I give up. Hollywood seems to be determined to weed out any original thought or story for the prospect of something that may yield a large box office take. Word is that Dimension Films is planning a remake to the remake of the 1979 original Amityville Horror. This movie not only spawned other haunted house rip offs but also several sequels in addition to its aforementioned remake.
It would seem that the window to remake a film is shrinking rapidly, much like the theater-to-home video window did as DVD gained acceptance. With the exception of new versions of previous foreign language films, an acceptable timeframe to remake a film was between 20 and 30 years if not more. The original zombie film took 22 years to be remade into color. One of my favorites, The Thing was a quasi-remake of a film 31 years previously. At that rate, the National Lampoon's Vacation series, Lethal Weapon, and the Police Academy series are all overdue for reboot city.
But wait! Why wait 20 years for an audience to forget a story when we can just go half of a decade? It already happened with the remake/reboot (what's the freaking difference anyway) of Hulk and possibly Superman too.
What's next? A remake of a film that hasn't yet been made? Ahhh ... close enough.
It would seem that the window to remake a film is shrinking rapidly, much like the theater-to-home video window did as DVD gained acceptance. With the exception of new versions of previous foreign language films, an acceptable timeframe to remake a film was between 20 and 30 years if not more. The original zombie film took 22 years to be remade into color. One of my favorites, The Thing was a quasi-remake of a film 31 years previously. At that rate, the National Lampoon's Vacation series, Lethal Weapon, and the Police Academy series are all overdue for reboot city.
But wait! Why wait 20 years for an audience to forget a story when we can just go half of a decade? It already happened with the remake/reboot (what's the freaking difference anyway) of Hulk and possibly Superman too.
What's next? A remake of a film that hasn't yet been made? Ahhh ... close enough.
or the ultimate: Michael Haneke remaking Funny Games...10 years after he already made it.
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