Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake?!?!

[bayoubengalzta]

ahh, yes, but they'd be out in the woods and without the creepy verizon guy, so no bars lol. This sounds like a truly horrendous idea. Hearing it's coming from MTV though, I'm not surprised. America's Best Dance Crew or whatever was the first time I had watched MTV since somewhere around 1997. But really, all remakes are awful.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

Originally Posted by bayoubengalzta

But really, all remakes are awful.

Bite your tongue... Scarface (the Al Pacino version) was a remake, The Fly (Jeff Goldblum version), The Ring (Naomi Watts version), Ocean's Eleven (George Clooney version), You Got Mail (Meg Ryan Version), Freaky Friday (lohan version), Father of the Bride (Steve Martin Version), The Departed (DiCaprio version), Three Men and a Baby (Ted Danson Version), Cape Fear (De Niro version)... ALL remakes... All decent if not great.

sure it is harder to make a remake, but there are some excellent ones out there. I will say that there are some awful ones (Stepford Wives, Psycho, Poseiden Adventure, Alfie)... but really, you never know.

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.

Bite your tongue... Scarface (the Al Pacino version) was a remake, The Fly (Jeff Goldblum version), The Ring (Naomi Watts version), Ocean's Eleven (George Clooney version), You Got Mail (Meg Ryan Version), Freaky Friday (lohan version), Father of the Bride (Steve Martin Version), The Departed (DiCaprio version), Three Men and a Baby (Ted Danson Version), Cape Fear (De Niro version)... ALL remakes... All decent if not great.

sure it is harder to make a remake, but there are some excellent ones out there. I will say that there are some awful ones (Stepford Wives, Psycho, Poseiden Adventure, Alfie)... but really, you never know.

Wow, with the exception of Freaky Friday, The Ring, and Ocean's Eleven, I didn't know all those other ones were remakes. I kinda wonder if maybe it's easier for a remake to do well if the original is not hugely well-known...like people aren't going in to the theater with the original burned into their minds...like they aren't mentally comparing the new lead actor's performance with the iconic original actor's performance.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

Wow, with the exception of Freaky Friday, The Ring, and Ocean's Eleven, I didn't know all those other ones were remakes. I kinda wonder if maybe it's easier for a remake to do well if the original is not hugely well-known...like people aren't going in to the theater with the original burned into their minds...like they aren't mentally comparing the new lead actor's performance with the iconic original actor's performance.

Yes, I was thinking the same, but did not say it because I did not want to lesser my argument. There are some really iconic movies that just can't be touched. I think Rocky Horror is one of them, along side Wizard of Oz, Rocky, Godfather, Gone with the Wind, etc. THE BIGGIES, I call them.

The original Scarface, Father of the Bride and Ocean's 11 were really successful. The latter two having Elizabeth Taylor and the rat-pack respectively. Those are def. some iconic people, and though the movies were great, they did not transcend to greatness, which helps. Secondly all three movies took a different spin, as most remakes try too. So, it really depends on if its a good script to start with and the change is good. Not necessarily the movie. ALSO, The Departed, The Ring, Three Men and a Baby, True Lies, and Twelve Monkeys were all remakes of foreign films, stories that were rather fresh to the american market.

If I chose cinema as opposed to theatre, I think I would of had a good thesis paper here!!!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.

Secondly all three movies took a different spin, as most remakes try to.

About the only things the remakes of Scarface and The Fly had in common were some VERY basic plot points (i.e. scientist turns into fly) and the title. But we're talking about a crime movie and a horror movie - that can go comfortably into a genre. RHPS cannot go comfortably into a genre, thus it shouldn't be remade. It was a one-time sort of thing.