So.... I wanted to talk about the seemingly current trend of reboots. Why don't we just call them remakes? Call a spade a spade.
"Total Recall" is the most current one I can think of. I could probably see why someone would want it redone. It was originally made in the early 90s. I haven't seen either one. It's understandable why it should be updated. New special effects. jazz it up a bit.
But Twilight? In five years? Wait ten or fifteen. Really, I don't think there's much you could do to improve on this one. Maybe put in the blood-typing scene from the book. Polish up the dialogue.
Isn't it a little too soon for Daredevil?
I haven't heard anyone talk about remaking The Ten Commandments or Ben Hur. Those are the ones that would be interesting. But I bet no one would touch them with a ten-foot pole. Because they're good. They're classics.
I found this list from a couple of years ago on reboots Hollywood's worked on, working on, or just gave up on (as far as I know):
75 Movie Remakes and Reboots....
The Birds??? Seriously?? No... just don't. You don't mess with the Alfred Hitchcock.
The Neverending Story- that might be good. It was a little weird for me. Flight of the Navigator might be good, but I loooved the original.
Red Dawn actually looks good, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes was one rare exception where the sequel of the remake was great.
Here's another dated list: Den of Geek .
If they make a third "28 etc-etc," I'll bet you my paycheck as to what it'll be called. ;-)
Why don't they call 300 "600"? Heeheeeheee.
If you'll look at the second list, a lot of these movies did, or are actually getting, made.
So.... sequels are definitely a hit-or-miss thing.
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