Thoughts On All the Remakes/Reboots?

gaztunk

I know i'm probably minority, but i'm Pro-Remake, but my experience with them is mostly on the horror genre. Some of my favorite horror films are remakes :
The Crazies
Dawn of the Dead
The Hills Have Eyes
Piranha 3D

I respect the originals, and i'm sure that by the time they came out they were terrific, but i don't find them scary, but quite cheesy. If they can update a story, make it more serious,with a cast that i'm more familiar to, and remove the cheessynes, i'm all up for it…. if it's good, if not, i forget about it. I try not to make a big deal out of it.

Minerboh80

There are some reboots that actually saved some franchises, for instance, Nolan's DK trilogy not only saved cinematic Batman but also raised the stakes for comic based movies to a new standard.
On the other side however there where some pretty awful remakes and disastrous reboots. The most recent Craptastic 4 is the most prominent example.

Semtex

It's easy enough to hate on all the rehashing but unfortunately as a whole we want familiarity, it's one of the reasons the fast food industry thrives and it's why Hollywood keeps repackaging. Part of the onus is on us, we have to demand and support original content.

Furthermore, Trekkies & Trekkers need to unite and wrestle the Star Trek franchise away from CBS & Paramount because what JJ 'turncoat' Lensflare & his cohorts have done to that vehicle is nothing short of criminal.

DilfLover1

there's been very few remakes that i actually liked. a few, but not very many. Dawn of the Dead was probably one of my favorites lol. Carrie wasnt so bad. sometimes they could use a remake/reboot, other times it's like "eh…maybe dont touch a movie that's only a few yrs old?" lol

wesleyrayne

i especially hate all the horror remakes, just leave the classics alone!!!

Minerboh80

@wesleyrayne:

i especially hate all the horror remakes, just leave the classics alone!!!

Seconded 100%

horyna

Far too many remakes. They really should come up with something new but not ruin old stuff by making crappy remakes or continuitations.

Can't wait for the new Ghostbusters.

cannonmc

Too many remakes? Surely not. We've only had two versions of Jungle Book this year and then we have to wait until 2018 for the next planned one

rufusmc

Personally it depends on how recently they remake/reboot something. The spiderman films are an example of too close to each other. I get fed up with films that are always giving you the origins of a character.
Sadly I thought the latest Star Wars film was a rehash of the first movies, I enjoyed it , but how many Death Star type things are we going to get. As has been mentioned, we like familiarity and they can almost guarantee the number of bums on seats with these remake/reboots.

wesleyrayne

cant believe theyre remaking the craft…but at least its sort of a sequel

kalayaan

@cannonmc:

Too many remakes? Surely not. We've only had two versions of Jungle Book this year and then we have to wait until 2018 for the next planned one

:hehe: The problems with remakes is that there are more misses than hits

horyna

Reboots seem to promise easy money I guess. I'm not a big fan of rebooting/prequeling/sequeling everything that has ever been on TV.

Like said above: every second Superman/Batman has to have a new origin story. And they don't do single movies any more, they create franchises. Like with the new Ghostbuster, the new Independence Day or the newest Terminator, where they already planned sequels and spin-offs - before the movie is even out (to fail like in the three examples).

Or DC are planning for the next ten years even though the films are not good at all.

But I'm interested in the Westworld-Reboot.

aadam101

They just announced there will be a Dynasty reboot! Give me some Joan Collins!!