"Creature from the black Lagoon" Remake?

[palitoy]

I think most of those designs miss the quasi human element of the original creech that made him creepy. They all just look like CGI clones of that awful Godzilla to me . The only one I'm fond of is the Monster Squad creature.

Don's point about the story rings true, it's been ripped off an awful lot.

[Vortigern99]

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.

The green-hued pic on the far right of the above-linked page is actually quite close to the original, but a little creepier, plus a Wolfman-like underbite and snaggly fangs. I could accept a remake that featured this one, or something similar.

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Like this one? Sure it was the 50's, so she didn't totally get nekkid, but wowsers!!

[Bo8a_Fett]

Plus at least one of the explorer's is a hot babe who may/may not disrobe during the course of the film .....with hilarious conciquences....proberly

[ctc]

>It was like the most boring monster movie EVER !!!!!!!

You're only saying that 'cos you've never seen "It Waits."

Dunno how I feel about a remake of the Creature. One of the biggest problems is that the story is really generic nowadays. Not that the original was a hack job; but it's been remade and ripped off so many times over the decades that a new version is gonna seem really old hat to a modern audience.

And I can see tham slapping the name over the generic monster movie. "Explorers in the Amazon track down a half human half fish monser for the government, who want to make it into the ultimate soldier/use it's dna for experiemnts/use it as a biological weapon."

Only our brave teen hero can save us!

*sigh*

Don C.

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Never saw the Creeping Terror have you?

[Mikey]

It was like the most boring monster movie EVER !!!!!!!

[Bo8a_Fett]

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

Hopefully a remake will be better

BLASPHEMER!!! KILL THE HERETIC!!!

[Mikey]

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

Hopefully a remake will be better

[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?

[The Bat]

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

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

[DocDrako]

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

Chris

Exactly.

[toys2cool]

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

[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.

[palitoy]

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