Stephen, Will...you're wonderful. Both of you. But don't go through with it. PLEASE, don't!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Er, don't movies have to be older than that to qualify for remake?
I'm not OLD enough to remember when the originals of remakes came out!
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Er, don't movies have to be older than that to qualify for remake?
Fact: I can name more than one 1990s film off the top of my head that is currently in development as a remake.
I don't think there's any time limit...remakes have been around almost as long as film itself. As long as rights can be obtained to the story, a remake can be done. Heck, the new Hulk remake's coming out a mere five years after the previous attempt to start a franchise.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
No NO NO NO NO A remake of the Karate Kid is NOT needed. Could folks go back to making unique original movies please?
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
I've never watched Karate Kid but the ironic bit is that Stephen Chow already made a movie in 1994 that seems to parody much of "kid learns kungfu to beat up bullies" thing in a movie called "Love on Delivery." review link
Much of the plot revolves around a fake kung-fu master that tries to swindle Stephen Chow's character who is a kid trying to stand up to a bully.
I cannot find a trailer but here are two clips on youtube.
I actually loved those 3 Ninjas movies when I was a kid, couldn't get enough of them.
I LOVE "You're the Best Around." Of all the 80's training/fight montages, it's probably my favorite, although much of Rocky IV could give it a run for its money. Oh original soundtracks just aren't what they used to be.
Posted by sylvrdragon (Member # 3332) on :
There are a few movies that I wouldn't mind seeing remakes of. The problem is, they are usually some of my favorites and I don't want them to be ruined. Beetlejuice comes to mind. (Though I'm not sure that anybody but Micheal Keaton can pull that roll off)
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
The original runor was that Jaden Smith would be the kid in it, making this a very different movie than the original. They just couldn't do to him what they did to that high schooler without starting a riot.
If it's different enough that it's basically another version of it, like Ever After and Cinderella, than I'm ok. If it's too similar I just don't see a point.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
There was an Onion article about the remake of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Too bad I'm so lazy.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
The film to be shot in CHINA??? WTF? It's supposed to be Japan!
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
I'm just hoping that its another parody. The summary of Karate Kid makes it sound positively dull.
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
I wish they would remake bad movies - good scripts or sources that had a shoddy treatment. That would be much more worthwhile.
The upside of remaking the karate kid is they don't need the writers for a new script.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I think Karate is from Okinawa which is kind of in between.
Is Kung fu actually from anywhere?
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
"Don't you know all kinds of kung fu originated from Shaolin?"