What movie remake would you... "un-make"?

[LouCipherr]

I guess this is the right place to post this. Mods, feel free to move this topic if you feel it fits better somewhere else. It's time we discussed this in more detail. Everyone, I'm sure, knows about my disdain for remakes, so I figured this would be a good topic to discuss. Are there was any remake(s) that you wish you could wipe from existence? If so, which would they be? No remakes are off limits, they can be horror or even non-horror. I'll start with the first 5 off the top of my head: RZ's Halloween & Halloween 2 The Wicker Man Nightmare on Elm Street The Thing I have plenty more I'd like to see gone, but we'll start with just those. What do you think?

[AcesandEights]

The Thing Saw this remake this weekend...talk about limp film making. I'll usually totally forgive a remake if it's at least makes for fun film-going, but this pretty much fumbled an awesome set-up, by making a by-the-numbers, flimsy as fook (<-- channeling, MZ), cardboard cutout of the original with absolutely zero tension. Complete waste of my time. Talk about pissing all over potential and adding yet another reason At The Mountains of Madness will never be made.

[bassman]

Chalk up another vote for the recent The Thing. Not an absolutely horrible movie, it could have been much worse, but it's just so unecessary that it leaves the viewer thinking "what's the f*cking point?!?".

[shootemindehead]

'The Thing' was a prequel, not a remake. Have to say that I actually thought it was ok. Utterly pointless though. As for unmaking remakes: Psycho The Wicker Man (fkn' ell) Halloween I and II Total Recall (not that the first one was that great) Dawn of the Dead (here we go!!!) Day of the Dead Conan The Barbarian Sahara (managed to take a crap Bogart propaganda vehicle and make it even worse)

[bassman]

'The Thing' was a prequel, not a remake. Sure, it was about the Norweigan camp, but c'mon. That was just their loop hole and excuse to call it a prequel. Essentially, they used the untold story from Carpenter's flick, basically told the same story in a less enjoyable way, then gave it the exact same title. It was a remake....

[LouCipherr]

Sure, it was about the Norweigan camp, but c'mon. That was just their loop hole and excuse to call it a prequel. Essentially, they used the untold story from Carpenter's flick, basically told the same story in a less enjoyable way, then gave it the exact same title. It was a remake.... ^^ This. Shootem - good picks. I forgot about Psycho and Total Recall. Psycho certainly deserves to be on the list, but since I haven't seen Total Recall yet (and don't really have a desire to), I can't really comment on that one.

[AcesandEights]

Shootem - good picks. No, that list is f*ckin' garbage. Dawn '04 is great!

[MinionZombie]

Clearly Aces isn't channelling the MZ vibe enough - Yawn04 would be right up there as number one un-make for me. What a load of old buggery bollocks that movie was! I'll stop there though, my hatred of it is well documented. Add to that The Fog remake, Day08, The Thing (when is a remake not a remake? when it's a prequel that only wants to be an immitation, while simultaneously ignoring the entire Modus Operandi of the titular beasty ), The Wicker Man, A Nightmare on Elm Street (good god that was awful), and any Night remake/cash-in that isn't Tom Savini's 1990 version. There's more out there that'll spring to mind, I'm sure, but not just now...

[krakenslayer]

I'da said Conan the Barbarian, but thankfully that one actually is getting un-made: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmb...-the-barbarian

[shootemindehead]

^^ This. Shootem - good picks. I forgot about Psycho and Total Recall. Psycho certainly deserves to be on the list, but since I haven't seen Total Recall yet (and don't really have a desire to), I can't really comment on that one. Don't Lou...just don't lad. That's going to be a long "I've shamed myself" post. - - - Updated - - - Dawn '04 is great! GET 'IM!!!! Actually, the older I get, the less I dislike '04. I must be mellowing. - - - Updated - - - A Nightmare on Elm Street (good god that was awful). Aye, I forgot that. What a bucket of pish that was.

[EvilNed]

The Fog, Day 08, the upcoming Suspiria film... Infact, most, if not all, of the horror / scifi remakes these last 8-10 years. With a few exceptions. I'd let Dawn 04 stay, for instance, as it's so much it's own film and actually did get a lot of praise when it came out. In general, I would like to see less popcorn horror flicks and more slow gothic horror flicks.

[Danny]

I'm gonna say the crazies if only because i dug it, but felt it really could have been better done with a bigger budget, the second half was just 4 people walking through empty open spaces for a large part.

[Neil]

Total Recall (not that the first one was that great) Ban +1

[MinionZombie]

I'm gonna say the crazies if only because i dug it, but felt it really could have been better done with a bigger budget, the second half was just 4 people walking through empty open spaces for a large part. Now I'd disagree here. The Crazies, while it has faults and does some things worse than the original, also has a lot going for it and does some other things better than the original. So I'd put it on level-pegging with the original. I was all up for hating it from the get-go, and then I saw some clips and trailers and I started to thaw out on it, and then me and a mate went to the cinema to see it and we enjoyed the hell out of it. I've been meaning to give it another spin on my Blu-Ray, but haven't got around to it yet. It's one of the handful of remakes that have been worthwhile - and I'm a fan of the original flick. Ban +1 Aye, the original Total Recall was kick arse. A pulpy, gooey classic.

[LouCipherr]

Dawn '04 is great! Add to that The Fog remake, Day08, The Thing (when is a remake not a remake? when it's a prequel that only wants to be an immitation, while simultaneously ignoring the entire Modus Operandi of the titular beasty ), The Wicker Man, A Nightmare on Elm Street (good god that was awful), and any Night remake/cash-in that isn't Tom Savini's 1990 version. YES! The Fog remake. What a piece of shit that was. Ditto Day08. Don't Lou...just don't lad. That's going to be a long "I've shamed myself" post. While that could be quite an entertaining writeup and read, I really don't want to subject myself to it. At least not yet. Maybe it''ll sting less if I watch it a few years from now. I'm gonna say the crazies if only because i dug it, but felt it really could have been better done with a bigger budget, the second half was just 4 people walking through empty open spaces for a large part. Ban +1 I really liked the crazies for some reason. I wasn't expecting too, and I've never really been an Timothy Olyphantastic fan (shoots look at MZ and laughs) but I kinda dug it. Here's a few more: Friday the 13th Dark Shadows 21 Jump Street Fright Night (what a pitiful job done on this one, too. Only redeeming factor was Serandon's cameo! ) Let Me In Clash of the Titans The Wolfman Looking back over the past few years, it almost seems as if there's more remakes than originals coming out.