All Things:Reboots, Re-imaginings, and re-USE!!!!

KingInTheWest said:
If they ALL die the deaths they deserve, then they will stop. But yes, not enough of them are going to die that death and the movie studios will keep making them because a that familiar name might sell six more tickets. I still can't imagine the Robocop or Total Recall remakes were successes under any definition of the word whatsoever.

I always find it deeply amusing that the Mission Impossible movies have absolutely nothing to do with the Mission Impossible television show, other than tarnishing the good name of Jim Phelps in the first one. But they are actually pretty good movies, certainly good enough to not need a little 'Mission Impossible' sticker on them.
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OMG...YES. I used to get up in HIGH school days at 5am to watch the original show. I have not forgiven DePalma, and I sooooo cannot get into those movies BECAUSE of that.
 
Just skip the first one and watch Ethan Hunt: Midget SuperAgent 2, 3, 4, and soon to be 5. He works for the International Mystery Finders - it is just a coincidence that it has the same initials as the other IMF and they like to self destruct things too. Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg.
 
Classic '70s Thriller 'Three Days Of The Condor' Getting TV Remake

Megan Ellison's brother David Ellison's Skydance is working with MGM and Paramount TV on a small screen version of Sydney Pollack's "Three Days Of The Condor." The 1975 movie follows a CIA analyst trying stay alive when he gets caught up in a conspiracy after all his colleagues are murdered. The movie snagged an Academy Award nomination for Best Editing and is powered by great turns from Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, and Max von Sydow. It's not clear if the plans are for a miniseries or regular series, but Jason Smilovic ("Lucky Number Slevin") and Todd Katzberg will write the script.
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[Review] 2015 ‘Poltergeist’ Works As Stand Alone Film; Suffers As Remake
http://bloody-disgusting.com/review...review-works-stand-alone-film-suffers-remake/

One of the biggest problems, however, lies in the CGI overkill, with the climax of the film suffering greatly from a plethora of fake-looking spirits and special effects that just aren’t quite believable. Mostly, however, this revamped tale owes its greatest debt to its name, which calls for the comparison of one of the greatest horror movies ever made, overlooked by one of the greatest directors to ever work in film. Honestly, this movie doesn’t hold a candle to the 1982 classic, but as a stand alone movie, it’s actually pretty entertaining and frightening. If only it wasn’t called Poltergeist.
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Keep reading a lot of the same...too much cgi, generally entertaining, but not worthy of the original's title...in other words...MEH.
 
POLTERGEIST Review
http://collider.com/poltergeist-review/

Did we need another Poltergeist? Probably not, but Kenan did put a fun spin on the material that feels far fresher than most studio horror remakes. There is a small handful of scenes that end abruptly and/or feel like they came out of another movie, like that conversation between Catlett and Braun for example, and the third act might move a little too swiftly, but overall, the new Poltergeist is an effective film that pairs its scares with a unique fun-loving vibe, making it more of an entertaining romp with big thrills than a disturbing nightmare like the original.

Grade: B
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