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It Looks Like We're Getting A Modern Remake Of "American Psycho"​

It Looks Like We're Getting A Modern Remake "American Psycho" So We Can Look Forward To More Patrick Bateman Memes

A few movies from their era have endured quite like "American Psycho" has. It came and went when it originally dropped in theaters, but it developed a strong cult following in the past, largely becaus...

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[Billbofet]

Has anything original whatsoever been announced since the writer's strike ended? Jeez!

 

[clarky]

Can't see a reason not to remake the near perfect original.

What a waste of everyone's time.

 

[The Stig]

Can't see a reason not to remake the near perfect original.

What a waste of everyone's time.

I think you may have contradicted yourself there.

Anyway, great movie, I wonder if it'll be rated R.

 

[clarky]

I think you may have contradicted yourself there.

Anyway, great movie, I wonder if it'll be rated R.

My first line was intended as sarcasm. I should be more obvious with an /s

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Put a chick in American Psycho. Make her gay and lame.

 

[clarky]

Put a chick in American Psycho. Make her gay and lame.

"Lame" lol not heard that for a while. Nice one.

 

[SirTerry-T]

For fucks sake...

 

[Bridges]

They're gonna butcher my favorite movie

Put a chick in American Psycho. Make her gay and lame.

They already tried that, look up American Psycho 2. It stars Mila Kunis

 

[Bridges]

"Lame" lol not heard that for a while. Nice one.

It's a South Park reference

 

[clarky]

It's a South Park reference

 

[IDKFA]

FFS. I'm fucking tired of Hollywood studios remaking classics instead of original ideas.

This doesn't need a remake. American Psycho, the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, is hard to adapt anyway as it's first-person narrative, but the 2000 adaption did a fantastic job and Bale was sensational.

There are tens of thousands of other novels waiting to be adapted. We don't need the same novels being adapted or films being remade over and over again.

 

[mortal]

I mean it can't be worse than that terrible sequel, can it?

 

[Big Baller]

 

[SJRB]

Yeah this is going to be a disaster.

 

[Badlucktroll]

I always feel that of anything that should be remade, its Congo. With a different tone and closer to the book. The grey apes used primitive stone tools.

 

[LimanimaPT]

But why? Hollywood is really out of ideas....

 

[DGrayson]

I honestly can't think of a worse idea or another movie that should not be remade more than this one.

 

[Fake]

Oh yeah, sure generation z will love this

-_-

Why can those piece of arts leave alone in the past?

 

[jason10mm]

Put a chick in American Psycho. Make her gay and lame.

There are entire docuseries about women like this.

 

[jason10mm]

I honestly can't think of a worse idea or another movie that should not be remade more than this one.

Fight Club, talk about missing the point ENTIRELLY!

 

[clarky]

I honestly can't think of a worse idea or another movie that should not be remade more than this one.

Only a Back to the Future remake would be worse.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[Fake]

Only a Back to the Future remake would be worse.

I don't think would be worse than that.

There is no controversial or 'for sensitive' scenes in that movie. Back to the Future is one of my favorite movies, but can be very easy remade.

 

[clarky]

I don't think would be worse than that.

There is no controversial or 'for sensitive' scenes in that movie. Back to the Future is one of my favorite movies, but can be very easy remade.

I await the superior Back to the future remake with trepidation.

Can you get any more controversial than your mum trying to shag you for 80% of the film?

 

[NightmareFarm]

Ah yes, exactly what this industry needs. MORE remakes.

 

[MDSLKTR]

I'll only watch this remake

 

[Husky]

The psycho will be an incel who's upset about his favorite movie being remade, or some other dumb meta shit like that.

 

[Scotty W]

They are doing this remake in order to kill the memes.

 

[Fake]

I await the superior Back to the future remake with trepidation.

Can you get any more controversial than your mum trying to shag you for 80% of the film?

I never said would be superior. And I don't even think a remake would ever beat Back to the Future.

We already tried with Robocop and Total Recall.

American Phsyco have much women getting killed, so I quite sure modern audience would tolerate that.

 

[clarky]

I never said would be superior. And I don't even think a remake would ever beat Back to the Future.

We already tried with Robocop and Total Recall.

American Phsyco have much women getting killed, so I quite sure modern audience would tolerate that.

If you don't think your remaking something that's better than the original then there is no point in even trying.

Decent remakes? The Thing, Scarface, Evil Dead. Theres a few more, but not many.

I've still got PTSD from the Robocop and female Ghostbusters remakes.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

I'll only watch this remake

What in the ever living fuck is this?

 

[poppabk]

I await the superior Back to the future remake with trepidation.

Can you get any more controversial than your mum trying to shag you for 80% of the film?

