Star Wars (1977)
The Original: 
Farm boy makes friends with some farm equipment, starts knocking about with a thief and his pet dog, kills his aunt and uncle, romances his sister, all while his dad tries to murder him / get him to join the family business.
Brilliant.
The Remake:
Turkish chaps ditch almost every aspect of the original, keeping only the occasional space battle (using pinched footage and one of their mates wearing a bike helmet), replacing lightsabers with actual swords and recasting Darth Vader as a bloke who appears to have designed his own costume.
The Remake Remake:
We wouldn’t actually remake this one, just send the Turkish version to George Lucas as punishment for the Star Wars prequels. In case you’re interested, here it is in full.
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apbgreen
Jun 11th 2009, 13:49
Wow. Between this and '25 Movie Lines You Must Never Quote' I'd say you guys have some anger management issues. Also disturbed by your support of Van Sant's Psycho.
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SCQ47
Jun 11th 2009, 15:26
I agree with apbgreen. Any support of Van Sant's Psycho is intolerable. Hitchcock is still the greatest director of all time, the first true auteur of cinema. Van Sant is a hack and there is no excuse for touching the work of a director greater than you. Not to mention, the remake was unwatchable and had the worst casting imaginable. Van Sant clearly did not understand the subtext of the original because he is a shallow idiot.
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yosarian25
Jun 12th 2009, 2:44
look i like movies, movies are basically the core of my life. They are what i do. And thus i like total film. It gives me the most trusted reviews, and makes me laugh out loud month after month. It is by far my favourite mag, ever. But I really like the remake of godzilla. I always have and i probably always will. I came out when i first started to realise what blockbusters are. Maybe that's why i like it, personal reasons, it represents a stage in my development. However, when I watch it, even today i still find it a none stop thrill ride. I think it is as every bit as good as transformers 1 and the same type of film. To kind of quote your own mag quoting Megan Fox in this respect if you want to see plot go see something else.
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somewhatfrail
Jun 12th 2009, 15:18
I take it you guys have seen the great Nicolas Cage Watches The Wicker Man on Youtube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QqgIzlmdBc Effing brilliant! :D
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