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#168520 17-Mar-2015 09:23
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With the other thread about Bad Hollywood Remakes, how about some Movies/TV that you would like to see remade.
I will start it off by suggesting Blakes 7, some good dark Sci-fi, just don't have the same ending.....

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  #1260789 17-Mar-2015 09:45
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The problem is that very often good early scifi gets absoutely ruined by modern film makers,

 

 

Case in point was "The Day the earth stood still" - Keanu just made a complete hash of it.

 

 

some recent adaptations of non film work such as "John Carter " and " Car of the worlds" all went down the " bigger explosions is better" route and suffered hugely.

 

 

I am looking forward to JMS's treatment of Forbidden planet (if it ever gets out of development hell)

 

 

Logans' Run or Soylent Green are probably due to be "rediscovered" by some studio exec in the next 10 years.



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  #1260810 17-Mar-2015 09:58
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+1 for Blakes 7
Babylon 5 is another I would like to see something new, but perhaps Crusade/Rangers Spinoff rather than a remake, although I do want the original release with redone CGI so I can have it in Blu-Ray quality.




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  #1260811 17-Mar-2015 10:02
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wellygary: The problem is that very often good early scifi gets absoutely ruined by modern film makers,

Case in point was "The Day the earth stood still" - Keanu just made a complete hash of it.

some recent adaptations of non film work such as "John Carter " and " Car of the worlds" all went down the " bigger explosions is better" route and suffered hugely.

I am looking forward to JMS's treatment of Forbidden planet (if it ever gets out of development hell)

Logans' Run or Soylent Green are probably due to be "rediscovered" by some studio exec in the next 10 years.


There is hope, the battle star galactica remake was pretty good.
Also maybe "misfits of science". My choices are probably making me look older than I really am.



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  #1260816 17-Mar-2015 10:19
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I'd like to see a modern take on most 50's sci-fi classics...provided that they treat them with the respect they deserve.




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  #1260818 17-Mar-2015 10:19
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Airwolf
Knight Rider
The Highwayman

 
 
 
 

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  #1260827 17-Mar-2015 10:31
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+1 for Babylon 5, but I would rather see a remake because I'd be interested in seeing the Shadow Wars with modern CGI.
I loved Knight Rider as a kid, but it has already had a few failed remake attempts recently. The idea of a smart/talking car isn't exactly science fiction any more! 
It looks like Stargate is going to be rebooted at the movies. Should be interesting!

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  #1260874 17-Mar-2015 11:04
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Space 1999 but on Mars, not the moon.





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  #1260878 17-Mar-2015 11:13
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maybe it's just me, but it seems like hollywood remakes of movies are typically terrible. (I don;t include marvel movies in this because superhero movies in the 80s were just awful - and the recent movies aren't remakes of those old movies, they are just different adaptations of comics)

But remakes of older TV shows are often considerably better than the original, or at the very least just as good.

e.g. BSG, House of Cards, Dr Who spring to mind as being as good, or better than the originals series.

Maybe it has to do with TV now being a good medium for drama and storytelling with quality actors and decent budgets,  whereas 20-30 years ago, TV actors were considered failures and Tv show budgets were miniscule.

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  #1260900 17-Mar-2015 11:31
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how about stopping all the remakes/sequels/prequels and coming up with something new !

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  #1260940 17-Mar-2015 11:55
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Prefer to see something new, every movie is a remake, sequel, prequel, adaption of a book / comic .

 
 
 
 

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  #1260951 17-Mar-2015 12:06
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Non terrible versions of The Postman and Starship Troopers wouldn't go amiss either.




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  #1260987 17-Mar-2015 12:42
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Lias: Non terrible versions of The Postman and Starship Troopers wouldn't go amiss either.


The first Starship Troopers was amongst the funniest films I have seen in aeons. Jolly good action fun too. I think you have to make sure not to think they were supposed to be awesome scifi...





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  #1260999 17-Mar-2015 12:54
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  #1261012 17-Mar-2015 13:18
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Movies:  The Last Starfighter and Wargames

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