WTF Happened to Movie Remakes - The Late Sequel

[@wstine79]

Cecil is doing a remake of his "WTF to Movie Remakes?"

[@GoodBadFlicks]

The irony is not lost on me lol

[@fredskull1618]

@@GoodBadFlicksisn’t it a little disingenuous to rant about the cynical nature of Hollywood nostalgia when you’re in the nostalgia business yourself? Not just on your own channel but backing documentaries that deal exclusively in nostalgia.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Untouchable Films should be your next project Cecil. 😁

[@tyrannozilla]

@@fredskull1618 At least he's not re-making those films.

[@fredskull1618]

@@tyrannozilla no, he’ll just get engagement making a video about why it shouldn’t have been remade

[@MrBingogogo]

Remakes in the "current year" climate are like burying your kid in the Pet Sematary--you won't like what comes back.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I like that analogy a lot.

[@crowgrl13]

This comment is perfection!

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

“Sometimes, Lewis, death is better……”

[@orwellianson]

“Sometimes- dead is bettah…”

[@2st_duallist]

denmark made "Riders of Justice". Hollywood replied with "Bullet Train"

[@joshDammmit]

“We’ll all meet again in spaceballs 2… the search for more money.”

[@GoodBadFlicks]

May da schwartz be with you!

[@meatbyproducts]

They did a history of the world tv series and it looks so bad.

[@allright]

We aint found $h!+ .

[@trekadam30]

@@meatbyproducts I only watched the first episode. The comedy is sooooo painfully dated, it's sad.

[@meatbyproducts]

@@trekadam30 I just saw the trailer and knew it was more Seth Rogan and very little Mel Brooks.

[@edwardleemiller-eo8jp]

Moana is the real kicker…. They’re making an animated sequel AT THE SAME TIME as a live action remake. Moana literally came out just 8 years ago in 2016.

[@chrisbaker8533]

Gets even worse if the rumors are to be believed, the 'movie' is just a spliced together t.v. show.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

It's been 8 years already? My gods! 😰

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Please do me a favor and not watch the remake when it comes out.

[@andymc96]

​@@chrisbaker8533that isn't necessarily a bad thing, as toy story 2 was originally straight to video. Look how that turned out.

[@chrisbaker8533]

@@andymc96 Yeah, but that was pixar and this is disney. Compare the quality of their t.v. shows to their movies.

[@FINNSTIGAT0R]

It's funny that spending 200 million on a remake is seen as safer than spending 5 million on an original idea 😑

[@SirBlackReeds]

What if the original idea's even worse? How many original IPs have collectively crashed and burned?

[@随_的]

@@SirBlackReedsI’ll say bad movies needs to be remade. If a bad movie had a great concept but wasn’t executed well, these movies should be remade. If a movie thats well respected don’t need remakes

[@MrJoker3571]

Fun Fact: That quote by Bong Joon-ho prompted a buddy of mine to create a film-reviewing podcast called The One-Inch Barrier, where he & a guest talk about the film that won the Oscar for Best International Film.

[@Trilaan]

"If you stop going to bad movies they'll stop MAKING bad movies." - Jay Sherman, The Critic

[@redbearddan2000]

"If people could read this, they would be really upset"

[@miserylitmedia1050]

Or, at the very least, DON'T PAY to watch bad movies. And definitely DON'T STREAM them, either, cuz they're WATCHING YOU!

[@mikemanson5927]

"If it's a remake of a classic, RENT THE CLASSIC!"

[@AbrasiousProductions]

Jay was a visionary, genuinely a great portrayal of a REAL critic❤

[@JMD501]

Well now I am thinking about a Manos remake. "Every frame of this movie looks like someone's last known photograph" Mike J Nelson.

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

Wasn't that Joel?

[@JMD501]

@@ThomasGidley-kv2uj yes it was, my bad, it just seemed too mean for Joel.

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

​@@JMD501it's cool. I've seen that episode about 5 times.

[@satelliteoflove2024]

Then you got to have the Manos prequel with Torgo’s origin story

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

@@satelliteoflove2024 yeah. Torgo is multi dimensional.

[@silverfox3031]

Got to meet the director of parasite for a skills USA video competition, and the amount of encouragement he gave to everyone to pursue original ideas was one of the best moments ever

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Oh thats awesome!

[@MorganVsTheInternet]

MOFOs could’ve remade The Crow: City of Angels using the original script but NO they had to make an inferior version of The Crow!

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

I actually liked City of Angels. I don't know what it was originally supposed to be, but it introduced me to the franchise, and is still leagues better than all of the subsequent sequels.

[@jvstice56]

@@georgeoldsterd8994 I recommend GoodBadFlick's Exploring The Crow: City of Angels video. It's a good watch and it and the Blair Witch sequel made me utterly hate Harvey Weinstein before he finally was called out for his unsavory behavior.

[@iangiovanni6555]

@@jvstice56 i like book of shadows, but only for erica leerson hehe

[@MorganVsTheInternet]

@@georgeoldsterd8994​​⁠ City Of Angels isn't bad, but the original script was WAY BETTER! goodbadflicks has a video going over what the original vision was like and it was IMO as good as the OG!

[@MissSallyB1]

They could've just used one of t he other comic stories tbh

[@heymistercarter.]

