Monday Morning Poll: Remakes ... From the Future

The remake I want to see in 2015 is Back to the Future, so that Marty 2.0 can travel back to 1985. It'll happen.

Frankly, I don't think most of today's films are strong enough in anything other than style to warrant remakes. How many 2006 films could any of us name that tell really captivating stories that need to be told again? Maybe Children of Men or Inside Man, but I doubt it.

Television, though ... perhaps future film versions of "The Wire," "The Sopranos," "Lost," “Desperate Housewives,” “Heroes,” or "Arrested Development"? Those are prime for big screen treatments.

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Please God, someone remake the prequel trilogy.

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Remake Platton!! So People Don't Forget The History That Should'nt Be forgotton.

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do you mean Platoon or Patton? Both are great movies, however I don't think Platoon needs to be remade just yet. What I'd like to see is a movie about the Marines island hopping campaign in 1944-1945. Possibly a "Band of Brothers"-esque kind of mini series. Leon Uris' "Battle Cry" should be made into a script ASAP. The war in Germany gets most of the attention, but it was even more brutal in the Pacific.

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I think they should remake all the Bond Flicks with the new guy he is the best since Sean.

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We need a good movie like Saving Private Ryan, only about WWI instead of WWII. Not many good WWI pictures out there.

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Remakes? GOD save us from movie makers without any original ideas. With maybe one or two exceptions, there hasn't been a remake or sequel that's been as good or better than the original. I do not include planned series like B.T.T.F., L.O.T.R. or Star Wars in this. Any war movie, if it follows the truth of any war, battle or campaign would be welcome. Comedies maybe, but please, no stupid slapstick like in most recent remakes. One place that I would definitely stay away from is Disney. With the exception of Return to Neverland, they have yet to remake a movie or do a sequel that was anywhere near as entertaining as the original.

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Thanks, Jeff, for the reminder that we need to know our history - much is being lost and not passed on. I am not sure that George C. Scott could be topped as Patton, but more great films like Saving Private Ryan and Flags of Our Fathers need to be made so that future generations will remember and honor WWII.

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Thanks, Jeff, for the reminder that we need to know our history - much is being lost and not passed on. I am not sure that George C. Scott could be topped as Patton, but more great films like Saving Private Ryan and Flags of Our Fathers need to be made so that future generations will remember and honor WWII.

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Is there any truth to The Rock playing the live action Buzz Lightyear, in a B.L. movie?

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It seems to me all of today's movies are remakes or adaptations of some kind, it would be redundant to remake any of them.

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As a veteran of WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War, I'd say that there are a multitude of instances from each that could be researched and brought to mind.

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A bit late on future remakes, no?

http://www.scifidimensions.com/Oct06/remakingstarwars.htm

Kevin Ahearn

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As a veteran of WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War, I'm sure there are a multitude of instances that could be remembered. For instance, the Kamikazes, the Baka boats loaded with explosives, the suicide swimmers, all of WWII in the Pacific. And the infiltrations by the enemy during the Korean and Vietnam Wars - there were many!

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I dont think what movie gets remade really matters. As long as if it was a good movie it does it justice and if it was bad it makes it better. Some of todays movies are remakes or unoriginal ideas with different titles or the era is changed and people dont even realize it. Some remakes have been good, other have been stinkers. I personally would like to see a remake of something like "The Day the Earth Stood Still". With how dependant we are on technology that could really be made into a good flick with a modern twist. I think alot of old movies are begging for updates. Using that same technology I just mentioned, to make some excellent flicks with effects that were not possible when they originally came out. Just my 2 cents. Have a good day people.

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I'd like to see Catch 22 remade

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Hey. Thomas. It's too bad you missed the wonderful movie "Battle Cry" with Van Heflin as Highpockets. The script already exists.
As a side note to the whole discussion - I hate remakes. I always think Hollywood writers have no imagination if the best they can do is rewrite something that has already been done. Very few remakes are better than the original. Come on, writers, create something new and wonderful for us.

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Remake "Battle of the Buldge" or "Back to Bataan" they are both good pics. The main problem is the writers now-a-days are wimps and wussies. AND THERE ARE NO MANLY ACTORS ANYMORE, HOLLYWOOD WANTS EFFEMINATE TYPE GUYS. "PATTON", PLEASE DON'T TRY AND REMAKE MAKE THAT MOVIE!!! IT'S LIKE TRYING TO REMAKE "THE GODFATHER".

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Hmmm, I think there may someday be a remake of Titanic.Actually, Titanic itself is basically a remake of a movie called "A Night to Remember", with a love story thrown in.


As a child of the 70's I would't mind seeing a remake of "Love Story" (my first R rated movie) and the first "grownup" book i was allowed to read(at 14)

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I haven't seen many remakes worth the time to watch.
Classics are nearly impossable to improve on.
My openion is,putting them on better film and in color is about the only improvement one can make to most.

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