Amph Sequels/Spinoffs/Reboots/Remakes

Seeing all Star Wars films. MCU films too, unless any look particularly bad. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 has me most excited, though; I adore the first. Seeing Batman v Superman, but the rest of the DC films I'll play by ear. Love Harry Potter, so I'll be seeing Fantastic Beasts. Ghostbusters I'll play by ear, as I love the original and am hoping they do the concept justice. Seeing Jurassic World for sure. Spectre, definitely. Any future Indiana Jones films I'll be seeing at midnight, as well. That's all that comes to my tired mind right now, but I'm sure there are others I'm either planning to see, or at least willing to give a chance. Oh, X-Men: Apocalypse for sure. I can't believe that slipped my mind, it's the superhero film I'm looking forward to the most.

Off-topic, but I'm also ridiculously excited to see both Crimson Peak and The Hateful Eight. Also, Edgar Wright's Baby Driver. His departure from Ant-Man killed 90% of my excitement for that movie, and I'm a fan of the character (if you can't tell by my username).

 

Kathy Najimy is one of the few people that's consistently entertaining in every single project they do.

And that includes being a Disney alien.

 

Here's a question....there are so many BAD movies out there, why not remake those instead?

Seriously....you could take something certifiably terrible like Manos: The Hands of Fate and polish it up into at least a halfway decent film.


Heck....there's THOUSANDS of bad movies to choose from!

 

Hollywood does not like to risk all that much.

 

There's not exactly a lot of money, praise, or critical acclaim to be had from remaking infamous bombs, either. There are times to accuse Hollywood (And indeed most large corporate media sources) of being risk averse... that's not one of them.

 

You have a point there, but

Big Trouble in Little China was an infamous bomb. 20th Century Fox had no idea how to market it, it tanked at the box office and yet now with the Rock's clout, it may be remade.

I understand it's a business, The older I get the less appeal current Hollywood (and other countries film industries) have for me.

 

Sticking with Big Trouble in Little China: John Carpenter does not care about the remake, 20th Century Fox hold the rights.

and more importantly, I found this wonderful article about a Big Trouble screening which featured a good deal of the Asian cast and crew. * Had I known about this, I would have been there.

 

Yeah, it would have been cool to attend that screening and Q&A of Big Trouble in Little China. If it was done in San Francisco's Chinatown, I would have definitely been there. I think James Hong could still play Lo Pan and probably won't need that much make up.

 

Yep, Lo Pan has still got it. 86 years young. I hope I get to meet him at a convention.

For this remake, James could be Lo Pan, but Ching Dai would also be pretty cool. I wouldn't mind seeing Lo Pan being cursed way back when.

 

I never expected to see anyone this passionate about Sister Act.

Marvel has me hooked for its blockbusters, and I'm interested in Rogue One. Those are the only ones I can really promise to go out and see. Ghostbusters, Zoolander, etc. I'll probably get around to seeing at some point. If by some miracle Batjustice vs. Super Dawn: Man of Affleck is good, I'll probably see it. Everything else is probably ranging from pass to "maybe on video on demand if it gets good reviews."

 

Doctor Sleep, sequel to The Shining, is getting a film adaptation

 

I don't care about that, but the starter of this thread sure had a likeable and clever screen name. I like it. There's one user around here who has the most uninspired and boring screen name, though. New guy, chose to call his account Rylo Ken. Can you believe that? The most unimaginative uncreative name I can think of. What a waste.

 

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Barbershop 3
Batman v Superman
Ben-Hur
Bourne sequel
Captain America 3
Conjuring 2
Deadpool
Divergent 3
Dr. Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Friday the 13th
Gambit
Ghostbusters
Ice Age 5
Independence Day 2
Jungle Book
Kung Fu Panda 3
Neighbors 2
Now You See Me 2
Nut Job 2
Pete's Dragon
Purge 3
Ride Along 2
Rogue One
Star Trek 3
Suicide Squad
Tarzan
TMNT2
X-Men: Apocalpyse
Zoolander 2

Saw the Tarzan trailer in front of "Gods of Egypt" - one of the worst non sequel, reboot, remakes of 2016 so far

 

I agree. This reminds me that I need to get around to seeing Greystoke. I haven't seen it, but I've had it recommended to me.

 

Magnum P.I. sequel series

It'll be his daughter. They could do a cross over with today's Hawaii 5.0.

 

Lethal Weapon is a series too, now. MacGyver received a reboot that looked atrocious from the trailer.

 

If the original Star Wars was the Magnificent Seven of sci fi movies, then the new Magnificent Seven must be the The Force Awakens of westerns.

 

Why? Did it recognise the original plagiariser's intent and make a better plagiary?

 

The title of this thread basically describes 95% of Hollywood films since at least the beginning of this millennium! If you also include mostly yawner films "based on true events" and wars whose only goal is to get the popularity contest win of the ridiculous Oscars, that's pretty much everything in a nutshell.

 

Storks is entirely originalt, but it is the result of Warner Bros. putting together a strike force in 2013 so that the studio could finally really begin to capitalize on the booming market for cgi animated feature films, so there's no reason to be particularly pleased about "original content" at least in this case. It's content developed in an R&D center designed for manufacturing content. Content grown in the lab with the hope that it will stick when thrown into the marketplace so that it can be properly sequelized.

 

Highlights for me in recent years have been films like Ex Machina, Oblivion, and despite being based on a true story, Bridge of Spies.

 

MacGuyver aired episode 1 today. I will watch with my kids and report back. Doubt it'll be as retrotastic as Hooten and the Lady.

 

I have to say that I generally dislike remakes. In fact I can't think of a single one I found better than the original. I generally stay away from them in the first place. Who needs another Conan the Barbarian or Point Break, when the originals were more or less perfect? Same with all that remade Halloween, Evil Dead and Friday the 13th stuff. Why can't Hollywood simply leave good enough alone? To be clear I'm talking strictly about remakes, not new film versions of books. Those don't count. The only one I can think of at the moment that isn't strictly crap is POSSIBLY Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's doesn't come close to the original but isn't totally horrible either.
Sequels are a different story for me. I have nothing against them generally, IF they are well made. Some that are (almost) as good as the originals - in very rare cases better - include:
- naturally all the Lucas SW sequels and prequels (meaning excluding the ST)
- Aliens
- the Back to the Future sequels
- Terminator 2 (actually it may really be better than the 1st one)
- Godfather Part II
- partially the Psycho sequels
- Jaws 2 (I know, not generally liked, and certainly nowhere near the original, but at least not a total disaster either. John Williams' soundtrack is actually pretty good and IMO underrated.)
- Temple of Doom (yes, in my opinion actually better than Raiders)

Those are just a few examples I can think of right now. I'm sure there are more. Again, I'm not including sequels based on books like LOTR or Harry Potter.

 

The Thing
Little Shop of Horrors
The Fly (debatable)
Ocean's 11
A Star is Born (pick one)

 

True. I should definitely have included The Fly. I can't say much about the others as I haven't seen the originals. But I have at least seen parts of the original The Thing, and I'm pretty sure Carpenter's version is better.