Upcoming Remakes - Oh My

[Dale Arden]

I was on imdb searching for The Incredible Mr Limpet to add to one of my lists.
I noticed they are remaking it to come out in 2013.

Then I noticed someone's list of Upcoming Remakes.
I was astonished to see 91 movies listed on it.

Probably the newest to get a remake is Lara Croft and a couple of foreign films.
There are a number of true classics on the list including multiple Alfred Hitchcock.
They are also remaking a number from my life time: too soon to be remaking!

 

[TheProject]

I don't have anything against a remake in general, but they are beginning to get a bit out of hand. I can't believe that they are already rebooting the Spider-Man franchise...

 

[Miss Spaulding]

too soon to be remaking!

They shouldn't be remaking them at all. The only reason they are remaking them is because Hollywood has run out of ideas, and plus, our writers are terrible. Just about everything we do is junk...and we've come to the bottom of the barrel of their 'junk' stories, so now they make a desperate turn to 'remaking' great films of the past that should never be 'remade'.

And we all know it's very much a rarity that our writers and directors and actors ever create a truly successful 'remake'.

 

[TheProject]

I think this should also apply to adapting classic TV shows into movies. The last one I think I actually enjoyed was The Addams Family. What was done to Land of the Lost is almost unforgivable...

 

[pgp_protector]

Remaking Barbarella !!! What !!!

 

[TerranceL]

I would much rather see remakes of then have hollywood make the movies that are on the way now...based on... wait for it.... childrens board games.

Battleship - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

And

That Candy Land movie is now "that Candy Land movie with Adam Sandler" | Film | Newswire | The A.V. Club

Candyland...

Just wow.

 

[keith99]

I've stayed away from remakes at the box office like the plague.

The only good thing I can thnik of with any remake was teh casting of Burt Reynolds in the remake of 'The Longest Yard'. But that is not enough to make me even think of paying ot see it.

 

[Thunder Peel]

Yes, it's extremely sad and the fact that they're remaking some long-standing classics is disgusting beyond belief.

However, they keep remaking these because people keep seeing them. If the public would stop throwing money at all the crap that Hollywood churns out and start supporting smart and original films then maybe they would get the idea. Sadly, the general public is more likely to see a remake or dumbed-down film than something thoughtful and amazing.