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A comprehensive list of mostly pointless remakes and spin-offs

Fuddlemiff

Fuddlemiff

Is this real life?
I can't keep track of them all, so I'm keeping track of them all. Here.

Film
Star Trek
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Robocop
Friday the 13th
Logan's Run
Dragonball
Escape from New York
Capricorn One (canceled?)
Barbarella (2009)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (2011)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
When Worlds Collide (2010)
The Crow

TV
The Graysons (canceled)
Knight Rider
Bionic Woman (canceled)
Survivors
Blake's 7
The Prisoner
Day of the Triffids
Life on Mars (US version)
 
http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html

Very useful site tracking the relationships between tv shows (perhaps not really connected to your list, but interesting!)
 
Oceanic Airlines was featured in Diagnosis Murder! Dick Van Dyke was Jacob!
 
And you know there'll be some reference in the new Trek movie.
 
Clash of the Titans is being remade? FUCKERS! The 80's version is one of my all time favorite movies. I don't know why, it just captured my imagination. I have no idea how many times I've seen it.
 
Is that the one with the robot owl? That was good.
 
Yes! It made the cutest noises.
 
Fuddlemiff said:
I can't keep track of them all, so I'm keeping track of them all. Here.

Film
Star Trek
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Robocop
Friday the 13th
Logan's Run
Dragonball
Escape from New York
Capricorn One (canceled?)
Barbarella (2009)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (2011)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
When Worlds Collide (2010)
The Crow
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Halloween
The Wicker Man
Old Boy
Alfie
The Ring
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (take your pick, it's been remade three times)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Omen
Amityville Horror
Piranha
The Stepford Wives
Assault on Precinct 13
The Time Machine


In fact, this will be easier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes
 
I was mostly looking for ones that are yet to come out or have only just been released.

I really liked The Time Machine remake. The original is one of my favourite movies, but I thought the remake had some really nice visualisations and lots of interesting little ideas in it (like the moon being destroyed). Also, it had a slightly different take on the story, so it wasn't a crappy shot for shot remake like Psycho.

John Carpenter's remakes are usually more or less on par with his originals, the thing that really lets them down is that they lack the nostalgia factor. If you've grown up with the original Precinct 13 then you'll be naturally biased toward that. I hear The Fog remake really is bad, though.
 
I just watched the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three the other night and liked it enough to guarrantee that the remake coming out next year will blow.
 
OldBoy is being "re-made" ?

*facepalm*
 
Marquis De Sade said:
OldBoy is being "re-made" ?

*facepalm*
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(below is a remake of the above post, Mine Field style)

HOLY FUCKING SHIT ARE THEY GOING TO REMAKE OLD BOY ?

LET ME GUESS ARE THEY GOING TO SCRAP OUT THE INCEST, CAST VIN DIESEL AS OH-DAESU AND PARIS HILTON AS MIDO ? FUCK THIS FUCKING FUCKSHIT FUCK FUCKETRY. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH.
 
I liked the original, but you over did it with the remake. Also, aside from recap at the beginning, it was lacking the asterisks that made the original so special.
 
I believe Knight Rider has been canceled.
 
I never even watched one episode of the new Knight Rider.
 
Well it is Knight Rider.
 
I thought David Hasslehoff came in to save it by playing the guy's dad?
 
Marquis De Sade said:
OldBoy is being "re-made" ?

*facepalm*
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I was just going to make a post protesting this as well before I saw your post.
 
Buck Fucking Rogers.
 
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