BarryC
09-29-2007, 09:36 PM
These are my opinions. Your actual mileage may vary.
When they decided to make a movie remake of Mission Impossible I never went to see it, because of the previews. After watching the previews I had no interest in it. Why? Because what I saw in the previews was a movie full of hardcore action, i.e. explosions and other related things. The original series was more about covert operations, right? So they took an old TV series and changed it into something completely different when it was remade as a movie.
The same goes for Casino Royale. The original was a comedic spoof of James Bond movies. The remake, from what I saw in the previews, was an action packed, hard-core action movie. Again, a classic old movie was made into something completely different. I chose not to see it.
Then there's The Dukes of Hazzard. They took an innocent and fun tv series and added a measure of sleaze to it. Back in the 70s I watched the series every time it was on. But this movie had a measure of sleaze in it that the TV series just didn't have. I was a bit disappointed, although Jessica Simpson made an unbelievably hot Daisy Duke, just as sexy as Catherine Bach.
Then there's The Twilight Zone, one of the greatest old TV series ever made, IMO. The 1985 remake series just didn't have what the original had, although I'm not sure you could blame that on anyone. It's just that the original is very hard to duplicate. But the 2002 remake series was quite good, almost up there with the original, IMO. That's the one with Forest Whitaker as the opening narrator.
There's also The Addams Family, another classic that's nearly impossible to replicate. The actors that starred in the original are all irreplaceable. I mean, how can you find an actor to play Lurch other than Ted Cassidy? The same goes for John Astin and Carolyn Jones, and all the others too. That would be nearly impossible. The movies were okay, but not like the original series at all. There was also a remake series in 1998-99. It was quite funny, but still the characters just weren't as good as the originals. I used to watch the remake series when I used to babysit my nieces when they were much younger. Otherwise I might never have even known about it.
Finally, a brand new remake, just out this past week. I used to love The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, two of my favorite 70s shows. They have now done a remake series of The Bionic Woman. I forgot to watch it the other night, but a friend from work did see it. From his description it sounds like a bizzare science fiction show that bears little or no resemblance to the original. I'm not sure I even want to see it. But I probably will watch it once.
These are the ones I can think of right now. There may be others that I have opinions on, but I don't remember. :D
Barry
When they decided to make a movie remake of Mission Impossible I never went to see it, because of the previews. After watching the previews I had no interest in it. Why? Because what I saw in the previews was a movie full of hardcore action, i.e. explosions and other related things. The original series was more about covert operations, right? So they took an old TV series and changed it into something completely different when it was remade as a movie.
The same goes for Casino Royale. The original was a comedic spoof of James Bond movies. The remake, from what I saw in the previews, was an action packed, hard-core action movie. Again, a classic old movie was made into something completely different. I chose not to see it.
Then there's The Dukes of Hazzard. They took an innocent and fun tv series and added a measure of sleaze to it. Back in the 70s I watched the series every time it was on. But this movie had a measure of sleaze in it that the TV series just didn't have. I was a bit disappointed, although Jessica Simpson made an unbelievably hot Daisy Duke, just as sexy as Catherine Bach.
Then there's The Twilight Zone, one of the greatest old TV series ever made, IMO. The 1985 remake series just didn't have what the original had, although I'm not sure you could blame that on anyone. It's just that the original is very hard to duplicate. But the 2002 remake series was quite good, almost up there with the original, IMO. That's the one with Forest Whitaker as the opening narrator.
There's also The Addams Family, another classic that's nearly impossible to replicate. The actors that starred in the original are all irreplaceable. I mean, how can you find an actor to play Lurch other than Ted Cassidy? The same goes for John Astin and Carolyn Jones, and all the others too. That would be nearly impossible. The movies were okay, but not like the original series at all. There was also a remake series in 1998-99. It was quite funny, but still the characters just weren't as good as the originals. I used to watch the remake series when I used to babysit my nieces when they were much younger. Otherwise I might never have even known about it.
Finally, a brand new remake, just out this past week. I used to love The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, two of my favorite 70s shows. They have now done a remake series of The Bionic Woman. I forgot to watch it the other night, but a friend from work did see it. From his description it sounds like a bizzare science fiction show that bears little or no resemblance to the original. I'm not sure I even want to see it. But I probably will watch it once.
These are the ones I can think of right now. There may be others that I have opinions on, but I don't remember. :D
Barry