What’s ironic about the Stephen King argument is: we’ve seen it happen fairly recently that an adaptation of a deeper cut King book went on to be incredible adaptation. That being Gerald’s Game, which wasn’t as well-known in the King catalogue. Mike Flanagan then made a film of it, and that’s now regarded as one of the all-time best King films! So yea, they really should look into the whole “making adaptations of previously unmade King books” idea.

[@brandonpage7087]

@heymistercarter, agreed, but sadly, they're not gonna do that. They will only remake/reboot the King adaptations that have already been turned into films.

[@thejoker0123]

as Cousin Ellis from "No Country For Old Men" once said "You can't stop what's coming. It ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity."

[@need-to-know-]

But as the woman at the motel in the same movie said, “whoever can see that? Beer! That’s what’s coming.”

[@tbk2010]

I'm always bewildered by the hubris of these suits planning not just a single remake, no, it's aways a new trilogy or cinematic universe. As though the success of the first one is basically guarenteed. They never seem to consider questions like "who asked for this" or "is this movie popular or just famous"?

[@supastar25]

I know...the other reason they always mess up is that they commit to some "trilogy" or "extended universe" urgh...just focus on making ONE good film that stands on its own

[@stuartbagley2586]

I’d much rather have them plan it out than shoehorn in sequels after the fact.

[@perfectallycromulent]

Whenever you're bewildered by the hubris of someone with a ton of money, just think "this person is on cocaine" and you'll be right a lot of the time.

[@RaptorNX01]

the worst part is when you run into a divergent situation. IE, you make two decent films that are able grow an audience, then get greedy with the final film and split it into two. but then when the first part fails, you cancel the last one, which leave the fans you ended up getting being shit on. I think when they split films like that they should be legally obligated to make all the parts. people should have sued for false advertising.

[@domm6812]

Seeing the Big Trouble in Little China reboot ....I think Lo Pan summed it up best: "Now this really pisses me off to no end!"

[@KRhetor]

It'll still turn out better than Carpenter's remake of Village of the Damned.

[@neodigremo]

Guarantee the remake misses the point I.e we are watching a fun action movie from the POV of the comedy sidekick character and not the hero

[@jasonnewell7036]

Why remake a perfect movie?

[@commandercaptain4664]

The irony of remaking Pet Sematary, a story that cautions against remaking lives with worse results, especially with the selfserving tagline "Sometimes Dead Is Better".

[@somika87]

Man, I've been waiting for years for you to follow up on that video! You should definitely do more analysises like this! You're great at it.

[@cjthrill]

Getting ridiculous? Brother, you've been preaching the truth for 9 years and counting! I'm with you. Write new stuff for the new generation by the new generation. It's gotten really, really old. Keep up the good work!

[@CountofBeretania]

I miss the days when theatres would re-release movies so folks could have the experience of watching a classic on the big screen.

[@KeithSchwerin]

Many do. I saw jaws a couple months ago.

[@jdoefer]

Theaters are bringing the rerelease market back. AMC and Cinemark has been advertising a lot of rerelease showings

[@Bastermater]

My theater is doing that for the 25th anniversary of The Mummy. They do stuff like that all the time tbh.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

In 2020, during the pandemic, I saw _Ghostbusters,_ _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,_ _The Karate Kid_ and _Beetlejuice_ in theaters. It was pretty awesome!

[@gr-8166]

I think since 2020 when no new tentpole films were out they were showing a bunch of rereleases. Still my favorite had to be 2001: a Space Odyssey.

[@classic.cameras]

TRUTH. I did not even see the Blair Witch Project but when me and my family camped in 1999 and it was pitch black I was terrified. NAME ANY MOVIE THESE DAYS THAT WOULD DO THIS TO A TEENAGER? I miss old movies.

[@nickstadler1906]

"Hello, I'm Jay Sherman. This morning on 'English for Cab Drivers,' I would like to read this essay: If the movie stinks, just don't go!"

[@brokefrogproductions]

"If the movie stinks...do-si-do!"

[@Brian-ic8db]

My issue with the crow is that sequels can easily exist in its preexisting universe

[@hugonicolass]

The sad thing about the crow is that you don't need to remake it, just use the concept for new stories, just like the comics did.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Bingo. There are plenty of stories from the "Crow Universe" or they could *gasp* write a new story!

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Worst case scenario, Disney actively deletes ALL of their classic animated movies from their Streaming Service, in favor of pushing their remakes more. They look at you and smile as they say “now you have nothing to compare the remakes to.”

[@G360LIVE]

George Lucas has been trying to do that with Star Wars. In 1997, he released the Star Wars Original Trilogy Special Editions and declared that the theatrical cuts would fade away and be lost to history. After fan backlash, George gave in a bit and released the theatrical cuts on DVD, but they weren't cleaned up and restored like the Special Editions (making the theatrical versions appear inferior). Since then, George only released the Special Editions on Blu-ray, and part of the deal he made in the sale of Star Wars to Disney was that Disney could not release the theatrical versions. Thankfully, fans have been working on a couple of ongoing projects to restore the theatrical versions, one project being called the Desepecialized Editions, but yes, if Disney does remove their animated movies from Disney+ and only host the live-action remakes, then we can maybe assume that they got that idea from George Lucas.

