JCC If you had to redo hollywood classics, or shows, or movies

If you had the opportunity to shoot a remake of a movie based on a tv show or movie or even a comic book like spiderman or superman how would you do it? Who would you use for characters. Who would use for villains? Who would you use for main characters? If you were making a sequel to a movie like say Superman who would you use as a villain? Go wild and use your creativity. Who would want to see Hollywood use to give a remake a good chance at success.

 

I would like to remake Casablanca as a Star Trek sequel. Captain Kirk has been driven out of the service and has opened a bar named "Jim's" in a deep space station that has been occupied by Klingons during a new universe intergalactic war. "We'll always have ShiKahr" is the quote everyone will remember.

 

I'd include Jar Jar Binks as a main character in the OT.

 

I would make a sequel to Gone with the Wind titled Arrived with the Dry Air and have it be about Rhett dying of chronic eczema which would prompt Scarlet to find the last bottle of lotion in war-torn America. The movie would be 5 hours long and contain graphic disturbing images of Rhett's skin falling off as he itches away.

 

I just hope that the robots from The Black Hole are going to make an cameo appearance in the new Disney Star Wars films.

(Are you listening, J. J. Abrams?)

 

"The Thin Man" (1934)
I'd cast Emma Stone as Nora Charles for sure.
I'd like to have Orlando Bloom, James Franco or Ryan Gosling as Nick Charles. I'd have to see how they worked with Emma in the audition. I really liked the chemistry between Emma and Ryan in "Crazy Stupid Love".
As for the rest of the cast, I'd really have to think about it, but I'd love to have some big names as the supporting cast.

 

I think a remake or vague sequel for The Black Hole should be in order.

 

That too.

 

I'd do a PG-13 less gritty remake of Taxi Driver starring one of the Helmsworth brothers.

 

I would remake Beverly Hills Cop 2, but with the Muppets.

 

I would remake Robocop 3, but this time have it rated R and with Peter Weller.

 

Would you have any sequels to your version of The Thin Man have the "Thin Man" words in the title somewhere, even thought said thin man wouldn't figure into the plot of the film and the only connecting tissue would be Nick and Nora Charles?

 

Don't believe in remakes....but I would re-edit Citizen Kane to be a lot less boring and redundant.

Okay, so CFK decided to turn his mistress into an opera singer in order to bolster her reputation, despite the fact that she has no real ability and her voice coach hates her. Fine, fine.
But did we really need to get a full length song from her to understand that she's no good?

And for the love of god, cut down the opening newsreel footage. Don't make it a full summary of the movie we are about to see. Just get to the main points to set the story in motion: CFK dies, his last statement is "rosebud". That's all you need. We don't really need to hear about his rise in business and politics, especially since we are going to see that later in the film.

 

I understand the disdain for the newsreel sequence (it turned me off from watching it for a first time), but I don't think you appreciate its intent. It's not exposition for exposition's sake. It's exposition so that we don't need exposition when it matters. It's not a synopsis of the film (that would be absurd). It's a summation of the facts so that we know as much as Thompson. The sequence in Titanic where we see the computer simulation of the sinking has often been compared to the newsreel footage: we need to know how the ship sinks so we're not asking the wrong questions when the drama happens. If you're paying attention to the information conveyed in the newsreel, it can greatly enhance your reading of the film.

 

Well, I can see V.I.N.Cent showing up, and they could fix up old B.O.B. But Maximillian ended up in Hell, so that'd take some fancy footwork.

Of course, they could blow everybody's minds by having K-9, Robbie, the duplicate Maria, the 'bots from the S.O.L., and Hymie show up somewhere.

 

"Saturday Night Live" sort-of did that a while back.

 

So instead of Captain Butler, he's called Scratchy Butler?

 

It would have been more effective had the newsreel footage been cut down to 1/3rd its final length, and picked up with the reporter actually asking questions.

By minute five, I was like "why?"

 

I would remake a science fiction classic, wherein the final moments, Charlton Heston rides a horse down a beach
and finds a towering, half-submerged statue of Alan Rickman.

Planet of the Snapes.

 

I haven't seen any of sequels, but you know how Hollywood loves sequels, so possibly/probably, I didn't give it much thought. As for the title, maybe it would change or I might have it in the script somewhere. Again, didn't really think about it, just thought of a movie I enjoyed and one that could use an update.

 

How about we see a remake of Taken where Liam Neeson gets taken and his cat has to save him.

 

I would remake Cocoon without the geezers. Seriously, who wants to see a movie about a retirement home?

 

I would remake the Lego Movie, but I would use Playmobil toys instead. I would call it The Playmobil Movie.