Remake? - The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Discussion

[–] bobvious 16 years ago

It has been remade many times.

Some of these are not straight-forward remakes, but adaptations and 'inspired by"s, but a quick look at the screenwriter's credits lists no fewer than seven ( http://imdb.com/name/nm0175028/ ). It was even remade twice by its original studio, RKO, twice before 1960. Would you not think a remake of it would be amazing if done wrong?

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[–] Doctor_Fu_Manchu 16 years ago

Werzog Herner would be a great choice to adapt the story.

"This is Fu Manchu. Once again the world is at my mercy."

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[–] g_hart7x 16 years ago

Daniel Day Lewis should play the count

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[–] ccolao 16 years ago

Wow, I was thinking the exact thing as I watched the movie yesterday...

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[–] jtyroler 16 years ago

I think the people behind these "Remake?" threads are producers looking for easy project...

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[–] icet2004 15 years ago

Surviving The Game(1994)Ice-T.

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[–] marktayloruk 10 years ago

Idea for remake today-make Zaroff a Russian oligarch and his prey a British ex-SAS man. Perhaps with no prearranged ending-let them stalk each other in a kind of war game and see who wins.

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[–] thisisnotmygmailaccount 10 years ago

I'm sorry, but I fall asleep every time I see Daniel Day Lewis on the screen. I'm getting drowsy now just typing his name.

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[–] Theo87 15 years ago

that's the best idea for a remake i've heard in a long time. there have been so many pointless remakes of films in the last years; why not give this one a shot. while i was watching the film i thought it could be great success nowadays. before looking it up on the imdb, i didn't know that there have been plenty remakes since, but The Most Dangerous Game cries for really good one. werner herzog certainly could convey the grim feeling, and he knows how to give nature more than a supporting role (Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes).

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[–] jic-1 15 years ago

Have you seen Run for the Sun? That's very good, although it's not a straight remake: hunting a man is more a bonus for the bad guys than the main reason for wanting our heroes dead.

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[–] Theo87 15 years ago

i will certainly check it out, if i ever get the chance to see it.

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[–] jarnoldfan 15 years ago

Not exactly a remake, but I recommend "The Beast Must Die!". Calvin Lockhart plays a wealthy hunter who invites a group of yuppies to spend a week at his Scottish estate, dangling a large sum of money as bait. The reason: Lockhart believes that one or more of the guests is a werewolf (all of the guests were present at various resorts around the world when savage murders were commited during a full moon), and he considers lycanthropes "the most dangerous game". The trouble is: werewolves-like vampires-can recruit new beasts merely by biting them. At times hokey (a submachine gun that fires silver-bulleted ammunition), but still entertaining.

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[–] jic-1 15 years ago

I've seen that, and it's really more of a version of Ten Little Indians. But it was a fun movie.

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[–] snowsurfer97 15 years ago

I agree as soon as I finished reading this for school I thought that if this was done right it would be an amazing movie. Their making so many horrible remakes nowdays of movies that don't deserve to be revived its time they made one worth watching.

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[–] stagebandman 13 years ago

Ever see the episode "The Hunter" from Gilligan's Island? Rory Calhoun played the the villain going after Gilligan. Laugh if you want, but it's a direct take off of Most Dangerous Game.

If we all liked the same movie, there'd only be one movie!

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[–] alcope2000 13 years ago

This has been remade unofficialy so many times. Why in the hell do we need another remake??? Why are so many people into this remakemania *beep* Real film makers make new movies. Anyone can remake a movie.

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[–] Xcobidoo 13 years ago

This Herner Werzog fellow, is he related to this Werner Herzog I've been hearing so much about.

And yes, they should make a proper remake and again yes, Daniel Day Lewis would be perfect as the count.

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[–] Nova_UB313 13 years ago

Daniel Day Lewis would be perfect as the count.

Yes indeed! He'd be wonderful, and long overdue for a proper remake. But only one that would stay true to the original tale.

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[–] BoomerMovieFan 13 years ago

"...if done right." Ah! Therein lies the rub!

I don't mind remakes but I object to their being updated. The charm of the original is invariably lost.

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[–] rrjustron 13 years ago

I quite agree with you, do a remake....not an update nor a change; look what they did with the new King Kong by Peter Jackson, changed characters and their personalities, ruined a great movie.

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