[@alienboy1322]

They might as well as if they're that desperate for people to watch them.

[@zzeegermantube]

Problem for them is that the classics are a big reason for many people to sign up to Disney+ in the first place. Take away the good classics and those people will simply leave and watch those movies on DVD.

[@korinoriz]

I'm very cynical too, but that's not going to happen. Disney's whole model is nostalgia, and it's not like the people who grew up with the classics will just disappear. They'd have a literal army of angry parents who want to watch it with their children raising hell over a choice like that.

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

welp if that happens it's time to set the sails in the sea then haha.

[@SwaggyG_2102]

I wish that you did more of these, I love hearing your thoughts on the matter of the film industry.

[@samowhat]

Friedkin did the most badass trolling in the history of trolling😬🤣🤣🤣

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Even in death he persists. :)

[@Cybershroom]

Cmon Disney, remake Song of the South, I know you want to.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I double dare ya!

[@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME]

Skibidi doo dah Skibidi aye

[@punklover99]

Hell yes

[@breawycker]

They should at least just release it with Whoopi Goldberg explaining about the time and place it was released

[@leyenda6149]

Ohmygosh THANK YOU Cecil for bringing back what made me initially fall in love with the channel. Of course I absolutely love all the content you continue to produce but this is your crowning achievement IMO

[@RazorRex]

Studios are too focused whether or not if they could, they didn’f stop to think if they should.

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

They are going to remake Jurassic Park. Oh. They already did. Its called Jurassic World. They basically did what JJ Abrams did to the Force Awakens

[@RazorRex]

@@TheNinjaMarmot Eh, I like Jurassic World. It has it’s issues but it’s alright. Besides it’s not like we got 9 different Jurassic projects in a single year- COUGH COUGH The MCU.

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

@@RazorRex yeah. It was alright. But its funny Jurassic Parks dinos look so much more realistic than the dinos in JW. And they had faster, more powerful computers too. Goes to show CGI is still not there yet, esp if you lack the talent.

[@RazorRex]

@@TheNinjaMarmotActually, CGI has come a long way (EG, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla X Kong New Empire, and Avatar 2: The Way of Water.) Sure some shots in JW could have been better but it was for the most part pretty good. Also, some of the CGI in the first movie is noticeable such as Rexy being obscured in the rain and the raptors not casting a shadow.

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

@@RazorRex I don't know about the CGI complaints about JP. First time I heard about it. I've never noticed it even on the big screen. It blew me away when I first watched it. And it blew me away when I watched it each and every time I watch it again. No dino movie has come close. Which goes to show how much the painstaking work the teams on JP paid off, even years after. JW just looks too cartoony to me. Some scenes did look pretty good though. I did like JW more than LW. JP3 is my guilty pleasure and funnily enough I found it's CGI better than JW. Again I think it's a discredit to movies which sacrifice animatronics over CGI, esp when it's not upto scratch.

[@bcdside]

I live near a high school, and on days that I drive by as the kids are being let out, it’s unbelievable how many kids wear t-shirts of retro rock bands, movies, and trends from the 70s, 80s and some 90s. These kids don’t have any new “stuff” for their generation; it’s sad.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

They do, it's just all in their phones, whereas the shirts are probably chosen for them by their parents.

[@ItsMe-or5tx]

It's funny seeing a followup to this video. Back in the day I'd constantly rewatch the original videos you made on remakes, movie posters and pg-13. Glad to see you're still making such high quality videos!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you!

[@GG-ou7it]

400 mil for the exorcist when they could have made their own possession/demon film lmao 😂

[@daimonatkins3046]

3:34-4:42 that’s just scratching the surface of the development drama The Crow has gone through and would make for a great video someday breaking it all down

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Indeed.

[@dennett316]

Train to Busan is one of the best zombie movies ever made...period. It's funny, it's gory, it's sad, it's heart-wrenching...subtitles should be no barrier to great movies. Watch it! Screw the remake.

[@r99716]

too much CGI. i vastly prefer The Sadness

[@paulwilson6357]

Dead Snow is brilliant, then the sequel follows straight on from it and is absolutely hilarious!

[@saloz9483]

Wouldn't they save money by just dubbing it.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Velma was signed on to get a second season before the first even came out. It was going to happen regardless if people watched it or not.

[@brandonpage7087]

@JBSpookyReview, yes, but still doesn't excuse hate watching. If you truly despise something, why are you gonna watch it?? I'm proud to say that i haven't watched a single episode of Velma, & i never will, cause it's garbage, & doesn't appeal to me. I agree with Cecil, hate watching needs to stop.

[@pip5528]

​@@brandonpage7087It is garbage but I watched the first season out of curiosity. I wouldn't call that hate watching, especially since it didn't make me angry. I just felt largely indifferent and emotionless while watching but I do not care to watch the second season now that it released all at once. Only a handful of bits were mildly funny to me like "exposition devices" on the calendar or Norville's "constitutional fog-archy" line.

[@punklover99]

They just made a longer series and cut it in half

[@Makoto03]

The remakes have gotten completely out of hand. I don't even think Disney knows how to make original movies anymore. Blumhouse used to be good but disappointing to see the direction they are going.

