I think a major problem with remakes comes from the fact that a movie that wasn't really loved by someone isn't going to get remade & when you already love something that much, all you're doing by attempting to remake it is recapture something & not make art. Vice versa, if you hire someone to remake something that's already good as is, it's hard for them to be as invested, because it makes them feel like a hack.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
That’s why I feel like the most successful remakes, for the most part, don’t really feel like the same movie at all. More like using the original as a loose guide for themes and plot points, but other than that you’re free to change the setting, the era, the genre, literally anything! Trying to outdo the original at what it’s known for is rarely ever going to work! Unfortunately, most remakes play it way too safe and just make the same movie again.
@zackreed6010 Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction amen to that Gene. Thank you for the time and observation. You have great content and I look forward to getting to know you better. Take care!
@RTU130 Жыл бұрын
Yea
@deadplthebadass21 Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction did someone say Scarface lol Edit: a movie so good a lot of people didn't even know it was a remake
@smokedbeefandcheese4144 Жыл бұрын
That just sounds like imposter syndrome plus skill issue. But I understand what you’re saying. I feel like another problem is it will always be received as a remake. Unless it is so good that people forget about the original. Like that song the house of the rising sun. It is a cover but most of the time people play the animals version.
@bluebugaboo3344 Жыл бұрын
The capsule didn't land on the moon twice, it was just edited in the wrong order. The reason I know this is because if you watch the 1956 film Around the World in 80 days, they played the film A Trip to the Moon and there you can see that they edited the scene in the right order.
@alface935 Жыл бұрын
Wait WHAT?
@bluebugaboo3344 Жыл бұрын
@@alface935 Watch the 1956 film Around the World in 80 days and you see what I mean.
@alface935 Жыл бұрын
@@bluebugaboo3344 Ok
@swampfire6600 Жыл бұрын
@@bluebugaboo3344 where could i find it if its on any streaming service?
@bluebugaboo3344 Жыл бұрын
@@swampfire6600 Here's one kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrSEjZiEkr6yqWg.html&ab_channel=KZfaqMovies If you Google it, it will show more options.
@Steven_Andreyechen Жыл бұрын
I always think back to one of the Documentaries about the Wizard of Oz that was included on one of its dvd releases, where one of the people interviewed said that it’s sort of pointless to remake good films because they wouldn’t really benefit from it, you should remake the ones that missed the mark the first time around.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
That’s a good way to look at it! Although one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so you’ll never be able to please everyone by remaking a movie, good or bad.
@Steven_Andreyechen Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction Absolutely, every film is bound to be some one’s favourite, but I think the general sentiment is meant to be that some benefit more than others from being remade
@thecactussword4304 Жыл бұрын
@@Steven_Andreyechen I would much rather see a remake of Mr. Sardonicus or The Black Cauldron over a remake of There Will Be Blood or The Brave Little Toaster.
@CostumersManifesto Жыл бұрын
Which in fact was what they did in 1939, make a better version of the Wizard of Oz than the 1910 version.
@HydraSpectre1138 Жыл бұрын
A Wild Wild West remake actually sounds like a great idea.
@guy-sl3kr Жыл бұрын
Making the moon swallow the spaceship instead of getting gored by it is such a baffling decision. Maybe it's just my modern bias speaking, but if you're gonna change that aspect of the film then why bother remaking it at all? Also idk how anti-imperialist it is when the plot is basically the astronomers going on a murder spree in a foreign country then kidnapping a random person to use as a zoo exhibit.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy baffling! It would be like remaking “Back to the Future” without the DeLorean!” Méliès was very much anti-imperialist in nature, and he actually drew many of these political caricatures for the publication “La Griffe” in the 1880s using the pseudonym “Geo. Smile.” The anti-imperialist message in “Trip to the Moon” comes from how the astronomers are portrayed throughout the film. This satire only really becomes clear in the final scene of the film, which was usually edited out by distributors (for the very reason to omit this message), and considered lost until recent decades. Here, the astronomers are very much the butt of the joke from our point of view - they are being hailed as brave conquerers (receiving comically large medals and a ham-fisted statue) despite the fact that they really do very little conquering for much of the film - they sleep, they are captured and they run away - the “prisoner” they bring back to earth is more of an accidental stowaway. But of course, this is kept secret by themselves, who seek the fame of the public who, at the time, would have largely seen imperial conquest as a positive thing. They didn’t actually “conquer” the moon, despite their statue quite literally depicting it. They were very easily driven out by the natives. It’s an aspect of the film that’s rarely spoken about since the final scene was considered lost for so long, but an aspect which ads so much depth to the film as a satire. It really shows Méliès brilliance that such a slight narrative of his can still have multiple layers to consider!
@guy-sl3kr Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction Are you referring to the scene where the crowd dances in a circle around the statue of an astronomer stepping on the moon? I thought the people were just celebrating the moon landing/moon impaling. I mean, they're the first people to have landed on the moon, right? So I interpreted the ending as the dudes being celebrated as explorers, not conquerors. Besides, even though they ran away, they _did_ kill the king and like 5 other natives. I wouldn't call that being easily driven out considering the astronomers suffered no harm themselves. idk I guess I'm just not seeing the satire here.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
That’s fair, although I do personally think that the “stepping on the moon” statue, or stepping on anything in that pose for that matter, definitely denotes conquest. Although I do concede that anti-imperialist or not, the narrative is very slight and open to interpretation, which is a good advantage of old films not heavy on plot, I think. I think some of the argument also does come from Méliès’ own history with satirising empire through published caricatures, and how that might be reflected in this film which certainly does touch on the topic in one way or another.
