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If you could remake a movie/ TV show, what would you pick?

hawkwing43hawkwing43 Member Posts: 1,701 Arc User
edited October 2013 in Ten Forward
With no sign of Hollywood slowing down with remaking movies or even TV shows. (Has anyone seen Ironside yet?) I figured why not see what remakes we the fans would love to see happen, and what would you do if you were in control of that project.

So lets hear some ideas.

What remakes would you do for the Movies and TV shows?

Me:

I would take control of the Logan's Run mess, and make a remake of the original movie. The Original movie is ok, but very dated now, and could use a nice updated version I think.

For TV I would remake Good Times, well more like make is a next generation show. Bring back alot of the original people, and show what life is like after 30 years.
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  • asmodeus451asmodeus451 Member Posts: 257 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    i could honestly see a remake of Logan's Run.

    it would likely turn into a Action flick, but i can see it being a good one
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  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Ah, yes. The City of Domes.Where you can have everything you desire. Except your 30th birthday. Life clock....renew!:D
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    How about making a Star Trek: Voyager where stuff had some measure of permanence, the Starfleet and Maquis crew members had some actual conflict and factionalism and Neelix got thrown out the airlock after the first time he nearly destroyed the ship, and somebody fact-checks the technobabble to make sure they don't do anything blatantly stupid (*cough* crack in the event horizon *cough*).

    The thing that irritates me most about Voyager is that the show had such potential and it was completely squandered.
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  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    All Star Treks aside, there was a show on UPN that used to run for a few years right before Voyager called Seven Days. It had a good premise, decent characters, and was just a fun watch. This show is recent enough where some of the original actors could be brought back in addition to a handful of revamped cast in order to continue the stories of Operation Backstep.
  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Firefly or dragonball
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  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Space 1999.

    Sure would be easier than trying to resurrect Space:Above and Beyond.
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  • hawkwing43hawkwing43 Member Posts: 1,701 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    asmodeus451 I am with you on making an new Logan's Run an action movie. Also, I would expand on the dome city a ton more, show more of the day to day life, and add robots to the Sandman ranks.

    I would also have more than just 1 old man outside the dome city, I would make it a small village of people, along with a couple runners that made it out the dome. The village would have no high tech and very hands on type of setup.

    I don't understand why it's sooooooo hard to just up date this movie, and make a few changes here and there. It don't have to be a carbon copy of the original movie, just keep the core storyline, and make it walk it's own path.

    Like I said if I was doing it, I would get it done and make it great.
  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    How about 'Homeboys in Outer Space'?
  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    dahminus wrote: »
    Firefly or dragonball

    Combine the two.
  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Airwolf

    Star trek ToS ( No not really just wanted to make some of you scream OMG NOOOO!!!! :D )

    Hogans heros

    Manimal

    Automan

    buck rogers in the 25th century

    Quantum Leap ( yes it was a great series was a huge fan but would love to see a new QL series )
  • gornman47gornman47 Member Posts: 146 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    *whispers*......Sliiiideeeers........
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  • admiralpaladinadmiralpaladin Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    All Star Treks aside, there was a show on UPN that used to run for a few years right before Voyager called Seven Days. It had a good premise, decent characters, and was just a fun watch. This show is recent enough where some of the original actors could be brought back in addition to a handful of revamped cast in order to continue the stories of Operation Backstep.

    Seven Days was a good show. I just wish the operator would not scream OMG everytime they called in after a backstep.


    I would like to see a Wing Commander movie. Either a redo or a continuation of the movie storyline as outlined by the Telep book trilogy.
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  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    gornman47 wrote: »
    *whispers*......Sliiiideeeers........

    HA HA thats the show i was going crazy trying to remember i agree sliders aswell :)
  • felixhexfelixhex Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Lets see....

    I would love to remake Babylon 5.

    The show called The Good Guys. It was a funny cop show that was on for 2 seasons and got cancelled. I wouldn't remake it. I would pick up where it left off.

    I would restart Star Trek and have it set up where the prime and JJ verse exist. Ultimately the JJ verse will have to be dealt with. Destroyed or erased, whichever.

    I would want to restart The Shield. Pick up were Vic is wasting away his years doing that nothing job, but is pulled back into the streets for some reason.
  • wraithshadow13wraithshadow13 Member Posts: 1,728 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I would remake Batman and Robin, and/or Batman forever, but you know.... make them not suck so hard. Seriously... it wouldn't even be that hard. I would even have it animated if need be, but those characters could have worked so well if they hadn't been based on the adam west camp.


