Why is MTV remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Wait, if you were deliberately making a cult movie, you'd want it to be a flop, not a cash cow.

I'm not sure cult film automatically equals flop. RHPS has made nearly $150 million over the years. It cost just about a million to make.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

What do these movies have to do with remaking a cult movie? These are the exact opposite of a cult movie.

I used them as an example of beloved films, not cult movies.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Also - remakes aren't usually supposed to be "better" than the originals.

Sure, they're supposed to be better. But how many times are they better?

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

In any case, I think the first thing you said goes against the rest of the post.
I have to say your whole post confuses me.

That's okay, I confuse myself sometimes.

And it probably doesn't help that I was posting while very tired and in severe pain.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

If you hate the idea of anyone touching your beloved film (believe me, I've got my own list locked in a vault somewhere) that's totally justified.

For me, and I suspect a lot of other RHPS fans, it's not so much that the movie is beloved, it's the experience. I don't do Rocky every week to see master cinematic opus. I go for the experience of audience participation mixed with live action mixed with filmed images mixed with some pretty damn good songs. Without all of those things RHPS is just another movie musical.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I'm not sure cult film automatically equals flop. RHPS has made nearly $150 million over the years. It cost just about a million to make.

Well yeah, but the vast bulk of that was AFTER it became a cult classic.

I'm trying to think of a good example of a cult classic that did big numbers from the start. So far I'm coming up dry...