The 'Remakes' thread

[Stars1356]

I would really like them to remake the first to Metal Gear games. And not that crappy snake's revenge. I was able to read both of the plots for the game but think playing those games would make for a great experience.

[Canas Renvall]

My favorite Pokemon games are Blue and Gold, so a G/S remake would make me super-happy. Pokemon rocks!

Oh, and remake the Fire Emblem games that we never got in the US, like they did with Shadow Dragon. Fire Emblem is good.

Also, the Night of the Living Dead remake was incredible.
Dawn of the Dead wasn't so much a remake as it was... just a different movie altogether. Still good though.
Day of the Dead remake... good God. I was sure Uwe Boll directed it when I watched it...

[Town of Green]

The 1988 The Blob remake surpassed the original 1958 film in many ways. It's still one of my favorite horror movies to this day.

I also share the sentiments of a G/S remake. Going back, Johto wasn't as great as I remember and Kanto was pretty bad compared to R/B. Remaking G/S would allow a great expansion on the regions and let them be what they always should have been back in G/S.

[Alexia_Ashford]

I enjoy the recent games, but I found Diamond/Pearl difficult to get into. My favourite's are FireRed and Gold/Silver. Remaking G/S is just great and it'll be brilliant to get to visit Kanto on the DS and see all of the old school pokemon again. I'm a big fan of the original games.

[CODE_umb87]

YES. Oh, my God, yes! I cannot wait for the Gold & Silver remakes! I'm really, really excited to play those. I pretty much love all the generations of Pokemon (including the very recent ones), but I think the 2nd generation games were my favorite.

Totodile ftw.

Same here. I really hope we will be able to visit the Kanto region again.

[Bianca]

I'm eagerly awaiting the Pokemon G/S remakes because they were the best of the series and this will give them compatibility with this generation of Pokemon games. It's a remake which is really deserved, although I only agree in the idea of remakes if the original needs one.

YES. Oh, my God, yes! I cannot wait for the Gold & Silver remakes! I'm really, really excited to play those. I pretty much love all the generations of Pokemon (including the very recent ones), but I think the 2nd generation games were my favorite.

Totodile ftw.

[Stars1356]

I think hollywood is running out of ideas because if a movie is good then why remake it? (O right easy money) If it blows than just forget about it and leave it be. The only movie that was remade that I liked was Scarface. I'm a fan of both movies and the remake was able to bring the movie into a new generation and also saying with the same theme.

[CODE_umb87]

The Thing, while really a readaptation of Who Goes There (short story), is widely considered a remake of the Howard Hawks picture The Thing From Another World. Nonetheless it's a great film; horrifying uses of gore in a lot of scenes, cold suspense and an ambiguous villain make the movie a horror classic.

Best remake ever.

[Alexia_Ashford]

I'm eagerly awaiting the Pokemon G/S remakes because they were the best of the series and this will give them compatibility with this generation of Pokemon games. It's a remake which is really deserved, although I only agree in the idea of remakes if the original needs one. RE2 doesn't, RE3 doesn't. CVX does, Pokemon Gold/Silver do. Don't fix what isn't broken.

[nemesiswontdie]

it its not a remake then, just a diffrent POV

[Canas Renvall]

alot of remakes suck theres only 1 good remake and that is REmake, but i havent played that yet.

btw can you can even remake books?

Stephanie Meyer is. She's writing another book! Another Twilight book, but guess what? It's the first book! But wait! It's from Edward's view this time!! ZOMFG MUST BUY!!!

[Ray]

alot of remakes suck theres only 1 good remake and that is REmake, but i havent played that yet.

btw can you can even remake books?

Oh, didn't even know I put books up there. Damn edit button. Is it possible, though, to remake a book?

[GuardhouseMusic]

Yeah it's true a lot of people can take vague news stories and turn them into these detailed serial killer accounts. If you read "liked to use bones as furniture, wear skin, etc etc" about a killer you could make a movie like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and say that it's based on a true story, which would sort of be correct. Norman Bates from Psycho was also kind of based on Ed Gein, and so was Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs (along with Ted Bundy and others).

[nemesiswontdie]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

totally off topic but did you guys know that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happend?
it was inspired by true events (mostly inspired by Ed Gein) and the director came up with the idea of it when he was in Sears and got lost and was in the tools department and it was packed and he looked over and saw a chainsaw and thought what would the people do if i started it up?
and thus the idea of TCM was born.

dont believe me, do your research.

[GuardhouseMusic]

The Thing, while really a readaptation of Who Goes There (short story), is widely considered a remake of the Howard Hawks picture The Thing From Another World. Nonetheless it's a great film; horrifying uses of gore in a lot of scenes, cold suspense and an ambiguous villain make the movie a horror classic.

The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is another good remake (1978 version). Really bleak movie, from beginning to end. I don't like watching it because it's so depressing.

Remakes that have come around lately are mostly crap to average. Halloween was crap, Friday the 13th was average, Texas Chainsaw Massacre was average, Black Christmas was crap. I cannot believe they're remaking Suspiria. While I don't like the film as much as most people (I think Deep Red is much better), I can't see how you can remake a specific style. The film will be horrible any way you look at it. It would be like if Stephen King wanted to readapt The Shining because he didn't like Stanley Kubrick's-oh wait.