On of the best re-boots was Dredd 2012.

I want a Conan TV series in the vein of GoT. The series will guest feature Arnold as Old King Conan retelling his life's story for his chronicler. The first episode will be the birth of Conan in the mountains of Cimmeria. The first season will be Conan growing up in Cimmeria until he is in his late teens. What do you guys think?

You should remake a movie that had a good concept or main idea but messed it up

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They should remake The Star Wars Holiday Special

I want to see a remake of: 1. "Hancock" as a superhero satire (a satiric way of the superhero concept) made by Edgar Wright 2. "Waterworld" as a full developed post-apocalypse-film written and directed by Christopher Nolan 3. "Mortal Kombat" (The Movie) written and directed by Guillermo del Toro (Rated R and least as violent/bloody as the games)

I'd love to see a Soylent Green remake with Bryan Cranston in the lead.

So, in short, a remake has to either have a passion for the original, have a flawed original or both? Seem like fine reasons to me. Better than pure greed.

I personally loved evil dead remake the practical effects were great and knew the gore level

Dear Hollywood, please remake either one of these movies which had great concepts but flawed execution: - Spawn - Alien vs. Predator - I am Legend - Johnny Mnemonic - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters I think that's all for now since "Stephen King's IT" and "Tomb Raider" luckily are already getting remade.

I'd love to see a take on The Thing that focuses more on the psychological horror over the body horror. There's an idea that I think is very important to the premise, but that the films never really explore: that you could already have been taken over by the Thing and _not know it_. That the creature can manipulate your memory and perception, and your whole mind and consciousness is just a simulacrum that could be erased any moment if the creature decides to take over. The blood test scene would be less "find the traitor" and more like some horrible AIDS test, where you learn that you're already dead, you just don't know it yet. Basically the human experience of mortality and fragility turned up to 11, plus an examination of the meaning of consciousness and identity.

Resident evil should be remade and Paul Anderson should be issued a restraining order from the production. Make it a closed door haunted house horror with the series iconic stationary cameras. Don't make it a series of films, no over arching plot. Just good horror

I want Guillermo del Toro to remake The Never Ending Story!

Favorite reboot of a beloved franchise in recent memory has to be The Evil Dead remake in 2013. They did an amazing job with it and looking at the behind the scenes stuff you can tell that Producers/Director/Actors (especially jane levy as Mia) were nothing BUT passionate about making that film. And it worked.

I think Time Cop should be remade. Good concept, bad execution. If they get a good actor and a screenplay which can thrown some complexity into it. It can be good.

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I didn't think A New Hope needed a remake, but The Force Awakens was entertaining enough.

Exactly. Fucking EXACTLY. I'd gladly embrace ALL remakes if they are made with heart and passion and an actual creative mind that wants to offer a new spin. Instead most of the time they're just cash-ins to get money from a known title, and they're not even well made.

Flight of the Navigator please. Whimsical hijinks with a boy and an alien artificial intelligence!

I agree with you with the exception of Starship Troopers. A film that is more faithfull to the books would be faaaar more interesting to wacht than the original, a quite flaw film. If the politics of the book is what bugs you, a film that is objective about the setting and lets the audience decided would perfectly work. You can even do a good satire while being faithfull to the books. Putting that aside, I would prefere a miniseries over a film.

evil dead was lowkey one of the better reboots of recent years

I'd remake the Sledge Hammer tv show into an R rated comedy. Seriously.

Question: When should you remake a film? Disney: Yes.

The only movies that should be remade are those that had a great or ambitious concept, but we're executed poorly or could have been done better with a bigger budget. Personally I want to see a remake of Event Horizon.

I would remake the Star Wars prequels.

I really want to remake From Beyond, to me it was the creepiest Lovecraft story I've read but the low budget film based off it is terrible. There is also a lot of potential with its concept about a machine that blends our universe with another that's filled with monsters.

I love your videos, as I mentioned last weekend, and I realize that it's because your thoughts are so articulate and on-point. Couple that with well-placed clips of movies I genuinely love, played at exactly the right times to accentuate your thoughts, and it's a perfect combination of education and entertainment regarding my favorite subject -- film. You have a true fan, now. :)

I love the remake of The Mummy (1999) but think the original from 1932 is good. I can't decided if I like the original or 2005 remake of King Kong more. I would like to see Fahrenheit 451 and The Giver re-adapted because the film versions did not get the stories or the tone right.

i preffered Infernal Affairs over The Departed...

