
I honestly didn't like the remakes of Grudge and Ring at all. I didn't see Dark Water, but I don't really expect much out of that either. I joked w/ my friend and said "If something comes out called 'A Tale of 2 Sisters' or 'Wishing Stairs', lemme know!"

Anyway, after talking to her I checked online to see who produced these movies, b/c I was curious. I was absolutely shocked to see this:
http://imdb.com/name/nm0498175/
If you'll take notice, the same guy did all of the ones I looked up. This producer (Roy Lee) has some familiar titles under his belt. If you click on some others and read the descriptions, you'll find even MORE upcoming remakes w/ different titles. He did just about every recent remake of Asian movies and with more to come!!!


I can't really rant too much now because that would involve a lot of detail and I'm already frustrated. It might come easier when I see people's comments so I can respond to that. But.....check out the titles and the casts. Oh holy crap of Christ. I'm appalled and afraid. Some stuff is better off untouched. Some stuff is deserving of AT LEAST a better cast, if they really HAVE to remake it. I think all of it will be butchered. Some remakes will at least be laughable and we can joke about it. But this is getting a bit ridiculous. I know many movies from abroad are good, but do so many have to be remade???? ;__; Some of the titles on there just shocked me, then I was disgusted, b/c I liked them so in their original form and can't imagine justice being done in a remake. Some (well, most, if not all) of the casts had the same effect on me. I didn't even see all of them that are being remade, but I seriously doubt I would watch the remake first, if at all.
In case you couldn't tell, I generally don't like many remakes anyway no matter what they are of, so I'm probably really biased. I also can't call myself a fan of most recent American movies. But, I'm not pleased at all for a number of reasons. Some may like this, but I don't. Sorry. I say just promote and watch more of the originals first rather than just remake it right away, change it around, put in some familiar Hollywood faces, and make it in English for people who don't feel like reading subtitles. :X The first thing I thought was "Someone make this guy stop!", but I guess he found the way to live and retire comfortably b/c some people not having seen the originals probably like this stuff and think it's new and unique. I think that's a big part that bothered me.
Rant over, for the time being, but I'm sure I'll be back in this thread.
