It seems that lately producers/directors have changed movies from a creative new idea, into how they thought a movie should have been. I’m talking remakes.  Taking perfectly good movies and modernizing them. Apparently modernizing means crappy acting and lots of cgi/explosions (with some exceptions of course). This is a very list heavy Blog.

They have made 5 versions of Dracula, 5 versions of Titanic, 4 Cruel Intentions’, 3 King Kongs, 4 La Femme Nikitas,  4 versions of assault on precinct 13 (it started off a western :p) of course this list goes one.

Here are some remakes you probably didn’t know were remakes:

Birdcage, Vanilla Sky, 12 Angry Men, 101 Dalmations, 3:10 to Yuma, Ben Hur, Flipper, Flubber,  Bucket List,  Scarface. . . etc.

Then movie people switched to comic books. Hell, they have been doing regular books for years, why not try comic books.  Who doesn’t want to see their favourite comic book come to life?  (I’m not going to list comic books- you know all about those ones)

British Tv shows have also been stolen:

Da Ali G show started in the UK,  Hell’s Kitchen, The IT crowd,  The office, Queer as Folk, Spaced (although only a pilot was made in the U.S.), Who’s line is it anyways? , What not to wear…. etc.

Here are remakes in the works:

The Crazies,  Meatballs, Conan, Akira (live action), Karate Kid, Footloose, Short Circuit, The Thing, Hellraiser, Poltergeist, Oldboy, Child’s Play, Rocky Horro Picture Show, Rosemary’s Baby, The Jetsons (live action), My Fair Lady,  Highlander, Battle Royale, Evil Dead, Knight Rider, Frankenweenie, Tron, Warriors, Porky’s, Alice in Wonderland, and ROBOCOP

Sequels in the works:

A v. P 3, Rambo 5, Alvin and the chipmunks 2, Stigmata 2, Cliffhanger 2, The Ring 3, Open Season 2,  Superman:Man of steel, Fast and the Furious 4, Baby Geniuses 3, Step Up 3-D, Spawn 2, and Jumper 2

TV Shows going to the big screen:

Magnum, Arrested Development, The A Team, Wonder Woman, Masters of the Universe, Thundercats, Fraggle Rock, Muppets, Smurfs, Spaced (but Simon Pegg wants nothing to do with it), and Prison Break

Video Games going to the big screen:

Max Payne already came out, Everquest, Gear of War, Spyhunter, Halo, Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell, Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, Rainbow Six, and ANOTHER Mortal Combat.

And to end this List blog, here is what I find the funniest, is a list of kids games they are making into movies:

Monopoly (Ridley Scott), Ouija Board (Platinum Dunes aka Michael Bay), Candyland, Clue and Stretch Armstrong.

None of this angers me really. As any parent would say (to make you feel reaaaally bad) “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed”. The fact that this is happening would be totally okay if the ratio of sucess to failure was higher. Do the original justice!

I have no WORST remake  . . . .way to hard to choose. Best Remake though, IMO,  Dawn of the Dead. That is all.

Let’s all cross our fingers for Watchmen (March 6th)  . . and eventually on Imax!!