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Ways that the remake might just work...

posted 17 years ago by BachOmega
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The obvious answer is "Leave the classics alone and stop making stupid remakes!" Alas, Hollywood has the last word. So, to stop it from COMPLETELY sucking, here's some ways I think it might just work:

- Jennifer Garner is a likable actress (it could've been much worse. What if they got Paris Hilton or the like?) and would work well in a character modeled after Rachel Ray (TV show and all) as opposed to Martha Stewart.

- Keep it as PG as possible, or at least a tame PG-13 (after all, the original had clever innuendo without being offensive).

- The sailor could be a wounded Iraq veteran longing for home. But I don't know who could be as adorable as Dennis Morgan's character was, especially interacting with the baby.

- Definitely have some sort of nod to the original, say, the movie playing in the background and nobody notices.

Anyway, there's almost no way it can be worse than Ah-nold's version (I hope). And even when remakes are terrible, they still bring attention back to the originals. Special Edition DVD, maybe?

[–] Boliwill 16 years ago

Please....NO PARIS HILTON!

[–] Owlnut73 9 years ago

I don't mind remakes as long as they stick as close as possible to the original. Even if they have to update it a bit. She can be an on-line magazine columnist. He could be an Iraq war vet. They even use some lovable stocky guy with an accent for Uncle Felix.