@guy-sl3kr Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction I'm not familiar with anything else Méliès has done so I'm probably missing a lot of context there. I'm glad one of us appreciates old films though! I find them stuffy at best 😅
@sneedmando186 Жыл бұрын
To our eyes it may appear as satire, I wonder if people then would have seen it as such.
@bunk-o2495 Жыл бұрын
in concept the most offensive remake to me is Ben Hur (2016) like, how does someone go, "yeah Ben Hur, what a stinker, just very visually and technically boring, we can fix it, all 11 of those Oscars were flukes" my god the hubris of greed like that. anyway great video!
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
So many remakes absolutely reek of hubris! Like I said, not all remakes are bad but some originals should just never be touched with a ten-meter pole! Thanks for the comment!
@artirony410 Жыл бұрын
to be fair, the 1950s Ben Hur was a remake of a remake lol
@OuterGalaxyLounge Жыл бұрын
You realize that the '59 Ben Hur was a remake of a massive and pretty good MGM silent 1920s spectacular, which itself was a remake of earlier silent versions, right?
@bunk-o2495 Жыл бұрын
@@OuterGalaxyLounge I do know that, but when I watched the 2016 version, huge chunks of it felt like, to me, way to close to shot for shot redos of the 1959 film, which is the film that is reasonably assumed to be the version most current viewers and those who made the movie, are probably the most familiar with. So it's certainly a presumption on my part, as I can't truly know what was going on in the film maker's heads but, when watching that version in particular I couldn't help but feel that the main point the studio had in making was that we have computers now, and so they could finally "make it right" which to me just felt really gross and presumptuous, especially when speaking of a film that is that well renowned in its visual presentation. Perhaps contemporary people felt similarly to the 59 version, but for me that movie was what immediately popped into mind as an example of a remake that wasn't made because it had anything truly unique to bring to an adaptation, but simply because they thought they could do it 'better'
@erraticonteuse Жыл бұрын
@@OuterGalaxyLounge Do you realize that Ben-Hur was a novel before it was any movie?
@EmployeeAMillion Жыл бұрын
Pinocchio is my favourite film, so it sucks to see it get such a mishandled live action remake. The real (and most cynical) reason Disney keeps making these is because they think “cartoons=kids stuff, live action=adult stuff”. Former CEO Bob Chapek even said it in an interview recently. It’s a really bad way of categorising animation, because plenty of adults still watch it. The only adults watching the live action remakes are parents who were tricked into remembering the originals existed, and expecting something more for them. A few decades ago, Disney’s strategy of adding onto their animated movie catalog was to produce cheaper spin-off shows and direct to video sequels, make their movies franchises in their own right. The results were hardly ever great, but I’d rather those return than them keep pranking parents with these live action remakes.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
It’s a shame what they did with Pinocchio in particular - one would think they’d handle such an influential Disney icon with more care (Wish Upon a Star is literally the Disney theme now!) The industry’s attitude towards animation in general is quite disheartening. Or when they try to lump all animation together as a “genre” rather than a filmmaking technique.
@gmanley1 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, the same argument could be said for live-action is for kids, like animation.
@RTU130 Жыл бұрын
True
@FleppyTheClown Жыл бұрын
Disney does not think that, in fact there are many high-ranking members at Disney trying to get adult animation more oriented into their platform, or at least more animation that adults can enjoy
@gmanley1 Жыл бұрын
@@FleppyTheClown Exactly.
@TheWarmotor Жыл бұрын
I love that Disney went from being a beloved touchstone of generations of childhoods to the most potent icon of soulless corporate greed. They lived long enough to see themselves become the villian :)
@felipea1399 Жыл бұрын
They never were the good guys. Look at how they pushed back the Mickey Mouse copyright with every possible chance or how Walt Disney sympathised with Nazis
@coolstopmotionpics590 Жыл бұрын
Remakes aren’t a bad idea, they can illustrate other artists visions on the same story, but they have to have something to tell, like 1982’s The Thing, 1984’s Scarface, 1986’s the fly, 1986’s little shop of horrors, 1998’s The Parent Trap or 2005’s King Kong, and I could go on and on pointing out all the great remakes in cinema history. The problem comes when you have studios like Disney uses this concept to create a decal of their previous movies basing themselves by the Nostalgia to have some easy money. Yes there are other remakes that don’t work and are not like the Disney ones, like 2014’s Robocop or 2012’s Total Recall. But their problem does not come from the fact they’re remakes instead it comes from the fact that they’re bad movies even if they were original. So it is not just: Remake=bad Original=good
@MissCaraMint Жыл бұрын
There is a reason we have hundreds of takes on Cinderella. It’s a familiar fairytale that allows for people to explore themes that are still relevant to humanity today. There are so many great versions, and so many also who are clearly just going through the motions.
@RubykonCubes3668 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, i agree! The author of the "Fruits Basket" manga was definitly in favor of a remake of an anime adaptation (because there was one made back in 2001). Rumor has it that she didn't really like that her early artstyle was adopted anyway, so the anime that came out in 2019 is more fit to her artistic vision. To be fair; this is one of the case scenarios where i see a remake making sense. Not like the heavy hit-and-miss disney is pulling nowadays.
@mojotheaverage Жыл бұрын
I've never seen the point of remaking beloved classic films, especially when you're just doing a shot for shot recreation. I genuinely think that the best use for remakes is to take a weak or forgotten film that had a lot of promise or an interesting concept that was poorly executed and bring out its potential. Best example of this is John Carpenter's The Thing which took a pretty schlocky, barely remembered horror movie based on a much more interesting book and remade it into a veritable classic
@IMAL0ST1 Жыл бұрын
so truu
@KoopaMedia64 Жыл бұрын
The Howard Hawks original is still worth watching
@NoahSpurrier Жыл бұрын
Both versions of 3:10 To Yuma were good. Both versions of the Fly were good. Both versions of The Thing were good… Invasion of The Body Snatchers… the Last Man of Earth/Omega Man/ I Am Legend.
