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[the_gneech]

On the other hand, Yojimbo and Seven Samurai both got remade very well into classic westerns. It can be done!

-The Gneech

[robin_d_laws]

More recent examples include The Ring and The Departed, both of which I liked better than the originals.

[jdurall]

I breathed a sigh of relief when the Will Smith/Steven Spielberg remake of Oldboy died.

[princeofcairo]

They're apparently making a Hollywood version of Timecrimes, which will most probably get everything wrong, not least because Steve "Never Saw A Good Idea That Couldn't Be Beaten To Obvious Death" Zaillian is involved.

[ash1977law]

* ESOTERRORIST ACTIVITY ALERT ! *
BBC reports:
Police in Russia have arrested three homeless men suspected of killing a man, eating part of the body and selling other parts to a kebab shop.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8360569.stm