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TitanPa 
"Here four more"
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 Posted - 07/13/2007 : 04:27:55
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So what is it with things in the 80's being made into movies right now? Is is a retro thing? Or is this what happens every decade? Were all things 70's made into the movie in the 90's? DO we need to wait 20 years for TV shows and movies that are today to be remade? Heres a list of some examples of movies:
TV Shows
- Dukes of Hazzard
- Miami Vice
Cartoons
- Simpsons (started in late 80's)
- Transformers
Remade Movies
- Further Adventures in Babysitting (Adventures in Babysitting)
- Porkys
- Halloween (ok late 70's but rest in the 80's)
Sequels
- Indiana Jones 4
- John Rambo (Rambo)
- Rocky Balboa (Rocky)
- Die Hard 4
any others? So whats the deal?
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MisterBadIdea 
"PLZ GET MILK, KTHXBYE"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 04:38:35
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Don't forget TMNT!
As for the '90s, I don't recall too much of a '70s revival. Except for Boogie Nights, 54, Fear and Loathing and Las Vegas, Dazed and Confused, That '70s Show, rereleases of Grease and Star Wars, the return of disco beats to dance music, etc. Those are all revivals of past artifacts and nostalgia movies, not reinventions though.
As for '70s remakes and resurrections, I think you'd be better off to look in the 2000s, which has gotten remake happy.
The Omen
Two Exorcist sequels
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Hills Have Eyes
Willard
S*W*A*T
Dawn of the Dead
The Amityville Horror
The Stepford Wives
New Star Wars movies
Rollerball
Freaky Friday
Assault on Precinct 13
Halloween (to be released this year)
The Bad News Bears
A new Rocky movie
The Wicker Man
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 04:53:40
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Originally posted by MisterBadIdea
Rollerball
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 04:59:57
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 08:40:50
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Originally posted by Se�n
I think movies are like fwfrs, it's becoming harder and harder to be original.
Guilty! 
As for remakes: it's all mostly economic. Often decisions like that are made because studio copyright limit is just over the horizon and it will be their last chance and ...
ooo - a widdle bunny-rabbit has just hopped into my garden --
okay, back again. Ahem, as I was saying
it will be their last chance to squeeze something out of the story and characters without making hefty upfront payments.
There may also have been something contractual originally that stipulated a certain period of time before a remake could begin. Also, sometimes a studio will acquire the library of a defunct indie and the way to recoup some of the investment is to remake something on the list.
Main stream studio decisions are strategy moves involving their own people, hotshot agents, and a few others. And, I'm sure you realize, the planning of studio production/release schedules is sketched in years in advance.
Hope this helps,
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Montgomery
"F**k!"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 15:54:59
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Se�n
I think movies are like fwfrs, it's becoming harder and harder to be original.
Guilty!
As for remakes: it's all mostly economic. Often decisions like that are made because studio copyright limit is just over the horizon and it will be their last chance and ...
ooo - a widdle bunny-rabbit has just hopped into my garden --
okay, back again. Ahem, as I was saying
it will be their last chance to squeeze something out of the story and characters without making hefty upfront payments.
There may also have been something contractual originally that stipulated a certain period of time before a remake could begin. Also, sometimes a studio will acquire the library of a defunct indie and the way to recoup some of the investment is to remake something on the list.
Main stream studio decisions are strategy moves involving their own people, hotshot agents, and a few others. And, I'm sure you realize, the planning of studio production/release schedules is sketched in years in advance.
Hope this helps,
Ooh, that is interesting. I didn't think about the copyright limits. When they do a remake, does that then reset the clock on the copyright? Or no?
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Downtown 
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 16:26:24
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| Speaking of 20 year waits, anyone interested might want to Google the latest rumors about Kill Bill vol. 3. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 07/13/2007 : 17:05:08
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Originally posted by Montgomery
Ooh, that is interesting. I didn't think about the copyright limits. When they do a remake, does that then reset the clock on the copyright? Or no?
EM :)
I guess that'd depend on the original contract. Sometimes copyright reverts [to author, producer, estate, etc] ... sometimes it's bought along with a complete library sale. I suppose in the latter case there might be a re-setting of dates. Also, sometimes the remake only uses some of the original stuff ... and this may affect copyright on, say, a character left out of the remake -- would s/he be available for a spin-off, for instance.
It's a legal minefield! 
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benj clews 
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Posted - 07/15/2007 : 13:35:24
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I always put the 20 year wait down to one simple fact... the small boys who were the target for these things 20 years ago are now at the point in their life where they have disposable income.
This is also the reason for the revival of the Masters of the Universe figures in 2000, Transformers a short while after that and, more recently, Zoids. Likewise, all the retro-80s T-shirts didn't really kick off until around the same time. It's simply a marketing ploy playing on the (largely male) desire to cling on to your childhood |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 07/15/2007 : 15:00:41
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Originally posted by benj clews
I always put the 20 year wait down to one simple fact... the small boys who were the target for these things 20 years ago are now at the point in their life where they have disposable income.
This is also the reason for the revival of the Masters of the Universe figures in 2000, Transformers a short while after that and, more recently, Zoids. Likewise, all the retro-80s T-shirts didn't really kick off until around the same time. It's simply a marketing ploy playing on the (largely male) desire to cling on to your childhood
Good point, benj! But it's not just boys ... we also have stuff like Father of the Bride, Cheaper by the Dozen, etc. which I'm assuming have more girly appeal ... of course, I could be wrong, there 
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 07/15/2007 : 15:22:24
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Good point, benj! But it's not just boys ... we also have stuff like Father of the Bride, Cheaper by the Dozen, etc. which I'm assuming have more girly appeal ... of course, I could be wrong, there
Um... Father of the Bride and Cheaper by the Dozen were more like 40-50 year waits for their remakes.
(Ah, but the world would have been a better place had Hollywood decided to wait until after the world came to an end before making those remakes.)
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