    As for Tv shows, i think i would go with Monster Force. Yeah, that's right, i went there. But instead of making it a cracked out 90's cartoon, i would place it more into the 1800's where most of the stories took place then give it a light steampunk feel instead of everyone having crazy super high tech power armor. I would also upgrade the stories to be more for adults and older kids, so i can make the monsters a little more book accurate and actually imposing.
  • jodarkriderjodarkrider Member Posts: 2,097 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Star Wars Episode I-III... did not like the actors, especially Padme and Anakin.. duh. And Episode I was a total childfest, with Jar-Jar Binks. I'd shoot Gungans for the laughs, seriously. Ruined the whole Episode I completelly. So, yup, would love to see a remake, without some stupid things, which are ruining it for me... :P
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  • bitemepwebitemepwe Member Posts: 6,760 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I would restart the Dresden Files on SciFi channel.
    I would rework Space Above and Beyond to be more of a real war setting ( with no whining Wes).
    And restart the Blade TV series.
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    bitemepwe wrote: »
    I would restart the Dresden Files on SciFi channel.
    I would rework Space Above and Beyond to be more of a real war setting ( with no whining Wes).
    And restart the Blade TV series.
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    dahminus wrote: »
    Firefly or dragonball
    reginamala78 wrote: »
    Combine the two.

    Fireball?

    Dragonfly?

    Dragonfly Fireball?
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    jorantomalak wrote: »
    Manimal

    Automan

    Not sure those are really crying out for a remake.

    jorantomalak wrote: »
    Airwolf

    Star trek ToS ( No not really just wanted to make some of you scream OMG NOOOO!!!! :D )

    Hogans heros

    buck rogers in the 25th century

    Quantum Leap ( yes it was a great series was a huge fan but would love to see a new QL series )

    The rest, sure!
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I know they did the movie already, but a TV series remake would be fun:

    "Get Smart!"

    Steve Carell should reprise the role. No way they'd get Anne Hathaway but they could cast just about any smart, trim actress in the role of Agent 99 and put a brunette wig on if necessary. They could do NSA jokes and have random sightings of Edward Snowden.
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  • oraxisonarisoraxisonaris Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Digging back into the 1980s here...

    Crime Story... not sure who would play the lead, but since it was really a kind of proto-Sopranos, itd fit in really well these days.
  • lincolninspacelincolninspace Member Posts: 1,843 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    reginamala78 wrote: »
    Combine the two.

    Dragonfly? Fireball?

    I would do a decent remake of The time machine, not the crappy 2001 remake w Guy Pearce.
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  • wildthyme467989wildthyme467989 Member Posts: 1,286 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Blake's 7, such an amazing idea, it amazes me that any remake hasn't actually left the pre-production stage yet, it's only ever been remade as a full cast audio drama.

    And it should have the same ending as the original series too, that was so SPECTACULAR
  • dojegundojegun Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Dragonfly an old cargo ship (resembles a dragonfly insect somehow) is commanded by a rebel army sargeant. Rebels or Red Ribbon army (RR army) as they are called, lost against the powerful Sayan Military in a civil war. The crew also consist of a first officer that also served with the sargeant in the RR army, pilot who is also the first officer's wife. There are also a mercenary, an engineeer, a strange companion and a priest of some kind. They are looking for orange balls scaterd around the galaxy. They contain codes to activate a powerful weapon developed by RR army called The Dragon or Shenron. In the first episode they take two passangers on board a doctor and his brother that was genetically modified by the Sayan army. They crossbred him with an...
    On second thought let's leave Dragonball and Firefly separated.
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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    asmodeus451 wrote: »
    i could honestly see a remake of Logan's Run.

    it would likely turn into a Action flick, but i can see it being a good one

    OOOH, that would be cool. Loved that movie!
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  • jumpingjsjumpingjs Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    STAR TREK TNG


    Or Space:1999


    (Would recall it Space:2199)
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  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I'd go back in time to 1989 to remake Star Trek V.

    Hire real writers and a real director instead of Shatner, discard 95% of the plot (I like the idea of a Vulcan who has lost logic and gone wacky spiritual, though, I'd keep that but change the character and the nature of his quest dramatically).
  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I'd like to re-shoot Metropolis from the original script and direction notes, just using contemporary actors ( Kaley Cuoco as Maria :o ) and modern effects.

    I'd also like to remake La Dolce Vita, with Jude Law in the central role.
  • steamwrightsteamwright Member Posts: 2,820
    edited October 2013
    Otherworld, a very short-lived show with an interesting premise. Mark Lenard was one of the guest stars.

    Since you've likely never heard of it, Otherworld told the story of a vacationing family that stumbled into a dimensional portal (no, not Land of the Lost), to arrive on an alternate Earth that was hostile, more advanced than Earth (crystaline technologies, advanced agriculture, automated vehicles, android miners, etc.), and quasi-Fascist. They discover eventually that the portal was the start of a path ancient rulers used to take to learn from the more advanced world, and return to rule more powerfully. The family just wants to get back home. They're boosted in their efforts when they manage to steal a high-ranking officer's ID and use it to create fake identities and help them find clues for crossing the controlled zones looking for the path home.


    I'd also be interested in a TV Wild, Wild West remake, with all the special effects and steampunk-ishness we can cook up today. But nothing like the Will Smith movie please (except maybe the train and the spider, those were kinda cool).
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