The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[Jayson1]

I'm surprised they haven't gotten around to doing more "Lost." Put some new people on the island. Maybe bring back Hurley and Ben Linus with guest spots from others.

 

[Owain Taggart]

The next TV show on the remake block..... Baywatch.

They should probably leave that one on the beach. There's already a movie featuring Dwayne Johnston that was pretty terrible. Don't think the series was unique or strong enough to warrant going back to the well. The unique thing it had going for it was David Hasselhoff, and without that there's not really much worth revisiting.

 

[Jayson1]

People don't need soft core porn like Baywatch anymore to masturbate to. That was what the internet was invented for.

 

[Timby]

I second that. NO and just......NO.

I generally don't have an issue with remakes or reboots.

But you don't fuck with Wim Wenders. Ever.

 

[The Wormhole]

People don't need soft core porn like Baywatch anymore to masturbate to. That was what the internet was invented for.

I mean, when is it ever objectionable to watch attractive people run around wearing bikinis?

 

[Jayson1]

There is nothing wrong with characters wearing bikinis and Greek Adonis men wearing very tight swim trunks but said show must be deep with something to say about the world. If I am going to watch a modern Baywatch I know I speak for all that I want it to have something to say about climate change effecting the beach and the impact of white nationalism's impact on the systemic economic exploitation of lifeguards.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I mean, when is it ever objectionable to watch attractive people run around wearing bikinis?

They're not bikinis, they are one-piece swimsuits KNOW YOUR DAMN SWIMWEAR, PEOPLE!



Okay, I may need to take a time-out.

 

[SithHappens]

I thought the baywatch movie was very funny.

 

[Aragorn]

Since everything is being made into a TV series, up next.... Twilight.

Where's the Die Hard series where he's trapped in a different location during a terrorist takeover every week? Die Hard at Burger King. Die Hard at Home Depot. Die Hard in a movie theater. Die Hard in a firehouse. Die Hard at a bikini barista.

 

[CorporalClegg]

You mean 90s home cinema?

 

[XCV330]

Amazon is moving ahead with their MGM library.

Stargate is getting a movie, then a TV show. RoboCop is getting a TV show, then a movie. Legally Blonde is getting a movie and TV show at the same time (whether or not this is Legally Blonde 3 remains to be seen).

Fame, Barbershop and The Magnificent Seven are getting TV shows (anyone remember the short-lived Magnificent Seven TV series with Michael Biehn and Ron Perlman?). The Pink Panther, Poltergeist and The Thomas Crown Affair are getting movies.

There are already plans for Creed/Rocky spinoffs for movies and TV, and there's also a possibility of Stallone bringing Rocky to TV.

I would almost imagine they'd try for something off of Forbidden Planet due to the MGM thing, but it's a stretch

 

[wayoung]

I would almost imagine they'd try for something off of Forbidden Planet due to the MGM thing, but it's a stretch

Too old. Not enough built in audience. 80's/90's nostalgia is the sweet spot, hence the titles they picked.

 

[marillion]

Die Hard at a bikini barista.

I'm listening...

 

[Captaindemotion]

WB have indicated at Cinema Con that Beetlejuice 2 and Final Destination 6 are in the works

 

[ichab]

Too old. Not enough built in audience. 80's/90's nostalgia is the sweet spot, hence the titles they picked.

I disagree with this premise. Remakes tend to work when there ISN'T a built in fanbase for them because then they are judged on their own and not in competition with something else. When the 80s versions of The Thing and The Fly came out I had no earthly idea that these were remakes until many years later. Conversely, when the 90s version of Psycho came out I couldn't help but compare it to the original as it was basically a shot for shot remake of an iconic film, but with weaker acting or actors who were miscast. I think a Forbidden Planet would work because most the people seeing it wouldn't even know it's a remake and would judge it by it's own merits.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I disagree with this premise. Remakes tend to work when there ISN'T a built in fanbase for them because then they are judged on their own and not in competition with something else. When the 80s versions of The Thing and The Fly came out I had no earthly idea that these were remakes until many years later. Conversely, when the 90s version of Psycho came out I couldn't help but compare it to the original as it was basically a shot for shot remake of an iconic film, but with weaker acting or actors who were miscast. I think a Forbidden Planet would work because most the people seeing it wouldn't even know it's a remake and would judge it by it's own merits.

A guy I used to follow on Twitter (he left it when Musk took over) made the interesting (I thought) point that The Fugitive was one of the last high profile remakes of a popular property that wasn’t beholden to a fan base, didn’t have vocal portions of the internet complaining that Ford was too old to play Kimble or that there shouldn’t have been a conspiracy behind his wife’s murder etc.

 

[wayoung]

I disagree with this premise. Remakes tend to work when there ISN'T a built in fanbase for them because then they are judged on their own and not in competition with something else. When the 80s versions of The Thing and The Fly came out I had no earthly idea that these were remakes until many years later. Conversely, when the 90s version of Psycho came out I couldn't help but compare it to the original as it was basically a shot for shot remake of an iconic film, but with weaker acting or actors who were miscast. I think a Forbidden Planet would work because most the people seeing it wouldn't even know it's a remake and would judge it by it's own merits.

Who's talking about remakes working artistically? We're talking about money and audiences. These are businesses. That's why they focus on products with with nostalgia & built in audiences.

 

[ichab]

Who's talking about remakes working artistically? We're talking about money and audiences. These are businesses. That's why they focus on products with with nostalgia & built in audiences.

How did the A-Team movie do again?

The two tend to go hand in hand. If the movie is crap, word gets around and it doesn't make money. There is a long history of remakes that didn't do business despite having a loyal fanbase. See almost every remake that's been done in the horror genre.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Sly Stallone is to return for, no, not another Rambo, not another Rocky, not even another Creed or Judge Dredd, but a Cliffhanger 2. I’d rather he’d done a sequel to his other 1993 hit, Demolition Man, but nobody listens to me
https://deadline.com/2023/05/sylves...oot-from-director-ric-roman-waugh-1235351858/

 

[UssGlenn]

I would almost imagine they'd try for something off of Forbidden Planet due to the MGM thing, but it's a stretch

Too old. Not enough built in audience. 80's/90's nostalgia is the sweet spot, hence the titles they picked.

I think a Forbidden Planet would work because most the people seeing it wouldn't even know it's a remake and would judge it by it's own merits.

I'm a fan of Forbidden Planet, and a remake could be interesting, but you have the "John Carter of Mars" problem. Which is to say, later works have already redone everything unique about the original. What does a new Forbidden Planet bring to the table that Star Trek hasn't already done multiple times?