The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[DigificWriter]

This new BSG project isn't a reboot/remake, as per Sam Esmail himself.

What exactly it IS hasn't yet been defined, but people calling it a reboot isn't accurate.

 

[Aragorn]

The Sony CEO says people who he won't name have approached him about remaking..... The Princess Bride.

 

[Admiral2]

This new BSG project isn't a reboot/remake, as per Sam Esmail himself.

What exactly it IS hasn't yet been defined, but people calling it a reboot isn't accurate.

If it hasn't been defined, then you don't know if it's a reboot or not, regardless of what Esmail says. Undefined means undefined.

If, however, it comes out and tells the same story all over again, that would pretty much settle the question, wouldn't it?

 

[Gary Mitchell]

The Sony CEO says people who he won't name have approached him about remaking..... The Princess Bride.

How can you remake the perfect movie?

Spoiler: C'mon..you knew it was coming

 

[gblews]

Don't know what to make of this............seems a bit soon. Battlestar again..........

https://deadline.com/2019/09/battlestar-galactica-reboot-drama-series-sam-esmail-nbc-streaming-service-peacock-1202736127

After watching the first 3 seasons of Mr. Robot and hearing Esmail talk about movie and TV production, I am ready to give anything he does a try.

But BSG? This is one of my all time favorite dramas. To me, the show was perfect. If Sam can improve on this, or even equal it, he truly is a genius.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Hogan's Heroes. However, it seems that this will be neither or reboot nor a remake, but rather a sequel set in the modern day, coming from the show's original creator.

https://deadline.com/2019/09/hogans...6uquS9U3-nMF1tCd-mIZlY7-XCbjbtdRFWH4719_ZXU9A

 

[KennyB]

I'm curious........interested in hearing his pitch.

 

[arch101]

Hogan's Heroes. However, it seems that this will be neither or reboot nor a remake, but rather a sequel set in the modern day, coming from the show's original creator.

https://deadline.com/2019/09/hogans...6uquS9U3-nMF1tCd-mIZlY7-XCbjbtdRFWH4719_ZXU9A

Sounds absolutely horrible....

 

[Nyotarules]

Reboots are a Hollywood tradition since they set up home near Beverly Hills in 1912. Give it time and Gone with the Wind might make a comeback.

 

[Greg Cox]

Regarding THE PRINCESS BRIDE:

Lots of novels have been adapted to film multiple times. Heck, we're getting a new "Little Women" any day now.
What's wrong with adapting "The Princess Bride" again?

There's no rule that says that there can be only one definitive movie version of any given book.

 

[Nyotarules]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Romeo_and_Juliet
Will Shakespeare is the reboot king!

 

[bigdaddy]

BSG 2004 is a mess. Maybe something similar but with an actual plan, and thought out ideas. But Mr. Robot is amazing so I have hope. Plus they said it's not a remake. It could very well be set in the same universe on our current Earth.

But BSG, Hogan's Heroes, Save by the Bell, Punky Brat-ster. I mean they are remaking Hanging with Mr. Cooper, no one but me even remembers that show.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I mean they are remaking Hanging with Mr. Cooper, no one but me even remembers that show.

I remember the pilot episode. It didn't even have a set of its own yet, so they had to use the Growing Pains set, and they even had an Alan Thicke cameo.

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[bigdaddy]

Even that clip was painful to watch.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

BSG2004 was amazing for the first two seasons + 4 episodes.

Just after the New Caprica arc is when it became a meandering mess.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Regarding THE PRINCESS BRIDE:

Lots of novels have been adapted to film multiple times. Heck, we're getting a new "Little Women" any day now.
What's wrong with adapting "The Princess Bride" again?

There's no rule that says that there can be only one definitive movie version of any given book.

Normally, I would agree with you. But: The Princess Bride.
There are no rules BUT FOR THIS ONE MOVIE.

 

[Greg Cox]

Normally, I would agree with you. But: The Princess Bride.
There are no rules BUT FOR THIS ONE MOVIE.

I loved the book, which I came to first. Liked the movie well enough, but it's not as good as the book, IMO.

There's always room for a new interpretation of a classic property--like a cool new cover version of a old standard. I mean, it's not as though we retired "Over the Rainbow" after Judy Garland sang it, even though her version is sublime. Subsequent performers have put their own spin on it, sometimes to good effect.

Heck, half the fun of watching a new version of an old production is seeing how different actors interpret the same role.

 

[Professor Zoom]

I loved the book, which I came to first. Liked the movie well enough, but it's not as good as the book, IMO.

There's always room for a new interpretation of a classic property--like a cool new cover version of a old standard. I mean, it's not as though we retired "Over the Rainbow" after Judy Garland sang it, even though her version is sublime. Subsequent performers have put their own spin on it, sometimes to good effect.

Heck, half the fun of watching a new version of an old production is seeing how different actors interpret the same role.

Oh, I know. And I agree. And normally, I would be saying the same thing. Art is there to be reinterpreted.

 

[Captaindemotion]

My “one movie they should never remake” is Die Hard but OTOH, I wouldn’t mind seeing a new take on the source novel, Nothing Lasts Forever, in which the hero is older and is visiting his daughter, rather than his wife. Ironically, Bruce Willis is probably about the right age for that role now...

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Die Hard is on the list of “Movies they should remake with female lead just to piss off the people who deserve to be pissed off”.