Silent Running is a '70s movie that could use a remake.

I thought about a THEM! remake but knowing Hollywood, they would do the following to fuck the remake up: cast a female lead that is whiny and bitchy, the the 2 police men would be brutal corrupt thugs that beat up black people for fun (or be bumbling morons for laughs), have a black guy casted as a researcher only to have him die horribly, the military would be evil and shoot everyone that sees the ants because the military created the giant ants, have researcher be all "The ants only fight to survive, we have no right to kill them", lots of shitty CGI, lots of explosions, PG-13 rating even if its done as a horror movie etc.

Yeah if they remake it, then Peter Jackson should direct and Steven Spielberg should produce (or the other way around) so it stays as close to the original as possible and it still fun (Jacksons King Kong Remake is really, really good). Otherwise forget about remaking THEM!.

yeah, wouldn't trust anyone else with this. As much as I'd love to see an updated THEM!

Have this awesome image in my head of an open battle between the ants and military. Maybe when they're storming the anthill.

Remaking Them! is a wonderful idea, I can't believe I didn't think about it. I'm also shocked that The Incredible Shrinking Man isn't on your list.

Anyway, I'm really hard pressed to think of any movies that need a remake. Like, my first instinct is to start listing off a lot of really old monster movies. But after thinking it through, I decided that nobody has anything to gain from remaking movies like Frankenstein, or Creature from the Black Lagoon.

It might be nice to see another adaption of The Island of Doctor Moreau that doesn't completely suck, though.

Actually I have heard rumors of the Incredible shrinking man remake, using Eddie Murphy.

Oh crap... *Facepalm.*

1932's Island of Lost Souls was pretty good. It deviated heavily from the novel, including in the title department, but managed to actually be a pretty decent film anyway somehow. Mostly because the people making it weren't idiots and knew what they were doing. So it was inaccurate but still well made. But still, a faithful adaptation of the novel would be great, with a morally gray rather than villainous Moreau, but also have him not be a naive idealist, have the main character's surname be Prendick, and no sexy female beast-person.

Ditto for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, ignoring the fact everyone knows that the title characters are the same person and the novel treats it like a shocking twist (which it was at the time), meaning a faithful adaption would make some audiences feel like the movie was treating them like idiots. Another thing about the novel is Jekyll isn't the main character (neither is Hyde). It's Utterson, Jekyll's best friend and lawyer. Hell, screw making a faithful adaptation that preserves the twist. Any Jekyll and Hyde story which keeps the novel's main character would be welcome.

I'd love to see Miyazaki's take on H.G Wells's 'Things to Come'.
Also, I'd like to see a 'Gone With the Wind' where the existence of slavery wasn't glossed over.

I know two old sci fi movies I would love remade:

Attack of the puppet people and Dr Cyclops.

The 1966 British horror movie Island of Terror. A really good concept, sadly not taken to its full potential due to censorship issues and budget limitations. With today's technology you could totally show what it looks like when a person has their skeleton forcibly sucked out.

Hey, maybe we can remake Nosferatu? Show everybody how a vampire movie is supposed to be done.

That jumped to my mind, too, but to be honest, I feel like the grainy quality of the film really adds to its spookiness, which wouldn't be done with a Hollywood remake.

1946; The Best Years of Our Lives. Set in the current day.

Watched Earth vs the giant spider or something like that, then watched Tarantula! (1955) all last night. Tarantula was filmed out here where I live in the desert, and not too many know that a very young clint eastwood was the squad leader pilot int he jets int he end. ^v^ But I think Tarantula would be a fun remake if they did it out here in the same area again and kept tot he original story.

The Last Starfighter.

The Road Warrior.

Robot Jox

I can't remember the other one I had in mind...

they're already going to do a Starfighter one

SWEET

and The Road Warrior (assuming you mean Mad Max)

The Road Warrior
No.

Yes.

John Carpenters "They Live"

THEM! would be a good 'un, if they did it right, I agree.

This Island Earth, mebbe?

No no no no no! you can't redo 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"!

There is nothing today that could possibly replace Barbara Eden's backside!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzGHJp6o7YQ

(and now - in slow motion! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFIDjm8-400 )

The Incredible Melting Man XD

Hm, no one thought of it?

The Island of Dr. Moreau.

To me, it had an interesting concept. With today's CGI and movie technology, and perhaps a better writing of the story, I wouldnt mind seeing it again.

Just dont make it 3D >.<

1977 and 1996. In both cases, they fail to meet the requirements of pre-70s.

yeah, i know those, but third's a charm...right?

I hope this time Richard Stanley gets to direct it this time.

I'd be interested to see a genuine remake of the silent METROPOLIS film--hopefully retaining the creepy shiny-tall Gothic and political vibes.

a remake of the Mad Max series would be great, maybe less leather motorcycle fetish and more survival in the post apocalyptic out back.

I want to see a fresh shiny new 'The Most Dangerous Game'

But that's only cause that is one of my favorite stories evar and it needs more love.

"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." I feel like that's a film that could've been so much more with more modern tropes.

Oh! And for YEARS I've been half-dreaming of a remake of "The Third Man" with Liam Neeson as Harry Lime.

Just want to say, I approve of your avatar.

Thank you! Dr. Cooper is the shiznit, and his antics in that ball pit are among the best he's done yet.

the original stargate. it freaks me out to see kurt Russell in it richard dean anderson does a much better jack than kurt did

I'd like to re-do "Plan 9 from Outer Space" because I know I could probably do a better job on a smaller budget.

I'd like to see "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" re-told as less of an allegory for Cold War fears and more of an allegory about the mind and soul-destroying character of popular culture (you wouldn't have to change many details).

Someone re-did "The Lathe of Heaven" as a TV-only movie a while back, but it has so much more potential than that.

Some of the re-makes that have been done could have been promising but were actually really terrible, including:

The Omen
The Italian Job
Flight of the Phoenix
War of the Worlds
The Time Machine
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Island of Dr. Moreau (the 1990s version with Keanu Reeves)

Dont you mean Val Kilmer?

Might have been

Yea, definitely. According to the notes, he was a complete ass and got the original director Richard Stanley (Hardware, The Dust Devil) fired, and brought in John Frankenheimer to take over... of course that was even worse and changed the whole thing. if this film does get rebooted, I hope Richard gets a second chance to fix what was meant to be originally seen.

I believe 1902's cinematic masterpiece "Le Voyage dans la Lune" would be great if retooled for a newer audience. The fight scene with the Selenites would be awesome as well as the historical significance of the film.

Would love to see someone remake "Alligator People". As long as they bring in someone like Rick Baker for costume FX and STICK WITH IT DAMMIT.

Speaking of animal-people and were-creatures, would love to see them remake Cat-People too. This time without the "derp they turn into normal panthers!11" crud... or the implied incest. Was really disappointed in the last attempt to remake it that didn't take advantage of the increase in FX to make something more... cooler.

Would love for them to finally remake Creature From The Black Lagoon... but so far all the rumored scripts sound like potential shit.