@cartervandenberg4771 Жыл бұрын
I watched the Jungle Book remake when it came out and I hadn't even watched the original, but I could still tell I was watching the inferior version of something. In the words of Bennett Foddy, "They're trash, and I don't mean they look bad or that they're badly made, although a lot of them are. I mean they're trash in a way that food becomes trash as soon as you put them in a sink. Things are made to be consumed and used in a certain context, and once the moment is gone, they transform into garbage"
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
It’s mad because I think The Jungle Book is my favourite of all the Disney remakes, but it’s still funny how true that quote is in this context!
@MrChristianDT Жыл бұрын
You know what is a legitimately good remake? The 1970s version of King Kong.
@caseysmith544 Жыл бұрын
which remake, the 1999 or the 2010's one?
@cartervandenberg4771 Жыл бұрын
@@caseysmith544 The 2010's one holy shit there's one from the 90s??? ... Is it good?
@caseysmith544 Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction Yes the 2010's one is but the really long 1999 movie that used Bruce Lee's son to play the adult character is trash as for kids movie the thing is nearly 3 hours making more for teen and teen do not want to watch a movie like this. If Disney wanted to make a movie about the Jungle book the adult parts of the story, they should have done a Jungle Book 2 and kept the next part going in a close style of cartoon doing the adult part, not do this mistake where they glance over the kid part to get to this long drawn out version of the original. That 1999 101 Dalmatians was a good but not great remake of the original movie, they could have used a better actor for one of the parts for the Wife and the Guy who have the original 6 dogs.
@calessel3139 Жыл бұрын
For what it's worth, out of curiosity about five years ago I tested to see if it was true that remade movies are worse than originals, at least as a measure of audience approval. I went through all the remakes listed on Rotten Tomatoes & IMDB tallying each film's critic & audience scores. The results are enumerated below: Of around 130 remakes listed at the time, only 20 rated the same or better than the original in approval (15% of the total). Of this group about half were considered much better than the original film (ie. rated 15%+ higher approval). Conversely, 85 of the remakes scored worse than the original film (ie. rated 15%+ lower in approval). Within this domain, over 50 were rated much below the original movie (ie. rated at 40%+ lower in approval) with about a dozen rating 70% below the original in approval (the 2010 remake of Nightmare on Elmstreet being the worst rated film remake at 15% approval vs the original 1984 version rating at 93% or a drop of 78%!). So according to this, albeit crude, assessment, only about 8% of remakes are much better than originals, 8% are about the same, 84% are worse. Of the worse group, about 50% are much worse than average and 10% could be generously called abysmal.
@Drane_ Жыл бұрын
What're the movies you saw that were better than the original?
@DANIELMABUSE Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, we do not have the counterfactual ratings of the same (remade) films if they were not remakes. Its quite natural to decry a film simply because it is a remake. This produces a problem with these comparative ratings.
@Enriqueguiones Жыл бұрын
Segundo de Chomón was a genius as great as Melies, considered by many film historians as the inventor of the stop-motion. Sadly, he died completely forgotten and as poor as a rat. In the 1910s, obtaining physical copies of certain movies was extremely difficult and the concept of "remaking a film" wasn't far removed from "re-staging a play". Even the rights over a movie were tied to the celluloid, and not it contents. Chomón was asked to make a new version of "Trip to the moon" because there was not enough copies of the original around and it was a very popular film at the time, specially among children. He added some stuff like the moon "eating" the ship because he DID NOT WANT to make a shot-by-shot remake. Shortly after, Chomón went to make the complex special effects of the italian epic "Cabiria": the first modern movie (predating "The birth of a nation" by two years).
@jaywhangmakes20 күн бұрын
Exactly
@DanielTGaming Жыл бұрын
Just found this video in my recommended, and I was surprised with how small your channel is. A Trip To The Moon was a silent film I was personally fascinated with ever since I saw the 2011 recolored version with that new Air soundtrack on Netflix. So hearing about all of this adds a whole other perspective to that movie.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for your comment! I’ve been fascinated by Méliès ever since I saw the film “Hugo” when it came out. He’s been a largely influential figure for me since then. It always feels like there’s something new to learn about his life and work. I’m really glad you enjoyed the video! :)
@thesovietarcade Жыл бұрын
The best remake of Trip to the Moon is the Tonight Tonight music video. Such a classic in it's own right, and introduced me to Méliès.
