# What movie would you like to see remade, but better? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 12, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-like-to-see-remade-but-better/915072 "2020-07-12T00:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 63
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-like-to-see-remade-but-better/915072/63 "2020-07-15T14:30:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Never mind all the reboots; the very first ever Star Trek movie, “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (ST:TMP) (1979) was a serious dud, in many people’s humble opinions. They coulda come up with something better (starting with an original story instead of a warmed-over Nomad), and some actual plausible acting. I agree. They would have had a far better startoff to the movies if they’d just skipped ST:TMP, and went straight to _The Wrath of Khan_. Hell, the could have skipped _The Voyage Home_ (aka ‘the whale one’) and _The Final Frontier_ too, although _The Undiscovered Country_ was pretty decent. Still sends chills up my spine when I think of Christopher Plummer quoting Shakespeare. For me, though, the first three Star Wars movies were bad due to Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christiansen. I think the plots were reasonable, but if they’d only re-cast Anakin Skywalker to someone who could have better demonstrated some on-screen chemistry with Natalie Portman, I think those would have been far better movies. Shifting gears, I **_really_** appreciate Tom Clancy’s movies, _Hunt For Red October_, _Patriot Games_, _Clear and Present Danger_, but I think _The Sum of All Fears_ could also have been re-cast with someone better than Ben Affleck. He was just too . . . “excitable” to carry the thoughtful gravity of Jack Ryan that Baldwin and Ford brought to the role. _Shadow Recruit_ was two hours of my life I’ll never get back, but I am looking forward to _[Without Remorse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_Remorse_(film))_. I would happily and willingly crowdsource my entire personal fortune and left giggleberry if they ever got serious about filming _Red Storm Rising_. Tripler Mike Edwards: “But I’m just a weatherman, Sir.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-like-to-see-remade-but-better/915072)._