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Destruction of Legacy
I'm screaming! Can you hear me? I cant take it anymore, these remakes have to stop! After watching the new trailer for the (Remake) Nightmare on Elm Street, I feel I have to speak up as a TRUE horror Fan!
I'm sure some of you will not agree with me and may even get angry and that's fine I'm OK with that, however I'm not OK with someone copying and ruining another persons story and thought. These Remakes are basically plagiarism, Copying. I cant for the life of me understand why new concepts are not barked upon and huge Legacy movies are being sought-after and ruined. Its one thing to redo a Movie, with the same writer and preferably the same Actor as the Villain. ( Now I know this isn't always possible or necessary) Hints: Michael Myers, Jason, The Hills have eyes, Child's play) Well you get my drift, Movies that the Villain and his look/Voice/ Personality were easily replaced. Some movies this isn't and shouldn't be feasible, Such As Freddy Krueger, Pennywise, Pinhead, (Seth Brundle "The Fly"). These Actors made these characters. No one can replace them, and no one should think of trying. However have you seen the New Nightmare on Elm street Trailer? I really thought it was a spoof of some kind? You can't replace Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. He Is Freddy Krueger. :soapbox:
Sure some movies need to be updated, remade if you would. NOT RUINED!!! To people who are of my age you understand. We grew up on these movies, and just like you don't want your favorite jeans ruined, well I don't want my Favorite Character based movies ruined either. You cant remake greatness. Some may come close, but most fail. So then what we waster 27,000,000 on a remake movie, when we could have feed and housed suffering families.
I'm not saying all remakes are horrible and should be banned. Some of actually turned out quite nice, however these were not character based films. They were more for the gore and death scenes. Some foreign film although great films, do benefit greatly with a remake.
New concepts are great such as: Plague Town, Jennifer's Body, Resident Evil, Zombieland, Edens Lake, REC. You get what I'm saying I'm sure. Your horror fans right? So I'm eager to hear your opinion on the Subject.
So please feel free to share your insight!