Have you heard said before: “all the original ideas are
gone”? If you look around at everything in pop culture today, it would seem
that’s true.
TV – (45% of them some crime drama, 45% of them some reality
show, 10% some other crap) you can only make fun of reality people for so long,
recycling old shows with day-long marathons of everything …way to stay green, I
guess?
Books – ok, I’ve already ranted about Fifty Shades of Grey,
and I don’t want to go into the Seth Grahame-Smith books. Oiy! (ok, I did kind
of like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)
Movies – ideas…ideas…ideas… oh, a comic book!, no! wait!
Remember how fun playing boards games was as a kid??? (I really want to see a
Monopoly the Movie – oh, [insert political joke] nevermind) How about those old
shows we watched every week? Let’s make one really long episode that has no
real connection with the show we loved.
So, now I’m going to fall in line with the crowd (baaaa!)
and come up with my list of remakes, rip-offs, regurgitations I’d actually like
to see.
First, up: The Wizard of Oz – I know it’s sacrilege
to suggest there could ever be an improvement of the classic Judy Garland, but
I think we have the technology now to do it. It would be interesting to see
what someone now would do with the story. (And yes, I’ve seen the preview for
that new Disney movie, but that’s one of the other Oz books, not this one….
Stop calling that a remake people, and read your homework.)
Pillow Talk – which was sort of remade/parodied as Down
With Love, but I’d like to see a modern take on it.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – guys, you make skip
ahead or go off and do guy things… Now, I love this musical! I would love to
see it remade as it would have been originally, if the studio hadn’t given all
the money to something else being made at the time. It was meant to be filmed
outdoors in Oregon over the course of a year, just as the story follows.
With the new Broadway versions, I’d like to a remakes of Mary
Poppins & 9 to 5 - based on the stage show much like the newer
version of Hairspray (very different from the stage version which was
very different from the original movie – but all 3 are great!)
While we’re remaking musicals, how about Guys & Dolls,
My Fair Lady, and Flower Drum Song? There are already very good
movie versions of these, but an updated take with actors who are actually
singing for themselves would be nice.
There have been many versions already, but I would love to
see a version of the Jane of Lantern Hill & Little Princess
which actually follows the book. (Well, there are so many that I could say that
about …erm, Treasure Island, Little Women, Harry Potter.)
So would you love to see a modern take on your favorites or
do you think the classics should stand on their own?
