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Posted: May 23 2010 02:42 pm

not my list. some random guys list.
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/ten-science-fiction-films-that-should-never-be-remade-and-five-that-probably-should-be.php

A Clockwork Orange
Soylent Green
Blade Runner
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Time After Time
War Of The Gargantuas
Runaway
The Fly
The Ice Pirates
The Thing

A Boy And His Dog
The Final Countdown
Logan’s Run
2001: A Space Odyssey
Zapped!

i disagree on logans run. i think its great just as it is

Posted: May 23 2010 03:10 pm

I actually agree with him on Logan's Run. As much as I love the movie, and as awesome as Michael York is as Logan, I'd kill to see a well done and darker remake that sticks closer to the book and has some decent effects work.

Also agree on The Fly. Cronenberg and Goldblum created the quintessential and definitive version of the story and character. Nothing else needs to be changed or added to it and as the list's author notes, the first thing a remake would do would be to kill everything that made Cronenberg's version so good.

Close Encounters I also wholeheartedly agree with not remaking. That film is so unique, and such a product of the individuals who made it, that the magic could never, ever be recaptured. All a remake would do is tarnish the original, and that would be very, very sad indeed.

Also on the "no remake" list for me, if it counts as sci-fi (which I think it kind of does) would be 1984. The '84 version with John Hurt is fantastic, and one of the best and truest adaptations of a book I've ever seen. I guess I wouldn't object TOOOOO much to a remake since its such a universal and interpretable story, but still...I don't think its possible to top that version, and I think any director would be foolish to try.

You know what movie needs to be on there though is Brave New World. This might not count since there hasn't ever been a true movie adaptation (aside from a couple made for TV things in the 80s), but that's a story I would LOVE to see translated to screen well.

Posted: May 23 2010 03:23 pm

SoldierHawk wrote:

You know what movie needs to be on there though is Brave New World. This might not count since there hasn't ever been a true movie adaptation (aside from a couple made for TV things in the 80s), but that's a story I would LOVE to see translated to screen well.

I agree. I rented a version and it had the dad from the O.C. as one of the characters, I didn't finish it, it was pretty terrible.

Joined: Mar 01 2010 Posts: 126

SoldierHawk wrote:

You know what movie needs to be on there though is Brave New World. This might not count since there hasn't ever been a true movie adaptation (aside from a couple made for TV things in the 80s), but that's a story I would LOVE to see translated to screen well.

Ridley Scott was set to direct a Brave New World movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio after Robin Hood, but he apparently put it off for a while.

Also, I want to see a remake of Brazil by another quirky director. Frankly, I'd love to see what Terry Gilliam would do with today's technology, but you can't expect a director to remake his own film. I could so imagine a remake by David Lynch or Tim Burton. Or an animated version by Miyazaki could be awesome as well.

Posted: May 24 2010 01:51 am

Add Robot Jox to the remake list, or at least something in the spirit. I'm a sucker for giant robots (obviously), and Robot Jox is like G Gundam mixed with Mechwarrior before both even existed.