Meat shouldve played DR SCOTT in the fox remake
 

who agrees?

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For maybe the first time, we agree :P

For me they should have just left the whole thing alone. It's like the Dance of the Vampires compared to Tanz. One is darkly funny, with tension and horror, and the other seems to have gone garish, unsubtle and mainstream - the trailer looks horrendous (although I'm sure the High School Musical approach will appeal to some younger people and possibly it might lead some of them to the original with a bit of luck).

I rarely pass judgement on anything before seeing it fully - even the Ghostbusters remake - but i actually think it's to Meat's credit not to be involved.

I agree.
I don't watch remakes as a rule I tried the Wicker man and gave up half way through. It's shows a lack of imagination that filmmakers can't come up with an original idea. For that reason I won't be watching, ditto the remake of Pete's Dragon I've just heard about.

I also think there is a different between remakes and re-imaginings. From what I understand about Ghostbusters it is not a remake as the plot is not the same as the original Ghostbusters movie. While you could say The Wicker man is a remake as its the same story re-told.

I'm not sure where this leaves Moulin Rouge as it has the same setting and story as the original but all the songs are new.

I tend not to mind as much if they bring something new to the table other than just upping the special effects - that's why I cringe at the thought of the new Gremlins film that's been an ongoing concern for a while at the thought of CGI gone mad as opposed to the puppets of the original which still stand up well 30 years on. Ghostbuster in the most part is a sly remake in the same way as The Force Awakens - same signposts on a different road.

I'm quite looking forward to the new version of Stephen King's IT coming out (just because although I love Tim Curry in the original, the book itself could have been translated much darker which they seem to be doing with the new one), and there have been a few remakes I have liked, on the whole they are just easy money - or not in the case of Ghostbusters and it's reported $50-70 million loss.

I think cult classics like Rocky Horror though really shouldn't be touched purely because they are "cult classics" for a reason. They were never mega hits on release and ground out a following due to being different/ahead of their time and in general very good at what they did. Remaking them takes away the bit that gave them their status in the first place and makes them just another forgettable heap of steaming turd.

I agree re: Dr Scott. But that's me personally. If Tim wasn't involved, I probably would have felt differently, because it wouldn't have had that sense of continuity.

I used to "worry" about these remakes and all of that, and I expected to watch "Psycho" the remake from Gus Van Sant (the original is a massive favourite of mine) and just... ugh. After everything everyone had said about it. But honestly, I was like. Well, this is like going to see a stage revival of "A streetcar named desire". That's interesting. They revive plays, so... I'm OK with remakes or reboots or whatever you want to call them. The only problem for me is when you get too much of something.