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Which is itself a remake of "Bedtime Story", from 1964. I still remember the times when things were remade because people saw potential in it to be a better pro
by kikokikokiko 3y ago
Which is itself a remake of "Bedtime Story", from 1964. I still remember the times when things were remade because people saw potential in it to be a better product.
- swayvil 3y agoNotice how the titles get more literal.
- kikokikokiko 3y agoMovies today seem to be intended for the average Ruprecht in the audience ;-)
- dylan604 3y agoA lot of times, it's made with a "modern cast" because people think watching movies before they were born are unwatchable. For example, WTF was up with the remake of Red Dawn using the totally unbelievable premise that the North Koreans were the invading force?!?! I mean, the crazy Nazis on the backside of the moon plot was more believable than that. It is unusual that I have seen a remake that made me think, "yup, that was totally worth it" and improved the story
- sammyo 3y agoIt was altered from the original to allow a Chinese mainland release.
- dylan604 3y agoUm, the original did not have the Chinese in it either. If the Chinese were okay with the North Koreans being the bad guy, why would they be opposed to the Russians?
- Jtsummers 3y agoThe remake originally had China as the invaders. They changed it to North Korea to get it into the Chinese market.
- WalterBright 3y agoThe unbelievable part of Red Dawn was the notion that the US could be taken over by a surprise attack of paratroopers. The largest paratrooper operation was the Allied invasion of Normandy, and the paratroopers' job was to soften things up for the main invasion force.
- dylan604 3y agoAgain, the original had them mainly coming over the border with Mexico. Nothing about the remake was any good. Nothing. Even the remade War Games sucked less than Red Dawn
- WalterBright 3y agoThere are so many good books that have never been made into movies, I'm baffled at the impetus to make bad movie remakes.
- justinclift 3y agoBooks are notoriously hard to make into movies though. Can be done, but often the cuts and changes are so drastic that the movie (or tv series) becomes just a shell of the book.
- dylan604 3y agoYet some of the better movies made were based on a book. You really need a screenwriter just as good (if not better) as the author of the book to make it really happen.
- WalterBright 3y agoShort stories are well suited to turning into movies.
- dylan604 3y agoMy favorite Stephen King adaptations were from his shorts vs novels. Shawshank and Stand By Me are deserted island movies for me. But I agree, short stories are just long enough to put a concept out there with just enough to establish characters, motives, plots, yet leave enough room to expand on for the movie version without conflicts from deviating from canon.