[Viking2002]

Agreed. Some classics should be left to stand alone. An exception, for example, would be John Carpenter's '82 remake of The Thing with Kurt Russell. Carpenter actually stuck closer to the original story monster-wise than did the '51 Howard Hawks version, but most other aspects followed the same plotline, and side-by-side, they were eventual equals as far as how they're viewed today. Both had great ensemble casts. That remake-of-a-remake (a pseudo-prequel, actually) that was done about ten years ago was a stinkbomb.

[gymbeau]

I never saw the latest remake, but Carpenter’s Thing was great.
It and the original are both great, though very different.