What TV Shows Would You Want Remade? - General Discussion Forum

CanisWolfred · 2011-07-26T17:55:56+00:00

I already know what a lot of people are going to say, but I may as well ask anyways. As for myself, there are only two shows in the entire world that I'd ever want remade, and one of them just got announced last month. Those are Mobile Suit Gundam , and New Mobile Report Gundam Wing . In Gundam's case, they ran out of budget near the end, resulting in inconsistancies, lots of reused animation, and a different ending (the latter of which worked out for the better). I figure a remake with a modern Gundam budget should iron out the other problems with the series. Luckily, they had a new manga adaption running for about ten years now, titled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin , which had some additional backstory and a few other differences that I may find interesting, and when it ended not long ago, they finally announced an anime adaption of that manga adaption, effectively meaning that they're remaking the original Gundam. As for Gundam Wing, it too ran into budget problems, resulting in dips in the animation quality and most importantly the loss of some major backstories of the characters, which were later adapted into a one volume manga. I read this manga, not only did it have better writing than the entirety of the anime, but it also made sense of a lot of the seemingly random stuff that the characters did, effectively nulling half the problems most people had with the show. In short, it really should've been in the show. Luckily, the guy who wrote that manga is now in charge of an Origin-style manga adaption titled New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz: Glory of the Defeated (Or Glory of the Losers, depending on who's translating). It's supposed to be a more complete adaption of Gundam Wing, though I do hope it changes some of the things that need changing (yet I'm sure the OZ mobile suits will still explode after the slightest attack as if they were filled with nitroglycerin). I don't care if I have to wait another ten years, just so long as an anime adaption happens. Now that I think about it, I also wanted Berserk and Rurouni Kenshin to get remade, but they're already getting remakes. I guess wishes do come true.:D

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CanisWolfred
Wed 27th Jul 2011

Link79 wrote:

@Mickeymac
Well maybe I was more into Voltron because I was a kid when it was new.
Anybody over 25 probably has fond memories of it.

I had fond memories of it that were shattered as soon as I tried to watch it again.

Link79 wrote:

Based on your avatar I thought you'd like shows of that nature.
Guess not.

I'm a fan of Mecha, but I'm also a fan of good writing.

Link79 wrote:

Anyway the new series is trying to be more ethnic. The intro music is a damn rap/hip hop song and the art style is just atrocious.

After watching it myself, I can see that. However, the writing is still actually better, even if it's not nearly the improvement I was hoping for. Really, at this point I think I'll just find a fan sub of the original Japanese version.

Link79 wrote:

Also the He-Man remake was poorly recieved by most who watched it. It didn't have the same energy and excitement of the original. When prince adam pulls out the sword and changes into He-man it looks and sounds 10 times better on the old show.
There's a coolness factor that is somehow missing in the newer version.

I never noticed. Let me go check...yeah, I just don't see it, or hear it, rather. They obviously don't sound the same, but I wouldn't say the original has any more "coolness" to it.

Tasuki wrote:

@Mickeymac: Ugh I cant stand newer Rurouni Kenshin. The most I saw in that series was up to where he fought that guy that was all wrapped up in bandages cause he was burned. After that I couldnt get into the series.

I don't know what you're talking about, but what I'm talking about isn't out yet.

[Edited Wed 27th Jul 2011 by CanisWolfred]

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the_shpydar
Wed 27th Jul 2011

Wait, what? They're remaking Rurouni Kenshin? I don't know how to feel about that.

I'm also in the camp that says "no remakes, please". There are exceptions of course, but remakes rarely will match the originals in terms of quality, and will almost never be able to capture the "magic" that the original series have.

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Tasuki
Wed 27th Jul 2011

@Mickeymac: I am talking about Rurouni Kenshin. Maybe you are talking about a remake of it, but I am talking about the series that they took off of the manga till after the battle with the bandaged up guy.

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CanisWolfred
Wed 27th Jul 2011

Tasuki wrote:

@Mickeymac: I am talking about Rurouni Kenshin. Maybe you are talking about a remake of it, but I am talking about the series that they took off of the manga till after the battle with the bandaged up guy.

I was afraid you'd say that. Now if you were talking about Samurai X, things would be different.

[Edited Wed 27th Jul 2011 by CanisWolfred]

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RoryLee
Wed 27th Jul 2011

I love remakes, sequels and prequels. The shows that I would like to see brought back are The Three Stooges, Hermans Head, and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. I also think Mr. Ed would be pretty cool as long as they did it like the original and not use too much CGI.

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the_shpydar
Wed 27th Jul 2011

Hey, someone else remembers Herman's Head! Nice. I always thought it was a cool premise for a show.

But a thousand times no on The Three Stooges. Never. A remake without the Stooges would not be The Stooges, and would be horrible.

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Tasuki
Wed 27th Jul 2011

Mickeymac wrote:

Tasuki wrote:
@Mickeymac: I am talking about Rurouni Kenshin. Maybe you are talking about a remake of it, but I am talking about the series that they took off of the manga till after the battle with the bandaged up guy.
I was afraid you'd say that. Now if you were talking about Samurai X, things would be different.

Nope I have never seen Samurai X even though I have a wall scroll of it on my wall lol. I just havent got around to seeing that one yet.

@the_shpydar: Then I guess I shouldnt tell you that they are working on a Three Stoogies movie than should I.

[Edited Wed 27th Jul 2011 by Tasuki]

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the_shpydar
Thu 28th Jul 2011

@Tasuki
Yeah, i know about that, it's been in the works for a while. Utter abomination.

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