"Creature from the black Lagoon" Remake?

[The Bat]

I for one, would LOVE to see a Creature "remake"...with todays Special Effects...just as long as the Creature "LOOKS" like the Creature! It's a perfect design...so They'd better not mess with it!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36610

[Bo8a_Fett]

Good idea but you know they WILL change it...and not for the better.

[Werewolf]

They've been threatening a Creature remake for years and years now.

All the Creature design concepts and scripts I have seen have been terrible. But after seeing Rick Baker's terrific make up design for the Wolfman remake, I'm feeling a little more positive a Creature remake could be done right.

[HardyGirl]

NOOOOO!! (runs screaming from the room!)

[palitoy]

I don't really mind the idea of remaking CFTBL but every concept sketch of the proposed creech has really bothered me. Not only because I think the original one is pretty timeless (still creeps my wife out) but because they were just somewhat unmemorable.

I have more hope nowadays though, that they could do it right.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The creature design was way ahead of its time and truly frightening. It looked inhuman, yet human enough to be disturbing. Much like Karloff's original Frankenstein monster make-up, I don't think they could design anything better now. If they just reiinterpret the original slightly, it could work. If they start all over, just give it another name. We don't need another crappy Godzilla-type remake.

Chris

[Werewolf]

Here's a link to some previous Creature remake concepts.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (TBA) : Multimedia

And as you can see, they are all quite horrid. I agree with Palitoy that the original Creature design is timeless. I personally feel it is one of the best if not the best Monster designs ever and any remake needs to stay true to it.

Otherwise it's just not the Creature.

[madmarva]

That movie Anaconda basically was a Creature remake substituting the snakes for Blackie.

It has many of the same shots.

Of course, I'd love to see a true updated Creature of the Black Lagoon movie, thought.

[palitoy]

Jaws 3D was originally slated as a remake of "Revenge of the Creature"

[misterdroid]

I for one, would LOVE to see a Creature "remake"...with todays Special Effects...just as long as the Creature "LOOKS" like the Creature! It's a perfect design...so They'd better not mess with it!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36610

You would almost certainly see a horrible new creature. He'd either have Hollywood generic "monster face" (that wide nostril animal look all vampires and creatures have now) or would have the lame "creature from another place" look (Cloverfield springs to mind... loved the movie, hated the monster design)
I would assume he'd end up being more human than not, since the Creature is just a big 'ol lovelorn softy and you would want people to identify with him. It's hard to identify with a space bug.

[toys2cool]

as long as it looks some what like the original i'd be happy

[DocDrako]

...We don't need another crappy Godzilla-type remake.

Chris

Exactly.

[The Bat]

as long as it looks some what like the original i'd be happy

Hey....that was THE first thing I said!!

[Bo8a_Fett]

Here's a link to some previous Creature remake concepts.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (TBA) : Multimedia

And as you can see, they are all quite horrid. I agree with Palitoy that the original Creature design is timeless. I personally feel it is one of the best if not the best Monster designs ever and any remake needs to stay true to it.

Otherwise it's just not the Creature.

Didn't McFarlan toys bring out a creature based on these designs a few years back...along with "updated" (re crap) versions of Frankenstein's laboratory, Hunchback, werewolf etc?

[Mikey]

I actually never much cared for the original CFTBL (thought is was really boring)

Hopefully a remake will be better