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Can anybody think of one movie remake which was better than the original?

Posted on 10/16/2010 7:40:02 AM PDT by big black dog

I only ask because I can't think of one.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movies; remakes
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To: big black dog

The Blob.


21 posted on 10/16/2010 7:53:32 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
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To: big black dog

I am Ledgend (2007/Will Smith) and The Omega Man (1971/Charlton Heston) were both much better than The Last Man on Earth (1964/Vincent Price)


22 posted on 10/16/2010 7:53:34 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: big black dog
Scarface (1932, remade in 1983). But only because Al Pacino was so compelling.

"You wanna play rough? Okay. I'll play rough . . . .Say hello to my littl' fren'!"

23 posted on 10/16/2010 7:53:57 AM PDT by behzinlea
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To: mnehring
Thomas Crown BUMP!

Hollywood usually does inject so much PC liberal cliche predictability that many remakes are, indeed, just regurgitations - VOMIT.

It is so easy to see that ANY blue-eyed white European male will turn out to be the most inhuman villian in history, while the mixed-race ghetto boy is a natural GENIUS and saves the world every time. HO HUM...

24 posted on 10/16/2010 7:54:37 AM PDT by Huebolt (It's not over until there is not ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDING OFFICE ANYWHERE. Not even a dog catcher!)
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To: big black dog
The Thing. Thought Carpenters version was much better the the 50s version
25 posted on 10/16/2010 7:55:21 AM PDT by Bookie1066 (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: big black dog

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Godzilla

The Fly

To name just a few...........


26 posted on 10/16/2010 7:55:37 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (Defund, repeal, investigate, impeach, convict, jail, celebrate.)
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To: Kartographer

Very true, at that, I was surprised how good the new Will Smith version was.


27 posted on 10/16/2010 7:55:37 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: big black dog

I like Tombstone better than Gunfight at the OK Corral.


28 posted on 10/16/2010 7:55:38 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: big black dog

The Fly
3:10 to Yuma
Magnificent Seven


29 posted on 10/16/2010 7:55:46 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (We will remember in November)
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To: big black dog
Al Gore “An inconvenient truth” was far better remake of “Alice in Wonderland”
30 posted on 10/16/2010 7:56:00 AM PDT by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: big black dog

The Maltese Falcon


31 posted on 10/16/2010 7:56:36 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (15 October 09: Where were you when America stopped to watch an empty balloon?)
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To: mnehring

I have to desagree on The Thomas Crown Affair.
Pierce Brosnan ain’t no Steve McQueen! And CERTAINLY Rene Russo does not in any way equal Faye Dunaway in her prime.


32 posted on 10/16/2010 7:57:20 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: Popman
"Al Gore 'An Inconvenient Truth' was far better remake of 'Alice in Wonderland' "

Post of the week!

Leni

33 posted on 10/16/2010 7:57:55 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Are any Americans better off than they were 13 trillion dollars ago?)
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To: Bookie1066


34 posted on 10/16/2010 7:58:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: big black dog

Better? No. But the new King Kong was bout equal.


35 posted on 10/16/2010 8:00:10 AM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty too! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: big black dog

Godfather II


36 posted on 10/16/2010 8:00:50 AM PDT by melancholy (It ain't Camelot, it's Scam-a-lot!)
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To: big black dog
Mystery Science Theater 3000 was definitely better than This Island Earth.
37 posted on 10/16/2010 8:01:40 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: big black dog

Three I can think of.

One being “Cape Fear”. DeNiro completely steals this move!

Another being “The Fly”. While the original was good for it’s time, it’s pretty campy. And the remake greatly benefits by new special effects.

And I think the remake of “The Thing” is good also. The focusing on the dogs, and some of the other stuff is alot scarier than the original. Wilford Brimley is especially creepy in this flick!


38 posted on 10/16/2010 8:01:47 AM PDT by djf (OK, so you got milk. Got Tula???)
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To: big black dog

I think Obama 2012 is gonna be much better than Obama 2008!


39 posted on 10/16/2010 8:02:16 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: big black dog

Cape Fear was pretty good. BETTER than the original, not sure.


40 posted on 10/16/2010 8:02:54 AM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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