cryptoflovecraft said...
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geewizzz — 4 years ago(June 21, 2021 01:48 PM)
it's impossible to make a remake as great as the original film
What did you think of Carpenter's
The Thing
, the 1978 version of
Invasion of The Body Snatchers
,
Scarface
(1983),
The Fly
(1986),
Cat People
(1982),
The Wizard of Oz
(1939),
The Maltese Falcon
(1941),
Eyes Wide Shut
(1999),
A Clockwork Orange
(1971) ?
they also remade robocop, ghostbusters, footloose, and a nightmare on elm street.
I saw the remake of
Footloose
but haven't seen the original…though I admit the only reason I watched it was because of a certain actor that was in it.
I wouldn't say it was that good but maybe not as bad as it is made out to be…but I can't compare the original, since I haven't seen it…I've only seen the music vid for the title song.
I saw both versions of
Robocop
…I much prefer the original. I don't like the sequels at all.
It's just easy to market stuff people are already familiar with.
But some directors can put an interesting spin on old concepts.
I agree that most of them aren't good though.
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lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(June 22, 2021 04:02 PM)
when i said this i meant classic films from the '80s that have been remade since the '00s decade. for some weird reason it's bc all the creativity ran out, dried up starting in the '00s decade, so many classic films started being remade in the '00s decade.
so, sorry to say this horror film fans, scream and films made around the time of scream(1996-1999) were the last original horror films that we are ever going to see mostly, with a very few exceptions that break new ground.
carpenter's the thing is a masterpiece. i just found out from watching the great documentary in search of darkness that carpenter didn't want to make it bc he loved the original so much, the thing from another world.
just think of a world without the thing remake from carpenter. that would be a horrible world.
wait, the wizard of oz(1939) is a remake? i didn't know there is a movie called the wizard of oz made before this movie.
same thing about the maltese falcon and eyes wide shut. never heard of movies with these titles other than the movie with humphrey bogart and the movie with tom cruise
i heard one person say scarface(1983) is a bad movie.
cat people(1982) is a great film. i hared it's completely different than the original cat people 1942). and this is the way to make a remake, if you're going to remake a film you better make it completely different than the original if the original is a classic film.
about footloose remake: did you watch it only bc of the hot girl lead?
and then they actually went and made a spinoff movie of alien and predator that was horrible called alien vs. predator and then they actually made another alien vs. predator movie that was bad also.
though predators is a good movie but it's not an alien vs. predator movie so i'm glad they didn't do another one of these bound to fail gimmick movies.
just bc its an easy way to make money doesn't mean it's a good idea for a movie this is lazy filmmaking, it's making a movie that is known to make money based on a previous movie formula.
it doesn't require much originality just copying another movie. it's cheap and i usually refuse to watch remakes of classic films. and the thing is i'll watch a film that is a ripoff of another film as long as it's not called the same name of the movie it's ripping off. it feels wrong to rip off another movie by calling it a remake knowing it's going to make a lot of money just bc the original film did.
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geewizzz — 4 years ago(June 24, 2021 07:24 PM)
wait, the wizard of oz(1939) is a remake? i didn't know there is a movie called the wizard of oz made before this movie.
The earliest surviving film version
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
is from 1910.
But there were a few adaptations of L. Frank Baum's book.
The 1925 film version was based on the stage play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_The_Wizard_of_Oz
i heard one person say scarface(1983) is a bad movie.
Some like it…others don't.
It's over the top, but it's become a cult classic.
Eyes Wide Shut
is adapted from the 1926 novel,
Traumnovelle
(Dream Story) by Arthur Schnitzler.
There's a film version of it from 1969.
The first film version of
The Maltese Falcon
is from 1931
about footloose remake: did you watch it only bc of the hot girl lead?
No…one of the actors in a supporting role.
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lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(June 25, 2021 05:22 AM)
i didn't know that. interesting. if you asked 100 people on the street, random people is there a movie the wizard of oz before the version from 1939, 99 people wouldn't know that there is a version before the 1939 version.
did you know there is a movie called i married a witch from 1942? amazing. i just watched it it stars veronica lake and it's what obviously inspired bewitched the tv show bc the main girl acts just like samantha and she has the same relationship with her dad that samantha has with her witch mom and it has the same light humor that bewitched has too, the same tone.
it's a amazing to me that a big hollywood movie with a big hollywood actress veronica lake actually made a movie about witches in 1942!!!
how do you know about all these obscure movie facts? are you on wikipedia every day or something?
i love obscure and unique movies. i love parts of the movie the crimson cult.
what is the name of the movie in which there is a moon with a face on it and it has a monocle over one of it's eyes? it's a movie from like the 1920s.
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geewizzz — 4 years ago(June 25, 2021 06:31 AM)
The Anniversary Editions of
The Wizard of Oz
DVDs include the older silent films on the bonus discs as well as documentaries about the history of the film.
I've just been into a lot of movies since I was very young…even before I was using the Internet.
I started with old video catalogs from warehouses and had a video store near me as a kid with a lot of rare stuff.
And it helped that I knew some people that knew a lot about the subject to help guide me.
But yea, I do research on things and check Wikipedia now and then.
And yea,
I Married A Witch
is what Bewitched was based on…with some inspiration from
Bell, Book & Candle
as well -
I assume you mean
A Trip To The Moon
from 1902, which had hand printed color on some early prints
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lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(June 25, 2021 06:56 AM)
i love that you talked about bell, book, and candle bc i just thought about this movie after thinking about i married a witch when writing the last message that i sent to you about this movie.
a trip to the moon might be this movie not sure though, its interesting bc in the smashing pumpkins video for tonight, tonight it has that moon image and guys dressed like the guys are dressed in that picture you just sent me. so this might be that movie. my friend said its a about 2 sets of people, one living under ground. is this in this movie?
what are old video catalogues from warehouses?
lukejbarnett