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"Dawn of the dead (again)"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com /030509/80/dzlmz.html

So they are re-making this classic film; another pointless exercise of futility as there is no way it can be any better than the original. Why can't film companies employ people to come up with some new and fresh ideas, instead of reanimating old ideas?

i'd like them to remake Spawn. that film had potential. Oh and remake batmans 2,3 and 4 and make them more serious and cool instead of 2 harking back to beetle juice and 3 and 4 being toy adverts

They remaking Texas Chainsaw Massacre as well.

The day they decide to remake Halloween and The Evil Dead is the day I go to war with Hollywood.

Heh, never knew that...

And this DOTD remake was planned aaageesssss ago...

:P

HEAT was a remake of some crap 80's movie, 'LA takedown' i think.....

having read what nutters like don simpson put their employees through, they all have to play it safe or risk losing their job. Also a lot of the people making the top decisions aren't that smart (eg those like Don Simpson R.I.P.)

They go for the lowest common denominator and for the "aint broke don't fix it" routes.

Ocean's 11? The Thing. Heat.

Anyone know of any good remakes that were better than the original? Bugsy I bag "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", Sutherland stylee.

I'll wait until there's some pictures and video shots of the movie to make my first opinions, as you never know, it could be quite good. It'll never be as good as the original, but I hope it does give us plenty of great zombie moments and action set-pieces, along with some good charater development that was so evident in the original.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com /030509/80/dzlmz.html

So they are re-making this classic film; another pointless exercise of futility as there is no way it can be any better than the original. Why can't film companies employ people to come up with some new and fresh ideas, instead of reanimating old ideas?