I know there are some out there that may or may not like the idea of remaking this film.....i had a feeling it would happen w/ all the remakes of the 80s coming back, but does anyone know what the original cast thinks of the idea ? I know in the past that when a remake is done, someone from the original film makes a cameo appearance. i wouldn't mind seeing anyone from the original come back.
shareRemakes are a big headache for everyone involved: Producers get tight with money: directors refuse to revisit old issues, hack directors are easy to find but they can ruin the quality of a classic film, and the actors are painfully aware of how old and unattractive they THINK they've become. So...be careful what you wish for!
I wish "Get Smart" were better. Steve Carell is an excellent actor, but maybe they should've done this remake back in the 80's/90's when Leslie Nielsen was having so much success with the "Naked Gun" series. (That way they could have had Don Adams (the TV Maxwell Smart) in the movie before he died.
But on another note, a remake can really breathe life into an old favorite, providing they're done with finesse. But..... When they made the movie "Mission: Impossible" with Tom Cruise, no one ever invited the TV Mr. Phelps (Peter Graves) to even be IN the movie. That's disrespectful! You could have doubled your audience by getting the old-timers back into the theater to watch Peter Graves do ANYTHING! He was a legend. When they remade "Shaft" with Samuel Jackson, the original Shaft Richard Roundtree was given a small part. If the actors make themselves available they should be offered a part. It's just common courtesy.
My overall feeling about most re-makes is this: re-makes=lack of creativity.(most times.Cape Fear,for example proves there are exceptions to that rule.So please spare me the listing of great re-makes.)Because no matter how you look at it,the re-make already had a trail blazed for it.Even the best re-makes/re-inventions took a torch that was passed to it and ran.That's why they are so prevalent.Built-in audiences and pre-existing identifications help in the re-make's conception,production&marketing.And I also get that there really are no original ideas left in Hollywood and that everything is somehow based on something else,but c'mon.The remake flood that has washed over movies the last 20 years wouldn't be as devastating,but not for one thing:MOST RE-MAKES SUCK!And so will the Hidden remake.The Hidden was a cool B-movie flick made at a time when action movies were just beginning to become money makers,but before they became blockbusters.Since it didn't have a huge budget,it sticks to the basics:Guns,cops,serial killers,aliens,heavy metal,car chases,strippers and buddy pictures.The lower production values seem to have made the Hidden a tighter action flick.But Jack Sholder&co.managed to make a kick-ass stew that never tries to become too complicated,nor takes itself too seriously.Some of the movie's charm is how it seems to be juggling many themeatic balls all at once.And it's a fun ride.All these things are connected to the time it was made,the late 80's.Even the casting of Michael Nouri and Kyle Mcclachlin is so 80's.Their performances are very good.Hardass,married,frustrated,non-believing cop Nouri.Etherial,sensitive,confused,determined alien cop in disguise McClachlan.Hollywood will slick it up,then that's all she wrote.I'm glad I have my dvd of the original It still is great!
shareThey did have a Get Smart movie back in the 80s, except that it didn't have 99, they renamed Control to PITS. The only connection it really had to the Get Smart series was Maxwell Smart (played by Don Adams).
shareSo much of the atmosphere in the original Hidden comes from those bizarre 80's vibes that it would be nearly impossible to capture the same feeling today and therefore I really don't see any point in remaking The Hidden. Besides the plot is so simple that you could easily just do something new along the same lines with a new title and thus avoid staining the original's good name.
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