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Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
  7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933)
  8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck.
  9. John Carpenter’s The Thing was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell).
  10. Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait is much better than the original, Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
  11. Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) is far superior to Bakshi’s 1978 cartoon.
  12. John Wayne was better than Jeff Bridges (though Jeff gave a very game effort), but on the whole, the Coen brothers ***True Grit ***was better than the original.
26165

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
  7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933)
  8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck.
  9. John Carpenter’s The Thing was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell).
  10. Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait is much better than the original, Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
  11. Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) is far superior to Bakshi’s 1978 cartoon.
  12. John Wayne was better than Jeff Bridges (though Jeff gave a very game effort), but on the whole, the Coen brothers True Grit was better than the original.
  13. Casino Royale, a few quibbles aside, was far better than the original

Next: College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
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College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
26167

College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
26168

College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
26169

College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe

From here on, we may need to look at Division 2 and 3 schools. Most of the team names that don’t end with “s” refer to colors or animals (Crimson Tide, Wolfpack, et al.)

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College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
    [del]6. Stanford Cardinal (does not refer to the Bird)[/del] but does refer to the color so I got nothing in the 5 minute edit period.
26171

College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
    (Found One)
26172

College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
  7. Oberlin College Yeomen
26173

College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
  7. Oberlin College Yeomen
  8. Hofstra Flying Dutchmen
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College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
  7. Oberlin College Yeomen
  8. Hofstra Flying Dutchmen
  9. Erskine College (South Carolina)'s Flying Feet
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:: little late here: what’s a “reboot?” ::

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Restarting a storyline with no real intent of faithfulness to, or continuity with, the former iterations. So…King Kong was remade. So was Psycho. The Batman, Incredible Hulk, and Spiderman franchises have been rebooted.

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College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
  7. Oberlin College Yeomen
  8. Hofstra Flying Dutchmen
  9. Erskine College (South Carolina)'s Flying Feet
  10. Rhode Island Anchormen
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College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
  7. Oberlin College Yeomen
  8. Hofstra Flying Dutchmen
  9. Erskine College (South Carolina)'s Flying Feet
  10. Rhode Island Anchormen
  11. Luther (Iowa) Norse
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College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
  7. Oberlin College Yeomen
  8. Hofstra Flying Dutchmen
  9. Erskine College (South Carolina)'s Flying Feet
  10. Rhode Island Anchormen
  11. Luther (Iowa) Norse
  12. Stanford University Tree
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College mascots that don’t involve a color, an animal, or a plural ending in ‘s’.

  1. University of Massachusetts Minutemen
  2. US Naval Academy Midshipmen
  3. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
  4. University of Illinois Fighting Illini
  5. William and Mary: The Tribe
  6. Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck
  7. Oberlin College Yeomen
  8. Hofstra Flying Dutchmen
  9. Erskine College (South Carolina)'s Flying Feet
  10. Rhode Island Anchormen
  11. Luther (Iowa) Norse
  12. Stanford University Tree
  13. Southeastern University Fire

I’ll pass

26181

Awesome, but unlikely to ever happen, pairings

  1. Indiana Jones and River Song
26182

Awesome, but unlikely to ever happen, pairings

  1. Indiana Jones and River Song
  2. James Bond and Emma Peel
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Awesome, but unlikely to ever happen, pairings

  1. Indiana Jones and River Song
  2. James Bond and Emma Peel
  3. Bertie Wooster and Hercule Poirot