Movie Reboots.... WHEN WILL IT END!!!!

Postby Bourne » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:29 pm

as many of you may know or have heard by know, one of the all time classics Ghostbusters is getting a reboot but not just one reboot but two: one a female reboot and a male reboot the following year,

What I want to know is if im not alone in hating the movie industry trying to remake so many movies, we had Robocop which was meh, then Total Recall which was not even close to the original. What do you all think about these reboots?

Here is the honest trailer for the original Ghostbusters as its fitting I feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM-l_3RaYsk
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Re: Movie Reboots.... WHEN WILL IT END!!!!

Postby Jay Feely » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:26 pm

hollywood running out of original ideas.
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Postby MisterTheEdge » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:46 pm

Is it that Hollywood has run out of ideas or is it that there are no new ideas? Really anything "new" is just repurposed ideas. So reboots are just repurposed ideas. If you are complaining about it now, you'll probably be complaining about it for the rest of your life.
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Re: Movie Reboots.... WHEN WILL IT END!!!!

Postby skybird137 » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:29 pm

There is supposed to be an expression "there is nothing new under the sun."

Personally, how about the film industries remaking a film that wasn't good in the first place, rather than remaking a good movie that ends up falling short.

The Black Hole could be one such candidate, even the movie looks like two films bolted together, with the first part being far superior to the second.

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Postby Fesselfan » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:15 am

Well, in a way it's about the audience, too...after all, these remakes etc *do* get signigicant attention, usually much more than movies containing new concepts or original ideas.
In away, yes, the stories are told again and again...but then, only because they are good.

Having said that, there are a lot of remakes/reboots which produced (IMHO, of course) better results than the originals.

-Batman (the dark knight movies with Bale) - compare that to the cheesy 60's series or the more direct prequels like "Batman&Robin"
-Battlestar Galactica series
-Sherlock
-Superman (haven't seen the reboot, admittedly, but consider the original movies horrible so it can't be worse) :)

And there are surely more than that.

ps: my favourite for a reboot: CAPTAIN FUTURE!!!!!

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Re: Movie Reboots.... WHEN WILL IT END!!!!

Postby skybird137 » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:47 am

The first two (Post Watchman) Batman movies with Michael Keaton were like a breath of fresh air at the time, compared to previous superhero movies, but the latter two were embarrassing in comparison.

The Nolan/Bale Dark Knight Trilogy managed to improve upon that, admittedly to my surprise and I doubt that anyone will be able to make a better version from now on.

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Postby xtc » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:57 am

As a Brit I must say that Americanised remakes of excellent British films (Yes, they do exist) make me spew.
Compare the condescending, execrable re-make of "The Wicker Man" with the quirky original (Director's cut). The same goes for "Lord of the Flies" which didn't even make sense when taken so much out of context. Both re-makes are absolute shite and don't credit their audiences with any intelligence or allow them any scope for creativity while they suffer watch the rubbish.

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Postby NemesisPrime » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:06 pm

Everyone speaks in multiple languages...But gag talk is universal and a sock in your mouth is the perfect translator!

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Postby Bourne » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:07 pm

I see what you did there Nemesis. Also Fesselfan if you mean the BBC Sherlock with Cumberbatch I agree but its not really a remake more of a what if I feel.
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Postby Mister Mistoffelees » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:21 pm

I'll take Sherlock (at least if Gatiss and Company ever get around to doing new episodes) over the horribly done Elementary, in which Holmes is reduced to a crime-fighting Dr. House.

And don't be talking smack about the old Batman series; we got quite a few damsels (and guys) in distress out of that during my twisted formative years... :D
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Postby xtc » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:37 pm

Have to go with Mr. M. on the TV Batman series. The two leads had great comic timing for the throw-away physical jokes. Perhaps they were just not obvious enough for some?
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Postby Bourne » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:45 pm

Mister Mistoffelees wrote:I'll take Sherlock (at least if Gatiss and Company ever get around to doing new episodes) over the horribly done Elementary, in which Holmes is reduced to a crime-fighting Dr. House.

And don't be talking smack about the old Batman series; we got quite a few damsels (and guys) in distress out of that during my twisted formative years... :D


well a series 4 of Sherlock is happening but because of the various movies both lead actors having done movies like the hobbit its been delayed to end of the year when it films last time I checked but we are getting a one of special this year which is set in olden Victorian times
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Postby Reidy » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:30 pm

I read yesterday plans to remake The Naked Gun. Which strikes me as the most ridiculous remake idea yet.

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Postby NemesisPrime » Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:37 am

Reidy wrote:I read yesterday plans to remake The Naked Gun. Which strikes me as the most ridiculous remake idea yet.

And without Lessie Nealson it just won't be the same.
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Postby Mister Mistoffelees » Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:25 pm

Reidy wrote:I read yesterday plans to remake The Naked Gun. Which strikes me as the most ridiculous remake idea yet.

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Re: Movie Reboots.... WHEN WILL IT END!!!!

Postby skybird137 » Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:29 pm

The original Naked Gun also had a rare scene involving safe sex...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YFC0O393DQ

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Postby Chris12 » Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:49 pm

Reboots aren't all bad. The batman ones for example have already been named.

Its easy to blame lazy studios and other shady motives for reboots...because its often right :big: Some reboots are made just to cash in on name recognition, bizarrely enough in a manner that sometimes alienates the old fans while being to old for the name to mean much to a new and younger audience.

But there's also a less cynical reason for it. This one counts more for video games which is also very reboot happy these days but I'm sure it goes for movies as well. Visual media are more popular and more accepted then ever before and has a fanbase quite a lot bigger then it had 20 years before. Asking all those people to go through all previous titles just to understand the latest hot thing coming out probably would be a bit to much for them.

On a case to case basis I'm okay with reboots but I do admit they often fail to match the original for me.

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Postby Kyle » Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:07 pm

Like a lot of things, the problem isn't that reboots are done, it's that everything seems to be in reboot mode right now. Some of them have been done pretty well though.

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Postby xtc » Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:25 pm

Kyle wrote:Like a lot of things, the problem isn't that reboots are done, it's that everything seems to be in reboot mode right now. Some of them have been done pretty well though.


Which ones? Please keep to films. ("movies" in the barbaric tongue) Please remember: I'm old!
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Postby Chris12 » Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:24 pm

The new batman movies seem very successful as far as reboots go. They take their own take on established characters as any reboot but have gained a lot of positive feedback for it.

The dark knight joker was a pop culture thing for a while to a much greater extend comic joker was.

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Postby Bourne » Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:33 pm

when it comes to a series that failed before like Batman and Robin and Planets of the Apes (2000) then I agree it is fair enough and should be done. I personally love the Dredd reboot which I felt was a dark comic book adaption which should get sequels as well
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Postby Jason Toddman » Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:32 pm

Just thought I's throw this into the mix, since it covers this very subject and I petty much agree with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxsx7VKzS0w
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