@Laffinatu Жыл бұрын
(I apologize for the length but I feel compelled to share my thoughts, even if not shared by others.) I enjoyed your breakdown immensely! You opened my eyes to a problem that a lot of major IP franchises are facing and its mostly all due to Disney farting out what it can to lure fans into the cinema or worse- to keep them subscribing to streaming platforms with subpar productions and it’s all to make the stockholders happy. What I’m getting at is that in a way, they’ve taken the idea of the Méliès method of structuring films and made all sorts of unbearable movies where the studios throw out anything resembling a script, ignore the input of creatives best suited to handle these productions then Studio execs have directors blindly shoot with actors, effects, and stunts, only to assemble the final cut in an editing room piecing together a complete misunderstanding of the original IP themes without a coherent narrative. -ahem- Star Wars Sequel Trilogy-ahem They are banking on the spectacle and nostalgia being all viewers need. Only there isn’t a spectacle. They assume we will love these soulless shots and stunts with familiar faces and set pieces littered about. There are many videos going into this, but you, good sir, have in a way given a more clear answer as to what method, if any, Disney and Lucasfilm are using. Now this may be a bit off topic, but it’s the same way Méliès would assemble his spectacles and amazing visuals that were groundbreaking and stunning for the time that the narrative wasn’t the important part, although it served a purpose. It works. Taking this method and applying it to a series or saga of features with strong narratives and characters just doesn’t work. Akin to the South Park episode where we discover Family Guy jokes are written by a group of captive manatees that select at random cutaways and senseless humor, Disney is embracing this as an actual means of production. Thanks again for bringing this all to light about remakes, originality isn’t dead, respect for our predecessors and their art is what’s at death’s doorstep. “A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.” George Lucas
@kristian3466 Жыл бұрын
I must admit that when you mentioned The Mummy at 15.30 I got confused. At first I thought you meant the 1999 Brendan Fraser and the 1932 Boris Karloff movies, and was taken aback, like "Wasn't the 1999 one universally loved, and barely a remake of the 1932 one?" Then after googling, I found out about the 2017 version. I guess it was so underwhelming that I never even heard about it... Anyway, good job with the video! I've long been interested in early film history, but I didn't know someone remade A Trip to the Moon, so I learned something new there :)
@amentco8445 Жыл бұрын
look up the unfinished audio mummy trailer, that's what that clip is from
@Saavik256 Жыл бұрын
The 2017 one was originally planned out way differently, but then Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise turned it into a shitshow with his demands and changes to the script. That being said, it's still a fairly entertaining brainless action movie, if you take it that way. (Because it is)
@kbone797 Жыл бұрын
That moon face is literally something out of my nightmares
@eggnite4144 Жыл бұрын
Fr fr
@someguy7777 Жыл бұрын
"Film Remakes Were Always a Bad Idea " john carpenter:*angrily smoke chains*
@anubusx Жыл бұрын
Alien was a remake of IT The Terror From Beyond Space.
@Tymbus Жыл бұрын
Yeah. His version of The Thing was brilliant!
@noodlearg9745 Жыл бұрын
i like the way this dude says film. it’s just so nice. i mean this in the most genuine way possible
@69Jackjones69 Жыл бұрын
Filum
@DeleightofThere Жыл бұрын
Scotish and Irish people often pronounce film as fillum apparently. Not sure where this guy is from as his accent doesn't sound like either, but perhaps has some influence from one or the other. I find it fascinating and unique.
@codyb3232 Жыл бұрын
I thought it was a great video, but that's the one part that was getting annoying to me hahaha "fill-uhm"... sounds like nails on a chalk board haha
@BrandonPilcher Жыл бұрын
I do like the 2005 remake of King Kong. Sure, it suffered from Peter Jackson’s self-indulgent tendencies, but it was nice to see updates to the story, visuals, and portrayal of certain subject matter (e.g. gorillas and dinosaurs). The 1933 original is horribly dated in a number of ways, so remaking it with modern visuals and attitudes made some sense.
@Yatukih_001 Жыл бұрын
Not always. There are some remakes which are excellent in my opinion. But hey thanks for this video! Shadow of the Vampire is one of the most outstanding, shining examples of successful remakes or attempts at a remake. Well done and excellent presentation! Kind regards from Ásgeir in Iceland.
@Dave5400 Жыл бұрын
At the end of the day, there are only so many basic plots for a film. Most of the differences in films are just padding like where or when they are set. Still the same old sagas of "unexpected romantic entanglements that actually work out great" or "oops, we've accidentally created something evil that was meant for good", but the trick is to add something new by putting a different and innovative twist on them, which of course needs to be executed well in order to work. As you say, there have always been remakes of old films and re-hashes of old plots, but there just doesn't really seem to be any films that add anything to the classic films or classic plots as of late. CGI has certainly come a long way in the past 20 years, but seemingly not much else has in my opinion and the same can be said for video games. "Good graphics do not a good film make", as your Disney examples prove. Novelty in characters and innovations in filmmaking are the only way films can improve and today they seem rarer than ever probably due to the sheer number of them constantly being made. I really couldn't tell you the last modern-day film I watched or video game I played that I really thought "Wow, that was interesting. Never seen that before". The Wizard of Oz had the novelty of colour, Disney had animated feature films, Wallace and Gromit had claymation, The Matrix had its mind bending plot, and so you get the idea. How many incarnations of Superman, Star Wars, A Christmas Carol, King Kong, James Bond ....... can you really have whilst still keeping it interesting? I don't really see the value in watching a new version of Aladdin (which I did at Christmas) only to discover it is a near clone of the original, even down to the same songs and an almost identical script. I already know the plot, I am fairly familiar with the music, the actors aren't necessarily any better, and the original was great anyways. What is the point in tainting the memories of the classics by watching a remake unless the original was crap? Maybe I'm just a miserable git, but that's what I think about films.
@rotroom Жыл бұрын
trip to the moon reminds me of the reasons i love dark crystal so much. something so magical about practical effects in a way special effects n cgi could never emulate. a magic show with a narrative. that's how id also describe dark crystal. both so beautiful :)
@SPSax4 Жыл бұрын
So this what the moon from that film is what Futurama was referencing in the Whalers on the Moon Amusement Park episode. They really keep some obscure easter eggs lol
@deniseb.4656 Жыл бұрын
I'm gonna make my own amusement park. With black jack and hookers.
