History Quotes / TheRemake

->I would like to see a remake of ''Film/{{Beaches}}'' with Bette Midler. Only this time, Barbara Hershey should be played by Creator/AnneHathaway. But Anne Hathaway will have ''[[SequelEscalation much more]]'' cancer. And it'll be CGI cancer. And then when they're on the beach and the sun is setting, and she's about to die, she '''[[DefeatEqualsExplosion explodes]]'''. And Bette Milder won't do the theme song, no. No 'Wing Beneath My Wings' crap for this movie. The theme song will be done by Music/{{Kesha}}... and it'll be called "Sorry U Can't Go Out To Da Club Because U Got Cancer.

->Gus Van Sant's "shot-for-shot" remake is the addition of a masturbation scene. That's appropriate, since this new ''Psycho'' [[JustLikeMakingLove evokes memories in an attempt to re-create remembered passion.]]

->Gus Van Sant's "shot-for-shot" remake is the addition of a masturbation scene. That's appropriate, since this new [[JustLikeMakingLove evokes memories in an attempt to re-create remembered passion.]]

->Sometimes a movie gets remade because the original was an adaptation of a novel or short story to [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot which it simply did not do justice]], and some director or other wants to try their hand at a more faithful treatment. The classic example of this strain would have to be John Carpenter's ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}''. Then you’ve got your remakes that stem from somebody coming up with an inspired new story to tell using the setup from an earlier movie; David Cronenberg's version of ''Film/{{The Fly|1986}}'' springs immediately to mind as a case in point. Then there are movies like the Hammer Film Productions take on ''Film/TheMummy1959'', which looks like a case of subsequent filmmakers going back to make up for their predecessors’ mishandling of a good idea. Again, in each of those three categories, I’ve seen more good remakes than bad. Unfortunately, [[FourIsDeath it’s the fourth major current of remakes that commands the most attention]], and with good reason--it’s broader than any of the other three, and the stench kicked up by most of the movies within it is just too strong to ignore. I’m talking about remakes that owe their existence to little or nothing more than the advance of special effects technology, and there’s no shortage of noteworthy examples.
-->-- '''Scott "El Santo" Ashlin''', [[http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsa-d/blob1988.htm 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting]]