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It's an amazing touching movie, why must they muck it up with some low rate remake. Can't they come up with something new, originality there's a new thought

Disney Guru wrote:It's an amazing touching movie, why must they muck it up with some low rate remake. Can't they come up with something new, originality there's a new thought

There's no such thing as originality anymore

By the way, you know when they say "Don't fix what isn't broken."?

Yeah. That definitely applies here.

I'm not surprised at all. Of course, Disney would want to remake an old film of theirs about a boy and his dragon with the How to Train Your Dragon franchise being extremely popular! Instead of having a pot belly and tiny wings, Elliott will be emaciated and have wings the size of Rhode Island.

The first image has leaked!!!

PatrickvD wrote:The first image has leaked!!!

I hope that image is a joke, if not I dread to see what the rest of the film is going to look like.

Disney Guru wrote:I hope that image is a joke, if not I dread to see what the rest of the film is going to look like.

You have greatly offended Sean Connery.

^ It is a joke. It's from Braveheart.

thelittleursula wrote:^ It is a joke. It's from Braveheart.

No, that's Mel Gibson.

This is Dragonheart.

The last five posts...

Dragons aside, this proposed remake was such a shock to hear about; It's downright bizarre.

The folks at Disney need to leave the classics alone. If they want to do a remake, take a movie like "The Black Hole" and remake it!!! That film is just crying out for a remake.

Messing around with "Pete's Dragon" is like messing around with "The Wizard of Oz", another film that should not be remade by anyone.

dvdjunkie wrote:If they want to do a remake, take a movie like "The Black Hole" and remake it!!! That film is just crying out for a remake.

Not really.

I think The Black Hole could use a remake. That's probably my pick for the most boring science-fiction film I've ever seen. Really, it was simply made as a way for Disney to cash-in on the success of Star Wars, but with a talented director behind the wheel of a modern remake, it could be pretty fantastic.

As for The Wizard of Oz, while a remake of the '39 film wouldn't be the brightest idea, a new adaptation of the book would really well. Believe it or not, there are fans of L Frank Baum's book who hate the MGM musical for understandable reasons and they deserve a more faithful, non-musical version with modern special effects. If I was able to finally see an adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that pleased me greatly, so should the Oz fans who don't care for the Judy Garland film.

estefan wrote:I think The Black Hole could use a remake. That's probably my pick for the most boring science-fiction film I've ever seen. Really, it was simply made as a way for Disney to cash-in on the success of Star Wars, but with a talented director behind the wheel of a modern remake, it could be pretty fantastic.

As for The Wizard of Oz, while a remake of the '39 film wouldn't be the brightest idea, a new adaptation of the book would really well. Believe it or not, there are fans of L Frank Baum's book who hate the MGM musical for understandable reasons and they deserve a more faithful, non-musical version with modern special effects. If I was able to finally see an adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that pleased me greatly, so should the Oz fans who don't care for the Judy Garland film.

I have only seen bits and pieces of The Black Hole, it's not one of the better late 70's Disney films, but it's not completely bad either. Plus it has Norman Bates, Anthony Perkins in it.

A non-musical Oz could be good, but I think the story of "The Wizard of Oz" has been done to enough, why not move onto the the other 13 novels L. Frank Baum wrote.

Here's a sneak peek at Elliott and Pete.

enigmawing wrote:Here's a sneak peek at Elliott and Pete.

Close, but no cigar. This Disney here were talking; they wouldn't have Elliot look like that.

enigmawing wrote:Here's a sneak peek at Elliott and Pete.

I forgot about that fantastic statue line! There's also a Maleificent one and I think a Mushu one.

SwordInTheStone777 wrote:Close, but no cigar. This Disney here were talking; they wouldn't have Elliot look like that.

I was kidding, hence the smiley. But it is an officially licensed Disney product.

And please, please spell Elliott with two t's.

Sky Syndrome wrote: I forgot about that fantastic statue line! There's also a Maleificent one and I think a Mushu one.

Exactly! More about the line here.

I really wish they made a Jake Long figure. I'd still kill for that Maleficent one, though.

I sanction this only if Mickey Rooney reprises his role.