I saw a trailer on Reelz Channel recently for a remake of Fame. It got me thinking. With everyting coming out on DVD, is there any point in doing remakes? Remakes use to make sense in the past, you didn’t have access to older films, you might catch a favorite movie occasionally on TV, so remaking Thunderball as Never Say Never Again could make money and people would want to see it. But nowadays with the movie Fame and the TV show readily available on DVD so that you can see it any time you want, remaking it doesn’t seem to be a viable option. I know some would argue that there is still worth to be found in remakes as the artists would put there own spin on it like The Goo Goo Dolls did with their remake of Supertramp’s Give a Little Bit. Maybe, but how many people are stil listening to the Goo Goo Dolls’ version compared to Supertramp?
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Neal said
April 20 2009 @ 9:47 am
I think remakes, whether movies or songs, are fine so long as the remake offers some new take on the material, or the original didn’t live up to its potential. However, I’m a little put off by remakes that are simply modernized versions of old movies, which were just fine as they were. For example, I’m really put off by the remake of “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” which is coming out this summer. The original is a classic, in my opinion, and works fine as it is. You know the new movie will simply be slicker and more fast paced with nausea-inducing camera work. To me, it’s just a way for people to cash in on a classic because young movie-goers are not familiar with the original and will go see the remake as if it were a new story.