@daveindezmenez Жыл бұрын
There's one aspect of remakes that wasn't mentioned - when the original didn't get it right the first time and it had to be done again in order to get the material right or, briefly mentioned in this video, where someone can add something new to the story. In the case of the first there are a number of examples where the "remake" actually ends up being the superior film: "The Wizard of Oz" (at least 2 previous versions) and "The Maltese Falcon" (3 versions before John Huston made the definitive version. For the latter, "The Thomas Crown Affair" comes to mind where the premise of a bank robbery is changed to that of a art museum heist and made all the more interesting for it. It comes across as just as good of movie in my opinion and I wouldn't discard either one. As far as I'm concerned remakes shouldn't be made because the original was successful but because there's lots of room to make it better.
@Thebigketchupman Жыл бұрын
I am baffled that you have only this many subs, this was such a good video. Keep it up man!
@PlutoniumBoss Жыл бұрын
This is why I appreciated the Robocop remake more than most remakes. It wasn't perfect, but it tried to have its own identity and its own angle on the story. It is better to aim for excellence and land in mediocrity than to aim for mediocrity and hit it.
@matheus5230 Жыл бұрын
When one reads about the writing process of these old classic Disney films such as Pinocchio, you see that the very simple narrative was completely intentional. Walt encouraged everyone to keep the stories as simple and basic as possible, because it allows for greater freedom with what you can do in the animation, its charm and the characters as well.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
It really does show in the final animation of those older films!
@ExtremeWreck Жыл бұрын
The moon in the remake looks like something you find in some really obscure movie from like the 80s or 90s that barely anybody knows about & is some of the absolute most mind bogglingly bizarre pieces of mind screw to have ever been put together.
@acessoriesnotincluded2597 Жыл бұрын
I loved this video, and I am glad I stayed until the end. I very much enjoyed the history and analysts of early and modern films. I hope that Gene will get to 10,000 subs this year!
@artemis2027 Жыл бұрын
There's a movie which has a theme of old films and it is amazing. It's called Hugo and is just a good film that barely anyone ever talks about
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
Hugo is one of my favourites! My first introduction to Méliès and Scorsese when I was younger. I’d love to do a video about it in the future!
@honilock577 Жыл бұрын
I love random videos like this. A refreshing "phew" from the endless slew of recommended videos. I hope you gain traction. This video was REALLY good.
@anthonydarter Жыл бұрын
To be fair, John Huston's 'The Maltese Falcon' was the third version of the book, so remakes can be great.
@troin3925 Жыл бұрын
A Trip To The Moon is a loose adaptation of H.G. Wells’ First Men in The Moon. Like how Nosferatu was an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
@josephcowan6779 Жыл бұрын
@Jordan Marks It kind of combined both ideas, and added new ones. The cannon shooting the bullet shaped rocket was from Jules Verne. The selenites, and the struggle with them inside the moon were from HG Wells. In neither were there a group of astronomers, or the ending with a selenite prisoner or a parade.
@KlaxontheImpailr Жыл бұрын
The moon lady eating the pod is funny as hell to me for some reason. 😂
@crazydog4626 Жыл бұрын
A good Pinocchio remake that you didn’t mention was the 2020 one, it is still the story, but it adds on the dark story that the original book had, it resembles more the book than the 1940 Disney movie, which is how i think a good remake should be, adding on to the original or even resembling the book even more (if it’s based on a book of course)
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
I’ve not seen 2020’s Pinocchio, but from what I’ve seen it looks quite creative. It sounds more like an adaptation of the book than a remake of the 1940 film, similar to Del Toro’s Pinocchio last year, which must work in its favour.
@TimoIvvie Жыл бұрын
Dude, only 430 subs!? You deserve more, this is quality content! Keep going!
@Taminaro Жыл бұрын
heres a cool funfact: my grandpas dad was french and his uncle was working at the movie theatre where the trip to the moon first "premiered", so my grandpas dad got free tickets to the movie!
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
That’s unbelievable! What a lucky guy :D
@bubbytumby8509 Жыл бұрын
You should do a review/ analysis of HUGO. The movie Hugo was my introduction to a trip to the moon. I would love you going into it
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
I adore Hugo! It was my own introduction to the life and works of Méliès, which had been very influential for me over the years! I just recently watched it over Christmas, actually. I’d love to make a video on it if I think of something I can add to the discourse, rather than just a general review! Thanks for the comment 😄
@CodenameJameslee Жыл бұрын
Here's my favourite movie remakes: Dredd 2012 Scarface Bladerunner 2049 Funny Games 2006 The Things Tron 2009 The Ring Casino Royale Insomnia 12 monkeys 1995 The Magnificent 7 1960 Zodiac 2007 the girl with the dragon tattoo 2007 Heat Fist full of dollars The departed Reservoir dogs Ocean's 11 2011 Cape fear War of the wolds The Planet of the Apes trilogy Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Suspiria 2018 (this is technically not a remake but I'm still gonna put it in) *Edit I forgot about: Perfect blue/Black Swan Devilman Crybaby It 2017 Mad max fury road FREAKY FRIDAY 2003 I AM LEGEND 2007 HALLOWEEN 2007 THE MUMMY 1999 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 2005 (it that bad ngl) Vanilla Sky Dune Invasion The fly Remake aren't the problem, greedy film studios trying to make money out of old projects without putting any care, effort, or respect to the og is the real problem
@rolloxra670 Жыл бұрын
Bladerunner 2049 isn’t a remake, it’s a sequel
@CodenameJameslee Жыл бұрын
@@rolloxra670:/
@employee4272 Жыл бұрын
Tron 2009 is technically a sequel.
@RareCinephile Жыл бұрын
I’ve yet to see Perfect Blue, but Black Swan is my favorite film ever, so I agree.
