# What movies HAVEN'T they remade yet (and shouldn't)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137 "2005-07-12T06:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/21 "2005-07-12T15:21:12Z")
**Harvey** I know that Harry Anderson starred in a remake, probably made for TV, but since no one likely saw it I don’t think it counts. I heard rumors of a remake starring John Travolta and if that really happens I am going to call upon Xenu to toss him into a volcano. No one can do that movie better than the originals. Trying to modernize it or add a CGI 7 foot tall rabbit would only ruin the whole feel of it. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/22 "2005-07-12T15:21:47Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Movies they shouldn’t remake: > > I agree with **Casablanca** (A ripoff of the basic plot’s not the same as a remake)… > > I still can’t believe that anyone would remake **Psycho, a Man for All Seasons, Seven Samurai, and Rashomon**. Well, if your argument of “a ripoff of the basic plot’s not the same as a remake”, then nobody has remade the 2 Kurosawas… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/23 "2005-07-12T15:23:53Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Donald Duck in MathMagic Land. The remake would star Fritz the Cat ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/24 "2005-07-12T15:31:44Z")
I’m waiting for \*Green Acres \* the movie starring Paris Hilton. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/25 "2005-07-12T15:33:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, I’d _love_ to see this remade. The effects were so cheesy and the acting so bad (deliberately, I assume), that it was hard to see the original satiric comic strip in the film. Jane Fonda was great (as were Milo and Law), but I’m sure we can find someone to take their places. I heard Drew Barrymore bought the rights a few years ago. I’d also love to see SLeB as DD. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/26 "2005-07-12T16:12:20Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I feel reasonably confident that even the worst of the Hollywood vultures won’t ever remake _Gone With The Wind_. They already screwed enough with the legacy with _Scarlett_ (and yeah I know the Mitchell estate authorised it; still not an excuse). I wish GWTW could be redone, as a lot of stuff was omitted. However, it’s such a long book I don’t see how film makers could get everything in that they originally left out, like two of Scarlett’s three children, the Fontaines and Calverts, Will Benteen, Archie, and more info about the KKK (I think that should be handled carefully, at Mitchell treated the KKK rather favorably.) Maybe as a TV mini-series? I refuse to discuss _Scarlett_. Once I learned they cast a brown-eyed actress to play Scarlett I refused to grant it any credibility. If they couldn’t get that right, what else did they screw up? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/27 "2005-07-12T16:18:32Z")
Singing in the Rain will never be remade because Musicals are the death of Hollywood right now. So, YAY! I would like to see an attempt at **Lion in the Winter**. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/28 "2005-07-12T17:32:25Z")
Think they’d be foolish enough to remake **The Godfather**? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/29 "2005-07-12T17:38:48Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I would like to see an attempt at **Lion in the Winter**. [Here ya go!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319754/combined) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/30 "2005-07-12T18:05:45Z")
> [@TwoTrouts](#): > > I thought that **Casablanca** had already been remade with David Soul as Rick. Or was this so bad that it doesn’t count? That was a “prequel” TV series. I’d like to see a remake of _The Day the Earth Stood Still_, but I’ve no doubt that Follywood would screw it up, so it’s better that they don’t touch it. Fritz Lang’s _Metropolis_ is another film that shouldn’t be touched because Follywood’ll botch it. **Otto** , do you know the history of _Scarlett_? The entire publishing industry was calling the “novel” a dog before it ever saw printing. The publisher sent the manuscript to a couple of book doctors to try and save it, but obviously it didn’t help. Apparently, the only reason why it ever saw the light of day was because they were contractually obligated to print the damn thing. I think there were supposed to be a couple of sequels to _Scarlett_, but I don’t know if they ever were produced or not. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/31 "2005-07-12T18:17:57Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Singing in the Rain will never be remade because Musicals are the death of Hollywood right now. But _Chicago_ did very well, and it’s a recent movie. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/32 "2005-07-12T18:42:34Z")
There are dozens of bad movies that I’d like to see remade. Into better movies. Hollywood always wants to remake the good movies, with mixed results. Why not remake the dozens of bad movies. Movies with good ideas that got botched? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/33 "2005-07-12T18:46:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by CalMeacham > > Movies they shouldn’t remake: > > I agree with Casablanca (A ripoff of the basic plot’s not the same as a remake) and Gone With the Wind and 2001. > \ > Forbidden Planet > > There have been two series based on Casablanca. > And the Bard’s play has been remade quite a few times since 1612. **Forbidden Planet** ’s not **The Tempest** by a long shot, even if they stole the setup from Shakespeare , and even have a correspondence of the characters. There was a musical based on the film, but from what I’ve heard, I’m glad it wasn’t filmed. On the other hand, The Magnificent Seven etc. have a lot more to do with Seven Samurai, even allowing for changes of locale and melding of characters. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/34 "2005-07-12T18:51:18Z")
There was a lot of talk about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez remaking Casablanca before they broke up. I wonder if Sean “P. Diddy” Combs would have played Victor Lazlo! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/35 "2005-07-12T18:51:47Z")
As others have mentioned there have been remakes of _Casablanca_. Want to know how bad the TV series was? They cast David “Hutch” Soul as Rick. I’m betting we’ll never see a remake of _Birth of a Nation_. That would be a tough one to update to modern sensibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/36 "2005-07-12T18:57:46Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > But _Chicago_ did very well, and it’s a recent movie. 😕 Chicago was a fluke in the Hollywood Machine, IMHO. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/37 "2005-07-12T18:58:24Z")
All of the Marx Brothers movies are good examples of movies that shouldn’t be remade. They were actually pretty bad movies that were solely redeemed by the great performances of the Marxes themselves. A Marx Brothers movie without the Marx Brothers would be awful (or, at best, a Ritz Brothers movie). Unfortunately, while this remake shouldn’t have been made, we can’t say it hasn’t been made. Some people weren’t content to leave this an untested theory and made _Brain Donors_. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/38 "2005-07-12T18:58:53Z")
Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Musical ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/39 "2005-07-12T19:00:33Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > A Marx Brothers movie without the Marx Brothers would be awful Oh please. Pauly Shore _is_ Groucho. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137/40 "2005-07-12T19:13:16Z")
I am somewhat surprised they haven’t remade Clash of the Titans. That would actually probably be decent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-havent-they-remade-yet-and-shouldnt/312137.md?page=3)