I'd say remake Stalker. The original is a classic, but it's certainly not for everyone, but the idea is so appealing that its a shame we don't have a more approachable version. As much as I like Stalker, it really heavy. I think that somebody like Inarritu + Lubezki would make a hell of a job making it a modern sci-fi masterpiece.

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Wow, I don't think I've watched one of your videos without hitting like yet. Awesome stuff. Keep it coming!

One thing that I think would be interesting would be _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_, but without kiddifying it all and making it über-family-friendly, and instead going for the tone of the original comics (which were apparently more violent than televised and film versions of the franchise). The 1990 film had elements of the right stuff (including support from the brilliant - and sadly now defunct - Golden Harvest studio) but by the studio pandering to the parents that complained that it was too dark and violent for their children when it came to making the sequels it just feels like a missed opportunity.

For once I'd like a mediocre film to get a remake, or at least something with potential that just fell on its face initially.

Also, as much as I LOVE NIGHTBREED! That's a film I've always dreamed of remaking! Calibrating some of its convoluted story, minimizing some of the film's blockbuster approach, leaning closer to the tone of the novel, maintaining the use of practical effects and developing it into the franchise it deserved to be. And I'd fight to give it an hard R rating.

second video after Lovecraft one. I gotta say I quite enjoy this and I believe I have found a gem on KZfaq! you are inspiring, keep it up!

I think a movie more in the vein of the Starship Troopers novels would be cool. The movie itself is a different beast, I think there's room for it.

John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. Also Event Horizon. Those three movies have great ideas that were executed poorly.

I've just found your channel and watched 10 or so vids... I agree with virtually everything you've said so far, good man!

You make great videos! I hope your channel will grow soon.

it's not TECHNICALLY a remake but the new "the man from uncle" was simply amazing.

The Conan remake should contemplate its mistakes on the Tree of Woe

New sub to the channel, just wanna say I'm digging your videos man, keep it up.

genuine effort and passion will always triumph

"The Incredible Shrinking Man"... ...The Death Star is just the size of a dust particle.

As much as I loved Mars Attacks, I would love to see a remake/sequel more true to the trading cards with lots of over the top gore. It would also be cool to repeat what the original did, to get all the big movie stars of the time and kill them all off for the pure schadenfreude. Imagine that with today's big actors.

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Well, you already said they were remaking Highlander, so I don't need to guess what I'd remake.

I'd say The Last Star Fighter. It's still a fun film to watch, but the CG scenes are soooooooo dated.

I think they should remake Ghostbuster (2016) because it was utter shite!

love your videos man watched all of them in a row after the watching the tony scott one, I'd love to hear your take on action in TV with shows like strike back

I would love to remake really old, experimental silent films from the earliest days of cinema. 1890-1920, those years. Bizarre, dream-like stories with insane, mind-bending visuals for the time would be fantastic to see again with today's technology.

I'd make a good remake of the "The Thing" 2011 version, the prequel to john carpenters version, without jumpscares, CGI and hectic action, i'd make it somewhat similar to the john carpenters version.

Well I think some of the cheesy 1970s disaster films should get remade without bad CGI and with truly interesting characters. They tried with The Poseidon Adventure. I think the one (perhaps the cheesiest) to be remade should be Earthquake (1974). Just keep the darn CGI down to a minimum (CGI enhanced scale model work perhaps) and don't make half the planet split open.

Also, Westworld is a fantastic example of an original property that had a neat idea, where others took it and gave it a new and better life.

And then at the very end you brought up valley of gwangi and my jaw dropped and this was the first time ive pushed that bell icon ever

I would remake this episode and make it much better by adding a tag with the title of the films that you show.

American Ninja. I would do American Ninja.

Hey Rossatron, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts about adaptations, too. What does or doesn't make a book-to-film adaptation great, what makes a book likely to be adapted in the first place, and what adaptations, if any, you'd like to see.

Sean Connery's Outland (1981) but that was basically a version of High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper. On a mining moon, Io, the Sheriff has to alone fight off the company (think Weyland-Yutani) bad guys; who are peddling a crazy addictive Nazi-crack type substance that turns the workers into psychos. It has elements of film noir, westerns and sci-fi and is one of the few sci-fis that doesn't have aliens for the villains.

Dune would be best handled as a TV series or mini-series. Just look at the sheer amount of material there is to cover.

Are you ever going to do for The Raid?

They should make The Crow a short series, like on Netflix or something. The chapter/issue format would suit it well and it'd be just different enough from the movie that it wouldn't feel like a re-hash.

