9 Shitty Movie Remakes I'd Be Cool With
There are a few rumors that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is next to be aborted by dipstick Hollywood idiots. Why do they have to keep remaking good movies? Why can't they just make everybody happy and give shitty movies a redo?
Here are some crappy movies that, if remade, I can't imagine anybody would give a crap, because the original versions couldn't be any worse.
1. Waterworld (1995)
This was one of the biggest budget movies of all times, but also a huge bomb. I think it's pretty cool. I mean, Kevin Costner drinks his own pee! Dennis Hopper smokes cigs and says funny stuff. They manage to make some Exxon Valdez jokes.
Here's my plan for the remake: spend more money and have more urine ingestion.
2. Halloween (1978 and 2007)
Yeah, I said it. Fuck the original Halloween and fuck the Rob Zombie remake. They're not that scary, good, or anything worth watching. Eventually, Busta Rhymes makes an appearance in the series, which should tell you something. The story is about a crazy kid who kills his family, then moves to a mental home where apparently they pump their kids full of steroids while teaching them how to drive, operate hot tubs, and hate couples getting lucky.
The re-remake could be about a bunch of trick-or-treaters throwing eggs at old people. Or maybe some kids divided their Halloween candy, because honestly, anything is more entertaining than the shitty original and the just-as-shitty remake.
3. Near Dark (1987)
Some boring vampire drifters go on boring non-adventures through boring states like Kansas. Boring stuff ensues. Most of the cast of Aliens makes up the talent.
This movie really sucked, although some cult horror fans will tell you it's way ahead of it's time. No, it's not. Watching this movie is like being frozen in time, because it doesn't go anywhere. This was a vampire movie with a little romance, but none of the cool things that make vampire movies awesome for today's audience, like ninjas, Wesley Snipes, and gratuitous boobs.
4. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max and The Road Warrior are two of the baddest ass movies in history. Then Max takes his bitching supercharged V-8 muscle car, leather jacket, and pissed-off attitude to...Peter Pan's Never Never Land? He fights with a retard, shovels some pig crap and then mentally battles with Tina Turner. What the fuck?
Here's the plotline for the remake of Mad Max 3: Max wakes up, drives his car over some dudes, eats some lunch, and then kills more dudes. Then he stabs another dude in the eyeballs for checking out his car. The end.
5. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
I know more about Spider-Man than I know about most of my own family. And I like Venom more than I like my own family. I actually really enjoyed the first two flicks. But this one? What the hell? Spider-Man dances, cries, and does more un-Spider-Man-like things, such as suck. Sandman is by far one of the lamest villains (and Spidey has a lot of them). The "New" Goblin is pretty barftastic with his flying snowboard. Gwen Stacy doesn't really mesh and Venom just sucks in this.
How about this for the remake? Give Venom a real mean streak, and hire an actor not from That 70's Show. And skip Sandman for a less dorky character like Rocket Racer or Morbius the Living Vampire.
6. Underworld (I don't know which years, there's like 50 of them)
Let me tell you the plot for a really awesome movie: vampires fight werewolves. Okay, sound exciting to you? Well, it's not.
Even though you get to see Kate Whatsherface in some tight leather pants, this movie blows. It's a lot of complaining, whining, and ninny singing.
Maybe if the vampires spent more time fighting werewolves rather than adjusting their hair, this movie might not suck.
7. Raging Bull (1980)
Some Italian loser boxer lives a really hard life because he's an Italian loser boxer. Even Joe Pesci can't save this movie. Oh yeah, your film studies professor touches himself every night during some of the completely unneeded scenes and soliloquies and begs you to do the same—please don't. This is by far one of the most overrated movies starring one of the most overrated actors and put together by one of the most overrated directors.
Instead of all that crap, let's have a movie about an Italian boxer starring, written, and directed by one of the greatest talents in human history: Sylvester Stallone. Oh yeah, he already made a few boxing movies called Rocky, and all of them rocked my socks off.
8. Superman Returns (2006)
You know what I hate in movies? Unnecessary kids. Like the little shitwipe in this flick. Oh, and all of a sudden Superman can pick up entire mountains of kryptonite, but he doesn't know how to use a condom? Now, Kevin Spacey did a fantastic job of being Lex Luthor, and I appreciate that. The special effects were cool too. Even the guy who played Superman wasn't that bad.
Here's the deal though: I don't want to watch Superman outsmart people. I want to see him pick stuff up and smash it. Maybe he flies around and shoots laser beams at some stuff. Mostly, he picks heavy things up and drops them on people. So get back to work, Superman people. Just forget the kid and Kate Bosworth.
9. Indiana Jones 4 (2008)
You know what else I hate in movies? Unnecessary kids. Shia Leabaoughf (or however you spell that) isn't that annoying, what is annoying is a terribly dogshit movie that soils the perfect name of Indiana Jones. There's nothing wrong with Doctor Jones being old, but there is a problem with a bunch of video game-style crap that nobody cares about. Where's the coolness? Why doesn't he whip more stuff? Can't Short Round be a main character? Maybe some more monkey-brain soup?
