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    Default some movies should not be remade

    I just got done watching the orignal 1975 verison of the stepford wives. It was awsome so much better then the remake i can't figure out why they felt the need to redo it. I was totatly cought up in the movie and the end was way creepy but so good.

    I realy like the story of the stepford wifes becuse i swear to god that if the milatry could do that to all the wives on post they would do it in a heart beat i fell so much pressure to that perfect wife that the story makes perfect sense to me.

    What other movies are better the first time around and hollywood should of left alone?

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    Ooooh. Good thread.

    I think they ruined Star Wars when they remastered it and made sequels/prequels. Slightly off topic, but I also think that the original Star Trek movies were better then the latest ones because they used to have to rely on the story instead of the special effects. Star Trek: First Contact was a fucking good movie, but not in the same way that The Voyage Home was. My two cents, anyway.
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    kitty, you are a sci-fi fan? +1 for you

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    Oh my god, I went off when the new stepford wives came out (the roommate was all "write an angry letter, Jenny"). The first movie was an allegory and the second was billed as a "frothy sex comedy". It is just inappropriate for anyone except John Waters to try to make that funny.
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    I don't think ANY movies should be remade. Ever. And most sequels should be off-limits too. There's no originality in Hollywood these days.

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    Foreign horror flicks, i.e.

    The Ring
    The Grudge
    The Eye
    The Tale of Two Sisters

    ...or any other horror film for that matter.


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    Default Re: some movies should not be remade

    Psycho is the ultimate example. I heard the planned remake (not sequel) of Robocop was shelved, fortunately.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maisumi View Post
    Foreign horror flicks, i.e.

    The Ring
    The Grudge
    The Eye
    The Tale of Two Sisters

    ...or any other horror film for that matter.
    Agreed. Especially amazingly creepy, but mostly atmospheric sort of films that are re-made into bloodbaths.

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    Oh man, I hate this shit too. Its just so....POINTLESS. Why the FUCK would someone spend $100 million dollars.....to make a movie THAT ALREADY EXISTS. Shit, you could feed a fucken country with that kind of money! If I wanna see the damn movie, I'll watch the ORIGINAL MOVIE.

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    [QUOTE=Maisumi;1539515]Foreign horror flicks, i.e.

    The Ring
    The Grudge
    The Eye
    The Tale of Two Sisters

    ...or any other horror film for that matter.[/QUOTE

    exactly!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maisumi View Post
    Foreign horror flicks, i.e.

    The Ring
    The Grudge
    The Eye
    The Tale of Two Sisters

    ...or any other horror film for that matter.
    Wow I never knew anyone else say the tale of two sisters! Seriously, all time fave japanese horror film! I have to add to that list, one missed call as well.

    I truly wish that rosemarys baby wasn't being remade and if anything they should give it to Rob Zombie and not just whom ever. Bleah
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maisumi View Post
    Foreign horror flicks, i.e.

    The Ring
    The Grudge
    The Eye
    The Tale of Two Sisters

    ...or any other horror film for that matter.
    Don't even get me started on how Jessica Alba systematically destroyed my favourite movie.


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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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    Has Jessica Alba done anything worthwhile?...
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    Great first post.

    Edit: wtf, awesome first post gone?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    Great first post.

    Edit: wtf, awesome first post gone?
    Haha sorry Ly I was on my GF's PC..... was logged into her account. Long time member who never posts.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Ashley View Post
    Has Jessica Alba done anything worthwhile?...
    Nope. She is over-rated imo


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    WEll I have a a special loathing for the remake of Stepford Wives - what rubbish!. And lets not forget the horror that was "War OF The Worlds". Haha And "Psycho" OMG!!!

    But really lets not remake good movies and stop making movies out of tv shows too - Hello "Bewitched"!!!.... The only tv - to movie I liked was the Brady Bunch.

    ( Also seems Nicole Kidman is in a lot of these - Stepford Wives, Bewitched, The Invasion )

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    The Omen, for chrissakes. The Amityville Horror. A big +1 on Invasion of the Body Snatchers and all the foreign horror movies.

    Classic Television should NEVER be made into movies.

    Bewitched made me want to tear my eyeballs out. Loved the Family Guy response though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lonelily View Post
    Bewitched made me want to tear my eyeballs out. Loved the Family Guy response though.
    That's one of my favorite episodes.
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    Totally one of my pet peeves, as is the pointless redundancy of the billions of sequels. I am soooo freaked out that they're going to fuck up Indiana Jones, my favorite movies ever. I mean, I'm glad Harrison Ford is still starring in it and Spielberg is directing but STILL. Harry is damn near going on seventy years old! And there is just no NEED for a sequel. And I hate that Shia LaBeouf kid who's playing his son or whatever. Just...no. I will shit bricks if it sucks.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Ashley View Post
    Has Jessica Alba done anything worthwhile?...
    Yes. Yes, she has.


    Oh, you mean a movie.
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    The original Sabrina was much better. I hated the one with Harrison Ford. I don't think he played the love interest well.

    Remakes and (most) sequels should be banned!

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    Do you know they are remaking The Breakfast Club and 90210. Just fuck no. Come up with some original ideas you assholes. I hate remakes. Nothing was wrong with the original. Why the breakfast club. They are going to ruin such a good movie. They always do. Sad ... :-(
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    For anyone who is interested here is a list of movies that are currently in production as supersequels. I say no to all of them except Saw 5. I love my gore.

    http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1341...out.html?redux
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