@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 3:42

Film remakes or reboots, is it really necessary or needed? How do you feel about it? Do you go and see them?

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And I remember the day I was reading a horror film magazine and it said that they're going to be remaking My Bloody Valentine. And this was in 2009. As I was reading the article, I was thinking to myself, oh, my God, they're going to ruin my favorite slasher film of all time. And Lo and behold, the film came out and reluctantly I went and saw and to top it off, it was in 3D, which I normally don't like anyhow

Talking film remakes : How do you feel when they remake or reboot a favorite film of yours? Do you welcome it or is it completely unnecessary?

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@AverageJoe
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 4:08
And you have another instant classic. And it doesn't have to replace the original wizard of Oz in your heart. But it can sit next to it. That's the best we can ask for in situations like this. So I'm all here for it. Just do it right
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@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 4:13

Seems like we like the same stuff just with better effects. 🤔

It's IP that the company owns and there's a demographic four set IP based upon sales. So they're going to try to rehash it and redo it in some way. Now, can you do reboots where it's just not that much different than what was before. Yeah, sure. But those reboots still make money sometimes. And that's the main thing is that Hollywood has reached a point now to which I think spectacle and familiarity just dominate over storytelling
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@TommyB3000
Tommy B
@TommyB3000 · 3:07

A great original should be left alone (except for Stanley Kubrick)

Again, I'm not a big fan of remakes, and I do agree with the statement that if it's done well, but I just haven't seen that many done well, I just have not seen that many horror movies done. Well, maybe a few standard Rom com dramas that get an update on cast. Maybe. But I don't know. Is there something about filmmaking today to where it's all hat and no cattle? I don't know
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@AverageJoe
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 1:58

@TommyB3000

So they needed it to complement the film that everyone knew and not the book that people read. And so the ending of Doctor Sleep had to be slightly altered because of that as well. The Thing remake the new one I'm kind of interested in. I'll tell you why. It's Blumhouse. And if you saw what Blumhouse did with The Invisible Man or a very small budget, they pulled off a pretty fantastic movie
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@TommyB3000
Tommy B
@TommyB3000 · 2:34
I liked what they did for M Night because actually, they saved his can we say a**? Well, they saved M night. When Jason got involved with M night, he turned his fortunes around because he was pretty much toast in Hollywood until The Visitor and some of the other movies he did. So I agree with you with how they do movies. I don't want to say on the cheap, but they're very frugal with their budget. I'll say that okay
@AverageJoe
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 2:36
And then magazines were calling him the new Hitchcock because of one film. And then when he wasn't the new Hitchcock. Oh, well, get that guy out of here. But he was delivering original content. And we're in a swell talking about remakes. There's an example. And I guess this is going back to what Dewan had already said. The public maybe doesn't want original content. They're not prepared for it. They're not ready for it
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 2:56

@AverageJoe

So I refused to watch that film, and people are telling me because they know I'm a Valley Girl fanatic. You got to see it, Neil. You got to see it. But I just refused to see it, man. And they did this with another favorite film of mine from the 80s. And that is Heather's, my favorite cult film. They made a modern day musical of it, and they actually brought this one up to modern day
@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 3:07

@Wuandurful

Maybe with the general audience, they want to see familiarity, and they want to see rehashed and rebooted films because maybe there's nostalgia there. Or maybe they're just seeing the film for the first time. But they're aware of the classic. There's maybe other elements to it. But me, personally, if it's a film I love and I think it's near perfection, I don't want to see it remade case in point
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 2:53

@TommyB3000

The critics absolutely hated it, but I don't think America was ready for that. At the time. The practical effects were absolutely fantastic, and now it's revered and it's considered a masterpiece many years later. Sometime that happens with film. But again, that's a film. I don't think that should be touched. So I agree with you. Certain films shouldn't be remade. There's no point to it
@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 3:25
I do enjoy Jay's films. I think they're clever. Like you said, I think they do decent films on a lower budget and they pull it off. And I rather enjoy their films. But my favorite boutique horror outfit is Magnolias Division. Magnet Films. I collect Magnet. I don't know if you guys are familiar with Magnet releasing. They do, like really straight to DVD, not B movies, but like Cheesy kind of horror films, but entertaining horror films
@AverageJoe
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 3:19
And I was just like, oh, my God, the Asian film market is killing it. They're murdering right now. I don't know that I've ever seen anything quite as good since then. There was an Asian film called I think it was after Shock about an earthquake and it was pretty fantastic too, but yeah, Magnet has done some really interesting things, hoping bow with a shotgun, all that kind of stuff
@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 3:49

@AverageJoe

But again, these films we grew up with, I just have a hard time with them making it musicals and modernizing. It's tough for me, man. Oh, yeah. And also The Wedding Singer. You know what I get what you're saying. But I like The Wedding Singer because you don't have to think you could just throw it on. And it's just like you said, adding 80s tropes anywhere it can put it and kind of exaggerating it
@FilmStarlet
Aces Of Fun
@FilmStarlet · 2:41

#film #remakes #reboots

I was like, Why would you remake such a classic like Ben Her? And even right now, Steven Spielberg, Spielberg, of all people, which is disappointing, is remaking West Side Story. West Side Story was a best picture. You don't remake a best picture because it's already the best. There's no reason for that, especially since it's not like this is a modern interpretation of West Side Story
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 1:46

@FilmStarlet

Why they do that? Because they do do that often, and it really isn't necessary. But I think it's a money thing. And Edward Norton is an amazing, phenomenal underappreciated actor, brilliant, talented guy. He's one of my favorite actors. So anything that he's in, I'll watch because he's just electrifying on screen. And when I worked at Tribeca Film Festival a few years back, I worked there for four years in the press screenings Department
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