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• RE: Worst remakes ever

  burns72 > 03/07/2016, 11:21

  Karate Kid was shocking they probably looked at that and thought I know we need to make some martial art film starring the son of a mildly talented couple throw Jackie Chan in it and make it really bad! Another shocker or shockers are Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St and The Omen! 3 classic films totally ruined by remaking it. Friday the 13th the original you never had Jason as the killer but sure the remake you do! The Omen (original) what a film but the remake OMG! Not really a remake but WTF was Miami Vice the film not a patch on the series 80's classic should have left it alone. I would go on but then alot of remakes I haven't bothered watching like Total Recall and Robocop because the originals were so good and don't want my enjoyment ruined by crap remakes.

• RE: Worst remakes ever

  Outlaw87 > 03/07/2016, 14:20

  I found the Robocop remake ok, granted like other remakes mentioned the plot was drastically different to the original, so much so that Murphy's partner Lewis, went from being a small ish white woman, to being a big black guy
  
  How Murphy was injured as well, sucked compared to the original, & the bad guy also, very poor

• RE: Worst remakes ever

  gymaddict69 > 03/07/2016, 16:57

  You know what, burns72, I had completely forgot about the nightmare on Elm Street remake. When it was announced that Jackie Earl Hayley was playing Freddie my hopes were fairly high as loved his performance in watchmen. Whole I didn't hate the remake it was very poor compared to the original. Not a reboot but like Miami vice, an ill advised film cash in of a classic show, heard on the radio that a magnum movie is gonna be made. Guess who is being lined up for the role made famous by Tom Sellack? I need to double check but supposedly it's gonna be 'The Rock'. Is nothing sacred anymore.

• RE: Worst remakes ever

  thelizard69 > 03/07/2016, 21:30

  Never seen the remake of Nightmare On Elm Street, nor the Miami Vice remake.  Seen about 30 minutes of The Omen remake before turning off.  Loved the original.  Will look out for the reboot of Planet Of The Apes, gymaddict.
  
  And, yeah, Outlaw, the baddie in the Robocop remake was certainly no Clarence Boddiker.  "Bitches, leave!", amongst many other bad ass lines in the original!

• RE: Worst remakes ever

  jesslloydfan > 05/07/2016, 23:27

  I'd say Cabin Fever will probably earn its place among the worst remakes, not seen it but since it's supposed to be filmed from th exact same script as the original it will likely deserve the moniker for being extremely lazy. Then there's the Day of the dead remake, the original Day Of The Dead wasn't great itself but when the remake genuinely had zombies that ran on walls it's clearly a new level of crap.

• RE: Worst remakes ever

  gymaddict69 > 06/07/2016, 18:48

  Oh, jesslloydfan, how can you not of like the original 'Day of the dead'..Unbelievable. Still, each to their own. For me, of Romero's trilogy i preffered the remake of 'Night of the living dead', the original 'Dawn of the Dead' and the original 'Day of the Dead'. With ya on th reboot of the latter though. Didnt that star Ving Rhames and American Pie's Mena Suarvi. Dont recall all the specifics other than to say it was promptly shut off as was more than appaulingly bad.

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  jesslloydfan > 07/07/2016, 14:26

  I just found Day of the Dead (original) to be a bit rubbish. Though that's nothing compared to the levels of crap of the remake, it's a mystery how they thought that wall running zombies was a good idea. And after enjoying the Dawn of the dead remake (honestly prefer it to the original) I thought it might be good... I was very, very wrong on that one. Yeah Ving Rhames was in it, and he was totally wasted in a terrible role.

• RE: Worst remakes ever

  gymaddict69 > 08/07/2016, 22:09

  Poor old Ving Rhames..appars nowadays the only decent role he can seen to get is that of old whats his name (lol) in the mission impossible films (and even that token appearence appears to be getting less and less with each passing sequel). Thinking back he did appear in some great films..and not just bit parts either. You prefer the DOTD remake to the original..seriously..two words for ya..ZOMBIE BABY lol. In all fairness not only is it each to their own but as remakes go it was actually a pretty good one (except running zombies..again..seriously). Apart from a few minor niggles i did still enjoy the remake (that opening sequence was a masterclass in horror).

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  jesslloydfan > 12/07/2016, 01:43

  Is a shame for Ving Rhames, good actor but seems to be stuck in crap like day of the dead lately (as his part in the Mission Impossible films shrinks with each film). See i didn't mind the zombie baby thing, yeah it was weird but the original Day of the dead had a friendly zombie and the original Dawn of the dead was a bit dull for me. I actually quite like the running zombies, it adds more danger since the traditional zombies can just be avoided by walking briskly (And i find the zombies learning idea, ala Land of the dead, to be much stupider personally).

• RE: Worst remakes ever

  gymaddict69 > 15/07/2016, 23:07

  Urgh..Land of t dead..with John Leguazimo (is that how its spelt) and the mantalist himself, Patrick Jane (used the characters name from the show..damned if i can remember the actors name haha). Didnt hate, hate the film but was only a one watch for me..dont feel the need to watch it again. Not strictly zombie but i found the rage virus infected in 28 days and weeks later far more effective and menacing than those in dotd remake. Could it be classed as a remake or simply a reboot reusing from wht i have heard much of the plot from the first film, but, has anyone seen that Ghostbusters (shudder) yet?
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