Omg, The Valley of Gwangi! I saw that movie about ten years ago, namely because I was trying to watch some Ray Harryhausen stop motion flicks. It'd be perfect for a remake with today's special effects.

Warlords of Atlantis?

Hey Rossatron. Did you get to see the movie Elite Squad, from the director of Robocop's remake? José Padilha? It's quite different to see working on an action movie without the studio interfering so much. Elite squad is a film that resembles much more the original Robocop than the remake, is action movie that explores social problems and criticizes society, and thats why i was hoping for a good remake... And Elite Squad is first time that the Padilha worked with the Wagner Moura (Escobar in Narcos).

A Bridge Too Far. It's one of my favourite war films but I'd be really interested to see an updated version.

I'd have a go at falling down if I was a director. Brilliant concept and I'd like to try to modernise it while still keeping the topic universal so it doesn't get dated.

Logan's Run is a great premise but really cheesy in its execution. I also feel its theme of "oppression via luxury" is pretty relevant in the 21st century.

Certain films should never be remade.... Enter the Dragon, The Exorcist, The Wickerman, Rocky to name a few.

Some of the 80's action movies are full of great ideas, but pretty mediocre in their execution. I'd love to see a solid remake of The Last Starfighter and The Wraith. With a passionate director, they could go from good to amazing.

Not a movie but the TV series Werewolf from the 80's. Janos Skorzeny was such a cool and terrifying villain. The plot could be greatly improved too since it was very simple to begin with (it essentially followed the Hulk's format of the hero running away from something, going from town to town, helping people)

I would remake the Hellraiser.

The best remake ever is John Carpenter's The Thing

Remakes, reboots, or whatever ya wanna call 'em they're just too damn tricky in my book. Great video, keep it up.

makes sense

I'd do Friday The 13th and try to actually make it good for once

Dune remake? Yes please!

I think Firefox with Clint could be re-done. But only the Firefox jet scenes themselves with today's tech

'The League of Extraordinary Gentleman' deserves another crack at the big screen

I would love a remake of Fahrenheit 451. The original is iffy at best but the message of censorship is so needed in today's toxic political scene.

Starship Troopers could certainly use a remake (instead of it's obvious hatred of the source material) to tell a compelling story of an 18 year old from a wealthy family wanting to make his first real decision: 1) He enlists in the military of the world government 2) He is challenged by the training like he has never been before 3) He reflects upon his place in society as a member of the military and a citizen 4) He overcomes his fear of failure and death to become a part of a team 5) He realizes he is doing something important and necessary 6) He feels called to become an officer 7) He grows as a leader putting the mission and his men above his personal motivations 8) He comes to the conclusion some things are worth fighting for 9) As a Filipino he is proud of his heritage (as well of all the other troopers of theirs). Yeah, all fascist stuff... the ones that claim Robert Hienlein's book is fascistic are only those upset that he mocked Leftist thinking by saying their ideas were unscientific claptrap from the book's perspective in the far future. Read it for your selves and decide which story you would rather see (Heinlein's, with a unique future society you have NEVER seen portrayed in cinema or Verhoeven's satire that has nothing in common with the book, except the name).

When I’m a successful writer director I want to remake “Robin and the 7 Hoods” - hear me out. The movie has very strong and funny scenes, as well as some fantastic songs: Mr B-O-O-Z-E, My Kind of Town and Style - but in other places it drags and the jokes don’t always hit very well, and that really breaks my heart because I remember seeing it once as a kid and loving it. The Rat Pack is the Rat Pack, you would never in a million years be able to recreate them, so the cast of the remake would still have their chemistry but just in different ways, with some crooners but also maybe some more modern R&B artists to spice it up a bit - the songs would still be solid crooning though, maybe a bit more “La La Land”-esque however to modernise. Some details I’d change: - Keep the songs above but scratch the others (I love Bang Bang but it just isn’t as strong as the rest), and compose new ones. - ensure the jokes are snappy and land much better - aim the movie at a PG or 12 rating, I thought the corpses inside concrete blocks was a bit morbid for a cheery musical - although was pretty badass at the end, if a bit last minute - make it clearer who the 7 hoods are, give them more dimension, and give the femme fatale much more sinister screen time - basically keep the Mr Booze scene the same because it’s awesome but make the editing a little snappier and the dancing more grand I mean I’m just hurling shit at a wall here to see what sticks but this was fun to think about.

Remakes of *LOGAN'S RUN (1976) & FLASH GORDON (1980)* from a Director with a powerful vision and intense passion, would be Fantastic !! I really like the original films, tho they can certainly be improved upon...

