What is aceptable to you?
so i am sure anyone that has known me for any length of time is probably sick of hearing me rant about sequels and remakes, even those that agree with me. But one in particular has really been pushing my buttons of late
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In the case of foreign film remakes, the setting can change. In a lot of remakes actually (look at Shakespeare plays updated in time and place). If the first movie was shit, then you are free to change a lot. Case in point, Judge Dredd, which is being "rebooted" again. Or the second Punisher ignoring the Dolph Lundgren version.
2) How much needs to stay the same to keep the same name?The characters and the overall story. Robin Hood had all the same characters, but never told the Robin Hood story. Arthur got away with that because it wasn't called "King Arthur" or "Camelot" or anything that required it to follow the original tale. Robin Hood should have been called Robin of the Hood or Nottingham or something. Naturally, Karate Kid needs to have actual Karate in it at the BARE MINIMUM to keep the name. Otherwise, it is every Kung-Fu movie ever made. King Kong added characters, but kept the original ones, too, as well as the original story, just ( ... )
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I hope Mr. Lucas runs into him in a dark ally and beats the shit out of him.
i wholeheartedly agree with you about remaking bad films if you feel you have the formula that could make it a success. Sadly, more often lately people are remaking and sequelling popular films as they see them as guaranteed revenue.
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