Re: Starship Trooper remake?

On 04/03/2025 15:30, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 08:58:53 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
 

On 03/03/2025 16:08, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

I'm sure it will go just as well as the "Robocop" and "Total Recall"
remakes.

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That's two films that really didn't need to be remade as although some
of the effects are a bit dated the films themselves are still very good
so what does a remake actually achieve.

 Money, dear friend; lots and lots of money. Maybe not at the box
office, but Hollywood Accounting ensures that the studios make a
profit even when the movie itself is a total flop.
 And in the case of both these movies, they made cash at box office
too. Robocop 2014 made $250 million on a $100 million budget, and
Total Recall 2012 made $210 million on a $125 budget. They weren't
blockbuster successes, but the producers cashed out quite comfortably.
Sequels and remakes are almost certain successes, every time.
"Starship Trooper" doesn't need a sequel either, but that won't stop
millions of people from going to see it anyway. What else are they
going to do; go see something original?
 

This is more from a watcher's point of view so why pay more than it would cost to buy an actual copy of the original film that is better than the remake.