80s Movies the remake

I really liked the newest Indiana Jones movie! Now I must admit.. I was born in 80, so a lot of those 80's cult classics were lost on me. I never saw 16 Candles, or Goonies, or the Breakfast Club. I had not seen the first 3 Indiana Jones movies, so we rented them before watching the most recent one. I'd also love to see them make another Back To The Future.. they could probably get all the original cast members too, but they'd better hurry because Christopher Lloyd is getting up there in years and Michael J Fox has that Parkinson's issue which won't be getting any better as time goes by. I'd also love to see the next Ghostbuster's and Gremlin's installments.. those will be awesome!! A movie I'd love to see them make a trilogy of is Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! Could you imagine how insane that movie would be if they made it with today's technology?

Indiana Jones had his predecessors in ALex Quatermain and other heroes of that ilk. None of the horror of the 80's could have existed without the monster flicks of the 50's. The big difference is branding. Sure Kung Fu movies existed a good twenty years before Karate Kid, but a certain number of tickets will be sold to this new version, just based on our familiarity with the theme. Hollywood has always borrowed, from novels, from life, from Shakespeare. King Solomon, over four thousand years ago said two things in regard to this: "There is nothing new under the sun" and "To the Writing of Books There is No End" if both statements are true, and I believe they are, then we are bound to rehash a lot of old material. I like remakes, because they are the best chance I have at being surprised in the movies. Most movies are so formulaic that you can practically predict the ending and the cast of main character types from the trailer. At least in a remake the artists are forced to rethink and tweak the original just enough to keep us on our toes. Being the father of 8 I loved the new Indianna Jones , could've done without the stupid ending though, because it allowed me to introduce my kids to my favorite movie "Raiders" in a way that meant something. As to whether they will "trash" our old favorites, they are still there for the watching on DVD and Netflix and other places, so enjoy them without comparison is my recommendation.

All those movies you mention are all great so i am into it in the approval and the revival of the said movies is one way to relive the past glory of those favorites scenes which could even be improve with the application of the latest technology. It is one way to let the younger generation know the past movies and they could relate on it story which is quite delightful to the past audiences before the modern cinematography is introduce. I could not add anymore, as you already mention those blockbuster films which in the future, I wanna like to watch with the modern features, new casting and the background scenes being new and with added twist to the script it gonna be fabulous. I just couldn't wait it being shown in my favorite movie theater as soon as possible.

Wow, I wasn't aware all those movies were being remade. I'd also like to see a remake of back to the future, although I loved Michael J Fox in it and I'm not sure I can imagine it with anybody else. I'm looking forward to seeing the remake of Footloose.

I think the recent slew of poor-quality sequels is a symptom of Hollywood's lack of ambition and creativity. Hence, not only do we get inferior remakes of 80s classics, we also get big budget, special effects bore-fests like Avatar, LotR and the Star Wars prequels, all of which are frankly miserable. Gregory's Girl and The Breakfast Club (and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Sure Thing, etc.) are classics and would be infinitely worse for a remake - in my opinion. Why not just watch the original, and lament the decline of modern cinema? That's what I do.

The Goonies would have a good sequel

I don't like remake. I like fresh ideas. Some movies are hard to remake. Some actors are not replaceable. I like new 3D effects, but it takes much more to create good movie.

i think there might have actually been a splash 2,scary as that is i guess a remake of tron wouldn't be so bad..but i honestly wish hollywood would stop remaking movies.it seems every other one now is a remake,and it shows a lack of originality to me.not to mention they're not always better. "son of ferris bueller" might be funny if they did it right. they could have another generation tormenting that principal.

I'm a little older than you, but I did love the movies from the 80's. I'm actually looking forward to the Wall Street sequel as they always kind of left it open for another movie. I got a chuckle out of your suggestion for a sequel to 16 Candles - it would have to be because Molly Ringwald is no teenager anymore. That's one of our favs we can watch over and over again.

There have been a lot of remade movies..some with great results and then others were very disappointing. I think that The Breakfast Club would be great and maybe a couple of the adventure movies like another responder mentioned..The Goonies.

i was born in early 1980's but i don't like movies in the early 80' because im not a teenager on that time so cannot understand the movie even if i watched it. but i really do love the movies in 1990's-2009 cause i can understand the movie.

First off I want to say that even though I love 80s' movies this concerns me too because it's like Hollywood can't come up with anything new and original movie wise . That being said Brett Easton Ellis's book Imperial Bedrooms is a sequel to his book Less Than Zero and it's supposed to come out later this year and be turned into a movie in 2011 and I'm really looking forward to both of the book and the movie version because Less Than Zero is my favorite Brett Easton Ellis book and I love the movie version of it too .