tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post7910822086744500860..comments2024-03-14T05:11:06.565-04:00Comments on The Knight Shift: Damn the gods! New CLASH OF THE TITANS trailer unleashes the Kraken on your eyeballsChris Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-52086881577501336152009-12-17T19:58:36.576-05:002009-12-17T19:58:36.576-05:00The problem is that the vast majority of the remak...The problem is that the <b>vast</b> majority of the remakes today have <b>nothing</b> to do with the spirit of the original film, and everything to do with being cheap ploys for more money.<br /><br />John Carpenter's The Thing is one of my all-time favorite movies. But for every <b>good</b> remake like that one out there, I would guarantee there are 15 or 20 remakes that have no business Chris Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-19504475580494809882009-12-17T15:59:39.618-05:002009-12-17T15:59:39.618-05:00I've never understood the inherent distaste fo...I've never understood the inherent distaste for remakes. Some movies that we consider classics were remakes - the John Carpenter <i>Thing </i>, the Bogart <i>Maltese Falcon</i> and <i>The Magnificent Seven</i> come to mind.<br /><br />I think it's just that bad movies are bad, regardless of if they're original or not. It can be easier to see that a movie is bad when you have anothersonsoftaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466971377569066201noreply@blogger.com