Since the first time early man made fire there was another man stood looking over his shoulder grunting. If we could build a translating machine strap it to a time machine, pick that exact point in time and translated those grunts it would go something like 'I could do better than that and I would have made it blue'. Jump back in said time machine and travel to now and the same thing is happening in the movies. Every week there seems to be a remake or as the studio suits are calling them 'reboot'. In 2002 Spiderman was released, it was ok, directed by Sam Raimi it told the story of Peter Parker and his journey as he becomes the web slinger. Ramini went onto do two more movies including number three which was a waste of the Venom character. But now they are 'rebooting' the series with what looks like a darker story much in the vain of the Batman movies made by Nolan. My question is do we need these remakes or reboots? One remake I could of done without and even now makes me sad was the remake of Rollerball. The original Rollerball starring James Caan was a great movie, set in a future dominate by a violent sport called Rollerball. The remake was to put it plainly shite, nothing seemed right and the sport didn't have the impact and what the hell was all that night vision crap about. Then there was the horror remakes that became the fashion, we got Friday 13th it seemed pointless and brought nothing to the story. The remake of A nightmare on Elm street did much the same just a few more CGI effects. Then there was the remake of Halloween now this was a different animal. Director Rob Zombie decided not to just update but tell the story from a slightly different point of view. For me this worked and I enjoyed it. The second movie was a bit hit and miss. They even remade Day of the dead which from start to finish had me asking only one question how did they con some poor shmuck into paying for this tripe. And then the remake of The Wicker man, oh my god the original was a horror masterpiece, Woodward played a man of strict Christian faith on a pagan island and the end was all the more horrific because of his unshakable love for his god. The remake with Cage in the roll just seemed lack-lustre and boring. Now there's news of a Second Blob remake Surely this is a sign that the movie machine has run out of ideas, maybe they have shot them selves in the foot by making it increasingly hard for new talent to come through. There needs to be a shift in the business or we will only have the remake of Avatar to look forward to..I give it a year.
