The Fly (remake remake)
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As a rule there are some filmmakers' films you just can't rehash:
Kubrick - can you imagine a remake of A Clockwork Orange? Neither can I.
Tarantino - no explanation necessary
Carpenter - you might make a viable film but, with his signature films that star Kurt Russell, there's no point.
Cronenberg - his films have an eerie detachment from characters which makes us feel the narrative being advanced, not by the actions of its protagonists, but by forces outside of their control. Nobody does that as effectively as Cronenberg does.
Kubrick - can you imagine a remake of A Clockwork Orange? Neither can I.
Tarantino - no explanation necessary
Carpenter - you might make a viable film but, with his signature films that star Kurt Russell, there's no point.
Cronenberg - his films have an eerie detachment from characters which makes us feel the narrative being advanced, not by the actions of its protagonists, but by forces outside of their control. Nobody does that as effectively as Cronenberg does.
cayman shen
Master Member
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
matty matt
Sr Member
This will go great with that Thing remake remake that came out a couple years ago.
mattycsi
Master Member
This falls into the same category as Robocop, Total Recall ec. The originals are still good enough to stand on their own. There is not much you can do to make them better or different. It's more annoying when you think here is a wealth of old crappy movies that were based in good ideas, spruce those up, leave the god movies that are standing the test of time alone.
behave!
Riceball
Master Member
This trend is hardly new, Hollywood has been doing this forever, pretty much since they've been making movies. There are probably remakes out there that you never knew were remakes and loved it thinking that it was an original idea. Here's just a few: Rio Lobo, Cape Fear, The Thing (John Carpenter version), Ocean's 11, Heaven Can Wait, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Fistful of Dollars, Scarface, The Maltese Falcon, and the list goes on.
I'm very aware that all of those were remakes and I've seen all of them and liked most of them but for every one mentioned there are a half dozen or so others that never should have happened. Star Trek is one of those that springs to mind and even though I liked all 3 movies it was Star Trek in name only.
cayman shen
Master Member
Yeah I'm numb to it at this point. And hey, maybe it will be good. The 1986 Fly was a freaking masterpiece, and it of course was a remake. Having said that, the 1986 Fly was a freaking masterpiece...whatever, it'll make money off the kids, and maybe a few of them will look into the Cronenberg version (or hey, the original Vincent Price flick isn't ENTIRELY without merit) because of it.
I almost lost my damn mind with furious indignation when the Robocop remake came out, and it disappeared quickly and without hurting the original in any way. So I'm gonna remain calm and ignore this awful news I guess.
I almost lost my damn mind with furious indignation when the Robocop remake came out, and it disappeared quickly and without hurting the original in any way. So I'm gonna remain calm and ignore this awful news I guess.
