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The Next Big Hollywood Remake

sojourner said:
^As mentioned above, That 70's show pretty much fills that criteria.
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Except that Happy Days was set in the Fifties, while the That Seventies Show was set in, er, the Seventies.

I mean, The Waltons was set during the Great Depression, but aired in the Seventies. I'm not sure that makes it the same as a 1990s family drama set in 1975!
 
Greg Cox said:
sojourner said:
^As mentioned above, That 70's show pretty much fills that criteria.
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Except that Happy Days was set in the Fifties, while the That Seventies Show was set in, er, the Seventies.

I mean, The Waltons was set during the Great Depression, but aired in the Seventies. I'm not sure that makes it the same as a 1990s family drama set in 1975!
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Happy Days was a 70s comedy set in the 50s, That 70s Show was a 90s comedy set in the 70s. That's what I was talking about in my post. A modern comedy set about 20 years before.
 
Yeah, it definitely would be tricky, Greg, but not impossible if they just set it in the 50's like the show, kind of like they did with the Brady Bunch movies. And particularly because a remake would be all about the nostalgia anyway.
 
Carcazoid said:
Greg Cox said:
sojourner said:
^As mentioned above, That 70's show pretty much fills that criteria.
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Except that Happy Days was set in the Fifties, while the That Seventies Show was set in, er, the Seventies.

I mean, The Waltons was set during the Great Depression, but aired in the Seventies. I'm not sure that makes it the same as a 1990s family drama set in 1975!
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Happy Days was a 70s comedy set in the 50s, That 70s Show was a 90s comedy set in the 70s. That's what I was talking about in my post. A modern comedy set about 20 years before.
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Ah, now I see the connection!
 
Carcazoid said:
CorporalClegg said:
The Bruce Lee thread got me thinking that it's surprising Enter The Dragon hasn't been done yet.

The Last Starfighter has potential, especially since videogames are a lot more ubiquitous than they were in 1984.

I don't particularly like Cameron, but I'd like to see what he could do with Metropolis.

I know there's on-again/off-again talk about a Top Gun sequel, but I think they'd be better served to just reboot at this point. There's a lot of potential intrigue there involving the school's relevancy and the future of aviation and UAVs. I'd love to see Ridley do this.

Also, I expect a true reboot of Jaws any day now.

Mojochi said:
Yeah, I know. I too would much rather go see something new & inventive than a remake, but remakes & sequel franchises aren't going anywhere. Batman, Superman, Bond, Star Trek. The list is endless. So they should at least pick worthy things to do it with
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How do you classify "new" and "innovative?" Both terms are ultimately arbitrary in nature. And just because a story is an old one, doesn't mean it can't be made new again, nor does it imply the filmmaker can't innovate with it.

People act like remakes and reboots are a new trend. They aren't.

If you look at the 120 years (or so) of filmmaking and exclude everything that's a remake, reboot, retelling, sequel, adaption, etc., you're not left with much.

And, never mind the last few millennia of storytelling...

Carcazoid said:
How about recasting The Princess Bride?
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Inconceivable!

Paul Wright is the obvious choice fro Fezzik. Also, it would be a nice touch to have Elwes as Grandpa.*

*Savage might not be old enough.
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I read that there was recently(?) a reading with Rob Reiner as Grandpa, Fred Savage reprising his role, and Cary Elwes as Humperdinck. I bet that was fun.
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I would love something else: a new soundtrack for Princess Bride. The synthesizer orchestra is the only thing I don't like about that film. I don't think that has ever been done before. I think it would already be enough to simply re-record the original score with a real orchestra.

Maybe it's because of Cary Elwes, but Robin Hood - Men in Tights, and Princess Bride belong together for me, but the Robin Hood soundtrack is just SOOOO much better.
 
Here we go:

Jake and the Fat Man -- Jason Lee and Billy Gardell
Mannix -- Adam Sandler
Smokey and the Bandit -- Ashton Kutcher as Bandit, Brad Paisley as Cletus Snow, Bill Engvall as Buford T. Justice
 
I would like to see a remake of the John Wayne's The Quiet Man.

With Liam Neeson in the Sean Thornton roll, Christina Hendricks as Mary Kate Danaher, and Nick Nolte as "Red" Will Danaher.
 
I just watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and couldn't help but wonder what it might be like in the modern political arena.


Along those same lines, F/X has a lot of potential when updated to the current industry.
 
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