And Yet Another Remake from Hollywood . . . It

[Sportster]

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[xudo]

I will likely wait until it's on Exodus. I don't like to even buy films from the bargain bin if they look like they're likely to be tripe.

 

[AGXStarseed]

Is anyone going to see "It" when it comes out or wait until it hits the $3 bin at Walmart? Despite disliking clowns, I have the original miniseries on DVD . . . that I got from the $5 bin at Walmart. I love how they have graduated pricing for their movies from $3 on up.

Anyway, here's the trailer for the remake of "It." I don't understand why Hollywood can't come up with something new and fresh with all the books in the world and possible storylines:

From what I've read, this film is just going to be the part of the book set during the kid's days - while the second part when they've grown up and have to deal with 'It' again will be made in the future.

I think in this case, its fine to do a reboot as it has been a substantial amount of time since the original miniseries was made (27 years near enough) so it's a brand new experience for younger viewers and an alternate experience for viewers of the original miniseries, this time its a cinematic adaption - which offers more possibilities then the original TV miniseries - and also only one adaption of the book has been made previously as opposed to several similar adaptions of the same story.
I think the film has potential so I won't write it off yet, although the horror genre isn't usually my cup of tea.

When it comes to reboots, I think the whole "Hollywood is out of ideas" and "Hollywood only cares about money" beliefs do play into it a bit.
However, at the same time, film studios - not just Hollywood - have been making multiple remakes of movies and multiple adaptions of books and TV shows for years; each one slightly different and appealing to different audiences. Regardless of whether its an old fairy-tale, a well-known book or a popular/cult movie/TV series, you can guarantee a remake/adaption will be made at some point.
One of the best examples of this is the famous Charles Dickens book, "A Christmas Carol". That book has received heaven knows how many TV and movie adaptions; each one telling the same story but in a different way and everyone has their favourites. Personally, my favourite adaptions of that tale are the Muppet version, the Mickey Mouse version, the version with Patrick Stewart and - in a twisted way - the Blackadder version.
Other people could scoff at my choices and say "I prefer the version with George. C. Scott" or "My favourite is the Disney animated version with Jim Carey", etc.
Another example of a book adaption is "War of the Worlds" by H.G.Wells - which had its initial adaption in 1953, it had several other adaptions (including three adaptions all in 2005) and from different countries.

In terms of films, a good example would be films based around DC's Batman. The 'Caped Crusader' has had numerous movies with his name on - whether they're part of a series or based on a certain event from the comics, the majority of people have likely seen at least one, with Batman (1989) and The Dark Knight often been the most popular two, although I instead prefer Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker.
Despite my favourites and the general majority's favourite, some people might like one of the other movies about Batman, like Batman and Robin or Batman: Under the Red Hood. The choice is every individual's own.

The good thing about reboots and multiple adaptions is that it keeps the stories alive for new generations who, especially today when people spend more time with technology rather then books, may not even be aware of their existence.
Another advantage is if you don't like one adaption, there's always others you can check out just in case there is a version you do like.
To try and put it into perspective, imagine that you like eating doughnuts with the jammy filling.

Then one day, you go to the store where you buy your doughnuts and find several other varieties - one with custard filling, one with chocolate filling, one with cream filling and chocolate on top, a ring doughnut with no filling at all, etc.
You don't have to give the others a try if you don't want to and there's no guarantee you'll like one of the different varieties if you do choose to try one, but you're still given the option to try something new - which you may potentially like as much as if not more then your normal choice.

Now in the long run, I do want to see new material in our films and who doesn't? Nostalgia won't always be a saving factor especially if the adaption/remake isn't that good (Jem and the Holograms and The Last Airbender been great examples in my opinion).
At the same time, there's never going to be a guarantee that new material won't suck as well; Look how badly After Earth bombed at the box office when Twitter users made it clear how horrible a movie it was and told people not to go.

As such, I think every movie - remake or original - is worth at least a look.
If you like it or dislike it, the decision is yours.
If there's more then one adaption already around or upcoming, then the choice is yours as to whether or not you're going to give the adaptions of the past, present and future a watch to decide which versions are worth your time and hard-earned cash.

 

[Judge]

I suppose the first thing I will consider is to see what Rotten Tomatoes thinks. But I'm always prone to wait for the video or it to be broadcast on cable television. Ironically in most cases, the worse the remake, the faster it will make it to the idiot box.

 

[OlLiE]

never really liked watching horror movies, reading ok, not watching
generally wait till i can download them rather than going to see them

 

[Manuheleku]

I'll probably wait until it gets to Netflix or some other streaming option. I want to see it, but I have so many other things to watch that I can wait.

 

[Bolletje]

I'll probably watch it when it's on Netflix. I make it a point to shy away from remakes when Tim Curry was in the original. That is one legendary actor.

 

[Mr Allen]

The last good remake I watched was the remake of Hairspray and that was about 10 years ago.

The recent remake of Power Rangers sucked, 2014's Robcop remake sucked, need I go on? Well the recent Beauty and the Beast live action remake was decent, apart from I didn't think Emma Watson was right for the part of Belle, she's far from unattractive, but she's no Belle IMO.