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Movies They Should Remake

Sunday, 6 October 2024, 14:22 BFH Uncategorized 34

This is interesting—

Name movies with good stories, but the movie kind of sucked.

It’s probably hard to name some because you can’t really mess up a good script, can you?

34 Comments on Movies They Should Remake

  1. I watched Waterworld again the other day.
    It received the worst reviews when it came out but I actually think it has aged pretty well.

    The problem with any movie made these days is where they shoehorn in a minority or DEI actor.
    Go fuck yourselves Hollywood!

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  2. Masters of the Universe (1987) – the He-Man movie with Dolph Lundgren. It was pretty campy and predictable. Them (1954) with James Arness. The movie wasn’t bad, but today’s special effects would make it much better. The second trio of Star Wars (with better scripts???

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  4. Waterworld and The Postman were wonderful science fiction stories made into poor movies. I think one of the problems with “The Postman” was the effete critics thought it was supposed to be “Il Postino”.

    If they did re-do these movies, Kevin Costner should be barred by law from being involved.

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  9. Jason. I don’t know about that but I have long thought a good sequel would have the aircraft carrier going back to February, 1942, and successfully stopping a Japanese invasion of the California Coast for what history now blames blames on a bad case of nerves. How could the government say “Oh, an invasion was successfully stopped by members of the American military who came from 40-50 years in the future.”

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  11. On a related topic, there was one movie I saw that is regarded as one of the finest comedies ever made: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Granted, I watched it on my iPad, but I wasn’t all that impressed. However, I would love to see it on the Big Screen. The scenery was fantastic. There is a story that all the establishing shots were done before they brought the actors in and they showed those shots to the cast. Buddy Hackett reportedly said, “Why do you want to spoil that with dialog?”

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  12. Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018). This wasn’t a terible movie, but it was a cartoon and aimed at children. I love the true story of this amazing dog and would love to see a live action version, giving the story the gravitas that it deserves.

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  20. Not a movie, but a British TV series that only lasted 7 episodes: Banished. Prisoners from England who have been banished to a penal colony in Australia. Good actors, beautiful scenery and (potentially) some interesting plot lines. I felt they ruined it by turning it into a soap opera, more concerned with “who shagged who”.

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  24. Battlefield Earth by L Ron Hubbard was the only book that I ever read that I didn’t even read any further than the bottom of the first page. It was absolute garbage written by a hack writer who was more famous for writing Dianetics a new age bullshit screed that messed up a lot of people who believed that phony baloney garbage. LBS, I loved the Popeye movie with Robin Williams because it stayed true to the original Popeye story by E. C. Segar from the 1930’s comic strip. Sure, it was cheesy, but it was still good. I am a huge fan of the original Popeye as written and drawn by E. C. Segar. And the Fleisher brother’s Popeye cartoons from the 30’s. The ones from the 50’s mostly sucked except for the one episode where Popeye is kidnapped by aliens and tortured by the aliens, that one gave me nightmares when I was a small kid.

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  27. the stand could be a very good flick if done without making all the dei crap part of it. the story gave me paranoia when I read it, the tv adaptations were not great.
    the last Starfighter could be a good one to re-do with modern effects. was a great story albeit a bit cheesy

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