[@steelenigma17]

The remakes are being made because Hollywood; studios, executives, writers, and everyone else are afraid to take chances and lose money. But then it has the opposite effect they put so much money in remakes people already loved, and didn't want to see be remade, losing them money anyway

[@mattshuey1]

Cecil is, once again, starting his batman arc.

[@MrTonyman79]

Great video! I discovered Speak No Evil on Shudder and I was so happy to have found such a good movie. To see it being remade so soon just pissed me off.

[@Cabbieghost]

What I hate most is when they remake a movie that was already great. Why can't they just remake terrible movies but try and get it right?

[@leyenda6149]

That is a very interesting idea. Especially for movies that had potential but bad choices were made in the execution.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@leyenda6149 I would like to a remake of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen as a limited series.

[@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME]

Terrible movies won't get the name recognition hype, so they have to resort to transmogrifying cult classics to give them a more widespread appeal.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

@@Madbandit77 and strictly do the comics?

[@Madbandit77]

@@TheRealNormanBates Yes.

[@peanutismint]

Great video! I miss you doing videos taking a broader look at the industry as a whole, like your popular PG-13 video back in the day! Would love more of this.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@edcano2293]

Love your videos man. Great stuff

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you so much!

[@DabionFreedom]

A excellently interesting new update version of the film remakes video, Cecil. :)

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@ZeroArmour]

Here's the thing with "Train to Busan", it has resonance with its Korean audience. This is because during the Korean War, Busan was the last place of safety. Does anyone feel that way about New York?

[@Reverend_Nada]

Clearly not. They even made a movie…. Escape from New York

[@zillauniverse7208]

Again it’s great to see you bringing back “WTF happen” videos again, I really hope you do an update one for “WTF happened to PG13” since much like remakes it has also gotten worse.

[@mfm4205]

20:20 reminds of the bit from the critic (damn good show cancelled years too soon): "if the movie stinks, just don't go" and spot on about hatewatching movies.

[@brianalice]

Sadly, people don’t go to original movies in the same numbers. The Creator was a flop. Upgrade didn’t get enough attention. The only genre where original films seem to do well is horror, and even then they do well for A24 or Blumhouse, not well for a major studio.

[@ikmor]

The creator is among the worst "movies" ever made, so that one can just burn in the trash lot. It's a shame about Upgrade though, it's fantastic!

[@johntowers1213]

The creator made money, its more a dud than a flop as it failed to push through that barrier to money printing machine that some were hoping for..

[@fortynights1513]

I looked up a good A24 film I saw called Iron Claw. That one deserved to make more than $45 million I’ll say that

[@RaptorNX01]

Upgrade was great, but fell into the trap of indie genre films needing to fit into certain indie tropes with its ending. it and ex machina are examples of why people are hesitant to jump into the indie genre market. great premises that fail to stick the landing.

[@queencancerous5332]

The Creator wasn't good honestly

[@glarryg2318]

I first read about the "Naked Gun" remake just a few hours before this video came out, and my heart sank. Feels to me like comedies are harder to remake; just as Steve Martin about "The Pink Panther."

[@RaptorNX01]

esp since there hasn't been a single good parody film since scary movie 1 (the last of the old style parody films).

[@tskmaster3837]

16:14 Sorcerer has been remade back into Wages of Fear 2024. "Although Sorcerer (1977) was not considered to be a remake by William Friedkin himself but a new adaptation of the novel, it was the second time the story was taken to the big screen before the new 2024 version."

[@300DBenz]

The Christine remake had better include the supernatural angle that the John Carpenter version had to leave out, that’s the only saving grace for remaking this one.

[@ranwolf1240]

a haunted car that killed people and had Wolverine's healing factor wasn't supernatural?

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

I liked the twisted romance sub-text between a guy and a car of the Carpenter version more than I did the ghost-guy possession angle of the book.

[@queencancerous5332]

That's a remake I don't mind happening because the John Carpenter version is pretty mediocre.

[@MekintoshLarja]

14:18 IMDB lists the budget for A Man Called Ove as estimated €4,000,000 ($4,277,000)

[@sniper712]

Now that's what i call repurposing an old idea.... yippie!!! Remakes basically gains something while a piece of the original will forever be lost, there's just no full upsides.

[@tyrannozilla]

A good example of a film that took inspiration from the original source and made it its own was Del Toro's Pinocchio. Yes, it's another adaptation of the classic story (be it a very loose adaptation), but it was made with heart and care, and Del Toro took elements from the original novel and made it his own. It's one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. If you've seen it, what did you think?

[@rohmarts]

We're remaking Red Sonja, but "this is a completely different story." Counting on name recognition to put butts in the seats, I think that ship has sailed.

[@Warstub]

Exactly. If they had given it a new name, and created their own story, even being inspired by the original, it would have been more likely to get butts in seats.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Didn't Robert E. Howard have a completely different Red Sonya already, that took place in a completely different time period from the one of the movie, which was more based on the Marvel comics? Why don't they adapt that?

[@NefariousKoel]

That name recognition is how they plan to get the naive to pay for a ticket. If the film sucks, they still got paid purely from IP recognition. This appears to be the default scheme nowadays.

