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Remakes that didn't suck

GaryGary 3,982 Posts
edited April 2010 in Strut Central
what are some remakes or sequals that are just as good or even better than their predecessors?battlestar gallacticathe new star trek moviethe latest Rambo movie was f*cking awesome.The latest batman (dark knight) franchise.hmmmm....
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  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    The Bond reinvention.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Also, Spiderman.
  • pimlicosquirrelpimlicosquirrel 772 Posts


    Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church, Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking.

  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    you have to be kidding, the remake of cape fear was absurd.

    scarface has been remade twice very well.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    "The Fugitive"?
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,102 Posts
    I think The Good Thief is better than Bob Le Flambeur.
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    A Fistfull of Dollars was a good version of Yojimbo.
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,102 Posts
    Oh, and I love DeNiro in the Cape Fear remake.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    BETTER than the OG:



    No worse than the OG:

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    The Thing is probably at the top of my list.

    Off the top of my head, also...

    The Italian Job
    Scarface
    Scent of a Woman
    Ocean?s Eleven

    And while I don't think it's better. Still gotta give it up to The Magnificent Seven.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts

    Ocean?s Eleven

    I cant stomach this franchise.
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    The Departed was better than the original HK Infernal Affairs.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts

    Ocean?s Eleven

    I cant stomach this franchise.

    Yeah, but it's a vast improvement over the OG. Not that it's saying much.
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,087 Posts
    Sorcerer (Wages Of Fear)
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Also, Spiderman.

    Spider-Man has no OG, unless u wanna factor in these:

    60's Cartoon
    Electric Company Shorts
    70's TV show
    Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
    The Amazing Spider-Man 90's Cartoon
    The CGI MTV Cartoon

    all were brillant renditions IMO.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    the new star trek movie

    the latest Rambo movie was f*cking awesome.

    The latest batman (dark knight) franchise.

    No way Star Trek reboot is f*ckin' w/ the Wraith of Khan

    The Rambo reboot aint f*ckin w/ First Blood.

    Yes The Nolan Batman sons the Keaton,Kilmner,Clooney run.
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    the first batman remake with nicholson as the joker was solid.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    the first batman remake with nicholson as the joker was solid.

    How was that a remake?

    Unless your counting the Adam West/Burt Ward Movie that ran during the TV show?

    Theyre not remotely the same flick.
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    same franchise.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    remakes generally suck right? or do they?

    what's the consensus?

    One theory of mine: I think they almost invariably suck insofar as you experienced the original while a child, teen or early adult. Those are like your formative years (for lack of a better term) and when someone comes along and remakes something you experienced at that time (this time for a younger audience that didn't see/remember the OG) I think your reaction is often hostile or at least critical. Unless the remake is a LOT better.

    or maybe that's just my hattin' ass. carry on.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    same franchise.


    Nolan's movies are a reboot of the Burton run.

    But the Burton run isnt a reboot of the Adam West era.



    The Transformers/GiJoe movies arent "remakes". They are movie versions.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    yeah I'm with Batmon; that's like saying Dick Tracy was a remake.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    remakes generally suck right? or do they?

    what's the consensus?

    One theory of mine: I think they almost invariably suck insofar as you experienced the original while a child, teen or early adult. Those are like your formative years (for lack of a better term) and when someone comes along and remakes something you experienced at that time (this time for a younger audience that didn't see/remember the OG) I think your reaction is often hostile or at least critical. Unless the remake is a LOT better.

    or maybe that's just my hattin' ass. carry on.


    Young Holt Unlimited does Superfly > Curtis Mayfield Superfly
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Rob Zombie's Halloween 'didnt suck' but its not fuskin w/ John Carpenter's OG.

    I have yet to see Zombie's Part 2.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    remakes generally suck right? or do they?

    what's the consensus?

    One theory of mine: I think they almost invariably suck insofar as you experienced the original while a child, teen or early adult. Those are like your formative years (for lack of a better term) and when someone comes along and remakes something you experienced at that time (this time for a younger audience that didn't see/remember the OG) I think your reaction is often hostile or at least critical. Unless the remake is a LOT better.

    or maybe that's just my hattin' ass. carry on.


    Young Holt Unlimited does Superfly > Curtis Mayfield Superfly

    movies.
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    FACT: the remake of "the thing" is better than the OG. FACT.
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    The Departed was better than the original HK Infernal Affairs.

    I would disagree.
    The Departed did not have the scene in the stereo shop with the super raer tube recievers. That alone makes it inferior.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I understand the "This is The Remix" mentality.

    It gets new generations into said brand.

    Freddie and Jason and Micheal made a gang of money, so i dont see why cats wouldnt continue shit.

    U can continue to rock certain archetypes till the end of time. Those dudes are like Dracula, Wolfman, and Frankenstein of their day.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    remakes generally suck right? or do they?

    what's the consensus?

    One theory of mine: I think they almost invariably suck insofar as you experienced the original while a child, teen or early adult. Those are like your formative years (for lack of a better term) and when someone comes along and remakes something you experienced at that time (this time for a younger audience that didn't see/remember the OG) I think your reaction is often hostile or at least critical. Unless the remake is a LOT better.

    or maybe that's just my hattin' ass. carry on.


    Young Holt Unlimited does Superfly > Curtis Mayfield Superfly

    movies.

    jokerin
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    The Departed was better than the original HK Infernal Affairs.

    I would disagree.
    The Departed did not have the scene in the stereo shop with the super raer tube recievers. That alone makes it inferior.
    us departed was better. i know a gang of dudes ride for the hk og. and it is enjoyable, but the remake was better.
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