MOVIES - Do you prefer a Rerelease or a Remake?

Marco33 · Now in HD Joined: 19 Dec 2002

I like the idea of a previous poster up top, take poorly done movies with great ideas and re-make them. Some movies just scream for a remake... Saturn 3 comes to mind.
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Steve Stepoway · Member Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Location: Texas, USA

The problem of course is that the people in charge of the studios (at least the majors) know nothing about movies. Was the original a bad idea badly executed? Was it a good idea badly executed? Did it flop because it was a bad movie? Did it flop because it was badly marketed? They do not know! Given that, they have no way to judge whether an idea should be remade. All they know is that there's a brand that succeeded (or didn't). That's why there are so many bad "based on a TV show" movies. They (the bean counters) know that people will recognize the brand.

whitejremiah · Member Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Location: USA

I personally prefer original movies, special edition style...they dont generally mess with the actual movie itself too much, if at all (other than some high quality video restoration, which im all for) as far as remakes, hollywood should stop while they are ahead in my opinion, almost every remake ive EVER seen has been worse than the original (in some cases, FAR worse than the original) this particularly applies when they try and remake a japaneese/chineese movie with american actors...it...just....doesnt.....work......

yoda313 · POLLSTER Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Location: the real world

Hi,

Marvingj · Posted: Aug 05, 2005 10:42

Depends on the movie. Like Star Wars Sure.

ozymango · Member Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Location: Portland, OR

If "rerelease" just means making a nicer box and adding a few more trailers, then I'll keep my original, thank you very much.

But one thing I do love about a lot of "rereleases" of (especially) older films -- they've gone to some lengths to restore the film to it's original condition, made a better print from a clean negative, fixed sound issues, and of course there are all sorts of audio and video bonuses you can put on a disc.

A recent example for me of this is "The Great Escape," one of my favorite movies and recently out on DVD in an excellent presentation. It's widescreen, beautiful print, and it's got both an excellent commentary track (by various cast and crew members) and a rather enteraining "trivia track," which gives you little balloon pop-ups (if you like) that give little tidbits about the actors, the making of the film, et cetera.

As for remakes, mostly it's just laziness and cheapness on the part of the studios. I was reading something recently about an "updating" of some old movie and the people involved said something like, "this will be a great franchise." And when I think of franchise, I think of junk food.

oldfart13 · Member Joined: 09 Nov 2000 Location: Canada

Have you tried to watch the new "War Of The Worlds"? An unwatchable mess! I went home disappointed, pulled out my old LD version of the original 1953 film and proceeded to enjoy a quality film...

ozymango · Member Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Location: Portland, OR

Paul_G · Member Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Location: United Kingdom

Neither - just give me my original dvd and I'll be happy