It's interesting, because I agree with pretty much everything you say here, but I disagree with you on specifics. I love that you used the phrase 'respecting the original', because I hated Starship Troopers - not that it was a bad movie, but that the only thing it owed to the novel was the name. No one would be remaking the Starship Trooper movie - they'd simply be making the movie of Starship Troopers and having respect for the source material. On the other hand, while Highlander might not have been a great movie, it was original in almost every since of the word. I discovered that movie by accident (theater hopping on my day off when I was 20 years old), and I was amazed by the things it did. I would like to see someone else with more skill and a bigger budget approach the same ideas, but there's no need to redo Highlander, because nothing they do can ever have the impact of the original.

A movie that should definitely be remade is Citizen Kane, but with black people. Tyler Perry, make this happen.

The novel Starship Troopers was not fascistic or right wing. It presented a society where only veterans could vote. I wish the film had presented the ideas unbiased and let the viewer judge the merits of the society. I hope the new film would do this but I think the will focus on power suits since power suits are cool. Thanks for your essay. You made some great points.

I would be interested to see how they go about with the power armor in the possible new adaptation of starship troopers.

I largely agree, but I entirely disagree on Starship Troopers. I loathe Verhoevan's version; I feel he missed pretty much everything that made the book great - the ideas, not the power armour. He wanted to crap on Heinlein's ideas, and only made his own the weaker in doing it.

Fascism and Nationalism aren't the same thing, just like Socialism and Communism are not the same thing and I completely disagree with your assessment of Starship Troopers. I think a faithful, patriotic telling of the source material would be interesting. Im going to guess, though, you think it's a bad idea because it will embolden Brexiters. This is like saying Wagner is a bad composer because Hitler liked his music. In other words, it's bullshit.

The Gate was one of my favorite movies when I was little and I'd be curious to see how a remake would fair

Theres also a difference between recycling a concept and recycling a script, The Crow and Highlander are prefect examples of this, Eric Draven and Conner McClouds stories have been told and retold already, but reusing the same concept with new characters I'd love that! The origenal Highlander and everything that followed after it had a recurring failing they had no endgame they always talked about this great prize but what was it, to be mortal and able to knock up your girl? A remake could solve probloms like this. But Christopher Lambert and Brandon Lee are those characters, and should'nt be reimagined even The Joker with Heath Ledger instead of Jack Nicolson are more then just different interpretations there different stories, tones, and universes.

I don't get the love for Oldboy. It's just a weird fucked up film.

No film should be remained... ever. Because 9 out of 10 times it's terrible and unnecessary. What we really need is new ideas.

What film would you like to see remade and why?

great video, I agree on all accounts specially highlander.

I was about to bring up Highlander midway through the video. It is such a great concept with a flawed film. What one I would like to remake: Avatar: The Last Air Bender

I'd like to see the A-Team get a reboot, this time given a realistic and gritty approach. Maybe have them start from the beginning when they were all still in the military, disobeying an order from their superiors to rescue Hannibal (their commanding officer) from a ISIS stronghold. I'd personally have a 10-manned squad to start with, then have the movie be a shootout survival movie like 'Siege of Jadotville' and at the end only have Face, Murdock, BA, and Hannibal be the survivors. Then at the end of the movie you could have them being arrested for disobeying orders that got soldiers killed even though all of them wanted to go in and rescue Hannibal, this would then setup the sequel and having it about them escaping and going on the run.

First off, you've earned a new subscriber. Second, I would remake The Crow. Or I suppose, I'd rather reboot it. The comics had a big impact on my artstyle growing up and the subject matter shaped me as a person. I'd love to just create a huge storyboard and pitch it sometime. I think the primary draw of The Crow was the story of vengeance and setting oneself at peace. The visuals would of course be all practical, but at the very least, if not that, they'd be primarily practical. Even to fit the modern era, a movie like The Crow could be done without reference to the times. No cellphones and the like constantly shown. Perhaps the setting could be that of a run down city neighborhood like the original to inhibit the use of a lot of modern technology, rather focusing on the way the characters deal with their situation in this environment of broken down and wasteful debilitation. It's a story that is undeniably timeless and has spawned a few sequels, of which were in poor taste due to dwindling budget and teams that didn't care to create a new character. Why not have an abusive boyfriend or girlfriend who loses the one they love, then find out that they made a huge mistake and ended their own lives, only to return? Yeah, it's basically the same story, but it creates a NEW character, not just one with a new name in a new setting.

How would y'all feel about a remake of Orphans of the Storm?