, 2002)
- 77: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Sep 17, 2002)
- 78: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Sep 17, 2002)
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