# Movies and TV shows that need Remakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393 "2002-10-22T16:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393/41 "2002-10-28T15:37:21Z")
_Forbidden Planet_ could stand a remake with today’s special effects. I’d like to see a LOTR treatment of _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ trilogy (meaning 1 movie per book, big budget and remain fairly faithful to the plot and characters). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393/42 "2002-10-28T16:33:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Netbrian \* > \*\*I’d redo the Time Machine, and make it as true to the book as possible. > > Same goes for Frankenstein. \*\* Ditto Dracula. The world is still waiting for a definitive, true-to-the-book version. (It’s a shame, too. The book is so beautifully _cinematic_ in its descriptiveness that it begs for a movie done right.) I like the Kolchak idea, too. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393/43 "2002-10-28T21:05:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Netbrian > I’d redo the Time Machine, and make it as true to the book as possible. > > Same goes for Frankenstein. Actually, the over-wrought and much-maligned Kenneth Branagh version was fairly faithful to the book (especially in matching the excessively florid tone of the writing). As for **Kolchak, The Night Stalker** , I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I think it could be great in the right hands (and if they cast either Bill Murray or Michael Keaton as Kolchak). Then again, **The X-Files** was such a logical extension of the show that any redoing of **Kolchak** seems pointless. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393/44 "2002-10-29T00:47:59Z")
Steel, with Avery Brooks instead of \*@#% Shaq. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393/45 "2002-10-30T12:45:12Z")
I’m surprised _M_A_S_H\* hasn’t been remade yet, unless you count _China Beach_ ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393/46 "2002-10-30T21:09:13Z")
Two that I’ve always wanted to make when I start my second career as a movie director/producer: 1. An all-out, big budget, totally serious and scary version of _Plan 9 from Outer Space_ Too bad Tim Burton’s last “reimagining” didn’t go so well, or I’d hire him. 2. A dark, stylized, gritty, and “realistic” take on _Star Wars_. This one would probably have to be long after Lucas’s death, or he wouldn’t hear of it. I’m picturing an almost live-action anime type style. The force would be the only implausible thing, but I’d make physics-obeying spaceships, lightsabers that actually are made of something, so the light has a reason to just stop. Totally an homage, not meant to be “better”. Just more of a what-if? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-that-need-remakes/133393.md?page=2)