# Remakes by the same people with better production

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-by-the-same-people-with-better-production/578303>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 14, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-by-the-same-people-with-better-production/578303 "2011-04-14T00:01:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-by-the-same-people-with-better-production/578303/21 "2011-04-16T21:50:05Z")

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Angela Robinson made a short film _D.E.B.S._ in 2003 and then expanded it into a feature film in 2004. But only one actress, Jill Ritchie, reprised her role from the short.

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**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-by-the-same-people-with-better-production/578303/22 "2011-04-17T01:38:58Z")

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I was thinking El Marachi becoming Desperado both made by Robert Rodriguez

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**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-by-the-same-people-with-better-production/578303/23 "2011-04-17T02:36:37Z")

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Suicidal Tendencies’ “Still Cyco After All These Years” was a remake of their eponymous debut album (the original is far superior).

Whitesnake’s remake of “Here I Go Again” was a hit in 1987, and they later remade “Fool For Your Loving” with less spectacular results.

Iron Maiden re-recorded two songs from of their 1980 debut album in 1999 as b-sides.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-by-the-same-people-with-better-production/578303/24 "2011-04-17T02:52:05Z")

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For music, Loudon Wainwright III did an album called “Recovery,” which was a selection of songs from his first four albums that were rerecorded and reinterpreted 35 years later.

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