Films that should be remade

"Martin Koolhoven" <koolhoven RemoveThis @xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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> * Casino Royale
> heel, you always read that this was the best James Bond novelle, yet
> they made it in a stupid comedy. Sold before Broccoli bought the rest, I
> think, so isn't a remake like they did with Thunderball?/Never say Never
> Again a possibility? And let Connery play a villain!
>
If you're going to remake Bond movies. don't stop with that one! This is
what Amazon says about the plot of the book "Moonraker"

"Moonraker, Britain's new ICBM-based national defense system, is ready for
testing, but something's not quite right. At M's request, Bond begins his
investigation with Sir Hugo Drax, the leading card shark at M's club, who is
also the head of the Moonraker project. But once Bond delves deeper into the
goings-on at the Moonraker base, he discovers that both the project and its
leader are something other than they appear to be."

Now. does that read like the Moonraker we all know and "love"?
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Nick Macpherson <nmacphe421 DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote:


> The Warriors. A few years ago there was some talk of a remake and film
> geeks were outraged as if The Warriors was some kind of sacred text but
> it's the sort of film that should be remade. It's got a great premise but
> the look of the movie is laughably dated. In the hands of the right
> director, it could be a good movie (though I'd be hesitant to show up on
> opening night).

I dissagree. I love the look and think the film is a masterpiece.
Somehow, it fitted perfectly in the times it was made and to me it still
holds up. It was based on a Greek tragedy and translated very well to
the bleek view on the future of that time. To me the film is linked to
cult classics of around the same period, such as Mad Max, Assault on
Precinct 13 and Escape from New York. They've got something simulair
about them. One could argue that all these films could be remade as
modern action flics, yet I doubt they would do it in a way so I would
even like 'm half as much as the originals.


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Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) - though I fear any modern adaptation
would just totally screw it up.

Plan Nine from Outer Space - With the right scripting I believe it
would make a really great SF film (honest!)

the Green Slime - But they gotta keep the theme song untouched!

Flash Gordon - Loved the DeLaurentis one, but it was just too darn
short!

Actually most remakes would probably ruin the original ideas, they'd
throw in gratuitus nudity and be cussing in every other line, add in
some upstaging actor or actress would try to make it into their own.
Never mind. :-P
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On 16-Sep-2003, "Renderking Fisk" <no_reply_ecfisk.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote:

> "Moonraker, Britain's new ICBM-based national defense system, is ready for
> testing, but something's not quite right. At M's request, Bond begins his
> investigation with Sir Hugo Drax, the leading card shark at M's club, who
> is
> also the head of the Moonraker project. But once Bond delves deeper into
> the
> goings-on at the Moonraker base, he discovers that both the project and
> its
> leader are something other than they appear to be."
>
> Now. does that read like the Moonraker we all know and "love"?

It is exactly like the one I know and Love. But not at all like the movie
of the same name.
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A Face in the Crowd.
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:34:02 +0200, koolhoven RemoveThis @xs4all.nl (Martin
Koolhoven) wrote:

>* Casino Royale
>heel, you always read that this was the best James Bond novelle, yet
>they made it in a stupid comedy. Sold before Broccoli bought the rest, I
>think, so isn't a remake like they did with Thunderball?/Never say Never
>Again a possibility? And let Connery play a villain!
>
>* The Neverending Story
>I rewatched it and it doesn't hold up. Couldn't this be done in a LOTR
>style?
>
>* Dune
>Also with LOTR as a rolemodel. Three films by a good director.
>
>* Dogville
>Could make a great western, far superior over Triers nonsense.
>
>* Memento
>Great material for a comedy.......
>
>(And why doesn't anybody jump on The Hobbit?)

Final Countdown. Instead of the usual Hollywood terror of science,
future events, don't fool with mother nature, etc, bomb the Japanese
fleet off the face of the Earth.
And when Sheen says "Franklin Delano Roosevelt" as if to say "We're
going to serve under him??", Kirk Douglas's replacement can say
"Would it be as bad as having to serve under Jimmy Carter???"
-Rich
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DavesVideo <davesvideo RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:

> The classic is fine just as it is, however a version released a while back
> with a rock sound track did I think really do justice to the imagery.

It was the most moronic mutilation af any film I've ever seen. Moroder
should be locked up for it.

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DavesVideo <davesvideo RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:

> Re: the relase of Netropolis with rock sound track Martin Koolhoven said:
>
> >>It was the most moronic mutilation af any film I've ever seen. Moroder
> should be locked up for it.
>
> I'm curious as to what you didn't like about it. Was it just the sound track?

That was the thing that did it, yeah. Freddy Mercury and Bonny Tyler....
it was horrible.


> Otherwise, it was pretty much as I rememberd previous releases. They did tint
> some scenes, but that was in keeping with a tradition in the black and white
> days where whole scenes were tinted to give a feeling. Not sure if Metropolis
> was ever released that way before, but it's not like they colorized it.