@train_go_boom2065 Жыл бұрын
King Kong 2005
@davidmccann9811 Жыл бұрын
I think remakes work best when the remake is not a carbon copy of the original. So for example, the 1982 'The Thing' was a remake of the 1951, 'Thing from Another World.' Both share pretty much the same story line, but are so different that they are both great movies. We also love some movies because we find them nostalgic (warts and all) and they bring back great memories. So when they are remade scene for scene, but with a load of CGI thrown in, it just doesn't work for most of us.
@Plumtopia Жыл бұрын
I think a big reason a lot of good remakes are good is because of how cultural and regulation standards have changed The 2017 IT was allowed to explore the story of the book a lot more fully than the 1990 film that was restricted to TV content standards. Scarface and The Thing were allowed to explore much darker and visceral themes in the remakes than would have been culturally accepted when the original versions came out. And a lot of bad remakes are ones where the films potential wasn't held back by what audiences/ratings boards were willing to accept. Cinderella and jungle book didn't have any themes or concepts that could be/needed to be expanded on by changing standards. RoboCop and Total Recall had their visceral impact and darker themes neutered by a more marketable PG-13 rating, and as such the originals were *less* held back than the remakes.
@styleissubstance Жыл бұрын
Really good video. I just wish there was more commentary on the corporate cynicism underlying newer films pushed by studios. Regardless, keep up the good work. I'll keep my eye on this channel.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, it’s much appreciated :)
@Drue7 Жыл бұрын
I dunno know why they feel the need to remake movies we already love and adore. They should remake the movies that we hate and try to make those ones better than the original.
@adamhickey396 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Never seen or heard of Excursion to the Moon but that image of the Moon eating that spaceship is pure nightmare fuel in terms of it looking very bizarre and poor compared to Melies. I actually think that the remake version is also stealing from Melies's other movie The Impossible Voyage where the sun eats a train. I know of both of those movies simply because it features heavily in the music video to my all time favourite Queen song "Heaven For Everyone". Something tells me that that image of the moon eating that rocket is going to blow up into a meme after this...
@LegoManiac_101 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t know that there was a remake of “A Trip to the Moon”.
@j.tgrooms Жыл бұрын
Didn't know there were remakes of films in the early days of movies
@AvidSonicFan Жыл бұрын
If these remakes are created as a replacement for the original, why can't these studios actually delist the older movies and pretend they never existed in the first place?! This is what happened with a couple video games lately, with Gearbox delisting all older versions of Duke Nukem 3D with the inferior "20th Anniversary World Tour", and with SEGA delisting Sonic the Hedgehog 1-3 & CD with Sonic Origins. I would also say Lucasfilm with the Star Wars Special Editions due to the studio's arrogance on insisting the unaltered trilogy never existed, but I don't count those as remakes...
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
Even if they’re not remakes per se, the fact that you can’t get an “official” version of the original Star Wars trilogy is such a tragedy!
@malusclarion3527 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely underrated channel.
@derworfnetАй бұрын
Funny thing is, I didn’t knew for the longest time that _Trip to the Moon_ was remade and I actually watched the remake first when I was a child. So when I watched the Original much, much later, I was confused that the Capsule *didn‘t* fly into the moon‘s mouth and assumed a Mandela-effect.
@mr.cheese8604 Жыл бұрын
I think remakes can sometimes be warranted. When I think of good remakes, I usually think of 1959 Ben Hur. A movie that took a 1920s silent blockbuster and turning into a cinematic masterpiece. Remaking key spectacle scenes, like the naval battle and chariot race, improving the story and characters, and adding intriguing dialogue scenes that were impossible to make in the 1920s. I think movie remakes can be good if it can be drastically improved from the original while still accomplishing the same goal.
@clankertown Жыл бұрын
I was appalled to see this man only has 900 subscribers.
@guystudios Жыл бұрын
You forget that a remake (Ben-Hur), is tied as the film with the most Oscar awards.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
I couldn’t mention all remakes, unfortunately. But I reckon that would be included in the part of the video where I say that some of the best films of all time have been remakes :)
@guystudios Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction Oh, true.
@gianmatute7577 Жыл бұрын
I saw Hugo a few days ago on my film class and this pops up, I dont know if to be pleased or scared
@tmp123ful Жыл бұрын
This was great, subbed!
@Mrs._Ukraine Жыл бұрын
This guy has the potential to go viral
@johnclark926 Жыл бұрын
Remakes as a concept are very valid, especially in the case where the cultural or technological limitations of the time get in the way of a film’s full potential (i.e. films made to favor the Hays Code and/or limited to black & white), but I have to admit that Disney’s recent bout of live action remakes are more comparable to “legal” bootlegs of films they own the copyright to rather than genuine attempts to make good films.
@Tymbus Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I thought the Jungle Book remake had many excellent qualities but they messed up the songs (apparently the director didn't want to use them which would have been fine by me)
@dwaynetherickscanchez3160 Жыл бұрын
This dude flow and linking between ideas is too smooth
@spudeism Жыл бұрын
I dont think anyone minds that John Carpenter did his own version/remake of the 1951 movie The Thing from Another World (which itself was based on novella "Who Goes There?")
@mlody9834 Жыл бұрын
main problem with remakes are hype, u never remake bad movie, u always gonna choose a good movie, and by that u are putting yourself in position where u need to do something better then previous version, even if someone didnt watched old movie he heard about it as "this legendary movie" so hes gonna have really high expectations
@erikrivera5946 Жыл бұрын
Some of the best video games are made this way. With the story taking a back seat to the gameplay during development. Games like portal, metal gear, downwell, sunset overdrive to name a few
@smokedbeefandcheese4144 Жыл бұрын
Yeah my mind was drawn to that parallel as well. It’s also interesting to think that both took that mindset of the gimmicks being more important than the story. And I wonder if this is common with early entertainment. In all fields. If story only takes precedent when a medium matures.
