Having read the original Who Goes There? novella, the 1982 version nails it.
Cult films that BADLY need a remake...
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Wouldn't remaking a cult film kill the mystique of it? Part of the charm of films like that is that they're old and weird. 
A movie version of seaQuest I might even see.
I'm going to vote for Just Imagine!, which I've never actually seen.
Look. It's a science fiction musical comedy. Even if the film isn't any good - and I haven't exactly read rave reviews - 'science fiction musical comedy' is something I'd watch were it good.
...or something, I don't know. Who could fill Rudolf Klein-Rogge's shoes as Rotwang, anyway? Bruno Ganz seems too obvious... (especially after his Jonathan Harker turn in Nosferatu)
Look. It's a science fiction musical comedy. Even if the film isn't any good - and I haven't exactly read rave reviews - 'science fiction musical comedy' is something I'd watch were it good.
Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Patriot Act.
The old film remains old and weird, in fairness. It gets a higher profile, maybe, but that's about it.Wouldn't remaking a cult film kill the mystique of it? Part of the charm of films like that is that they're old and weird.
Metropolis is really seeped in the political crises of the early twentieth century, labour, capital and all that jazz. If one were to remake it, it'd need to be a weird, pretentiously symbolic melodrama about today's economic/political climate transposed into the future.
...or something, I don't know. Who could fill Rudolf Klein-Rogge's shoes as Rotwang, anyway? Bruno Ganz seems too obvious... (especially after his Jonathan Harker turn in Nosferatu)
It's supposed to be a sort of remake/prequel to the Carpenter version, sent in the Norwegian camp.
I thought that was a remake in name only?
A masterpiece? The movie was a low-budget exploitation flick about busty girls in tight, low-cut outfits kicking ass and spouting horrible dialogue. A campy cult classic, yes, but not a masterpiece (although apparently Tura Satana's bosom was said to have been one, I think).
I certainly hope not. This is one of those movies that was just a perfect coming together of director and cast. Also, part of its appeal is the distinctly 60s aesthetic feel of it (i.e. wardrobe and music). I've seen plenty of the 'prestige' flicks of the 60s and I like this B-movie more than many of them. Russ Meyer would be spinning in his grave if someone bastardized this masterpiece. Leave it the hell alone.
Reee-make...
I think I've heard that the new Hammer is planning a remake of Captain Kronos. That could be a lot of fun.
I wouldn't mind decent remakes of some of my favorite fantasy flicks from the '80s, like Krull or Excalibur. (I know there have been plenty of Camelot movies, but I'd like a new one with a similar sort of feel.)
According to Wikipedia...
Well, that explains... something.
I'm more interested in actually bothering to watch La Antena, a modern Metropolis-ish film, than any prospective new Metropolis film.
I really should try to find that.
There has to be plenty of Moody Yet Manful Gazing Into The Middle Distance if they want to get it right....
It's a prequel, AIUI
And in 3D.
I'd actually like to see a remake of Lon Chaney's The Unholy Three. That's such a weird movie--or two. (They filmed it twice with pretty much the same cast, once as a silent, once as a talkie).
Circus performers turned jewel thieves. An evil ventriloquist in drag. A slinky female carnie with a past. A sinister midget disguised as a baby. And a gorilla!
I mean, how can you go wrong with elements like that?
Circus performers turned jewel thieves. An evil ventriloquist in drag. A slinky female carnie with a past. A sinister midget disguised as a baby. And a gorilla!
I mean, how can you go wrong with elements like that?
That's what I get for being lazy. I might check that out at some point.