What are some movies you believe could never be remade?

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The matrix is too unique. It wasn't like it was a great premise executed poorly, it was a dope premise executed perfectly. You can't duplicate that shyt like it's nothing. The sequels failed because they couldn't even capture the original completely.
that doesn't explain why it couldnt be done better now.
 

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that doesn't explain why it couldnt be done better now.
Ehh. All movies can be remade if we use this idea that it "could" be better. Movies that can't be remade have certain criteria
1. Originality
2. Star Power
3. Iconic Roles
4. Significance to the time period
5. Uniqueness
6. Quality
7. Popularity

Usually the remake won't hit any of these or not even half. Some are more remakeable than others. Like Die Hard 1-3 doesn't have 1,4(debateable actually), or 5, But it has 2,3,5,6 &7
Likewise Terminator 1&2 has damn near all of them so most Terminator movies could have the same concept but wouldn't be true enough to Terminator to be an actual Terminator movie and it's sometimes why these movies don't have good sequels. The matrix 1 checks off just about every box. Obviously this isn't the sole criteria but this MY criteria. I also think 1 and 5 sometimes ties into 7 because a movie could have done before that is similar but no one knows about it.
 

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Big Trouble in Little China
Golden Child..
I would fukk some shyt up for trying to reboot these..

There's already a Big Trouble in Little China remake in the works. The Rock's production company is behind it and he's supposed to star in it. He got John Carpenters blessing too.
 

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And that sequel was horrid.

The worst part about the sequel is the Aykroyd originally wrote it with what became the first movie. It was supposed to come out mid 80s. But after John died, that ish sat on the shelf and had to be rewritten...by the time it came out, it's a rehash.

Let's see:
The Breakfast Club - so simple, yet impossible to replicate. They're probably working on it.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future
The Goonies
Goodfellas
Kill Bill
Django
The Hateful 8
The Warriors
The Prestige
The Usual Suspects
The Rock
Con Air
Terminator 1 & 2

Most of the book source material will be remade at some point. But should not be touched
LOTR - there's no way in hell thy can make it better
Willy Wonka - they tried and Depp (Charlie) was actually closer to the book
Stand By Me - good luck with that
Gone with the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Princess Bride
The Godfather

As we learned with Psycho (98), don't touch Hitch. That ish was damn near shot for shot, verbatim and still was trash.

Social Commentary flicks:
The Network
Robocop
They Live
Gattaca
Thank You for Smoking

Comedies:
Trading Places - even though it's The Prince and the Pauper
Coming to America - I know, it's already coming
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Airplane
Black Dynamite - I'll throw that in there as well, even though it's I'm Gonna Git You + Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Fear of a Black Hat
The Blues Brothers
 

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The worst part about the sequel is the Aykroyd originally wrote it with what became the first movie. It was supposed to come out mid 80s. But after John died, that ish sat on the shelf and had to be rewritten...by the time it came out, it's a rehash.

Let's see:
The Breakfast Club - so simple, yet impossible to replicate. They're probably working on it.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future
The Goonies
Goodfellas
Kill Bill
Django
The Hateful 8
The Warriors
The Prestige
The Usual Suspects
The Rock
Con Air
Terminator 1 & 2

Most of the book source material will be remade at some point. But should not be touched
LOTR - there's no way in hell thy can make it better
Willy Wonka - they tried and Depp (Charlie) was actually closer to the book
Stand By Me - good luck with that
Gone with the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Princess Bride
The Godfather

As we learned with Psycho (98), don't touch Hitch. That ish was damn near shot for shot, verbatim and still was trash.

Social Commentary flicks:
The Network
Robocop
They Live
Gattaca
Thank You for Smoking

Comedies:
Trading Places - even though it's The Prince and the Pauper
Coming to America - I know, it's already coming
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Airplane
Black Dynamite - I'll throw that in there as well, even though it's I'm Gonna Git You + Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Fear of a Black Hat
The Blues Brothers
few of those can and will be remade.

They Live
Gattaca
Con Air
Goonies

Robocop already been remade.

Hateful 8 is a strange pick since it just came out couple years ago. Same w. Django :patrice:
 

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few of those can and will be remade.

They Live
Gattaca
Con Air
Goonies

Robocop already been remade.

Hateful 8 is a strange pick since it just came out couple years ago. Same w. Django :patrice:

They Live is coming, but I hope tha ish gets shelved
Goonies sequel been in development hell for almost 20 years, including a comic sequel
Gattaca - they better not touch that

Hateful 8 definitely can be, because it's really a 3 hour stage play, but the characters are what made it. Dudes made great ish outta characters in which nothing was on the page.

As for Robocop, the sequel completely missed the point.

Oh, here's another - Silverado
 
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