@bronkobjama3154 Жыл бұрын
Damn congratulations on a very good video. Glad to see you getting some real viewership off of your hard work
@samuelgeorge6998 Жыл бұрын
Your Duel analysis was fantastic now onto this .... for a channel with 3k subs your great x
@redfear77 Жыл бұрын
It’s kind of crazy to see the huge improvements within 40 years between the moon film and Pinocchio, even if that is a remastered scene.
@NoshuHyena Жыл бұрын
I was literally thinking about it when you read the quote and I feel so called out lmao.
@DPedroBoh Жыл бұрын
Cool video and all. Also i love the way you say film.
@LSparkzwz Жыл бұрын
The original story of Pinocchio is a philosophy book mistaken as a children's fairy tale, akin to Animal Farm
@pikakirby1119 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for helping me to finally understand what's going on in a trip to the moon I've been confused about the films plot since I saw it
@50-frames-of-stick71 Жыл бұрын
The all quiet on the western front remake was pretty good
@the_boi_4203Ай бұрын
The excursion to the moon moon took the idiom "bite the bullet" a bit too literally 💀
@TheSteveBoyd Жыл бұрын
Every once in awhile, KZfaq actually manages to recommend a video from a channel I haven't seen before, and gets it RIGHT! I really enjoyed this video and you get a like and subscribe from me today. I was very surprised to learn that there had been a remake of "A Trip to the Moon". I absolutely love the surviving films of Georges Méliès. He was the unrivalled genius of his time and his is a fascinating and tragic tale. It's no wonder I hadn't heard of the copycat version, as it is of little or no consequence. Some remakes border on the blasphemous (Russell Brand's remake of "Arthur" jumps to mind), or just plain redundant (Spiderman), but every once in awhile somebody manages to improve upon the original. The live-action release of "Pete's Dragon" with Robert Redford was a major rescuing of a terrible mid 70s Disney movie, in my opinion. Anyway, blah blah blah.... I dig your channel and I'm glad I found it. ☮
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your nice comment, I appreciate it! I hope my future projects are as to your liking as this one was :D
@zackreed6010 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if the same attitude was taken towards theatre. Imagine if only one actor could play a role or one director could have a take. Imagine if there was some sort of proprietary telling or take on a live show. It would have absolutely robbed us of some of the greats that were being inspired to give their perspective. Art is subjective and not owned. Remakes are not a bad thing, they are the natural evolution of art through the ages and through the lenses of different generations. People need to let up and appreciate the new takes on classic works and judge them independently.
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
I do agree, and make that point in the video. Not all remakes are inherently bad, and the best remakes are ones that accompany the original and not try to replace it as the “de-facto” version of the story. Usually by having a “different take” on the original. Creative remakes are often on par with the original, if not better. Unfortunately, the over-saturation of near “shot-for-shot” remakes give the entire practice a negative rep. Theatre is a different beast altogether, I feel, as theatre is designed to be re-acted and seen live. Movies, by design, are created to be viewed once in that very way (with the exception of re-releases or directors’ cuts, etc) but I do get the comparison to an extent. Thanks for the comment, it’s a good perspective on things!
@zackreed6010 Жыл бұрын
@@AGeneProduction you absolutely do make that point and I so appreciate it. I think there is a fun about a new director taking on an old project. Like re-making an old bird house with new tools and materials. We, as artists, are always riding on the coattails of those that came before us. A new telling or artistic interpretation is not necessarily meant to be a better version and that is where I think the discourse is. It's simply a, "Oh, I loved this thing, I would love to try my hand at that!" and I love so much that we live in that age of creative expression where the old is being brought to light in a new way. Not only does it pay homage and give after to things that are decidedly not relevant anymore, but it provides a new take and a new kind of fire for creatives looking to insert their voice and perspective, their generation's advancements, onto things that otherwise would be shelved with the rest of the lot. Truly, I love remakes for the heart of them. Most pale in comparison, no doubt, but ALL come from a place of love and exploration.
@markadams7046 Жыл бұрын
There have been some really good remakes though. Ben Hur of the early sixties was remake of the silent film version, and though the silent film version was really good, the 60s version still did so much better and won a record number of Academy Awards. The early 80s version of The Thing was also much better than the original version. I hope remakes still get made because sometimes they can still be really good.
@poletooke4691 Жыл бұрын
Nice video and I absolutely loved your creatively done intro. Keep it up!
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
Many thanks! I was thrilled with how the intro turned out! (Getting Wilbur to sit still for that long was a nightmare 👀)
@joshuas7383 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion, nowadays the magic is basically gone in Disney movies. It’s all just money.
@0h_hey944 Жыл бұрын
Well made video! can't wait for your channel to blow up!
@isaidwhatIsaid86 Жыл бұрын
So here’s the thing. You have a Remake and a Reboot. I think a lot of people get the two mixed. Up. A remake is as what it sounds like. A Re-MAKE. You take what was and you re-do it. If you have style you could add something new to make it fresher but otherwise a remake is the rehashing of a film that was already done. Psycho is a good example. You have Hitchcock’s version and the redone shot for shot version. That’s a remake. Studios want to make money. You guys as the public have to understand that. It is a business. You guys wouldn’t complain about McDonalds selling the same Big Mac right? Every day they literally re make Big Macs. You order one, the next person comes and orders it. The worker has to re make the same burger. They might add a extra pickle or whatever but its the same thing. A re. Make. - A reboot is when you take a property and you totally give it a fresh make over. Power Rangers 2017 is a perfect example of a reboot. They took the dinosaur concept and mixed it with aliens. (Was it successful) no, but as a reboot, it was in that sense. House party that is about to come out is a reboot of the original House Party. - IDK why this movie exists, no one asked for it. But here we are in 2023.
