Remake of 'The Bat' did someone suggest?
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novastar_6 — 18 years ago(November 17, 2007 09:15 PM)
When I was younger I used to watch this all the time and think 'Oh I would just LOVE to redo it'but now that I've gotten older, I've realized that it would be impossible to make a better remake than the one that this 1959 horror classic truly is. It's untouchable, and should remain so, leave it alone.
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novastar_6 — 18 years ago(December 09, 2007 10:20 PM)
Yes, however it was a remake very different from the 1930 and 1926 predecessors. And even if something is remade once, that long ago it's bound to be againlike the Blob, it was done in 58, remade in 88 both were good, but they wanted to remake it again this year! The plans must've fallen through or something, thankfullybut if they DID try to remake this movie TODAY, I have no doubt in my mind they would faillook at all the recent remakes and rip offs that are complete pieces of junk, the Wicker Man, When a Stranger Calls, Halloween, House on haunted Hill (and THAT remake got a sequel!), Night of the Living Dead, Last Man on Earth, House of Wax, etc.
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Modern-Prometheus — 17 years ago(April 13, 2008 04:12 PM)
This film kind of
was
a remake, you know. And one could be done again today, and it could be done again successfully, and it could be a great film that honors the original (being the 1926) film, the first remake (1930), and this third remake starring Vincent Price. Of course, if it is remade again, chances are, it'll be bad.
Besides, no one would dare remake the original film without changing to the point that it no longer resembles that film, because today, any remake would have to worry about similarities to Batman, which the original film inspired.
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novastar_6 — 17 years ago(April 15, 2008 03:47 PM)
Of course it was a remake, and it was a good one. Now I say if somebody who held that film as sacred (I say sacred because my brother said regarding remakes "Nothing is sacred to Hollywood", they probably would try to remake it and ruin it) were to try it, maybe change the storyline a little bit but hold true to the characters, an older woman, a strange detective, a suspicious butler, a strong maid, and all in a serious setting (not like today where every bit of dialogue would come out of the mouth of someone on a little bus), I think it COULD work, but I say don't jinx it.
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Modern-Prometheus — 17 years ago(April 19, 2008 07:31 PM)
My
point is, rather than remake this film, why not remake the original? Or better yet, how about a new adaptation of the novel? Boris Karloff IS Frankenstein's Monster, but that doesn't mean he never let anyone else borrow his shoes for a while, and some times a great performance came of it.