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The Planned Crow Remake

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• The Planned Crow Remake

  jesslloydfan > 18/04/2012, 18:21

  So apparently they are planning on remaking The Crow, a few relevant links
  https://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2...emake.html
  https://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan...-legal-row
  It`s been stuck in Development for quite a while by the looks of it, but been picking up more momentum recently,
  I`m totally against this (even though in general i think remakes can be good) but in the case of The Crow the first was excellent but then they made all the pointless sequels and now plan on remaking it, they should just leave it alone.
  So anyone agree/disagree with me?

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  Chillblane > 19/04/2012, 22:16

  The issue with remaking the original is that it was seminal.
  
  The only thing they could do is remake it shot for shot with new actors and slightly better effects, not that it needs better effects as i watched it again recently and didn't notice any real issue with what was there.
  
  The issue is that it's a money maker people would watch. What they should be doing is coming up with new ideas.
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  on't get me wrong I also think remakes can be a good thing, take a look at Total Recall trailers if you doubt me, but i don't see a need with this film, it's not outdated, it's not got noticably crappy effects and it still has one of the best shoot out scenes in modern film history:
  
  
  
  NO NEED TO REMAKE THIS FILM!!!!

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  jesslloydfan > 19/04/2012, 22:28

  (19/04/2012, 22:16)Chillblane Wrote: The issue with remaking the original is that it was seminal.
  
  The only thing they could do is remake it shot for shot with new actors and slightly better effects, not that it needs better effects as i watched it again recently and didn't notice any real issue with what was there.
  
  The issue is that it's a money maker people would watch. What they should be doing is coming up with new ideas.
  D
  on't get me wrong I also think remakes can be a good thing, take a look at Total Recall trailers if you doubt me, but i don't see a need with this film, it's not outdated, it's not got noticably crappy effects and it still has one of the best shoot out scenes in modern film history:
  
  
  
  NO NEED TO REMAKE THIS FILM!!!!

  My thoughts exactly Chillblane, why remake a film that was a great film when it was out (despite undeservedly failling at the box office initially) which still holds up brilliantly today and features a lead performance in the role that would be extremely hard to top (Brandon Lee was excellent in it and would have had a good career if he hadn`t of tragically died).
  I know film companies like to make money, but common sense wouldn`t go amiss, c`mon they almost cast Bradley Cooper in the lead role at one point(decent actor but would be awful for the role) they already made too many terrible sequels and a tv series (neither of which did that well, so a remake wouldn`t be guaranteed a big audience due to them).
  
  Slightly off topic, as for the Total Recall remake, could be good, could be awful, i can`t get a good gauge from the trailer.
  

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  humiliateme > 20/04/2012, 01:18

  when i read that there was going to be a remake, i honestly felt a little sick!
  
  as you've both said this film does not need it, it's still a fantastic film, still holds up well against anything modern in all categories you care to judge it. a remake will just destroy the memory of this fantastic film, at the very most i'd be ok with them releasing a collectors version or something maybe with deleted scenes if there are any and the picture sharpened up etc... but that's it, other than that leave it alone
  
  as for total recall i'm undecided on that but i will definitely be watching it, i just hope it has the woman with 3 boobs lol although i doubt it will but it's the sort of film that might do well from a remake because of all the special effects and lets be honest the first one was A.S who's not exactly known for being a great actor, that's not to say he's not made great films but his acting was never really the selling point for any of them.

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  jesslloydfan > 20/04/2012, 01:59

  (20/04/2012, 01:18)humiliateme Wrote: when i read that there was going to be a remake, i honestly felt a little sick!
  
  as you've both said this film does not need it, it's still a fantastic film, still holds up well against anything modern in all categories you care to judge it. a remake will just destroy the memory of this fantastic film, at the very most i'd be ok with them releasing a collectors version or something maybe with deleted scenes if there are any and the picture sharpened up etc... but that's it, other than that leave it alone
  
  as for total recall i'm undecided on that but i will definitely be watching it, i just hope it has the woman with 3 boobs lol although i doubt it will but it's the sort of film that might do well from a remake because of all the special effects and lets be honest the first one was A.S who's not exactly known for being a great actor, that's not to say he's not made great films but his acting was never really the selling point for any of them.

  Never thought of that, a Collectors version i would buy, or even a cinema re release with some footage previously not in the film(if it`s good footage) and a bit of a visual spruce up, but the idea of a remake is just horrible.
  
