Night of the Comet should remain as is, an 80's classic cult/zombie type film.
Jaws, this should be untouchable but I would love to see it redone in todays technology changing nothing. I think it could be something special with the right director and direction.
Hollywood is out of ideas and it is a sad reality that we have to even discuss remakes
I used to think the same thing, that Hollywood's creativity has bottomed out. To be honest, Hollywood has been remaking original films for many decades from almost its beginning.
The number of remakes and sequels has increased, especially in the last decade or so, but there are scores of new movies that are not remakes or sequels being made and released constantly. I think it seems like the pool of original material has mostly disappeared because Hollywood overly emphasizes and hypermarkets the rehashed stuff so much that it drowns the former out like white noise.
My pet peeve with Hollywood and remakes is not so much about quantity and more about quality. Some remakes can be embarrassments to the originals. Case in point: 1959's
Ben-Hur was, in fact, a remake of a 1920's original. The 1959 release won 11 Academy Awards and in my opinion deserved every... single... Oscar.
The techniques and technology Hollywood gained in the 30 years between the first two films improved the remake tremendously. It was almost 60 years between the ultra-classic 1959 film and the latest remake released a few years ago. Sometimes the third time is NOT a charm because the latest remake was an embarrassment to its legacy. Worse, all three movies are based on such a
SIMPLE story. How can the most advanced era of Hollywood create a dud based on a simple story? smh
/rant