[@vanderhoff66fu]

Another great insightful video Cecil😊

[@purish215]

Ur right they should just remake bad or flawed movies to try and make it better but sadly they will never think to do this

[@LyaksandraB]

Of course they think about it. Thing is, if it didn't make money back then, it's a riskier bet than something that did, and they love safety.

[@purish215]

@@LyaksandraB yeah u right but it's not like something along those lines haven't been done before iv seen it done in the video game industry a few times and I believe there has been a few movies that have been made better

[@1463sirmatt]

Excellent video/essay. You’re saying that our attention is a valuable commodity and I agree. We need to be mindful of where we direct our attention and need to focus on new and original ideas that balance the art and business of film making. Watching something you dislike only ensures there will be more to dislike.

[@reduxmod9178]

Completely agree with your opinion on the crow. 100%

[@GoodBadFlicks]

:)

[@ted_null]

looking back, decades had their own distinct style. after the 90s were over, everything started getting recycled. i dont feel like there have been any distinct decade styles since the 20th century. sad. i guess we've ran out of ideas

[@brandonpage7087]

@ned_interrobang, not really, there are still plenty of original ideas that haven't been done. The 21st century model of remaking/rebooting everything is the result of a lack of creativity, laziness, & just being focused on profit, & nothing else.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

I'd argue that the 00's still had an identity. The 2010's and now the 2020's are just cookie-cutter. I BLAME STEVE JOBS!!

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

It's no wonder Rock died off around the same time as a major commercial music genre.

[@RyanParreno]

The Never Ending Story actually earns its right to be remade. Those movies veered away from the writer's vision, and the writer was rightly furious about not being consulted, suing the producers, and losing. There was a point where it seemed like we would never see new media from this franchise, but the new production intends to make a proper adaptation of those original stories from the children's books

[@Temujin18S]

To be that's readaptation definitely different

[@robertyeah2259]

@@Temujin18Sits not really. Making a movie that’s been made before (speaking in terms of IP) even if it’s based on a book, it is still a remake.

[@Temujin18S]

@@robertyeah2259 Nope it's not because Neverending Story 1984 is not the source material. Which makes it completely different.

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

@@robertyeah2259 if it is another take on the source material rather than try to make the original movie fall in line with the taste of modern audiences that do not really exist, it could be questionable whether the "remake" term should really apply. For instance, I would not call Villeneuve's Dune pt. 1 & 2 a remake of Lynch's 1984 Dune.

[@GérannGerberChannel]

Excellent video Cecil!! Yes, they made remakes of Knight Rider, MacGyver and Magnum P.I. as well, which was totally unnecessary. Nothing beats the original!! I watched Knight Rider 2008 with Justin Bruening and Deanna Russo, and it was okay. I'm not planning to watch the other two. You can clearly see that Hollywood have ran out of ideas many many years ago!!

[@MaximumCarter]

This is why the independent scene is so vital to those of us who appreciate creativity... Which has been sorely lacking in Hollywood for a LONG time.

[@TheJohnGill]

Sorry I’m late on this video, Cecil! Great stuff as always. I can’t agree more that bad movies are the ones that should be focused on when considering the remake treatment. There are countless duds through the decades that could be reimagined/rewritten and become awesome.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

No worries, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark]

I think the main reason why we keep getting remakes instead of original content is because whenever we DO get original stuff, not enough people go see it and it flops and when they do see it, it’s at home on streaming. It’s a money thing. They don’t wanna risk it….unless it’s a risk worth taking.

[@dbsommers1]

You're forgetting the most important part of the equation. It can't be trash. Original or sequel. But Hollywood long lost the ability to tell a compelling story. It's not about 'safe' , it's about telling the same story over and over again. Look at any of those writing circles and they always have the same elements. Twenty different writers in a room all sounding alike.

[@UnderTheUmbrella_]

20:37 Hate watching isn't why Velma got a second season (it probably didn't help though). Studios schedule a second season before the first has finished production all the time. Sometimes they even order one season and split it into two to avoid paying the crew more money later.

[@leonidasthanatos1182]

Another example of good remakes would be Anime that get the OVA treatment; Fullmetal Alchemist - FMA Brotherhood. Hellsing - Hellsing Ultimate. Fate Stay Night - Unlimited Blade Works. Neon Genesis Evangelion - "Rebuild" movies.

[@Madbandit77]

But they would have to be done by people who respect the original material and not Westernize it. Netflix's One Piece is a great example.

[@rezaqalam482]

I think lots lots anime remakes is better than Hollywood doing the remakes

[@Neronova888]

I needed this video today, long time coming but I'm glad it's here

[@R-Lee-]

I guess I have a love-hate relationship with remakes. I don't know if people consider all of the many, many "A Christmas Carol" movies as remakes, but I am glad they were made. From the 1930s original all the way up to the newest Jim Carrey Disney one.

[@IamaCosmonaut]

One major thing about the movie industry that is left out of this video is the change in the market. 10-20 years ago movie studios made fair chunk of their profits from selling physical copies of their movies. Nowadays however, physical media has pretty much fallen into a niche market and these studios now have to make the same profits while the movie is in the theatre and through streaming service subscriptions. That's why every studio is trying to pump out the next billion dollar blockbuster and are trying to attract as many subscribers to their streaming platforms as possible. The easiest way to achieve that is through name recognition, which leads to sequels and remakes. As the movie theatres are dying down, expect this thing to only get worse.