It was suposedly like lang would have liked it. personally I think it
looked silly.
Also they claimed it was the longest version ever, but I saw only
shortly after a longer version, with scenes that were missing in
Moroder's version. Anuway, according to imdb this version was 87
minutes.
There are versions of about 150 minutes around.


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"Renderking Fisk" <no_reply_ecfisk.DeleteThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message <5wF9b.19563$Aq2.11227@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>

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> "Martin Koolhoven" <koolhoven.DeleteThis@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
> news:1g1duin.1uqrd8lfvt0c7N%koolhoven@xs4all.nl...
> > * Casino Royale
> > heel, you always read that this was the best James Bond novelle, yet
> > they made it in a stupid comedy. Sold before Broccoli bought the rest, I
> > think, so isn't a remake like they did with Thunderball?/Never say Never
> > Again a possibility? And let Connery play a villain!
> >
> If you're going to remake Bond movies. don't stop with that one! This is
> what Amazon says about the plot of the book "Moonraker"
>
> "Moonraker, Britain's new ICBM-based national defense system, is ready for
> testing, but something's not quite right. At M's request, Bond begins his
> investigation with Sir Hugo Drax, the leading card shark at M's club, who is
> also the head of the Moonraker project. But once Bond delves deeper into the
> goings-on at the Moonraker base, he discovers that both the project and its
> leader are something other than they appear to be."
>
> Now. does that read like the Moonraker we all know and "love"?
>
Yeah, I'd love to see Fleming's Moonraker done as a period piece.
Great car chase - Sixties space tech - plus the one girl who turns Bond
down for another guy...

-- Curry
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I'ld like to see The Rains of Ranchipur (The Rains Came) remade and this
time, just for the hell of it, stick to the book. Erich Maria Remarque (All
Quiet on the Western Front; Arch of Triumph, A Night in Lisbon) said it was
one of the best works of the 20th century. You sure don't get that
impression from the two movie versions I've seen.
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Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Tony Vella wrote:

> I'ld like to see The Rains of Ranchipur (The Rains Came) remade and this
> time, just for the hell of it, stick to the book. Erich Maria Remarque (All
> Quiet on the Western Front; Arch of Triumph, A Night in Lisbon) said it was
> one of the best works of the 20th century. You sure don't get that
> impression from the two movie versions I've seen.

But Myrna Loy was pretty hot in her version (mind you, I got to see it on
the big screen, which probably helped).

swac
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"Stephen Cooke" <am082.TakeThisOut@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Tony Vella wrote:
>
> > I'ld like to see The Rains of Ranchipur (The Rains Came) remade and this
> > time, just for the hell of it, stick to the book. Erich Maria Remarque
(All
> > Quiet on the Western Front; Arch of Triumph, A Night in Lisbon) said it
was
> > one of the best works of the 20th century. You sure don't get that
> > impression from the two movie versions I've seen.
>
> But Myrna Loy was pretty hot in her version (mind you, I got to see it on
> the big screen, which probably helped).

My partner loves this version; it's one of the few places where we really
part company on films. But he has always had a major crush on Tyrone Power;
he also loves _Blood and Sand_, which I cannot watch, but claims it's
because of Rita Hayworth. Myself, whenever Maria Ouspenskaya is off the
screen, I lose interest in _The Rains Came_,

--
Frank in Seattle

___________

Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney

"I leave you now in radiant contentment"
-- "Whistling in the Dark"
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Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote:
> "Stephen Cooke" <am082.DeleteThis@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Tony Vella wrote:
>>
>>> I'ld like to see The Rains of Ranchipur (The Rains Came) remade and
>>> this time, just for the hell of it, stick to the book. Erich Maria
>>> Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front; Arch of Triumph, A Night
>>> in Lisbon) said it was one of the best works of the 20th century.
>>> You sure don't get that impression from the two movie versions I've
>>> seen.
>>
>> But Myrna Loy was pretty hot in her version (mind you, I got to see
>> it on the big screen, which probably helped).
>
> My partner loves this version; it's one of the few places where we
> really part company on films. But he has always had a major crush on
> Tyrone Power; he also loves _Blood and Sand_, which I cannot watch,
> but claims it's
> because of Rita Hayworth. Myself, whenever Maria Ouspenskaya is off
> the screen, I lose interest in _The Rains Came_,

Legend has it that when Blasco Ibanez watched the Valentino 1922 version of
Blood and Sand he was unaware until well into the movie that it was actually
based on his Sangre y Arena. In the later version I find Tyrone Power
rather unconvincing as a matador. Francisco Gomez Delgado who was
responsible for instructing Power in movements, stances, etc. in the ring
and also to double for TP in bullfight scenes was out of his depth in my
humble opinion (you can see him leaning away from the bull during passes and
then leaning back into the bull once the horns are passed). It would be a
perfect moment in time right now to remake this movie bringing Rincon and
Benitez out of retirement, the first to film passes and the second to
provide instruction. The corrida is not very PC right now so you might have
a problem finding actors for the roles of Gallardo and his quadrilla
members.

And speaking of Blasco Ibanez, shouldn't his Four Horsemen be given another
look hopefully by someone who has read the novel from start to finish?

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Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada
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