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Not all remakes are horrible (the original and first remakes of Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and fewer still, such as the Sci-Fi Channel's miniseries version of Dune correct originals that were inexcusably bad.
But why even try to remake something so iconic and memorable, like The Day the Earth Stood Still? Science fiction movies, it seems to me, live and die on good word of mouth from a core of fans who can't wait to see it. You could have cast DiCaprio and Winslet in this movie and you'd never have had that kind of reaction. More importantly--in the current atmosphere, who is going to see an inferior remake when they could Netflix or rent the original for a fraction of what a movie ticket is going to cost them?
