tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post7166415265533303676..comments2023-11-05T02:57:06.922-05:00Comments on The Vault of Horror: The VOH Roundtable: When Are Remakes OK?B-Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-5017376446317226632009-05-25T12:45:41.768-04:002009-05-25T12:45:41.768-04:00@ BJ-C: I am glad to be among such good company as...@ BJ-C: I am glad to be among such good company as B-Sol. Sorry about the computer.<br /><br />@ B-Sol: my pleasure. I think the more I write, the more I write, so bring it on.<br /><br />@ the rest: thanks for the feedback.RayRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718037136482754673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-74675023629484301202009-05-25T12:37:51.247-04:002009-05-25T12:37:51.247-04:00Remakes help you appreciate the originals Black Ch...Remakes help you appreciate the originals Black Christmas-Friday the 13th-Halloween! We will wait and see about Nightmare on Elm Street!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-38684845516284453012009-05-25T05:42:56.249-04:002009-05-25T05:42:56.249-04:00This almost convinced me that remakes are not the ...This almost convinced me that remakes are not the worst thing to hit the planet since AIDS. But not quite.Garg Unzolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584292157716117449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-89757443732117530352009-05-25T00:30:04.518-04:002009-05-25T00:30:04.518-04:00Thanks very much, guys. Josh, I think from my own ...Thanks very much, guys. Josh, I think from my own point of view, that in remaking movies from the '60s and earlier--the main thing that can be improved on is special effects. Because other than that, a classic is a classic. Just because it's old doesn't make it inferior for any other reason in my opinion. Hell, I think the 1930s might have been the best decade for movies, ever!B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-28227915230987797772009-05-25T00:06:45.747-04:002009-05-25T00:06:45.747-04:00Fascinating discussion, folks. Thank you.
I'd ag...Fascinating discussion, folks. Thank you.<br /><br />I'd agree with B-Sol's two rules, with caveats. First--you should never remake a perfect movie UNLESS you're doing something new with it. Take Christian Nyby's THE THING (with all its Cold War sensibilities) and remake it in the age of AIDS (infection replacing the inexorable spread of Communism as the bogey), and you've got a winner. Take Val Lewton's CAT PEOPLE and focus on the weird sexuality that had to be downplayed in the original, and you have, if not a modern classic, at least an interesting experiment. But take PSYCHO and shoot it scene-for-scene, and you end up with a masturbatory mess. I mean, no one's remaking THE GODFATHER or CHINATOWN, because each of those movies are so perfect that you are inevitably going to lose the comparison. Try something different, and I'll give you a pass.<br /><br />Of course, you also have to have talent and vision. Otherwise, you end up with THE WIZ.John Sunserinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-15913634929965890242009-05-24T23:32:02.606-04:002009-05-24T23:32:02.606-04:00A very interesting read guys...and gal. You all m...A very interesting read guys...and gal. You all make some good points and I agree with a lot of what y'all said. I am not a fan of the over saturation of remakes coming out of Hollywood these days.<br /><br />I can see remaking films from the 60's or earlier cause there is a lot that we could improve upon, although I still like a lot of those. But the redoing of films from the 70's and 80's is getting ridiculous. There's just not much you can improve upon, in my humble opinion of course. Maybe I'm just getting old and jaded? hahahaha<br /><br />Nice job and I'm looking forward to further Roundtables.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492021629065604135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-73094598885777047042009-05-24T22:48:23.494-04:002009-05-24T22:48:23.494-04:00Nice work, my associates. Let's try and make this ...Nice work, my associates. Let's try and make this a weekly thing! And anyone should feel free to send in any weighty questions they'd like the VOH Roundtable to tackle in the future...B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-592414084056745892009-05-24T22:26:54.638-04:002009-05-24T22:26:54.638-04:00This was much fun to do. And RayRay you now go alo...This was much fun to do. And RayRay you now go along the ranks with B-Sol as people to make me spit diet coke at my computer. "The friggin' Martians are coming, and the daughter is going to get snippy about peanut butter? Eat your friggin' bread!"<br /><br />that did it for me :)BJ Colangelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794586844789183140noreply@blogger.com