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I missed a majority of that, being I wasn't born until 1986 and didn't quite get into this stuff until I was three- yes, three. Heck, I dressed up as Freddy for Halloween at three- much to my younger brother and sisters' horror.
Now, with that out of the way, I wanted to talk about the word that digusts any movie fan to the core; the dreaded REMAKE. It seems like Hollywood has officially ran out of every good idea- for instance, the recent horror film Stepfather was a REMAKE. They've remade, in the last ten years, at least a two dozen horror films. Not that I'm saying sequels aren't any better- a Lost Boys sequel definately wasn't needed, and neither is the third film, but I'd rather a sequel than a remake.
I'm not entirely sure how many of you actually watch movies, especially horror, but the recent remakes of Halloween (And it's sequel) and Friday the 13th were horrendous. While the originals are amongst my favorites, my alltime horror icon is still Freddy, and the impending remake is getting me sick to my stomach. I'm not sure if I could express in words how angry it makes me that they would do such a thing. Yes, I understand the concepts of capitalism, but fans don't want remakes, they want continuation.
The studios will go and blame the fans for not coming out and seeing the next installment of a series- when they should be blaming themselves. Instead of taking the time to make a worthy sequel, they would instead put out any piece of trash with the title and a number attached to it. We don't want to spend our hard earned cash to see an inferior product, so how does it help when the studios are releashing a "Reimagining" that is just as shitty as a low-rent sequel might've been?
This all started, of course, when I read it was decided they would remake a film called Monster Squad. It is a small cult classic, about kids who fight against a half-assed version of the Universal Monsters. While the monsters did look good, thanks to Stan Winstons' effects, the film isn't that great, but my childhood fondness of the film never died.
Now they want to remake it so, what, some execs can line their pockets? I feel it's an insult to the fans of the original. I get the concept- bring the film in for a new generation- but all I want, as a fan, is to see a remake that is actually as good or if not better than the original.
Instead, we get garbage like Halloween, and, as much as I thought that was the worst remake ever, they then gave us a sequel which was somehow even worst than the original. I thought people learned from their mistakes, not intentionally made worse ones.
Tell me your thoughts on remakes/reimaginings. You've seen mine.
If that makes any sense.
