Remake - Now they've really gone and done it!

[Neil]

How and why!?!? - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55973

[CJ Markham]

I've been hearing rumors about this for over a decade. In fact, the last time I heard about an Exorcist remake, I heard that it was going to be a mini-series, and that Dakota Fanning was being courted for "Reagan". I literally just watched the original last night...and it'll be hard to top. Times have changed in our society, and I'm thinking that the story won't be as scary to modern audiences. Who knows? Maybe it'll follow the novel more closely, and it'll be a supernatural detective story?

[Danny]

i rewatched it for the first time in like 10 years last month and the film is utterly superb. theres a reason its one of the few mainstream award winning horror films. this is just going to be a pale imitation, no more than any remake and like any other remake wont do anything to the original other than driving more people to seek it out. in summation:

[shootemindehead]

A bit of sick just came up in my mouth.

[MoonSylver]

Maybe they're punching up the laughs? A bit of sick just came up in my mouth. Yeah I'd be hard pressed to think of a movie that could benefit LESS from a remake. Sadly, nothing surprises me on the remake front anymore.

[bassman]

It's a TV mini-series, not a movie remake. No big deal, imo. Books are often translated multiple times between TV and feature films.

[Danny]

Yeah I'd be hard pressed to think of a movie that could benefit LESS from a remake. Sadly, nothing surprises me on the remake front anymore. top 5 off the top of my head. -the godfather -ghostbusters -the 6th sense -the big lebowski -the matrix and there are whispers about a godfather one from ,ugh, rob zombie of all people...

[AcesandEights]

and there are whispers about a godfather one from ,ugh, rob zombie of all people...

[Mike70]

top 5 off the top of my head. -the godfather -ghostbusters -the 6th sense -the big lebowski -the matrix and there are whispers about a godfather one from ,ugh, rob zombie of all people... anyone even considering remaking "the big lebowski" should be hung up like a pinata while the keebler elves pummel them with baseball bats in an attempt to knock the candy out of their asses and some sense into their heads.

[Sammich]

anyone even considering remaking "the big lebowski" should be hung up like a pinata while the keebler elves pummel them with baseball bats in an attempt to knock the candy out of their asses and some sense into their heads. Is this one ok?

[Neil]

It's a TV mini-series, not a movie remake. No big deal, imo. Books are often translated multiple times between TV and feature films. True, but that's all the reason it'll not punch as hard/well! Just rings of trying to cash in on the success of the original, rather than it's own merits!

[LouCipherr]

Maybe they're punching up the laughs? Yeah, maybe they can go all DARK SHADOWS on this one! and there are whispers about a godfather one from ,ugh, rob zombie of all people... Geez.. they REALLY need to take the camera away from RZ. anyone even considering remaking ANY MOVIE ALREADY MADE should be hung up like a pinata while the keebler elves pummel them with baseball bats in an attempt to knock the candy out of their asses and some sense into their heads. There, I fixed that for ya Mike.

[bassman]

True, but that's all the reason it'll not punch as hard/well! Just rings of trying to cash in on the success of the original, rather than it's own merits! If anything, it will just turn more people onto Friedkin's film. It most likely won't live up to the book or the original movie, but who knows? It could possibly turn out to be a decent few nights of television.

[Mike70]

Is this one ok? is there a lesbian whipped cream orgy? if so, then it sounds like a platinum hit.

[MoonSylver]

top 5 off the top of my head. -the godfather -ghostbusters -the 6th sense -the big lebowski -the matrix Mmmm. Good list. "Star Wars" popped into my head as I was writing that sentence. But I didn't go ahead & say it, probably because King George already DID remake it. Kinda, Sorta.... I think the real reason though (TBH) is because I think both of those films have a certain level of cultural impact that can't easily be duplicated today. Due no doubt largely in part to the the era they were made in, the state of film making & society at that time, etc, etc. Short version: you can't really catch lightning in a bottle twice, especially using the same bottle.