Quote from: clibinarium on 04 May 2014, 06:38:02 PM
Remakes have one major thing going for them (from the remaker's point of view), and that's widespread recognition of the concept. You don't have to explain Dad's Army to many people, they'll be familiar with it already, and hopefully that will encourage them to go and see it. So it seems to be less risky than doing something new.
That does nothing for the quality of what your making though. Usually you end up desecrating something beloved. There are very few remakes that improved on the originals.

If people would ditch the "recognition" factor what they should do is remake stuff that was bad the first time around. Not out and out awful un-saveable  stuff, but maybe movies that had interesting ideas that were executed ham-fistedly or were too ambitious for the budget they had, which would make good movies if given a bit more love or money.

Lord of the Rings seemed to pull that off. I remember a version from the early 70s which was naff in the extreme owing to lack of technology.

The cartoon version ?
I swear you could tell when they started running short of funds in that one.
Cheers - Phil

As I remember it finished at Helms Deep, and the Orc's spoke Russian....

Also cavalry charge down a cliff.

IanS

It might be good.. We have to look at it unrelated to the original however

Oh... Carton LOTR was a classic!

Yes, they had it boxed off.

Stop it !! 
Cheers - Phil.