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

2023 The Color Purple was more of an adaptation of the Broadway musical

[@christophermerlot3366]

Which was all taken from the novel by Alice Walker.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Even worse, Disney's acquisition of Fox killed numerous promising projects including: Taika Waititi's Flash Gordon remake, Wes Ball's Mouse Guard adaptation, and Noah Hawley's Doom.

[@derekgitzel6720]

I’m getting tired of these remakes but I have an idea for one that makes sense: London After Midnight (1927). The film has been lost since the 1960s so what about make this lost film so that everyone could see and know what it was supposed to be like in 1927?

[@LordShockadelic]

It was remade by the same director (Tod Browning) in 1935 as Mark Of The Vampire. By most accounts, LAM wasn't all that hot, save for Chaney's amazing makeup. Still, that's the only "lost" silent film people know today. 75% of all films from the silent era are lost. Why not remake those?

[@derekgitzel6720]

@@LordShockadelic I did not know that. But it would still be nice to see how the original could have been like in 1927.

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

I think remaking silent movies in sound was the first time remakes where the trend

[@derekgitzel6720]

@@Zombiekilleryamato That is true like for example The Phantom Of The Opera from Universal before it went into public domain.

[@JohnnySalami6]

"HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN?!"

[@Doo-l5x]

“Blair Witch” Actor Slams '25 Years of Disrespect' as New Reboot Is Announced: 'Feels Both Icky and Classless'

[@JoeDredd2012]

0:51 That's actually my top 3 picks for my favorite Horror Remakes of all time Cecil I agree 100% with you. 3:57 Exactly! 4:00-4:41 You are very spot on there hell even all 3 sequels they did all are remakes besides the first sequel having a very thin connection to the 1994 film IMHO. 5:44 That's what remakes/reboots should be Cecil. A very fantastic job on doing "Remake/Late Sequel" to one of your early videos👍👍 R.I.P to William Friedkin he always was a funny character I love that interview he did when pretty much trash talk Al Pacino since they both lock horns with each other while making that film"Cruising"😂😂😂

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@danwichgames]

To be fair Disney had a golden chance to remake Mulan to actually pay tribute to the culture it is taken from with Chinese creatives at the helm and in control of their own cultures story. Instead they gave it to a New Zealander and some staff writers to slap something together.

[@KimboSheil]

When I was in film school, in the television screenwriting class we had a few writers who were creators of shows here in Australia that got American remakes (Rake, Secrets and Lies and The Strange Calls were some I can remember) come in and explain the process of getting a show made for Australian television. Whenever they sold the distribution rights to networks in other counties they just screened the shows as they were, and would either subtitle or dub the shows into whatever language they spoke in that country, yet no American network wanted to just air the original shows but insisted on remaking them. The reason was always the same: the networks didn’t think Americans can relate to non-America characters and settings. Since then a lot of foreign programs have proven that Americans do enjoy non-American content, it’s the networks and studios that are out of touch with their audiences. They simply have such a low opinion of American audiences. Also I don’t know if this is true or not but someone I know who works for Warner Bros said that way back in the late 90s when different studios were competing for the rights to adapt the Harry Potter books into films one studio pitched an adaption of the series that took place in the US instead of the UK with all the characters now being American because “America kids couldn’t understand British accents”.

[@DerekCFPegritz]

Just as Hellraiser and Hellraiser: Hellbound form a perfect duology, a perfect story arc with a definite beginning and ending, so are The Exorcist and Legion (The Exorcist III, though I refuse to call it that because that implies the existence of an Exorcist II...and there ain't no way in hell I'm going to acknowledge that).

[@TheRealNormanBates]

There is an *Exorcist II...* it's called *The Ninth Configuration*

[@DerekCFPegritz]

@@TheRealNormanBates I have that one, too--film _and_ book--but it's only tangentially related to The Exorcist. I haven't watched it in a long time, though, so....

[@teejaye6226]

friedkin was a powerhouse director in the 70's...to make 1 of the best cime films in 1971's French Connection and to back it up 2 years later, different genre with Exorcist, loved Sorceror too. Plus, 'To Live and Die in LA'...one of the 80's best underrated films.

[@stillhere9728]

If they are going to remake The Running Man, they really need to follow the book.

[@travisshallenberger9486]

My pick for the game show host would be Wayne Brady. In the book the host was black, plus Wayne Brady can do that charming fun guy host and then when showing the behind the scenes stuff make the flip to being a straight up villain.

[@stuartbagley2586]

Supposedly it will be much closer to the book.

[@fortynights1513]

What kind of book and movie?

[@garrisonandrew9862]

I see what you're flying there..

[@collinmichaelkahn3918]

Cecil, just, bless you sir. The ending: chef’s kiss. Brava.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you :)

[@scottrgarland]

The Blair Witch Project is literally unmatched. You're video on it is fucking incredible and I've shown that video to at least 10 people. It's also one of my favorite movies of all time for a slew of reasons, many of which are the insane marketing behind it and how so many people thought it was real. That will never be achieved again..

