Classic 1950's Sci-Fi> Should we redo them today?

[Atomic Age]

I remember two remakes of 20,000 Leagues done for television. One was a Hallmark production, and contrary to my usual expectations of quality from them, it absolutely stunk. I recall thinking that it looked as though it had been rushed through to compete with the other remake. I'm not sure if I saw the other, though I think I did. I believe it stunk, too.

The Disney original is a personal favorite, even with the liberties it took with the novel (and Kirk Douglas singing), but I would like to see a modern-day version that tacked a bit closer to the novel.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen had a Nemo of Indian nationality, but I'm not going down that film's path.

The ironic part is that in 1953, Disney bought up the camera negatives for all the previous film versions of 20,0000 Leagues Under The Sea (1907, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917) , so that his version couldn't be compared with what had been done before.

Doug

[Atomic Age]

That is definitely the danger with most remakes. Lazy, lacklustre scripts and character development which are ineffectively covered over by technology which makes most everything look like a video game...

I can't think, with the exception of John Carpenter's The Thing (and to a much much much lesser extent - not 50's I know - Tom Savini's remake of Night of the Living Dead) of any remake worth any salt whatsoever.

How about the Disney version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or the 1979 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 1979 Dracula, or the 1992 Dracula. I thought Ocean's 11 was a pretty good remake.

Doug