Are there any other flicks you'd like to see redone? Or is it possible I might be wrong? Leave me a comment, suckers.
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(Post new comment)KC,
Hmmm well I pretty much agree with most of these.
# 2, 3 and 6 I found shocking though.
The Halloween remake I agree with but the original Halloween kicked some ass in its time and it is simply not fair to now say it sucks now because it isn't scary. Most horror movies made in the 70s-80s aren't that scary NOW but they rocked people when they were made. The original Halloween deserves some respect in that area. It is like saying Star Wars sucks because the effects are cheesy. Yeah...now they are cheesy, but come on, then they defined a genre.
Near Dark was great. "It's finger-lickin' GOOD!" (<-Best Bill Paxton line since...well, maybe all his lines in Aliens)
The Underworld movies are only missing one major thing in my opinion and that is a more developed back story for the hot Vampire Elder Amelia. (<-She needs her own movie now).
As far as Indiana Jones...I stick by my comment here because I don't want to type it all out again:
http://www.pointsincase.com/articles/10-worst-movies-since-2004
Andrei-
[Most horror movies made in the 70s-80s aren't that scary NOW]
Arrrgh! :Throws copies of DEAD & BURIED, THE PROWLER, THE SLAYER, SCARECROWS, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 and THE BURNING at you: *g*
The key word was NOW Gav, None of those movies I would consider scary now, but then maybe that is because I have already seen them and that kills some of the scare factor.
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Duuude!
I've seen THE THING, INVASION OF THE BODYSNATCHERS (78), DEAD & BURIED and THE BURNING dozens of times now and they all still scare me even though I know what's coming. Especially THE THING... A tip is to watch them with people who haven't seen them before, and get scared vicariously through them...
No you see, I was flinging them at you in the manner of the CD Cenobite from HELLRAISER III *g*...
Shourt Round SHOULD have been in this movie. I think he was one of the greatest sidekicks. Forget that he was a kid, he made Indy look awesome and was a total smart ass. SR rocked and should have been brought back.
HALLOWEEN?! You have offended JC himself (no, not that one, I mean John Carpenter). The original HALLOWEEN is a relentless juggernaut of terror, and introduced a shaken world to the unstoppable masculine force of Jamie Lee Curtis...
NEAR DARK?! Dude, the film is a classic. Aside from the fact that it's practically an ALIENS reunion (Lance Henriksen, Jeanette Goldstein, Bill Paxton) it's an awesome film with some terrific moments, especially the bar snackrifice and any sequence where the dysfunctional family meet our friend Mr. Sun.
I pretty much agree with the rest of them though- SUPERMAN RETURNS had its moments, but was so shackled to the idea of the Christopher Reeve movies that they even used Marlon Brando as Jor-El again. They should have let Singer put his own unique stamp on things. And gotten Brandon Routh and/or James Marsden naked.
I hear Venom may be getting his own spinoff movie, although Topher Grace may not be involved, and he may not be evil; God knows how- maybe he only eats people who deserve it, like Intelligent Design Advocates?
btw- other films that could have potential as remakes- THEM! (we've come a long way in giant-ant technology); the movie version of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (the original movie sucked more than the vampires did); THE BAD SEED (with added modern-era gore and the original downbeat ending that the 1950's version altered); DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (show the world that not all killer plant movies have to be as bad as THE HAPPENING) and ROSEMARY'S BABY with Britney Spears in the Mia Farrow part (she'd be good at playing paranoid crazy, and the idea of the remake would piss off Roman Polanski enough that he'd come Stateside and the cops could nab him)
Ace article dude!
:goes back to waiting with bated breath for the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake in April 2010:
John Carpenter has made a ton of movies. So I don't like a few of them. "They Live" is still one of the most awesome flicks ever, and "The Thing" still scares the underroos off of me.
I think the original "Nightmare On Elm Street" is too good to be touched, or re-touched.
Short Round goes down in history as one of the best sidekicks ever. "No time for love Dr. Jones."
There were good parts of "Superman Returns," especially the parts that are almost shot-by-shot of the original.
Indeed, THE THING is awesome. Plus contains my favourite movie quote ever:
"I know you gentlemen have been through a lot; but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!"
As a major Fred-Head since birth, I was initially aghast at the idea of a NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake; especially one without Robert Englund. But the trailer looks awesome, as does Jackie Earl Haley's portrayal of Krueger...
My favourite parts of SUPERMAN RETURNS all revolved around Jimmy Olsen and Richard White. The rest was pretty naff. Except for the kid's piano-fu...
Honestly I don't think that a remake will change things better. We'll have the same writers who seem either to used to buy an essay instead of studying or have desire to get as much money as they could without doing anything. So lets just wait for the great movies to come and forget all this crap.
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