Films Adam Savage Thinks Should NEVER Be Remade

How does an artist start making props, and there communities that can help? How should a costume designer create a portfolio? What’s Adam Savage's take on movie remakes? In this live stream excerpt Adam answers questions from Tested members @ADHDMedia, @adamg8016 and @Silver Defender, whom we thank for their support. Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks, like asking Adam questions during live streams:

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What movie do YOU think should NEVER be remade?
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[TrailCamCaptures]

The idea of a Princess Bride remake forever concerns me

[reyngel]

Back to the Future. Hollywood very much needs to leave that perfection alone for the rest of time.

[TREVONBACH]

SPACEBALLS 2: THE SEARCH FOR MORE MONEY

[joshodmo]

I second that comment Adam made about making props for a play. Very low budget will drastically increase your ability to problem solve. I use to work in low income housing and now work in customs homes. The things I've learned from making repairs with a zero budget has drastically helped my abilities in a hight market.

[lcagold]

Love that I got an ad for the movie Wonka just as Adam starts talking about unnecessary spinoffs, sequels, and remakes. The ad ended and Adam says "That's crazy!!"

[forresthouser]

THE most obvious "Sequel smoking the first" for me is "The Wrath Of Khan"

[BThings]

_Casablanca_ should never be remade. Not only is it a really good movie, but I think part of what aids its drama is the fact that the people making it had no knowledge of how WWII would end at the time. That makes it so that their worries and concerns—even today—feel much more genuine than something today where there would be subtle, even unintentional, winks at the camera of "We know how this all ends."

[TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

Here's a film that not only shouldn't be remade, but probably can't be remade, and that's Blazing Saddles

[qft]

That last comment, seeing our adult children as lenticular nested versions of themselves... what a beautiful vision, and so so true! I never thought of mine this way, and now can't unsee it. Thank you!

[johnhoslett]

I love the Coen brothers but I hated that they remade Ladykillers. The original was a low budget movie in the 50s but it was absolutely brilliant. Starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers.

[A_M_Bobb]

"Every age they've ever been" that is the sweetest tie in to Predator I've ever heard and I'm always gonna think of that now :)

[peckenstein]

Awesome, my question generated a video title!! Love the live feeds, thanks for having them.

[redadamearth]

To extend this, some films just don't need to be "franchises", with endless entries. A film can just be a classic and stand on its own. Please, for the love of God, no more "passing the torch" sequels. What's really disheartening these days is seeing comments about a great film that's released, where half of them are "can't wait for the sequel!" Making SEQUELS was never supposed to be a common thing. When I grew up and saw "Ghostbusters", for example, NONE of us even CONSIDERED or WANTED a "sequel" to it. It just....was. It was great. That was the movie. And it had endless re-watchability. People are so conditioned now to every single hit movie having a sequel, it's like people have forgotten that it's *okay* for a movie to just BE. It doesn't need to go on *forever*. There are so few sequels that are as good or better than the originals, it should really go back to being a very special thing instead of just a GIVEN that something is just going to be a "franchise" - and the problem with that is that the studios behind them end up not working hard on the SCRIPTS and just rush them into production, often with half-finished story arcs or sub-par material, because they know that "fans" are going to see anything with the "IP" stamped on it. It's SO rare that a sequel or a remake ends up being as good as the original that it should go back to being a rare and special thing if a second film or "reboot" is done.

[PUBHEAD]

Big Trouble in Little China. You leave Jack Burton alone.

[spyderfreestone]

The Crow is a perfect example of movies that should never been remade

[Gorilla_Jones]

Don't do remakes, re-release the originals to theaters for new generations to appreciate.

Not only do a new generation of people get to appreciate the film, but they may get into the works of the artists in other genres.

But like you said, some films like OG planet of the Apes can have a well done remake.

But some films should be untouchable, and yes Empire is one of the untouchables.

[Riley_Mundt]

The movies that should be remade are the really bad movies that bombed hard and have since been forgotten. John Carpenter did that with The Thing, taking a forgotten 50's B-Movie and remade it. Take some long-dead film that has likely fallen into public domain and nobody cares about, those are the movies worth remaking.

[zyrain]

Terminator 2. I appreciate the first one, but love the second.

[DEVUNK]

the True Grit remake was a beautifully done. The acting was solid and the characters felt real and not like an old cheesy western