9. Flight of the Phoenix. Planes crashes, some people die, they argue a lot and rebuild it. And the remake will do what differently?…..
8. Assault on Preceinct 13. Original had hoodlums (that’s what they were called) attacking the station for no clear reason. New film gives it a reason. Which kinda spoils the whole “evil menace” thing it had going.
7. Evil Dead 2. Which was exactly the same story as Evil Dead 1. A clear example of why film making and LSD don’t mix.
6. Never Say Never Again. A remake of Thunderball with the same Bond actor. Doesn’t even get listed in the “official” list of Bond films.
5. Armageddon/Deep Impact. Remakes (kinda) of the ultimate disaster movie: Meteor! About the US and the Ruskies working together to blast a rock into smithereens. Excellent for bad physics, slagging NASA and cheesy 70s facial hair. No disaster movie is complete without Sean Connery.
4. The Italian Job. Was totally different from the original, and good anough to have it’s own name. What was the point is re-using the name? The only real similarity was the minis.
3. The Time Machine. OK the new version was actually closer to HG Wells’ book, but still… Jeremy Irons as the bad guy? Wow, what original casting.
2. Psycho. What the fluff?
1. Star Wars trilogy. They’ve been “re-touched” so many times, they practically are re-makes! And what’s with that lightsaber colour changing in the Millenium Falcon sequence on the DVD version?!? He’d better put in a damn good “explanation” in episode 3!
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