Movies that you don't think could work as a remake?
05-29-2009, 04:58 PM
I don't exactly know how to put it... I "liked" the remake as something standalone, but not in the same ballpark as the original. I think "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" as it was originally done was done perfectly, when they "changed the ingrediants" so to speak they couldn't find better ones, they just weakened the formula, IMO.
I think the same applies to The Thing, hence my idea that a remake couldn't "successfully" be done (Making an updated, perfected version of the original). What we have now is the perfect incarnation of "John Carpenter's The Thing". To make a remake they would either have to "change the ingrediants" to weaker ones or execute the ones already in the film in a less satisfying way. I hope I'm making sense, it's the most deconstructed way I can think of putting it!
I think the same applies to The Thing, hence my idea that a remake couldn't "successfully" be done (Making an updated, perfected version of the original). What we have now is the perfect incarnation of "John Carpenter's The Thing". To make a remake they would either have to "change the ingrediants" to weaker ones or execute the ones already in the film in a less satisfying way. I hope I'm making sense, it's the most deconstructed way I can think of putting it!
âThe Fright Night remake is a film which taps into the audienceâs deepest rooted fears, such as those of vampires throwing motorcycles at them. I dread the thought of a vampire throwing a refrigerator or a deskjet printer or... Iâd better stop before I give myself nightmaresâ
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