MOVIE REMAKES

[Darth Logos]

Unless they copy ideas directly from the previous adaptation.  Such as Total Recall with Colin Farrel.  It attempted to straight remake the Arnold film instead of adapting the story

And failed. I liked the going to Mars bit.

[PsychoSith]

And failed. I liked the going to Mars bit.

Im not gonna say it outright failed but for me they are two very different movies. One is a pretty traditional cyberpunk "man vs corporation" type deal where the original felt more scifi than cyberpunk and for me the corporate war was more of a background to play with questions like are you more than just your memories? I liked the old more to be sure, but no particular hate on the remake

[Darth Tepes]

Im not gonna say it outright failed but for me they are two very different movies. One is a pretty traditional cyberpunk "man vs corporation" type deal where the original felt more scifi than cyberpunk and for me the corporate war was more of a background to play with questions like are you more than just your memories? I liked the old more to be sure, but no particular hate on the remake

For me the only redeeming factor for the Remake was I got to look at Kate Beckinsale


The Seven Samurai should never be remade....

[Darth Logos]

Im not gonna say it outright failed but for me they are two very different movies. One is a pretty traditional cyberpunk "man vs corporation" type deal where the original felt more scifi than cyberpunk and for me the corporate war was more of a background to play with questions like are you more than just your memories? I liked the old more to be sure, but no particular hate on the remake

I'll have to see it again.

[Darth Knox]

For me the only redeeming factor for the Remake was I got to look at Kate Beckinsale


The Seven Samurai should never be remade...

Seven Samurai has been remade (The Magnificent Seven).

I agree with you about the Total Recall remake. Kate Beckinsale is always a win. Away from that it was a failure in every other aspect (except the CGI was pretty good).

No Mars. No holographic double. No mutants. Yes, the Arnie version is a loose adaptation of the novel, but the changes make it it's own enjoyable film. Of course, as always, it's all subjective.

[PsychoSith]

I'll have to see it again.

Wouldnt get your hopes up terribly high; try to just enjoy it as kind of an average action flick

[Darth Tepes]

Seven Samurai has been remade (The Magnificent Seven).

I consider the western films base off Samurai Films (which there is a lot ) Re-Imaginings rather than remakes

[Darth Knox]

I consider the western films base off Samurai Films (which there is a lot ) Re-Imaginings rather than remakes

Faur enough. But it's a well known fact that Magnificent Seven is a remake of Seven Samurai, just replacing samurai with cowboys. But, if you're going to remake a classic (and one that is generally considered to be one of the greatest movies ever made) you'd have to make changes to avoid direct comparisons.

[Darth Tepes]

just replacing samurai with cowboys.

That is what, to me, makes it a re imagining instead of a remake.  Same with The Man with No Name Trilogy ( A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)..was a re imagining of Yojimbo....which is another film that shouldnt be remade.  There are some awesome Japanese Actors out there but Toshiro Mifune was one in a million.

[Darth Logos]

The Seven Samurai should never be remade....

Technically, this has been redone.....twice. The first was in the double Western adaption (Western in movie genre, and Western in geographic region of origin) The Magnificent 7. {already covered} The other redo was in the anime series Samurai 7. It's kind of a steampunky feudal Japan, where the bandits sacrificed there physical bodies for the power of being giant robots.

There are some awesome Japanese Actors out there but Toshiro Mifune was one in a million.

If I'm not mistaken,

Fun Fact #1: In Ready Player One, the avatar of Daito actually uses the image of Mifune's face in Seven Samurai.
Fun Fact #2: The same character's real world (in movie) name is Toshiro.

[Darth Tepes]

Technically, this has been redone.....twice. The first was in the double Western adaption (Western in movie genre, and Western in geographic region of origin) The Magnificent 7. {already covered} The other redo was in the anime series Samurai 7. It's kind of a steampunky feudal Japan, where the bandits sacrificed there physical bodies for the power of being giant robots.
If I'm not mistaken,

Fun Fact #1: In Ready Player One, the avatar of Daito actually uses the image of Mifune's face in Seven Samurai.
Fun Fact #2: The same character's real world (in movie) name is Toshiro.

Like with the Magnificent 7...I consider the anime a Re-Imagining.  A Remake would be literally making the same movie (setting, time period, characters) but usually adding or taking away some element that makes it a lesser film.  Once you change the settings and time period its becomes a reimagining.  With the Magnificent 7 making them Gunslingers does change some the character Dynamic than that of Ronin Samurai.  Just the Way I see it. 

[Infinit01]

If I'm not mistaken,

Fun Fact #1: In Ready Player One, the avatar of Daito actually uses the image of Mifune's face in Seven Samurai.
Fun Fact #2: The same character's real world (in movie) name is Toshiro.

You are correct. I like him in Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, Samurai Assassin, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, These Foolish Times I and II to name a few

[Darth Tepes]

You are correct. I like him in Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, Samurai Assassin, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, These Foolish Times I and II to name a few

Yojimbo is by far my favorite...Often think of the What if he had accepted the Obi-Wan role

[Darth Logos]

Yojimbo is by far my favorite...Often think of the What if he had accepted the Obi-Wan role

Then Ben v. Vader would have been waaaayyyy different.

[Infinit01]

Yojimbo is by far my favorite...Often think of the What if he had accepted the Obi-Wan role

It's my favorite, I often wonder that too