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6 months ago
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I'm busy waiting in the theater before watching Dandadan: Evil Eye, wondering when did they start making theatrical features pretty much 3 episode compilations of anime series. Found out the hard way when we went to see Gundam: Gquacks, Demon Slayer: Mugen Trainarc and it's second film I can't remember the name of. And I'm pretty sure there others I'm missing.
But while I was waiting I saw so many advertisements for the How to train your Dragon live action remake. Skrappy really wants to see it for his birthday since he's a big fan of the first movie, yet oddly hasn't seen the final film of the series though he did buy the Riders of Berk series on dvd. I might go watch with him because from the looks of it there doesn't seem to be much changed from the earlier film.
Can't say the same for Lilo and Stitch though. I originally wanted to see it because I was a fan of the original movie, even saw it earlier this week. But after hearing of the changes they made to Cobra Bubbles, Jumbo and not even having Gantu, I decided to avoid it, maybe watch it later on Plus. I hear it get so much hate for all it's changes, yet it made so much money over the week. Odd since alot of the advertisements and products I see on sale, have the animated Stitch and not the cgi one.
I have only seen a few of these remakes if you can even call them that, reimaginings maybe? Saw the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland but that was more a freaky sequel if I think about it. Saw Malificent, never saw the original film it's supposed to be based of but did enjoy it, haven't seen it's sequel though. And I saw the Jungle Book which I also enjoyed and I have seen the original film on that. Still can't figure out why a bear is in a jungle of all places. But aside from that the only other remake I've seen was True Grit and The Magnificent 7, both movies I enjoyed, despite not having seen the originals. Dunno if Shin Godzilla, Shin Kamen Rider or Shin Ultraman would count though I did like the Kamen Rider and Ultraman ones, didn't care for Godzilla though...Godzilla Minus One however, totally my favorite film. Now that I think about it does every time they reboot a Marvel or DC hero franchise do those count as reboots? How many Spiderman and Superman origins do I have to watch over again? Glad the MCU Spiderman already killed off Uncle Ben earlier on.
Don't know if I'll ever watch the other remakes, especially after Disney expected me to pay extra for Plus to watch Mulan. Don't think I'll ever watch the Snow White one or even the Little Mermaid one. Definitely never watching the Alladin one, Williams as the Genie is the only way for me. May watch the Lion King films one day out of curiosity. I wonder how many other films they got like this in their library.
And since I'm ranting about rethings, a friend asked me if I got the Remaster for Oblivion yet. I confessed that I have at least 5 copies of Skyrim that I haven't even beaten yet, and one of those is a remastered recollection rerelease something or another. I still haven't even finished a playthrough of Fallout 4 yet! And I didn't even bother when they brought up the Final Fantasy 7 remaster. I only beat the original game once, I don't have time to play another flashy version of it.
So what are your thoughts about Remakes, remaster, reimaginings rewhatevers.
But while I was waiting I saw so many advertisements for the How to train your Dragon live action remake. Skrappy really wants to see it for his birthday since he's a big fan of the first movie, yet oddly hasn't seen the final film of the series though he did buy the Riders of Berk series on dvd. I might go watch with him because from the looks of it there doesn't seem to be much changed from the earlier film.
Can't say the same for Lilo and Stitch though. I originally wanted to see it because I was a fan of the original movie, even saw it earlier this week. But after hearing of the changes they made to Cobra Bubbles, Jumbo and not even having Gantu, I decided to avoid it, maybe watch it later on Plus. I hear it get so much hate for all it's changes, yet it made so much money over the week. Odd since alot of the advertisements and products I see on sale, have the animated Stitch and not the cgi one.
