Brainstorm Remake

Why? The Blu-Ray looks awesome. Why would it need to be remade? Why not just watch the original again?

Does it need more teal and orange color? Or more explosions and car chases? Seems like a completed movie to me.

I'd prefer to see time and money developing NEW concepts instead of all these remakes/reboots. There ARE new ideas out there. And often, they can be a lot of fun: Inception, District 9, even Looper

I agree, this could be redone very well.

Still like the original, but would not mind a well done remake.

Yes could be a good ad for google glass

I totally agree with you. This film defined what heaven might be as well, which was very interesting as a theory.

I read your discussion about pro's and con's of remakes. Largely I agree with both of you, it's a tough one. I've actually thought about it a lot and here's what I propose. Instead of remakes, lets starting doing 'mashups' of multiple plot-lines grafted together. For instance, what if Brainstorm, Dreamscape, Strange Days and the Matrix could all be connected with one or more patch stories that link the together. We could make most of a new story out of existing footage. I think a good name for this idea would be something like Scrapyard.

Another one I think would be great for that is (almost any movie) and The Goonies. I just love the Goonies and think you can link them to almost any storyline. I think a really good one for that would be The Rocketeer. They could find the rocket pack in some abandoned garage, hilarity and adventure ensue, etc.

Anyways, I just thought about this some lately, read your posts and thought hey maybe if I rant about this, other people will too and it will start to happen.

Have a nice day.

I do tend to lean toward some movies being best left alone. As for this movie's concept, let's face it...it was stellar. Virtual reality long before the VR-laced movies of the 90's came to be. Mind/sensation sharing long before "Inception" was made. And the concept of connecting computers through phone lines before the Internet became a reality. "Brainstorm" was quite innovative for this, and I enjoy watching it.

Too many of the films I grew up on have been remade, almost ALL of them badly.We don't " REMAKE" paintings, what is this obsession with reboots, updates and remakes? Tons of new and original scripts floating around Hollywood that will never get made yet studios vomit money and energy on countless lousy remakes, enough already.

why not? because you will never, ever get a young christopher walken together with natalie woods. as rough as some footage is, this movie is pure inspiration. no amount of modern hollywood slick could improve on it. (you'd end up with, say, something like the recent mad max remake... god help me)

i rented it on videotape not long after it was originally released, on a curtis mathes VHS player that cost me about 700 dollars (it was new technology) that just about broke me. that's how long i've been obsessed with film. our thoughts, me and my friends, after seeing it were not about the production or special effects. it was more like, damn, none of us could think of one single thing we could have done differently, more than, with that machine. in other words it grabbed hold of us at the human level; as explorers, as scientists, as intellects, as political creatures, as simple hedonists, but most of all, as evolving people. this film magically captures everything that drives us to live, forwards and backwards at the same time.

here i am over 30 years later enjoying it again.