Purajh Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Ice pirates 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Time Bandits. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 The Last Starfighter .... oh yeah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 7/18/2018 at 3:03 PM, InfestedKerrigan said: Spaceballs Or just call it Spaceballs 2 and make fun of the new movies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 7/18/2018 at 12:03 PM, Psilence said: Dune Correction ... Jodorowsky's Dune! Also, Time Bandits 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 3 hours ago, generalripphook said: Or just call it Spaceballs 2 and make fun of the new movies. I thought about expounding as you did, but I figured everyone would expound, as you did. Then, I realized, it would be a reboot, to be proper in it's satire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 hours ago, JMGraham said: Correction ... Jodorowsky's Dune! I've already seen it over the past 40 years of film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 15 hours ago, JMGraham said: Also, Time Bandits Did anyone mention Time Bandits yet? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 The Secet of NIMH.....but I fear they'd add too many humans to it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, InfestedKerrigan said: The Secet of NIMH.....but I fear they'd add too many humans to it. Really? It's animated and I don't know how modern tech would enhance it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 hour ago, pretre said: Really? It's animated and I don't know how modern tech would enhance it. CGI movie. Somewhere between Stuart Little and Willard. Similar thoughts for Watership Down. A little less Stuart Little and a little more Aliens, perhaps. I wouldn't want them Pixar style. NIMH could be, but I'd like them live-actionesque. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Oooh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 See, I keep reading the suggestions and I feel like very few of these movies call for a remake with new technology.... What I am reading into these posts is people saying "wouldn't it be cool to have new content related to this film?" The suggestion of Gremlins made specific mention of technology and how the original movie could be updated with new creature effects. But Spaceballs? I'd love to see Brooks have at the new films but wasn't one of the points of his film the crappy technology? The animation in all those animated films is part of the artistic appeal. In films like Watership and NIMH where there is no human presence to speak of why would you rework the animation? To be honest, I look at Watership and NIMH and think of them as complete and don't want to see a remake. All that could be done is a raping of my childhood. Gremlins could be remade with new technology and I don't feel that the animatronic feel was integral to the nature of the film. Time Bandits I am on the fence about. I kinda felt that the low-budget effects were intentional in that one but I could see an argument that the story could work as well with modern effects and it might be interesting. Are you guys really saying you want to see the same story or one that is largely faithful to the original or are you saying that these are film settings and characters that you want to see more about? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Duckman said: Time Bandits I am on the fence about. I kinda felt that the low-budget effects were intentional in that one but I could see an argument that the story could work as well with modern effects and it might be interesting. Well, I agree that low budget is part of the appeal but I also think that you could have an even greater movie (hard to imagine) with new effects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 minute ago, pretre said: Well, I agree that low budget is part of the appeal but I also think that you could have an even greater movie (hard to imagine) with new effects. But would you do modern low-budget effects? And if so, would the movie really benefit from that? Or is this the star treatment where you let ILM or someone like that loose on it to spruce it up as much as possible? I mean, the All-Mighty was intended to be just another guy, not some shiny CGI character but maybe making The Ultimate Evil more impressive... Making some of the starfield effects shinier... But so many of the other films on the list... How does modernization benefit a film like The Secret or NIMH or Rikki Tikki Tavi? Did the recent Peter Cottontail film actually appeal to anyone? And Dune... The issue with Dune is that it needs to be 9 hours long (ok, maybe only 5) and nobody has found a way to break it into manageable chunks. Yeah, I'd love to see the effects improved but the issues with Lynch's Dune film didn't really have to do with the effects. Could you remake Jodorowsky's Dune today successfully without casting Tom Cruise in it as Duke Leto and then having him demand that you rewrite it so that Leto lives and is the hero instead of Paul? I dunno... I guess I see most remakes as an attempt to take a good film and capitalize on its prior success. The Spiderman 3 comment I can see because that film was horrible and needs to be redone decently (and in theory it could be with better acting/directing, independent of modern tech). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 I think you might be taking the exercise too seriously. I don't think we're getting that deep into it beyond 'hey it would be cool to have X in a new style movie' 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Watership Down is the Movie, the book, and Tales from Watership Down. Do I want a follow up to the movie? No. Like I said, I'd like to see it redone with CGI, realistic rabbits, but the same story. Just as bloody. Just as raw. Yes, I'd like an R rated bunny movie. Similar with NIMH, but more fantasy. Same story. PG/PG13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 I do NOT want to see "Turtles: Out of the shadows" "reboot: the guardian code" "star trek voyager" "wonka and the chocolate factory" or other [big bad swear word]ty remake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 It's about the medium of the story for Chuck Jones, NIMH, etc. The modern paint brush is digital animation. RTT would be a good Pixar type animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 For big Trouble in little China I was thinking strictly remaking with little story change. I like the film so much i look past the really shifty monsters and while farcical it was not low budget back then so updating parts i would like to see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Phantom Menace, but it would need heavy re-writes 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 24 minutes ago, Raindog said: Phantom Menace, but it would need heavy re-writes I thought about this one, but I feel it needs rebooted, erased, forgotten. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 hour ago, InfestedKerrigan said: I thought about this one, but I feel it needs rebooted, erased, forgotten. I don't actually think the re-writes for that trilogy would even need to be that heavy. A better director could have gotten way more out of those scripts. There's actually a really solid story underneath all the awful surface details. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, WestRider said: I don't actually think the re-writes for that trilogy would even need to be that heavy. A better director could have gotten way more out of those scripts. There's actually a really solid story underneath all the awful surface details. Well, I'm sure we all know who to thank for the original saga being so damn good. Not the guy behind the prequals hahaha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 On 7/20/2018 at 11:53 AM, Duckman said: And Dune... The issue with Dune is that it needs to be 9 hours long (ok, maybe only 5) and nobody has found a way to break it into manageable chunks. Yeah, I'd love to see the effects improved but the issues with Lynch's Dune film didn't really have to do with the effects. Could you remake Jodorowsky's Dune today successfully without casting Tom Cruise in it as Duke Leto and then having him demand that you rewrite it so that Leto lives and is the hero instead of Paul? The issue with Dune is how the author does the "levels" of dialogue. Each scene includes what is actually happening, what each character thinks the others are thinking, what the Bene Gesserit training suggests the others are thinking, and what is actually being said. This multi-leveled dialogue doesn't work well in cinema. Film length is also a challenge, but it's less of an issue. They could just release a 9 hour movie, not in theaters, but with streaming services, it's feasible to have a really long film that people watch from their own home and just pause when they need to sleep/eat/move around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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