I have only seen a few of these remakes if you can even call them that, reimaginings maybe? Saw the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland but that was more a freaky sequel if I think about it. Saw Malificent, never saw the original film it's supposed to be based of but did enjoy it, haven't seen it's sequel though. And I saw the Jungle Book which I also enjoyed and I have seen the original film on that. Still can't figure out why a bear is in a jungle of all places. But aside from that the only other remake I've seen was True Grit and The Magnificent 7, both movies I enjoyed, despite not having seen the originals. Dunno if Shin Godzilla, Shin Kamen Rider or Shin Ultraman would count though I did like the Kamen Rider and Ultraman ones, didn't care for Godzilla though...Godzilla Minus One however, totally my favorite film. Now that I think about it does every time they reboot a Marvel or DC hero franchise do those count as reboots? How many Spiderman and Superman origins do I have to watch over again? Glad the MCU Spiderman already killed off Uncle Ben earlier on.
Don't know if I'll ever watch the other remakes, especially after Disney expected me to pay extra for Plus to watch Mulan. Don't think I'll ever watch the Snow White one or even the Little Mermaid one. Definitely never watching the Alladin one, Williams as the Genie is the only way for me. May watch the Lion King films one day out of curiosity. I wonder how many other films they got like this in their library.
And since I'm ranting about rethings, a friend asked me if I got the Remaster for Oblivion yet. I confessed that I have at least 5 copies of Skyrim that I haven't even beaten yet, and one of those is a remastered recollection rerelease something or another. I still haven't even finished a playthrough of Fallout 4 yet! And I didn't even bother when they brought up the Final Fantasy 7 remaster. I only beat the original game once, I don't have time to play another flashy version of it.
So what are your thoughts about Remakes, remaster, reimaginings rewhatevers.
In terms of a lot of other re-creations out there (not all of them though), they're done poorly and probably should've never been touched to begin with.
Kinda wish they had done a bit more to mix up the gameplay in Oblivion. When I finally got it installed after a week of downloading, I realized it felt like I had just played this the week before. Ended up needing to uninstall it because Zenless Zone Zero is so damned chonky, I'd have to uninstall nearly half a dozen other games just to fit this bugger in here...
Meanwhile, here I am playing with my Sims 4 again. >__> I admit, I'm hooked on the time-sucks, and I haven't been giving enough time on other games in my library.
As for Snow White, I must say I've been hooked on a particular quadrilogy (or whatever the word is for a trilogy +1) of songs inspired by it...
I did buy the Pixel Perfect collection of the other Final Fantasies, though I only played the 6th back when it was 3 on the SNES, I think it's just more for the collection.
But with Go Nagai's other works like Cutie Honey and Getter Robo and how many versions they have of those series there's bound to be some that are liked and others that are stinkers.
https://youtu.be/6iDoG5cMt4o?si=NbThiST_e4TEhXSM
Think that was the one I saw as well.
https://youtu.be/5cWmurgVprs?si=CUoptRu4zICCCYAv
Can't recall ever seeing this one. I also liked seeing the Devil Lady version though. But I think I liked this version best.
https://youtu.be/x2wFlBVdOWM?si=uZsFtBC8zzcdDegq
https://youtu.be/rQ1iVQi-Z-A?si=4so6e03CZ_zAeIxc
https://youtu.be/2qol4VFOHL0?si=RoP72wv9pXLEaZgu
The last three seemed to be part of a SD series where they chibify the characters. I never seen it before.
Controversially, I liked the J.J. Abrams Star Trek trilogy. I felt that, while different, it was nonetheless good (if slightly tired in its' rehashing of TWOK in Into Darkness). While not the classic, it still had a lot of the right FEEL.
Did enjoy that Star Trek trilogy, hate getting into arguments with friends claiming 'it's not a reboot, it's an alternate timeline" debate.
As for the original, I'm old enough to have seen them on TV on their first airings, so loved the original, and I think no-one sane REALLY liked Galactica 1980. It was really REALLY out there. Despite the appearances of the Cylons in the reimagined one, the show is amazing.
On a matter which is NOT a reboot or reimagining, I also strongly recommend watching The Expanse. It's absolutely to die for.