  Total Recall could well work, as you said Arnie was not a great actor i do like many of his films don`t get me wrong, but to be brutally honest, in all but that one type of role (the tough guy role) he is a bit of a shit actor.
  Colin Farrell can actually show emotion, and hide his accent, i think he may be able to play the character a bit more rounded than Arnie in the original (provided it`s not got a totally terrible script).
  
  But i consider The Crow being remade on the same level as bad idea as the Highlander remake they are planning(yes really) which coincidentally is another great film which they made lots of crap sequels to and then a awful tv show and now refuse to leave alone(basically just like they Crow)
  

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  humiliateme > 20/04/2012, 02:06

  i'm not quite as opposed to a highlander remake, i did really like the original and i remember one of the sequels being ok although not as good as the first, can't remember which one but obviously it wasn't the one when they totally changed the story and made them all aliens etc... yes that really was the plot to one of them lol
  
  i think the highlander is one of those films that could be ruined by the remake but if done right i think it could actually be good.
  
  the crow is one of those few films were i can't actually think of anything bad to say about it off the top of my head, the action was good, the story was good, the acting was good etc... etc...

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  jesslloydfan > 20/04/2012, 02:19

  (20/04/2012, 02:06)humiliateme Wrote: i'm not quite as opposed to a highlander remake, i did really like the original and i remember one of the sequels being ok although not as good as the first, can't remember which one but obviously it wasn't the one when they totally changed the story and made them all aliens etc... yes that really was the plot to one of them lol
  
  i think the highlander is one of those films that could be ruined by the remake but if done right i think it could actually be good.
  
  the crow is one of those few films were i can't actually think of anything bad to say about it off the top of my head, the action was good, the story was good, the acting was good etc... etc...

  
  Okay maybe Highlander being remade isn`t quite the same as The Crow being remade, but i still think it`s a very stupid idea.
  Yeah that was the second Highlander where they retconned the story to them being aliens(don`t know what they were on when that was thought up, and it didn`t occur to them that it was a moronic idea lol) and also brought Connerys character back to life (ruining the impact of his death on the story in the first)
  
  I`m apprehensive and very doubtfull that Highlander remade would be half as good as the original, but i`m pretty much 100% sure that The Crow would only be ruined with a remake and the pretty much inevitable awfulness of that would even put a bad mark against the original.
  

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  bencat > 20/04/2012, 10:48

  I hate the current trend to remake any half decent film form the past or look to convert yet another comic book hero in to a film . This is just symptomatic of the lack of imagination of current writers and film directors. I think it is also due to the fact that Film Production Companies in the current economic conditions want guaranteed box office success not mater how bland that makes the film. They just do not seem to be prepared to put money in to a chancy project even if this means better films are just not getting made. I think this is the reason why I am not going to the cinema as much as I did.

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  Chillblane > 20/04/2012, 22:03

  (20/04/2012, 10:48)bencat Wrote: I hate the current trend to remake any half decent film form the past or look to convert yet another comic book hero in to a film . This is just symptomatic of the lack of imagination of current writers and film directors. I think it is also due to the fact that Film Production Companies in the current economic conditions want guaranteed box office success not mater how bland that makes the film. They just do not seem to be prepared to put money in to a chancy project even if this means better films are just not getting made. I think this is the reason why I am not going to the cinema as much as I did.

  
  While you have a valid point i would like to point out that not all Superhero films are created equal, for example i love all of the Marvel Studios superhero films (not to be confused with all Marvel films as Marvel Studios was set up when they made the Incredible Hulk as Marvel was fed up with other people making shit films based on their IP) but wouldn't watch The Green Lantern film as I've been reliably informed it's pure toss, and the less said about the Green Hornet the better.
  
  Having said that I can't wait for the last Batman film as it's going to be epic. I don't have to hope given how amazing the other 2 are and given the talent related to the project.
  
  However this is not about comic books films it's about the Crow so apologies for going totally off topic there.

• RE: The Planned Crow Remake

  humiliateme > 20/04/2012, 22:09

  i'm not against remakes just because they are remakes. i'm against bad films, it just happens to be the case that a lot of the time remakes aren't as good as the original but there are films when the remake has improved the original.
  
  as for the trend of superhero films the guy mentions, it's to be expected, sony, paramount etc... etc... don't make films for the fun of it, it's a business they make films to make themselves money so there for they're obviously going to be reluctant to finance new untested idea's. it's pretty much always been that way.
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