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! It truly was a unique moment in time. While they may eventually be able to make a good sequel, it will never be able to live up to the original. A lot of younger people don't really get it because they weren't around at the time but this movie was all anyone spoke about for months. No film in this day and age (simply due to the change in technology) will be able to match the marketing.

[@thepeterlake]

One point: the new color purple was an adaptation of the musical based on the film and book and as a musical it is 100% worth seeing and engaging with. Love the channel, love your work!

[@GigaKaiju]

Godzilla Minus One reference in GoodBadFlicks, hell yeah. It is a fantastic retelling of the original with a different take and view on Godzilla taking revenge on humanity after the war but with a message distinctive and close yet to from the 1954 classic. The effects are an extra too. Debatable if its just as game breaking as the original suitmation when it comes to bringing attention (monetary on the latter but it counts sort-of). Godzilla x Kong while not as dramatically potent, it delivers on the action and its making so much money right now. It's on its way to being the most profitable Monsterverse entry by far. Make of that what you will.

[@JacobFarley-y8s]

I was actually just listening to Radiodrome today after someone mentioned it in your livestream and you guys were talkimg about remakes and your first video

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Does Minus 1 REALLY count as a Remake, per se? Compared to the original, it's not even REMOTELY the same plot nor does it have any of the same characters from the original film either (barring Goji himself, of course).

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Technically its a "remake/reboot". I mean, at its core it wouldn't exist without Gojira so it will always be considered that. However, I stress that it is very much its own thing and really set a high water mark not just for Godzilla but really, for cinema. (and I don't mean its the best thing ever, its just a genuinely amazing film)

[@jackofallclaws6672]

@@GoodBadFlicks Good point!

[@HorrorBorealis]

Independent writers and creatives just want to remind everyone new and fresh projects are ready to go whenever

[@robertcarey45]

Good Bad Flicks/ Cecil, You should do a video on which bad movies should be remade.

[@Gruzbee]

Interesting fact. I saw David Fincher's remake of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" and immediately hunted down the original Millennium Trilogy and watched it and loved it. It's one of the rare cases where each version can occupy space in my personal library of good films. Often, depending on which I see first, that one becomes the one I default to. Wish it wasn't that way, but it is what it is.

[@tyrannozilla]

The only remake I'm currently interested in is Tim Burton's Attack of The 50 Foot Woman. That could be fun. Maybe, he'll have Jenna Ortega play the titular character.

[@moviesbye9294]

Two awful names right there

[@tyrannozilla]

@@moviesbye9294 I disagree. They both managed to pull off "Wednesday" pretty well.

[@G360LIVE]

@@tyrannozilla The only thing I didn't like about the Wednesday series is that she was wrong about everything, every step of the way, and only got the correct answer because of a vision at just about the end of the series.

[@tyrannozilla]

@@G360LIVE I need to see the series again to clarify that, but if it's true, yeah that could've been written better. Still, I did enjoy it and hope Season 2 will be good.

[@christopherthibeault7502]

Funny you post this video, Cecil. I was thinking about designing a video game modeled heavily after EarthBound (no, not some quirk-fest that's a thinly veiled allegory and critique about depression or mental illness), which is set in the Cinemassacre properties, namely the very first full-blown Cinemassacre production: the Six SNIX Flicks. SNIX is not necessarily a good movie series, but its quality is the same issue as Glenn Beck getting fired three times in a single day. Both incidents happened when James and Glenn were respectively thirteen years old. In the case of SNIX, it's a time capsule of the creator and an evergreen premise of concealing one's true personality or of faulty perceptions. The RPG would be about dealing with the entity of SNIX before its destined resurgence on April 13th, 2023, thirty years since James' first confrontation--it starts in November 2022, just before Thanksgiving, and involves a freight train derailment near where James lives, which makes him paranoid about whether "the thing has come back again!" or not. It can end in many different ways, courtesy of you running on a clock, and it would feature things like not leveling up so much as picking battles wisely and finagling your way out of armed conflict. It's like in Valkyrie Profile or any number of dating sims where you must pick activities against the timer to improve yourself or your status every day, or to prepare and execute on an adventure, losing momentum or standing if you fail. It would work much differently from our normal impressions of how computer RPGs should be played. Instead of fighting the big bad corporation, you're working with one that's not deliberately trying to be evil and is legitimately trying to stop evil, but gets a bad rep in the press after one of its outstanding members goes rogue. It's one that parodies the stereotypes of Lovecraftian cosmic horror fiction. You even play as one of two parties--one all-male, the other all-female, and they're at each other's throats if not merely competing to handle SNIX before the other can. The ladies point out James and company's overabundance of supernatural support (the AVGN's alter-ego "Board" James, for instance), fomenting an ideological sabre dance that absorbs attention from fighting actual and literal evil. The gist is that you have a "Power Can Be Mastered" theme going on with the ladies, who have very unhealthy assumptions about how power operates in society, while the gents have the Toikeinian "Power Always Corrupts Regardless" stance and refuse to negotiate with demons--or, "Nerds Before Birds". Most everything is trying to distract from an already outlandish premise, but the distractions are even worse and really need to be set aside or brought out to the backyard once and for all. And yes, daytime horror abounds. The Boys vs. Girls trope is a nod to how immature and standoffish everyone becomes as the bodies pile up and the jokes pile on. SNIX is an obviously evil entity, but people might use the Mask for their own ends, which might not be evil. The series at large and the RPG I envision is almost like The Exorcist meets Lord of the Rings alongside Dragonball and Love Hina (you read that right, because Ken Akamatsu is anti-censorship and is now serving in the Japanese senate). The SNIX RPG is meant to be utterly ludicrous, like Fargo crossed with Kentucky Fried Movie--that kind of screw-ball. That's my shit-brained idea on a delayed sequel: SNIX VII. Anyway, I understand you operate somewhere in the Philly region and that James Rolfe & Mike Matei refer back to legendary convenience store chain Wawa. I figured you guys had at least made contact once or even worked together on a project by now. He got Psychostick to cover his theme song and you got them to CREATE your musical stings....

