This movie is prescient about surveillance in a post 9-11 Patriot Act world. If remade, they could incorpate GPS with cell phones, activating cameras on laptops/iPhones/iPads/etc, e-mail interloping, and lowjack-style car control. It could be awesome. Like 'Eagle Eye,' but good.
Have u ever transcended space & time? Yes. No. Uh time, not space. No, I dont knw wht ur talkng abt
" If remade, they could incorpate GPS with cell phones, etc"
I think it is relevant and entertaining just as it is.
You could use the same argument ad nauseam with any film involving a technological narrative thread.
Not a remake, but certainly an unconnected sequel with maybe a bit of cameo for Will Smith. The advances in technology and techniques would be very interesting to see. Not sure if Gene Hackman's character could be used again, maybe somebody he took under his wing and speaks about him would work though. Either way, the idea behind the format could be reused over and over again, and Hollywood seem to be exceptionally good at that sort of thing!
shareThis movie is so ripe for a remake. I would give it a different much darker ending.
share>>> This movie is so ripe for a remake
My guess is that the poster of this comment is under 25, and probably under 20.
The movie is 15 years old. I think this is the record for most recent movie that people are calling for a remake. I wonder if we'll eventually see movies a decade old or less that people are calling for a remake.
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Dude Spider Man wins that. Spider Man 3 was 2007 and the Amazing Spider Man is 2012. I dont know if people were calling for the remake but to certainly was less then a decade lol
shareMore examples in the superhero genre:
Hulk 2003 - The Incredible Hulk 2008
Batman & Robin 1997 - Batman Begins 2005
Superman Returns 2006 - Man of Steel 2013
That's a licensing thing I believe, same with FF4.
shareNot a remake, but certainly an unconnected sequel with maybe a bit of cameo for Will Smith.
Either way, the idea behind the format could be reused over and over again, and Hollywood seem to be exceptionally good at that sort of thing!
How about we just lay off the remakes for a while and try coming up with some orignal stories (there are some out there!)
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How about we just lay off the remakes for a while and try coming up with some orignal stories (there are some out there!)
How about we just lay off the remakes for a while and try coming up with some orignal stories ...My sentiments exactly.🐭 share
Bah! YOU should be remade! No, correction: You should be replaced! hehehehehe
shareWhy would you want to remake it? What makes this movie so great is the fact that it was so prescient. It was ahead of the culture. Doing a remake now would be pointless. Everyone knows that the NSA is doing this stuff now. The whole point of the film was to explore the topic in a naive time just before "the fall" so to speak. We're not naive anymore, this isn't surprising.
Besides, they've already done several films in this vein since 9/11 and they lose their catchiness because its all expected by the audience. At least with the age of this film it can still have some of that effect because the audience can recognize the prescience.
Its just like the whole Oil/resource war thing with Three Days of the Condor in the late 70s. It was riding the wave of a new mindset as the culture was changing. There is little meaning in having a film try to capture that after the fact.
Remakes exist purely to monetize a recognizable and nostalgia laden brand. It has little artistic merit on its own. Its basically bankrupt creatively to just copy something else. Its not like music with covers.
If they ever do remake it please don't make the wife so annoying or if they do please kill her off so we feel a little vindication lol
shareIdiot!
shareHow about no?
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