DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Relax: 20 Films From the 80s That Aren’t Being Remade

  • JMoney · 5 months ago
    i wouldn't be surprised if some executive read this list and we saw announcements about remakes.


    also, Top Gun is being re-made???!!
  • jessealess · 5 months ago
    I was thinking something similar.

    'There has been no news concerning the following films being remade... until now.'

    haa!
  • Morris Day · 5 months ago
    How dare you, sir? Graffiti Bridge is an AMAZING movie!
  • Ratter · 5 months ago
    Does 'Who's your Caddy' count as a Caddyshack remake?
  • adam frazier · 5 months ago
    Yeah... this article should have a huge "....yet" attached to it. They tried to remake "Revenge of the Nerds" already so, I'm sure they'll try again with one of these.

    God, I love Beetlejuice...
  • TJL · 5 months ago
    I'm realy surprised no studio has snapped up Sixteen Candles for a remake.
  • Reebee7 · 5 months ago
    All in good time, young padawan.
  • Bethany P · 5 months ago
    great list -- very funny//true. still upset about red dawn, though.
  • Dan · 5 months ago
    Back to the Future?
  • Big Rob · 5 months ago
    They can leave all those movies alone but so God help me if they touch A Christmas Story. I will shake my fist at them in anger. GRRRR!!!!
  • Patrick · 5 months ago
    Not to quibble, but Chariots of Fire did not get its title from a William Blake Poem, it got its title from a lyric in "Green and Pleasant Land," a hymn of the Church of England, which is sung in the opening scene in the movie. Its an iconic hymn, and has been referenced in literature by, amongst others, William Blake.
  • Cole_Abaius · 5 months ago
    Not to quibble either! But the hymn you're thinking of is Jerusalem, and it was adapted from the William Blake poem "And did those feet in ancient time" (written in 1804 and set to music as a hymn in 1916). It's also sung extensively in episodes of Monty Python. Thanks for allowing me the chance to show off my bombastic 19th century British poetry knowledge. I almost never get to do that sort of thing around here. Huzzah!
  • Patrick · 5 months ago
    Point taken, and I am duly impressed, and being wrong will teach me not to get cranky and pedantic. I've read in several places people wondering where the title of that movie comes from, and I always think, "Have you seen that movie? Like the first scene or two? Where everybody is singing?" I'm Catholic myself, but that hymn is in pretty much every filmed C of E service I've ever seen.

    As for 80's remakes, I vote for (or against?) "Dragnet," because nothing could be a better symbol of Hollywood's lack of imagination than a crappy remake of a crappy remake of a crappy tv show.
  • Anrkist · 5 months ago
    I could go for a Mad Max remake... I've never been a big fan of the original, perhaps I need to rewatch it but the latter 2 have always been favorites of mine. I'm surprised Labyrinth is on the list but not The Never Ending Story.
  • Davebaxter1989 · 5 months ago
    I'd vote for a new Popeye film going the motion capture route.
  • Munnster · 5 months ago
    Real Genius is one of my favorite movies, Its so easy to see the same humor by Kilmer in this movie as he used in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." I remember taping this on vhs on some channel when I was younger and now I own it on DVD and any chance I get I try and force people to borrow it. But as for a remake, I really hope not, remaking The Karate Kid is going far enough as to remove the nostalgia from my childhood, next thing i know they will be remaking "Rad" (possibly the awesomest movie ever) and Jeremiah Johnson (my father used to force me to watch this monthly as a child for about nine straight years.)
  • Spencer · 5 months ago
    Man a remake of Sixteen Candles would be hilarious, think about which lame stars they would cast now. Or a Breakfast Club remake with 20 year olds passing off to be in their teens.
    But some films would just be funny to see who they would cast, not saying I approve but if someone tried hard enough and and it had a good solid cast, I wouldn't complain.
  • djjeffhall · 5 months ago
    It's a moral imperative that real Genuis NOT be remade! (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)

    RE: Princess Bride - Sacred Ground, do not mess with the Dread Pirate Roberts and Princess Buttercup.

    RE: Labyrinth - I was actually thinking this was a film that some director would eye up as a remake. I can his interview at San Diego Comic Con now, "The effects are so much more advanced than when they made the original in the 80's. It's a greta film, don't get me wrong, but with modern effects technology we can make it better....."
  • motika · 5 months ago
    Do your research.
    [from imdb.com]

    1.Mad Max (1979)

    2.Mad Max 2 (1981)
    aka "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" - USA

    3.Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    aka "Mad Max 3" - Argentina
    aka "Mad Max III" - Philippines (English title)