Gabe Powers wrote: I'm still laughing about someone calling Back to School a classic...

When it comes to comedy, very few films are as consistently funny as "Back To School." I am not sure I would consider it a "classic," but it is one of Rodney Dangerfield's best on screen efforts. He always made me laugh before he even spoke.

Adrian wrote: Capt,

I think the Arnold rumor is very old.  I remember hearing that he would remake Westword and Omega Man sometime ago (long before he became governor).  The Westworld remake is happening, but I haven't heard anything definite on casting yet.

I thought Arnold backed out and Will Smith (oh god) was supposed to take his place for the Omega Man remake?

Hasn't this thread been done before?
Maybe the studios should come up with - drum roll please - NEW IDEAS! Scary stuff...

Gabe Powers wrote: I'm still laughing about someone calling Back to School a classic, and now you're brining up Porky's. Only room for improvement there. (Sorry, I'm just being a curl)

Back to School was actually one of the films nominated by the AFI for 100 Years 100 Laughs, though it did not make the final 100.  I don't really have an opinion on the movie as it has been way too long since I have seen it.

adam roddis wrote: what! there remaking oldboy, god I hate them !!!! I am soooooo sick of these f**king cocksucking no idea move t****rs, they only remake foreign films because they think the mainstream audience are to dumb to read the subtitles lol

Yep that's what I think too. Hollywood are also imposing restrictions on Korean films being released. All due to the trade agreement which means Korea will be releasing less films like "Oldboy" and being forced to show s**t like "Date Movie" in Korean cinemas.

I heard they were remaking a Clint Eastwood movie with, of all people, The Rock. Is that true?

Donnie_Darko wrote: Arellium wrote: Halloween
The Hills Have Eyes
Rambo


The Hills Have Eyes remake looks pretty good

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. They're actually remaking The Hills Have Eyes? Who's directing it?

Arellium wrote: Donnie_Darko wrote: Arellium wrote: Halloween
The Hills Have Eyes
Rambo


The Hills Have Eyes remake looks pretty good

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. They're actually remaking The Hills Have Eyes? Who's directing it?Can I ask where you've been?

the getaway ?
Kubrick's ?
goodfellas ?
casablanca ?

The Wicker Man- although at this point there's no stpooing it
Withnail and I- I can just see this being remade as a piece of s**t teen comedy with Sean William Scott as Withnail and James Van Der Biek as "I" or those guys who played Harold and Kumar.
Anyway thoughts like that keep me awake at night

Oh dear lord b00tleg wrote: May they never even think of attempting a remake of a clockwork orange. They would only damage, maim and ineptly dumb down such a classic shocker of a film. Please if there is a God, don't let it happen!!

There are unfortunate rumours flying around that they are planning to remake it for a modern audience (even though the original is still a little ahead of it's time IMO). Nothing confirmed but I hope nothing comes to pass.

As much as I like The Wizard of Oz (1939), I wouldn't mind seeing a remake of it especially if it was more faithful to the original books and not a musical.  The only director I'd recommend for a Wizard of Oz remake would be Tim Burton.

Perhaps the biggest obstacle in remaking The Wizard of Oz would be the fact that people simply love the original too much to give any remake of it a chance (even if it turned out to be really good).  Return To Oz (a sequel that was more in tone with the books) didn't stand much of a chance at the box office over twenty years ago because of everyone's love for the original.

agree with agent of doom above plus coppola, ford, wyler,wilder, huston, hawks, curtiz, cukor, (I could go on for ever!) anything in the afi and bfi lists! I also think that Star Wars and LOTR must never be remade! They should leave the whole thing alone the remakes of Omen, Get Carter and Rollerball were awful and im being kind!