I'm one of those rare birds who still likes to see movies at a cinema. Sure, the place I live at the moment has a huge TV and a very impressive set of speakers. But even if we watch movies at night with all the lights out, it's just not the same.
Anyway, I can't help but notice that almost every time I go, I'm one of a handful of people in a cinema with dozens or even hundreds of seats. This creates 2 problems for cinema as an industry.
Speaking of Waterworld, that's a film that's ripe for a reboot. It's an intriguing premise for a sci-fi story, and The Mariner was a classic 90s anti-hero. But given everything a creative writer could do with it, the wannabe Max Max 2 plot they gave us was... disappointing
I'd love to see some edgy writer and director like Lexi Alexander handed the project, and left alone by the studio to do it their way.
You could quibble about whether some of the remake are really remakes or not but I never realized there were SO MANY and how few of them that I have seen and not seen.
But, while there are many remakes that I actually liked as movies in their own right, IMO, nothing can replace the originals of those I've seen.
Please God, No - A New ‘Total Recall’ Remake in the Works at Sony (moviesr.net)
The hit sci-fi movie from 1990 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger has already got a reboot film in 2012 that stars Colin Farrell in the leading role.