Originally posted by: Je
I think he should make them over. I love the originals but they just look to out of date. Especially IV ANH man it just looks to low budget but its still a good movie. If he does do them over he can really make them how he intended to. He can also add to the story or change little things. I don't think anyone would disagree with a lightsaber battle between the empire and vader at the end of VI ROTJ instead of him just throwing the emp down the drain like he wasn't nothing. I would pay to see that. Excuse me while I vomit.
Originally posted by: Je
I agree with you darkhelmet. The originals are what they are ORIGINALS! Now its time for a remake. Its like this, what would you rather watch 1930's King Kong or 2005 King Kong? The originals are classics so leave them alone.
Movies are new and improved. So why not remake IV,V and VI. Thats all I'm saying. Most of the movies these days are remakes anyway. Many of them turn out to be better than the originals (batman is a great example even though I think no one can ever replace Jack as joker). CASE CLOSED!
Case reopened - I for one would rather watch the original '33 King Kong and/or poke my eyes out with blunt sticks than watch Kong '05 again. And Burton's batman movies DO NOT need to be remade (although batman is a crappy example because comics are always being 'reimagined' every decade or so - Batman alone has been bought to the screen in a number of interpretations).I think he should make them over. I love the originals but they just look to out of date. Especially IV ANH man it just looks to low budget but its still a good movie. If he does do them over he can really make them how he intended to. He can also add to the story or change little things. I don't think anyone would disagree with a lightsaber battle between the empire and vader at the end of VI ROTJ instead of him just throwing the emp down the drain like he wasn't nothing. I would pay to see that. Excuse me while I vomit.
Originally posted by: Je
I agree with you darkhelmet. The originals are what they are ORIGINALS! Now its time for a remake. Its like this, what would you rather watch 1930's King Kong or 2005 King Kong? The originals are classics so leave them alone.
Movies are new and improved. So why not remake IV,V and VI. Thats all I'm saying. Most of the movies these days are remakes anyway. Many of them turn out to be better than the originals (batman is a great example even though I think no one can ever replace Jack as joker). CASE CLOSED!
The only movies that should ever be remade are movies with good ideas that were executed badly, in the hope that the remake will do a better job of turning a good idea into a good movie. An example of this is the new Battlestar Galactica series, which takes an idea and develops it into something with the same central ideas and characters, but presented in a different, and many would say better way (that's not to say I don't like the original series, but you get the idea). Taking a movie that is already good and remaking it is pointless, and often disastrous.
However, despite the fact that I fundamentally disagree with everything you have to say, I wish Lucas would just remake 4 5 and 6 - that way he would leave the true trilogy alone, and maybe, just maybe, I would be able to enjoy his 6 part 'vision'. But it wouldn't be star wars - it would be some other thing, and I would consider it just that - a seperate, unrelated thing.
One last thing: Saying a movie is dated and therefore should be remade is ridiculous. Time passes and things date. That doesn't mean they need to be replaced by a 'new model'. They are of their time, and that is often part of their value. Shall we burn the Mona Lisa and photoshop a new one (modelled on Mandy Moore) to hang in the Louvre?