Film remakes, does this mean I'm old?

[flobadob]

Apparently the is a remake of the film Total Recall on the way with Colin Farrell in it. I remember when the original came out, though I don't think I got it for a few years later. Anywho, does this make me old?

[steg]

no, it has more to do with when you were born

[woofgang]

I think remakes should be banned....

[Arti]

Lol, flob, it makes me feel old.

[bibblebub]

There have been remakes ever since the start of films e.g. "The Kiss In The Tunnel" in the 1890s.

[Stephen_G]

I did go to the cinema to see the original (21 years ago). I don't think Kate Beckinsale, in a similar outfit, would be a patch on a sweaty Sharon Stone

http://www.scificool....l-recall-remake-2.jpg

Not too sure about a remake though.

[bibblebub]

some details have been posted on IMDB already http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386703/

[Answerprancer]

I'd love to see a re-make of Neverending Story done with all todays CGI technology etc

[Stephen_G]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386703/

It's all there, Zeb. Colin Farrell as Doug Quaid/Hauser. Kate Beckinsale as Doug's wife Lori, and Jessical Biel (Possibly) as Melina.

[bibblebub]

it's extremely early days but there is already a page for The Neverending Story http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386664/ to be released in 2014

[jno]

they had to remake Rescued by Rover several times because it was so popular the prints kept wearing out; and that was in silent movie days.

[Stephen_G]

I can't think of anyone who'll replace Michael Ironside for the character of Richter.

[bibblebub]

10 years before "Rescued By Rover", the first comedy film "Le Jardinier Et Le Petit Espiègle" aka "L'Arroseur Arrosé" (comedy in that it was a visual gag) was released in 1895 and remakes were made almost immediately.

[bibblebub]

Sorry to go on about early films but DVDs enabled people like me to own films which one would otherwise have very little chance of seeing, let alone owning. I currently have about 300 silent movies dating from 1895 to the end of the 1920s, and am a fan of early cinema.

[Answerprancer]

Thanks for the info Bibble - I look forward to that :-)

[flobadob]

Did anyone ever hear of a film called Death at a Funeral. I think it was remade only 3 or 4 years after the original but featured a black cast instead of a white one. At least that is what it looked like to me, I only saw the original.