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12 hours ago, voyager9 said:

Doesn’t really count since it’s movie to series, and technically is a sequel, but… Westworld. 
 

May go out on a limb but how about Dune.  

 

12 hours ago, voyager9 said:

Doesn’t really count since it’s movie to series, and technically is a sequel, but… Westworld. 
 

May go out on a limb but how about Dune.  

No limbs, the first one from 80's was pretty cheesy, remake much better. Another new one is out again or just about. 

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7 hours ago, siderman said:

No limbs, the first one from 80's was pretty cheesy, remake much better. Another new one is out again or just about. 

The Dune movie from the 80s is purposefully cheesy but very much a cult movie.  It has its moments (including realizing that Patrick Stewart was bald back then).  The mini-series on Sci-fi was ok accidentally cheesy but ok.  The new one on HBO looks to be pretty good. 

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35 minutes ago, voyager9 said:

The Dune movie from the 80s is purposefully cheesy but very much a cult movie.  It has its moments (including realizing that Patrick Stewart was bald back then).  The mini-series on Sci-fi was ok accidentally cheesy but ok.  The new one on HBO looks to be pretty good. 

One of my favorite books and I love the movie. There is a directors cut version on YouTube that was re-edited. It’s really good as well: 

 

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14 minutes ago, High Exposure said:

One of my favorite books and I love the movie. There is a directors cut version on YouTube that was re-edited. It’s really good as well: 

I’ll have to check that out.  I remember reading the books and enjoying them. I forget if I made it through the whole series though. It’s like the Foundation series, soooo.many.books.  
 

As a tangent:   Really want to see a remake/sequel of The Last Starfighter.  

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10 minutes ago, High Exposure said:

One of my favorite books and I love the movie. There is a directors cut version on YouTube that was re-edited. It’s really good as well: 

 

Getting off OP's topic but...I've  got a soft spot for Dune. Was introduced to it by my senior hi school English teacher as a challenge. Read it, do a top shelf book report on it and get a passing grade. Don't and I fail for the year and wouldn't have the grades to graduate! I did and graduated. Loved the book and went on to read the next 3-4 sequels but forgot more than I remember that was 45 yrs ago lol. There are many more Dune books and short stories carried on by Frank Herbert's son.

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Lots of good choices.

Thomas Crown Affair

The Thing

The Fly

Westworld reboot....though a series. Better. The actors need to be ignored off screen though

I feel like I’m forgetting some war movie remakes.  Feel like there were a few good remakes. Have to do some digging.  But I suppose if they were that good....

Would like to see a remake of The Deer Hunter.  If there was one already, it must have sucked.

Sorcerer (Roy Scheider 1977) remake of Wages of Fear (1953)

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5 hours ago, High Exposure said:

Off topic - I re-read 3 sci fi books every year: 

Dune
Starship Troopers
Armor

With the new movie coming out, I am re-reading all 6 of the original Dune books.
 

I have a project rereading all the Fleming Bond books.

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14 hours ago, High Exposure said:

Off topic - I re-read 3 sci fi books every year: 

Dune
Starship Troopers
Armor

With the new movie coming out, I am re-reading all 6 of the original Dune books.
 

Now that's a labor of love! 

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42 minutes ago, Krdshrk said:

I've read most of them - they're pretty eh...

I enjoyed the original Bond novels, but if you changed the title, author, and a few character names, a reader would have trouble matching many of them to the movies that followed.

Moonraker the book was about one missile that could hit London, and the missile silo was already in England, so not much of a stretch.  Moonraker the movie had dozens of space shuttles, an enormous stealth space station, and a plot to eliminate all human life remaining on earth.

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3 hours ago, Krdshrk said:

I've read most of them - they're pretty eh...

I read all the Fleming books back in the 60s.  Perhaps you're too young to appreciate them as you're unaware of what things were like in the 60s.

2 hours ago, 10X said:

I enjoyed the original Bond novels, but if you changed the title, author, and a few character names, a reader would have trouble matching many of them to the movies that followed.

Moonraker the book was about one missile that could hit London, and the missile silo was already in England, so not much of a stretch.  Moonraker the movie had dozens of space shuttles, an enormous stealth space station, and a plot to eliminate all human life remaining on earth.

That's why I like "Dr No".  Pretty much followed the book.

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1 hour ago, Krdshrk said:

True - I was pretty young when I read them.

 

I started reading Fleming Bond books when I was 11 or 12.

Your youth may have something to do with your appreciation of the Bond books.  I was referring to the fact I am quite certain you're much younger than me. 

Fleming wrote Bond from 1952-1964. We had the Cold War, the Red Menace, doing duck and cover drills, etc.  The sex in Bond books can be found on network TV but was very risqué for its time.  A lot of other things were much different that today or 30 or 40 years ago.

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4 hours ago, 10X said:

Moonraker the book was about one missile that could hit London, and the missile silo was already in England, so not much of a stretch.  Moonraker the movie had dozens of space shuttles, an enormous stealth space station, and a plot to eliminate all human life remaining on earth.

I can picture the meeting with the studio execs… “yeah, but can you do it in space??”

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On 8/30/2021 at 6:11 PM, GRIZ said:

I agree most remakes such.  There are exceptions though.

True Grit is one. Jeff Bridges did a good job.

I'll throw in not a remake of a movie but of a TV show I enjoyed The Equalizer.  They changed a few things and the 2nd one was a bit weak but Denzel Washington did a good job.  I think he's one of the best actors ever.  Never saw one of his movies where he didn't do a good job.

 

 

I can't think of a single remake that is better including many mentioned in this thread but love Jeff Bridges and haven't seen this.  I'll watch tonight or tomorrow and let you guys know.

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On 8/30/2021 at 9:22 PM, High Exposure said:

These are all better than the originals IMO

• Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

• Four Feathers (2002)

• Magnificent Seven* (2016) 

• Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

• Man on Fire (2004)

• Dredd (2012)

• Casino Royale (2006)

• Insomnia (2002 - remake of a Norwegian movie)

• The Departed (2006 - original was called “Internal Affairs”)

Looking forward to the new Dune movie (Releases in October 21) as well.

Good call on The Thing, The Fly, and True Grit.

So - what about reimagining or reboots, specifically in comic book and sci-fi movies. The most recent “Star Trek” movies were damn good, but they were their own stories, not really remakes.

The Henry Cavill “Man of Steel” was way better than Reeves’ “Superman”. Bale’s Batman movies are better than the Keaton/Clooney/Kilmer’s.

Is a live action version of a previously animated movie considered a “remake” the “live-action/CGI” Jungle Book was good.

 

 

* I waffle on this one. They are both really good.

ok yes, Thomas Crown Affair and The Departed.  2 for sure have to say no to the rest

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