Movie remakes re: The Fly

[PatboyX]

so....

i guess it could be argued that the David Cronenberg film could be looked on this way but
is it really worth it to remake a movie made exceptionally well less than 20 years ago?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Is it being remade? That would be particularly odd in that Cronenberg's excellent film was itself a remake. The two Cape Fears were not too much more than 20 years apart either (EDIT: apparently they were 29 years apart).

 

[K1052]

They are have already remade Dawn of the Dead. The writers area getting desperate. One day the might even have to write something, dare I say it, original *gasp*.

 

[Rage187]

a remake of a remake, how original.

 

[PatboyX]

i mean, i dont really have too much of a problem with a remake if it is done well (the 80's Fly is a really good remake.)
but...it seems to run rampant. they are making The Producers back into a film...it makes no sense to me!
i have heard the "there are no original ideas" argument many times before. but there are as many now when the film industry got going, i believe.
i think people are just lazy.

 

[Wuffsunie]

Well, the whole remake thing comes from the fact that while the movie industry on the whole has always been conservative (hence distinct generas and film types), now it's gone uber-conversative. Execs are always, always pining for the next big thing, the blockbuster, the one that'll make them a lot of money. And to conservative minds, known qualities and safe bests are always more appealing than the risk of origionality and innovation. The fact that so much constant emphesis is placed on the bottom line of a movie by both the industry and the viewing public means that those with the money to back movies are less inclined to gamble with it. Remakes have a built in audience factor that cannot be discounted. A good number of fans will attend any remake just to see how badly it butchered the original, and that's good enough for some execs.

As for their remake of the Cronenberg version of the fly... yeech. That's just sad and tacky.

 

[K1052]

Lately the companies that have taken gambles have been doing very well.

New Line's decision to back LOTR was something no other studio was willing to do. Everyone else had declined.
This was a very risky choice for them, after just coming off of some low grossing films. If LOTR flopped, New Line would have folded.

The other major film companies making more conventional and tired fare have not been doing so well.