I second that.
And while, in an ideal world, we’re making decent Heinlein movies, why not **Glory Road **? and Citizen of the Galaxy and Between Planets and, and…OK, I’m better now
In a completely different vein, the Matt Helm books as written by Donald Hamilton — particularly the first few — have a gritty feel to them completely unlike the stupid Dean Martin movies, which borrowed only the titles. I hope Hamilton held them up for a bundle.
Similarly, the Travis Magee series begs to be made properly. Rod Taylor just wasn’t Magee. And I dearly want to see Meyer portrayed properly
I would love to see Death Race 2000 remade, with the same dark humour, but with modern road carnage as seen on the interstate scene of Matrix Reloaded.
elfkin477 have you seen the Kurosawa, MacBeth set in Feudal Japan?
I’ll one billionth a vote for Starship Troopers and throw in Metropolis (though I doubt even Lucas could make the quality of the effects in the original).
Journey To The Center Of The Earth and let Peter Jackson do it.
Fritz The Cat let Pixar do the X-rated version.
Oliver Twist starring Michael Jackson as Fagen, directed by Tim Burton.
Firestarter
I saw Quest for Fire and hated it and read the wonderful book years later. It deserves a better movie.
Eraserhead
…as a musical. With songs by Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie. Hell, Manson could STAR in it.
I have yet to see a decent version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, my all time favorite book. The two I did see were awful.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
No, Down With Love doesn’t count. A new version with today’s morals would be interesting. The original is a funtastic romp, but it’s a bit dated. Put John Cusak or even petty boy boy Brad Pitt in Tony Randall’s place, give him a dark edge with a hint of conscience.
Now THAT would be a cool movie! :dubious:
I would like to see the Jurassic Park that Crichton wrote (maybe it wasn’t that great, but it was a damn sight better than what Spielberg gave us).
I’d also like to see some old WWII movies updated: The Battle of the Bulge (the original was a major disappointment, in my opinion), The Longest Day, Midway, even Tora! Tora! Tora!, could all be done well with modern FX. We’ve already seen how impressive a D-Day landing can be on film, and the attack scene in Pearl Harbor gave some insight as to how the attack on Pearl Harbor could be filmed (if it weren’t burdened by a shipload of suck and hammy actors).
All the Pretty Horses–and cast a sixteen year old to play John Grady Cole this time, not Matt Damon!
Unbreakable–Fascinating concept, but needed a better, tighter script. M. Night Shyamalan comes up with great ideas, but develops them poorly.
A seconding to War of the Worlds, done as a period piece faithful to the time of the book. (As an extra, the DVD would contain a film short version of a somewhat-recent short story titled “Night of the Cooters,” which involved the invading Martians of the book learning not to mess with Texas.)
Remo Williams. Give me the insanely goofy sun-source nonsense-fu of the books, dagnabbit.
The Prophecy trilogy of b-flicks; keep Walken as Gabriel, keep the basic gist of things, but rip out the rest of the cast and do some direction-and-writing surgery, stat.
I always thought that Capricorn One was an interesting concept (gov’t faked Mars landing) that has aged poorly on account of cheesy 70’s special effects. With today’s special effects this could make an entertaining thriller. Plus, with the amount that’s been written in recent days about JFK, conspiracy theories and government distrust are still as popular as ever.
Death Race 3000 was mooted a couple of years back. Cruise was interested in starring.
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It’s called Throne of Blood.
I’ll be vote one billion & 1 for Starship Troopers. The movie was horrendous the first time I saw it, but I still read the book…best book ever. The movie is actually somewhat bearable now that I’ve read the book and know what it is supposed to be like, but still to hack up a classic that much - HOW?!?!
I would LOVE to see the intro of that book put into a movie. I actually printed the first chapter and mailed it to my brother-in-law, a Marine on duty in Iraq.
Star Wars I and II need to be de-suckified. Hard.
Mission to Mars: In this movie, we obey the laws of thermodynamics! And also physics!
The Grinch and The Cat in the Hat: Would be erased from history.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Willy Wonka is funny instead of creepy. Ditto Oompah-Loompahs. Zero 60s drug paranoia trips / menacing adults. (Words can’t convey how much I hate the Gene Wilder version that everyone seems to love.)
Tim Burton is in the process of getting this one remade as we speak. Expect it in 2005 if all goes according to plan.
and it apparently stars Johnny Depp… just thought Id throw that in there 
I’m not sure if this counts as a remake, but I wish someone would try a live-action Popeye movie again. I really disliked the Robert Altman movie. I’d like to see a version that captured the characters from the Thimble Theater comic strip, as well as some of the feeling from the early cartoons.