Jingus 543 Posted October 31, 2015 One day Hollywood will discover original ideas again. One day.They've been doing remakes for over a century now. It's nothing new; hell, neither is the concept of a "remake". ALL of Shakespeare's plays had directly stolen their ideas from well-known older works. And if there's one thing I don't mind at all, it's the idea of doing gender-swapped remakes. I find that idea fascinating, to show how the same ideas would work with characters of the opposite sex. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niners Fan in CT 12,354 Posted October 31, 2015 Yeah but we didn't need a new Ocean's 11, we have the Fast series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muhammedboehm 601 Posted October 31, 2015 So if I'm understanding this correct Sandra Bullock is going to be the Clooney character who in the movies was trying to get back into Julia Roberts life by stealing from her bf Andy Garcia...so in this version I'm going to have to believe a dude is going to think twice about getting back together with Sandra? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 543 Posted October 31, 2015 That's less believable than a woman having to think twice about getting back together with George Clooney? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muhammedboehm 601 Posted October 31, 2015 That's less believable than a woman having to think twice about getting back together with George Clooney?You got me there 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elizium 1,592 Posted October 31, 2015 One day Hollywood will discover original ideas again. One day.They've been doing remakes for over a century now. It's nothing new; hell, neither is the concept of a "remake". ALL of Shakespeare's plays had directly stolen their ideas from well-known older works.And if there's one thing I don't mind at all, it's the idea of doing gender-swapped remakes. I find that idea fascinating, to show how the same ideas would work with characters of the opposite sex. Yeah, early Hollywood was all about remakes, you'd see the same stories released every couple years. I guess it comes from the theatre background, where if a production/story is popular, you keep doing it. You'd see the same thing in the early 1900s music business. If a song sold well, there'd be a rush of artists and producers releasing their own versions. Hell, John Ford even remade his own films, turning 1934's Judge Priest into 1953's The Sun Shines Bright. I'm pretty sure he did the 3 Godfathers story a couple times as well (which of course would eventually get remade itself into 3 Men and a Baby). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raziel 7,088 Posted October 31, 2015 You realize with Ocean's, we're in remake of a remake territory? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 13,006 Posted October 31, 2015 Hitchcock did some remakes of his own early films as well.And the famous version of The Maltese Falcon was the third time the novel had been adapted in about a decade. By the same studio. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate 4,604 Posted November 1, 2015 That's it, then: All movies are shit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reed 1,865 Posted November 1, 2015 Hitchcock did some remakes of his own early films as well. Yeah, but he had a good reason: New technology was coming in all the time. Sound and color, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
