Movies That Should Be Remade Vol. 1

Remakes get a bad rap. As you would expect, doing an all-serious remake of Robocop with none of the satire and humor, a Clash of Titans remake with the gracefulness of a Michael Bay movie, and an edgy remake of Snow White all based on name recognition rather than artistic integrity tend to fail pretty hard. But what about when there are ideas left on the table, and a remake is actually justified? A while back, I discussed some of the movies that should never be remade, so let’s get a little bit more positive and examine movies that I wouldn’t mind seeing a remake of… if they were done right.

Movies That Should Never Be Remade Vol. 1

Remakes get a bad rap, for good reason. The modern remake is all about name recognition, not revisiting an idea or plot point or concept that was forgotten about in the past to try and tell a new story, instead it’s all about finding the right name that will get the right amount of money. That’s a pretty cynical way of looking at things, but can you blame me? So while we know nothing is sacred in Hollywood, why don’t we talk about all the movies that should never have remakes. Ever. 

The Post Where I Complain About Movie Tropes

Originally Written on February 19th, 2016 for Tumblr

I watch a lot of movies. Sometimes I notice some really obvious, and really stupid movie cliches. Here are some of the worst.

New Metallica: Does Anyone Care?

Originally written on July 26th, 2016 for Tumblr

So Metallica finally has a new record coming out and the reception to this news has been… nonexistent. There’s the usual “they should apologize for St. Anger” crowd hating it already, and the die hards who are already planning to buy whatever bloated limited edition they are going to release, but besides the two extremes, there really hasn’t been any response to this album as of late.