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remakes for universal classics?
what would you think of big budget remakes of the old universal flicks? frankenstein, dracula, creature from the black lagoon, the wolfman.
i would like to see them if they still had the same basic plot and scripts were updated a little. i think that the SFX could do great things especially with CFTBL and the wolfman. now, i know a lot of you are going to try to fry me for this thread, but i just want you to know that the old B&Ws are my favorite films of all time and i would never want to see them replaced, but i think it would be kinda cool for something like this to happen. i got really excited about "van helsing" last year, but was sorely disappointed and it left me hungry for something great to be done with those charatcers. |
Is nothing sacred?
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Let's hear Jedicow out, and consider the issue for a moment. Yes, the past few years have seen many sad and unnecessary remakes (one opens today, or so the reviews would seem to paint it as such), but I would definitely get behind a movement to re-envision (not re-make) the Universal monster movies if, and only if, good directors and cinematographers signed on and (here's my spin) agreed to use black and white. I'm thinking more Young Frankenstein than Nadja, but I hope you get my point re: use of b&w. Would, at the very least, be better than Van Helsing.
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i think that if a little new life were breathed into these characters, it would be a good thing.
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JC wrote a script for a remake of creature from the black lagoon
nothing happened as the budget required would have been too much |
It seems like all the classic monsters have been featured in remakes of some sort. The Mummy with Brendan Fraiser, most definitely not a classic rendition, too much CGI for my taste.
Frankenstein with De niro Dracula with Oldman both good movies. I guess the Wolfman and the Creature haven't been done properly. |
in light of what has come since - the creature is more cool than scary ... they'd have to either vamp him up or make more play on the sympathy thing ..
i dunno .. its so dated now. Humanoids from the Deep was kind of an updated version.. |
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I enjoyed the "Dracula" and "The Mummy" remakes to a degree, but I didn't "like" them (there's a difference). They were fun but not classics.
"The Mummy" I was especially looking forward to, because I was almost sure it was going to be a serious big action mummy movie, and not an action comedy spoof like it was. I think that one in particular had much potential to be a seriously scary, cool film. For some reason "The Mummy Returns" sat a great deal better with me. This was pretty funny, but I thought it played a lot more smoothly overall. |
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some good gore too .. didnt someone get their head ripped off ? |
There were many scenes of mayhem on the pier, and one of them featured a fish guy throttling an unfortunate fellow, and there was blood tubing attached to the fish guy's arm for a quick cheap bloody ripping effect. Very nice monsters in that film!
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I would like to see some of them re-made. But only if they changed very few things and left them black and white like Lilknivesguy said. I think with the special effects today these re-makes would be pretty good as long as whoever makes it does not mess it up.
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With the success of Sin City I think we may be seeing a few more movies making use of Black & White to get the images they want. The stark contrast and dark mood set by the medium is undeniable.
I would love to see The Creature from the Black Lagoon updated and I will watch almost any werewolf film. |
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Well, the problem with "Van Helsing" wasn't that it was in color. The problem had something to do with the fact that it was really atrociously bad.
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How about this, here me out: before we hire another brainless director to remake a classic so that our future generations will be so disgusted that they won't even watch the original, why don't we try this.
Drumroll please... We come up with some NEW ideas! |
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The idea of a remake need not be heresy. Case in point: The Maltese Falcon (1941). Anyone out there wanna tell me the 1931 version was superior to John Huston's? We're playing with possibilities here. The chance is slim that a Universal classic could be remade well, but it's an intriguing proposition. |
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