[@ricardoestebangonzalez538]

I've said it a million times and I'll keep saying it: the "Infernal Affairs" triology is infinitely better than "The Departed." This one didn't deserve the Oscar.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

100% Agreed. The Departed is horrible by comparison, I hated it. Infernal Affairs is one of my all time favorite movies.

[@CosmicGnome75RoC]

Bravo dude. Well said. Great video & great points. Thanks

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks for watching!

[@tyrannozilla]

6:09 Titan A.E. was fine. I'd rather there was a director's cut instead of a remake.

[@leyenda6149]

Pretty much my only memory of that movie was that conflicts would be introduced, resolved, rinse & repeat at breakneck speed

[@tyrannozilla]

@@leyenda6149 Some of that is true (probably because of Fox trying to rush the film), but there are still moments of genuine world-building and depth. I'd recommend giving the film another chance when you have the time.

[@RaptorNX01]

Just finish the ending animation, thats all i'd ask, tbh. even in the commentary they called out how horrible it looked because it wasn't finished. Lost In Space fell into the same trap in certain shots.

[@gypseetim]

It's easy to forget all the crappy, absolutely, horribly bad movies and tv shows that were made in the past. I think the difference now is just the HUGE amount of content, that is being made every month. Quantity has taken over quality, there are still lots of cool movies and tv shows coming out. But the sheer volume of content is overwhelming, for every fun new creative project, there are a dozen stinkers. I do feel you made a lot of good points in this video, so good job dude!

[@jokerz7936]

The best remakes are usually reimaginings of the property. Take a concept, do your own thing with it and run with it. John Carpenter's Thing, the Fly, Dawn of the Dead (2004), the 70's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 80's Blob, and so on.

[@RaptorNX01]

I was going to mention the 1994 film "The Puppet Masters" as another good reimagining, but then looked it up only to find it was actually the only film adaptation. there had been eps of sci-fi shows like star trek that based their stories on it, but no movies. apparently the novel for invasion of the body snatchers had been a rip-off of "The Puppet Masters" that had been written 3 years later. all these years and I thought it was just a reinterpretation of the book that the body snatchers films were based on. its practically the same premise, only that the aliens attach to people and control them, rather then replace them. it even features Donald Sutherland in a major role.

[@RavynAngelDarck]

Thank you!!! I love original movies and when I see a movie I love being remade, I can't help but shed a tear sometimes. Please, oh please, fix the bad movies to make movie night even more fun! Watch the bad original and then the concept done right.

[@thEannoyingE]

With the Stephen King films, I agree, do films of stuff that has never been adapted. Do an adaptation of Rage, it’s more relevant now than it was in the 1970s, when it was written. King’s son Joe King, under the pen name Joe Hill, even did his own version a few years ago.

[@GarrettCRW]

King has kept the book out of print for about two decades, so there’s absolutely no chance that he would ever agree to an adaptation of it.

[@RobinPendragon-rm9no]

A Don’t Tell Mom the Baby Sitter’s dead remake? What’s next? A Stay Tuned remake? A Mom and Dad save the World remake? A Delirious remake?

[@brianalice]

A Stay Tuned remake for the KZbin era has a lot of potential.

[@wolftitanreading5308]

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[@shinx115]

It's important to note that there's a difference between a remake and a re-adaptation. A remake is when they are explicitly redoing an existing film. A re-adaptation is when a new movie is created from source material that was previously adapted. John Carpenter's The Thing isn't a remake, it's a re-adaptation of the short story with a homage in the opening to The Thing From Another World. The Spider-Man movies aren't remakes since they are adaptations from the comics. By this logic A Muppet Christmas Carol is a remake of Scrooged. 😂

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Right, the problem is when they say something is going to be a "re-adaptation" of the book and then it ends up being just a remake of the movie. Like the Total Recall and Carrie remakes. (I covered them in the first video)

[@shinx115]

@@GoodBadFlicks Yep. it can still be a remake if they are basing it on a previous film rather than the original source.

[@robertyeah2259]

@@shinx115it’s still a remake regardless 😂 re-adaptation is just a sub category of remakes.

[@shinx115]

​​@@robertyeah2259 you got it backwards. try looking those two words up.

[@jadenbryant9283]

​@@robertyeah2259 yeah you do realize it's the opposite right.

[@bananaempijama]

This is one of the most important videos you've made, Cecil. And i agree with you 💯

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! This video was exhausting to make. I've been toiling over it for about 2 months. I feel like I just passed a kindey stone lol