The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[Captaindemotion]

I love British humor. A similar concept based in a London pub might be interesting. I'd give it a go, anyway.

I miss Dead Pixels.

There was a great, sadly short-lived show called Early Doors, from one of the writers of The Royle Family about 20 years ago. Northern pub, though, not London. Featured a young James McEvoy. Worth seeking out if you haven’t already seen it.

 

[UssGlenn]

Isn't AMC supposed to be airing it?

googles...Yes it is!

Is this in the Finding Nemo continuity?

That's totally what Honest Trailers would call it.

 

[Caretaker]

I'll need more details before I can decide whether to look forward to it or ignore it.

Let's hope the people working on it remember what Robocop is supposed to be.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

TBH I was really hopeful that one year when Neil Blomkamp was set up to direct the direct sequel to the original RoboCop, as I feel his style of low-sci fi, social satire and ultra-violence were truly in the spirit of Paul Verhoeven. Alas, it has already been five years since he departed that movie.

 

[Drunk Superman]

Let's hope the people working on it remember what Robocop is supposed to be.

A cop who's a robot?

 

[count biggles]

Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are reportedly working on a remake of 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' with a 'Who's Who' of comedians from the last thirty years.

Ugh. Mad, Mad World is a classic. A treasure. Not sure how they could come close to capturing that same magic again.

 

[UssGlenn]

Ugh. Mad, Mad World is a classic. A treasure. Not sure how they could come close to capturing that same magic again.

they need to do movies like this occasionally, just for posterity. Rat Race was the previous version in 2001. Not a strict remake but inspired by Mad Mad World.

 

[Kinky Kim Hunterbiden]

Ugh. Mad, Mad World is a classic. A treasure. Not sure how they could come close to capturing that same magic again.

I disagree on the first two. MAD, MAD is no RUSSIANS ARE COMING, which was not only funnier but shorter. With MAD, MAD, we finally have an improvable original.

 

[Caretaker]

A cop who's a robot?

A satire, allegory and remembering there is a human beneath the robotics.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Satire? Best not show it in Kalifornia then.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Ugh. Mad, Mad World is a classic. A treasure. Not sure how they could come close to capturing that same magic again.

Which makes you wonder: why even remake it? Why not, for example, do a loose sequel. Say some rich guy stumbles upon old news articles about what happened decades ago, decides he wants to do the same thing.

That way there is more play room to try and create something potentially very funny and not worry so much about remaking characters and plot.

 

[Kinky Kim Hunterbiden]

Which makes you wonder: why even remake it? Why not, for example, do a loose sequel. Say some rich guy is stumbles upon old news articles of what happened decades ago, decides he wants to do the same thing.

That way there is more play room to try and create something potentially very funny and not worry so much about remaking characters and plot.

There's a mostly-forgotten ripoff with a lesser cast from 1987: MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY. It flopped so badly it didn't crack a million gross itself. Tom Bosley croaked right at the beginning.....but it's now primarily known for offering a real-life sweepstakes, and causing the death of stuntman Dar Robinson.

Of course, the real goal of the MAD MAD remakers is to capitalize and exploit the classic title, THEN, if possible, make it funny. In this case, the new performers might surpass the original's quality. RUSSIANS' Jonathan Winters cameo aimed generally higher than the majority of the original. So here's a remake I wouldn't necessarily frown on.

 

[UssGlenn]

Mad Mad is exactly the kind of movie that should be remade. While it is well regarded, it wasn't made to be an artistic statement. It's purpose was to get as many funny people on the screen as possible, and do zany stuff. And when you get a new crop of funny people in Hollywood, it's time to do it again.

 

[Drunk Superman]

A satire, allegory and remembering there is a human beneath the robotics.

I've seen the movie, multiple times.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Mad Mad is exactly the kind of movie that should be remade. While it is well regarded, it wasn't made to be an artistic statement. It's purpose was to get as many funny people on the screen as possible, and do zany stuff. And when you get a new crop of funny people in Hollywood, it's time to do it again.

The problem is that I don't think Hollywood can make that type of comedy anymore. Hollywood has a hard time making comedies that aren't raunchy or offensive anymore. I think the last movie of this type was Rat Race, and even then it wasn't very good.

 

[The Left Hand of Evil]

The comedy lineup should have a wide range of different styles of comedy. Murphy and Lawrence is a great set of elder statesmen to sort of center the movie around. They should fill out the rest of the cast of comedy teams with, Shane Gillis, Steve Gerben, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, RIcky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, and Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig and Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon and Larry David and JB Smoove.

 

[Commander Troi]

The biggest problem with a movie like that is writing something that plays to each person's strengths. The more people, the harder it is.

 

[Aragorn]

Anne Hathaway is making Princess Diaries 3 with Adele Lim as director. No word on Julie Andrews or Chris Pine.

 

[The Left Hand of Evil]

The biggest problem with a movie like that is writing something that plays to each person's strengths. The more people, the harder it is.

That's true but I do think the Avengers movies show us that it is possible to balance a great number of characters in a single movie. Some characters of course would have bigger and smaller roles.

 

[Kinky Kim Hunterbiden]

The problem is that I don't think Hollywood can make that type of comedy anymore. Hollywood has a hard time making comedies that aren't raunchy or offensive anymore. I think the last movie of this type was Rat Race, and even then it wasn't very good.

They could try. Original funny ideas are occasionally the most successful. Hollywood (which now seems to be mostly Georgia, Louisiana and Canada recently) DOES have a hard time making comedies without SNL graduates, some of whom are more talented than others. SNL was originally created to offend and entertain in equal parts. I'm open to seeing non-SNL American comedies if they have some thought to them.