Invasion of the 1980s Remakes

[dreya_krekken]

I feel I've broken the golden rule; I've only now realised we've shown three remakes this semester rather than the originals. My reasoning for this was that the remakes were recommended over the originals, but part of me feels we should have just shown the originals anyway, because that's just what you do when you're pedantic about your sci fi.

Comments

[pureferret]

Here, here! I feel like whilst maybe they were made better, they lost something in the retelling (though I've only been to two of the remakes).

[dreya_krekken]

Good point.

[enigma_prime]

Only three? Let's have a look:
The Island of Doctor Moreau: the 1932 film is the one considered a classic. The 1977 isn't supposed to be that good, but tends to be regarded as better than the 1996 version.
The Quatermass Experiment: Although the original was a classic, the remake seems to be very highly regarded too. Justified.
The Fly: Justified, although the 1958 version is also excellent.
MST3K: Arguably a remake (in the same way What's Up, Tiger Lily? would be), but a fun one. Justified.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Both the 1956 and the 1978 versions are considered classics. Justified.
Transformers: Considering their continuity, I'm not sure if you can call this a remake or not.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Reaction seems variable. I suppose it's personal taste between this and the BBC series.
So all in all it's a fair selection. Pity there's no black and white though.

[dreya_krekken]

I had only considered Doctor Moreau, Quatermass and Invasion of the Bodysnatchers as remakes - I didn't realise the Fly actually was a remake. I think we should have shown the original Moreau, although Invasion of the Body Snatchers went down very well. (Glad we didn't show the 2007 version, that looks dire.) Quatermass was a calculated decision because the original would have been 3 hours but I really wanted to show it and I read good things about the remake. (Which was essentially the same, just made live and a bit shorter - it was produced by the same guy who did the original.) I did justify my reasons to myself, mostly. It's been bugging me a bit though.

[underangrystars]

Yum yum remakes!