Screaming for a remake

I don't know if a remake or a reboot would be better. Part of what made this movie great for me was Raimi's doing. Oddly enough, I don't like his Spider-Man movies or Xena & Hercules. I think Darkman has potential to be a good remake or reboot. I'd rather see a reboot myself rather than a remake or a sequel to Raimi's movies. And yes there is a difference between remakes & reboots.

Why do people complain about remakes & reboots anyway? Just don't watch them. The Original will always be there for you to enjoy.

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This film doesn't need a remake; it's fine the way that it is.

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I just want more Darkman. Sequel, reboot, tv adaptation. Hell even an ongoing comic series would be great!

If there's one thing I've learned from the IMDb message boards, it's that remakes are the worst possible thing anyone could ever do and that even suggesting a movie be remade is equivalent to spitting in the face of God.

All joking aside, people get way too worked up about remakes. There have been some fantastic remakes in the past, some of them even better than their original. Yeah, there are more awful remakes than good ones but so what? There are more awful original movies than good ones and no one says we should stop making original movies.

The complaint I always hear is how it will "ruin" the original. How? I love John Carpenter's The Thing and I thought the 2011 "premakequel" was terrible. But you know what? I still have my copy of Carpenter's version and it's just as good as it was before. Planet of the Apes, The Pink Panther, Psycho, etc. are all still great movies. A bad remake does not ruin the original. If anything it just helps highlight what made the original so good in the first place. Is it really so hard to ignore bad movies? Are there really people who can't watch the original Godzilla anymore because Roland Emmerich made an awful movie 15 years ago? I don't get it.

Worst case scenario: A remake is terrible. You've probably read the reviews first so you know to avoid it. The movie bombs. Everyone hates it. The concept is poison for a decade or so before anyone even considers trying again. Pros: No more unwanted remakes or sequels. Cons: Disappointment. Example: Godzilla.

Best case scenario: A remake is amazing. You enjoy it as much if not more than the original. It's a critical and commercial success. Pros: It launches the careers of it's director and/or star(s). It's influence can still be seen decades later. It creates/popularizes a genre. It's a damn good movie. Cons: It may outshine the original. Example: A Fistful of Dollars.

Maybe it's just me, but I'd gladly ignore 100 "Godzilla" level remakes for the chance to see just 1 "A Fistful of Dollars".

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The thing that made the original so good was Sam Raimis direction.

Looks like the remake comes out in a couple of months but they're calling it Deadpool.

I kid.

Not that Darkman is a great example of this BUT....

The backlash is the now remakes take all character & plot away from films in exchange for FX. With the rare exception, just about every remake since 2005 has exchanged story for action.

And yes, it is an age thing. Most adults that work around Hollywood, particularly writers & directors, still praise Chinatown as one of the best screenplays ever written.

The story is why movie viewers between 35-65, on average,love Chinatown upon viewing it, claiming that it is "riveting & suspenseful."

Most movie viewers between 14-25 today site Chinatown's lack of action & special effects as the main reason that the film is so "boring."

The call for remakes falls between the 14-25 age range & the vast majority support movies with action & special effects as the draw while claiming that plot & character development make films "dull & boring."

This can be shown from the reaction to "The Debt" & more recently "Trumbo" in the different age groups.

Furthermore the concept of satire in film is lost on post Generation-X movie viewers.

It all adds up to a lust for remakes among Millennial & later generations & an almost wholesale rejection of remakes from Generation X & Baby Boomers.

Maybe you should stop watching movies for good. Get a new hobby like the choking game.