Using a nail gun to nail a xxxxx to the floor before using xxxx to burn up her xxxxx so you can stick a xxxx up there and then put a xxxxxxxx xxx in the xxxx.

 

[clarky]

Using a nail gun to nail a xxxxx to the floor before using xxxx to burn up her xxxxx so you can stick a xxxx up there and then put a xxxxxxxx xxx in the xxxx.

Fair point.

 

[poppabk]

Fair point.

Would still be less controversial than if they remade Jaws following the plot of the book.

 

[clarky]

Using a nail gun to nail a xxxxx to the floor before using xxxx to burn up her xxxxx so you can stick a xxxx up there and then put a xxxxxxxx xxx in the xxxx.

Thinking about it though i'd rather do that than have my mum XXXXX up my XXXXXX. Its close though.

 

[FunkMiller]

Evil Dead.

Thats never been remade. Or do you mean part 2? Which had to redo the first twenty minutes of part one due to licensing reasons. The Alavarez film isn’t a remake. Ash turns up at the end.

 

[clarky]

Thats never been remade. Or do you mean part 2? Which had to redo the first twenty minutes of part one due to licensing reasons.

Evil Dead (2013) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror

1h 31m | R

www.imdb.com

Its a remake with a bit of fan service at the end.

 

[poppabk]

Thats never been remade. Or do you mean part 2? Which had to redo the first twenty minutes of part one due to licensing reasons. The Alavarez film isn’t a remake. Ash turns up at the end.

Not sure if serious?

 

[FunkMiller]

Not sure if serious?

Deadly serious. Alvarez consistently said it was part sequel, part remake.

So if you consider that to be a full blown, fresh continuity remake, then you also have to say that Evil Dead 2 is as well. It remakes part of the original film, and also acts as a sequel. Same as the Alvarez movie. Everybody considers Evil Dead 2 a sequel, so the same rules have to apply to the Alvarez film… because he said so.

EDIT: and I forgot… the three Necronomicons from Rise are canon to Army Of Darkness. Rise is also canon to Alvarez’s film. Therefore, all same continuity.

Thank you for coming to my Ted (Raimi) Talk.

 

[FunkMiller]

Its a remake with a bit of fan service at the end.

How DARE YOU forget the Classic!

 

[clarky]

Deadly serious. Alvarez consistently said it was part sequel, part remake.

So if you consider that to be a full blown, fresh continuity remake, then you also have to say that Evil Dead 2 is as well. It remakes part of the original film, and also acts as a sequel. Same as the Alvarez movie. Everybody considers Evil Dead 2 a sequel, so the same rules have to apply to the Alvarez film… because he said so.

Thank you for coming to my Ted (Raimi) Talk.

Nah. Its the same plot updated for the then modern audience. It's about as much of a remake as you can get. Shit doesnt have to be scene for scene ala Psycho.

How DARE YOU forget the Classic!

I remember my dad bringing home the VHS when i was around 7 years old. Fucking still have nightmares to this day. Responsible parenting right there.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Can't wait for the new African American lead, Jackson Bateman

Whatever they think they can do with this, I would simply advise to not touch this. All they'd be doing is going through a check list of revered moments while trying to artificially create other viral moments to achieve 1/100th the game the original has accrued.

 

[clarky]

Can't wait for the new African American lead, Jackson Bateman

Whatever they think they can do with this, I would simply advise to not touch this. All they'd be doing is going through a check like of revered moments while trying to artificially create other viral moments to achieve 1/100th the game the original has accrued.

I dunno you know, if you flip it on its head and make it about a totally stable trans person who is victimized into raping and killing those who persecute them, and obviously it wouldn't be their fault. It could work.

 

[jason10mm]

I don't think would be worse than that.

There is no controversial or 'for sensitive' scenes in that movie. Back to the Future is one of my favorite movies, but can be very easy remade.

But does it stay an 80's to the 50's, or is it 2020's to the 90's? There is a lot to decide in that forked path alone.

 

[Eiknarf]

I dunno you know, if you flip it on its head and make it about a totally stable trans person who is victimized into raping and killing those who persecute them, and obviously it wouldn't be their fault. It could work.

In the original movie there was a big emphasis on “fitting in” and “banging” and “eating at fine restaurants”.. So a modern version of that could be using dating apps, yelp reviews of restaurants and social media…etc It’ll be dumb

 

[GutsOfThor]

Bring on the AI overlords to take over creating shit since Hollywood is creativitely bankrupt.

 

[Fake]

If you don't think your remaking something that's better than the original then there is no point in even trying.

Thats... my... point.

 

[Puscifer]

Put a chick in American Psycho. Make her gay and lame.

They practically did already

 

[SF Kosmo]

The Mary Haron film is by no means a perfect adaptation, but it's also kind of miraculous considering how challenging the source material is. They shouldn't press their luck by trying again.