8 Films That Would Have Worked Much Better As TV Shows
2. Any Remake Ever
The sad fact with remakes is that even though we can all ridicule their very existence, they almost without fail find an audience. I guess it'd be OK, if any of them were actually any good. Although wait... There have been some pretty good remakes recently. Norman Bates re-imagined with an iPhone is flawed but enjoyable, Mads Mikkelsen is gives Anthony Hopkins a run for his money as Hannibal and fans of the Coens Fargo eagerly await what Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton will do in the snow. The difference between these and the likes of Robocop or Carrie is that these intriguing remakes are all television-based. Fargo may still turn out to be a dud, but the fact theres any anticipation at all around a project that is using an idea already done perfectly is emblematic of how remakes are entirely different beasts when done as TV shows. Given time to flesh out new ideas which are often stifled by a studios insistence to homage the original (Hannibal, technically a re-adaptation of Thomas Harris novels, has references to Silence Of The Lambs but theyre far enough apart to work), the same people who would probably be forced to produce a hack job film remake have the freedom with TV to let their love of the source flourish. So next time a studio thinks of taking a classic (nostalgic or otherwise), maybe itd be creatively advantageous to not immediately run to the box office. Were looking at you Michael Bays The Birds.