@romypotash7114 Жыл бұрын
I think the reason Mattel remakes are relatively good is the fact that they re-use names and designs and give artist relative freedom with the story (she-ra , some of the barbie movies/revisions and so on) so the product has a chance to be more then a cheep copy
@Swagner_Soar Жыл бұрын
Incredible video about a topic I didn't know I was interested in. Very well done!
@kenthuang436 Жыл бұрын
I think a few remakes work pretty well. We have several different Christmas Carols which are really good, the two A Star Is Born remakes made a huge profit and won Oscars for their nominated songs, and the 96 version of Romeo and Juliet gave the story a modern twist that actually worked well.
@LoquendeitorRZ Жыл бұрын
"Remakes should be for bad movies, not for classics" -A random meme i saw
@lordplebius483 Жыл бұрын
I think the trick to remakes is vision and economy. Most people think of remakes as dragging out the old Goldies for a good beating, but it's also possible to remake something that was not very good or perhaps unrealized on it's original debut and making it pop with whatever the new artist has.
@BIOHAZARDRUSGaming Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised there were no mentions of international movies getting an English remake. Films like Ringu/The Ring, [Rec]/Quarantine, ones that are also mostly shot for shot remakes just in an English-speaking format
@therealisticgamer5834Ай бұрын
I clicked because of the thumbnail. I think we now know where the moon from The legend of Zelda Majora's mask got the idea from. That moon with a face looks creepy.
@MidnightLobster7 Жыл бұрын
Scarface is a great example of a remake. It's a similar story at the very basics but all the specifics are changed utterly and completely. You'd never think 80s Scarface was a remake of the original if you didn't see they shared the same name, THAT is when the remake shines. When you can do an existing idea in a new way to tell a different story with just enough connective tissue to make the title fit.
@EQOAnostalgia Жыл бұрын
What makes Scarface shine, is the fact that it was a great movie, nobody cared about the original. Most people never saw it. That's not the same as trying to remake a cultural phenomenon.
@finslaw Жыл бұрын
I am a horror fan, and remakes of post-50's movies are usually unnecessary (The Omen, The Stepfather, Psycho, Shutter) or downright terrible (The Fog, Prom Night, Firestarter, Flatliners)
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
I’m curious, did you see the recent “Invisible Man” remake?
@NIGEL341Hilasd Жыл бұрын
You shat on Disnay and gave me a history lesson. U earned a sub.
@kimnoool Жыл бұрын
here are some time stamps for yay 0:00 - Start 4:28 - To The Moon and Back 10:47 - Disney
@Mohmar2010 Жыл бұрын
I think difference between a game remake and a movie remake is that with game remakes they kinda change the core gameplay to fit the modern style, as well as being more accessible Movies however, aren't bound to hardware, so when you remake a movie, you need to understand what made the original good, and how you can up it, etc
@josipkefer6031 Жыл бұрын
That thumbnail is nightmare fuel.
@SenorCinema Жыл бұрын
true grit? the departed? ocean's 11? a star is born? dune? it? the thing?
@AGeneProduction Жыл бұрын
Totally agree! Some of the best movies of all time have been remakes! Unfortunately, that’s by and large not the case.
@everythingcollectibles Жыл бұрын
@3:52: This is where Futurama got their inspiration for that Moon mascot from, after Bender stabbed him in the eye with a beer bottle.
@Cobra-yo7fx Жыл бұрын
Nice video! You seriously have a lot of potential my friend! I wish you great amounts of happiness and success! :)
@Jorno_arts Жыл бұрын
I thought you would mention that Disney also remade scenes of their Oswald shorts after Walt left Universal
@officialflikz Жыл бұрын
Although... There have been remakes that surpass the original by far, so I guess it depends on the quality of the movie itself and how it captures or elevates the original
@timesnewlogan2032 Жыл бұрын
I still say the Ghostbusters remake would’ve worked if it followed a new branch in Chicago or New Orleans.
@meluckycharms111 Жыл бұрын
858 subs? Is that right?? Wow this video really got the algorithm’s attention. 858 subs plus one!
@ronkopp389111 ай бұрын
You could reasonably make the argument that either Muybridge's "Horse in Motion" or Le Prince's "Roundhay Garden" was the first motion picture ever made. Others prefer to begin their histories of the motion picture with the Edison/Dickson invention of the kinetoscope. The very first kinetoscope was "Monkeyshines No. 1," which was immediately followed by a remake, "Monkeyshines No. 2." I daresay in almost every respect the remake was superior to the original, although the original rather brilliantly if completely accidentally conjured up a ghost-like image, which if you think about it for a second is kind of a perfect metaphor for what the cinema does. "Monkeyshines No. 3" is apparently the cinema's first lost film - if it indeed ever existed. ("Monkeyshines" means fooling around, by the way.) The Lumiere Brothers first cinematograph was "Workers Leaving the Factory," which they remade a number of times. One of the sequels was mistaken for the original for most of the cinema's history. Factory Gate films became something of an established genre in the early cinema and the ones made was James Kenyon and Sagar Mitchell (later dubbed "The Electric Edwardians" after they were rediscovered) are almost infinitely more beautiful and moving than the similar ones made by the Lumieres 5-to-10 years previously. "Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinworth" (1901) is particularly joyous and poignant. Great stuff!
@strongperson697 Жыл бұрын
i found these 100 years old horror movies very scary and creepy
@frogman72davitto94 Жыл бұрын
It's one of the many reasons I just cannot watch TV anymore. It's not even just Disney anymore. It's nearly all the corporations these days :(