What bothers me about remakes, is Hollywood tends to mostly remake succesfull films. There have been a number of bombs that had a good concept/story behind them that given the right folks at the helm might make a good film from bad. Alas, once a film bombs, it seems the story is cursed.

This is so very true. Why not take a great script that wasn't carried out right, remake it to try and do it justice? I think that's an excellent idea. Someone in Hollywood could corner the market with an idea like this. Too bad they're not creative enough to do it.
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