Craft-a-remake!
01-07-2011, 12:54 AM
What's the worst thing about remakes, ladies and laddies?
Well... that's debatable, but here's my point:
After a remake you might actually WANT to see, you can still be disappointed if you feel too many things were taken out/changed from the original, or if some things you found to be problems were left alone. What makes it worse is that once remakes are done, it's unlikely they'll be ripe to remake again for a long while, especially since remakes tend to be more high-budget than the originals!
We, the big TH are going to do things RIGHT. I will start with the name of three films, and turn-by-turn we will decide what should be changed/added, and what should be taken out.
Each poster has 3 changes they can make; they can distribute these changes any way they wish, giving all three changes to one film or giving one change to each, or anything in between... previous changes can be struck (hey, creative differences happen
), but that counts as a change in itself. Try to limit your edits, no throwing two totally unrelated changes inside one "change".
Also, please explain your changes; this isn't Hollywood where you can throw in ridiculous stuff for no reason and get away with it! Speaking of ridiculous, I meant for this to be a serious editing game, but if the majority feels a more comedic direction would be preferred, I'm down with it.
Madman:
* Keep the film going for longer after the original ended, so as to make the thing less abrupt and expand on our main characters.
One Dark Night:
* Release the psychic-animated corpses earlier, to build more suspense and so as not to confine all the real action to the last 15 minutes.
Puppet Master:
* Add more of a whodunit element, make Megan a suspect for the weird goings-on at the inn
Well... that's debatable, but here's my point:
After a remake you might actually WANT to see, you can still be disappointed if you feel too many things were taken out/changed from the original, or if some things you found to be problems were left alone. What makes it worse is that once remakes are done, it's unlikely they'll be ripe to remake again for a long while, especially since remakes tend to be more high-budget than the originals!
We, the big TH are going to do things RIGHT. I will start with the name of three films, and turn-by-turn we will decide what should be changed/added, and what should be taken out.
Each poster has 3 changes they can make; they can distribute these changes any way they wish, giving all three changes to one film or giving one change to each, or anything in between... previous changes can be struck (hey, creative differences happen
), but that counts as a change in itself. Try to limit your edits, no throwing two totally unrelated changes inside one "change".Also, please explain your changes; this isn't Hollywood where you can throw in ridiculous stuff for no reason and get away with it! Speaking of ridiculous, I meant for this to be a serious editing game, but if the majority feels a more comedic direction would be preferred, I'm down with it.
Madman:
* Keep the film going for longer after the original ended, so as to make the thing less abrupt and expand on our main characters.
One Dark Night:
* Release the psychic-animated corpses earlier, to build more suspense and so as not to confine all the real action to the last 15 minutes.
Puppet Master:
* Add more of a whodunit element, make Megan a suspect for the weird goings-on at the inn
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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