The 80s version of The Blob is terrifying.

We need the 80s coke back. Ketamine ain't doing shit for us.

The 2011 The Thing wasn't so much a remake as it was a prequel to the remake, telling the story from the Norwegian scientists' camp.

The 1982 John Carpenter remake opened with the last two remaining Norwegian scientists chasing "The Thing" until it reaches the Americans' camp. But they're misunderstood by the Americans. When trying to shoot at The Thing, which has taken the shape of a sled dog, the Americans instead return fire and kill them. Then the Americans explore the Norwegian camp and try to figure out what horrors killed everyone there, while slowly discovering why they were shooting at a dog in the first place.

The 2011 film shows what happened to the Norwegians before the 1982 remake. You're correct, it wasn't as great of a film (hard to compete with John Carpenter), but it wasn't exactly a remake.

You scared me for a second, being only aware of the 80s one I thought you wanted a remake of that lol

Today we see it that way but in the 70s and 80s, the 1950s Thing was hailed as a classic prestige science fiction film. That's why Carpenter's version was trashed at the time. It was dismissed as a grotesque barf bag SFX spectacle that completely disregarded what made the original so good.

Macbeth... IN SPAAAAAAACE!!!!!

There have been a bunch: Throne of Blood is Samurai Macbeth. Warm Bodies is Zombie Romeo & Juliette

Can do other classics too. Clueless is such a fun adaptation of Emma.

I would be so much more interested in Shakespeare if the cast were replaced with giant war robots.

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https://youtu.be/hiF-ftELdv0?list=PLiY_cdt0LT9axh_Qnzbi2AgnWDyDZZcvo

It's been done a million times: 10 Things I Hate About You, She's the Man, West Side Story, The Lion King, Ran, Forbidden Planet, etc.

One more.

• T ron.
• R eboot.
• O h fuck, why did we cast Jared Leto
• N ow we're talking.

yes

Keep em coming. Tron: Legacy is my all time favourite.

We just need to disavow Ares and make Tron Ascension as originally intended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXGLusmsnzQ

the ones without jared leto of course.

If they just stuck to the original premise it would have been better.

Stranger Things did that, for its first season.

I don't think Waterworld needs improving, but I recognize that I'm in the minority.

A urinal bolted to a wall: The movie

Mid movies with an interesting premise. That's the point of OP's post.

Scarface, Omega Man, The Bird Cage, Thomas Crown Affair, Ocean's 11, Fist Full of Dollars, Vanilla Sky, Wizard of Oz, The Bourne Identity: all remakes. Arguably, the new Dune movies might be considered remakes of a relatively mid original movie, though the new ones are far more tied to the book.

So taking the 1993 mid kids' movie Rookie of the Year and adapting it to a modem take where the lead is 19 and plays soccer for Arsenal or whatever, would be what OP means. Or redo the 1993 racist POS movie Falling Down. Or Dave, JFC.

Uh, they remade The Room starring Bob Odenkirk.

somebody PLEASE remake
American Mary
Daybreakers

cool ass premises but flawed executions

There is no saving Sucker Punch. The fundamental premise of the movie is each rape is a fight scene showing a literal interpretation of a metaphorical struggle. It's not recoverable.

They remade Dune, and somehow managed to make it worse.

That's actually a fairly good take - they could make a bunch of old scripts and make them enticing to license, and couple that with a small fund to seed some ultra small-scale productions (by Hollywood standards). I like it.

Couple that with remakes on whatever gets traction and it could prove short term profitable as well as raise the overall long term value of their vault. (I hate that this analysis is needed, but unless we change copyright law, this buy-in would be a necessary step.)

Doesn't that pretty much describe DC? At one point, they ha Juaquin Phoenix Joker, DCEU, and the Robert Pattinson Batman all kinda overlapping.

WALL-E and alien.

What I wouldn't give to see a swarm of Xenomorphs tear ass through that ship full of obese humans

Make it an official WH40K film, like it was written to be.

I love the movie, but it could definitely be done better with some modern touches to the effects and script.

Starring Jack black and Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

Whoah, whoah, whoah. That movie is a masterpiece. I say leave it alone and make another eldritch space horror.

I mean, they've made how many Percy Jackson movies? Pretty sure no one likes any of them.

Why does everything have to be a huge production? Paranormal Activity was an effective horror movie, on a budget of $55K. Most of that went to the main characters computer rig, and hardwood floors for the director's house, where they shot the film.

That's an extreme example, but there is no reason they can't shoot an original idea on a moderate budget, and in fact, they do it ALL the time. The idea that everything is a remake or a reboot is an exaggeration. Look at all the streaming platforms, filled with original material, and begging for more. Obviously, original screenplays are getting shot every day.

Dear AI, please upscale this image, but also try to make tons of subtle changes that completely ruin the vibe. Do it in a way that makes it clear that you've been trained on lots of images from The Simpsons, but have no idea what the fuck is going on in any of them.

Lord of the Rings

Krill, absolutely. The original was fun but not good.

Enemy Mine was a great movie and should be left untouched.

The Last Starfighter is an interesting one. I don't think it would benefit from a remake, but because the entire movie is split between the live action scenes and the cheese 80s CG scenes, you could easily replace the space battles with a new version and leave the rest alone.

The repeated failure to use Brian Blessed as Ridcully is a constant source of rage to me

The 2 color of magic movies were quite enjoyable