The 'Original is Better' Syndrome

[Rival]

Post an example of something where you think a remake is better.

I think Tainted Love by Marc Almond is better than the original by Gloria Jones.

The Lion King is basically a rip-off of Kimba the White Lion but TLK seems to have won that battle.

 

[ChristineM]

Films
Little women
Pride and Prejudice

Music
A little help from my friends
All along the watchtower

Just about every mobile phone;-)
That said just about all tech improves on each version change

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Battlestar Galactica

Dawn of the Dead

Halloween

The Sound of Silence by Disturbed

Land of Confusion by Disturbed

Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Mansion

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Post an example of something where you think a remake is better.

I think Tainted Love by Marc Almond is better than the original by Gloria Jones.

The Lion King is basically a rip-off of Kimba the White Lion but TLK seems to have won that battle.

The Maltese Falcon film that everyone loves (the 1941 version with Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor & Peter Lorre) was a remake of a 1931 film.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Post an example of something where you think a remake is better.

Oh - every time Johnny Cash covered a song.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell. She's great and her songwriting is awesome, but when it's sung by Judy Collins.... wow.

 

[Viker]

The Thing (1982)
Dune
The Fly
Scarface


All Along The Watchtower
Black Magic Woman
House of the Rising Sun
Hurt

 

[Mock Turtle]

For me, this is better than the original, but needs a few 'Get offs' and 'Rubbish' - from the audience at the end to make it complete:

 

[Rachel Rugelach]

Star Trek's Klingons nowadays look better than the original version of the Klingons.
"Now they look like heavy metal rockers from the dead..." (from Aurelio Voltaire's "The U.S.S. Make-Sh*t-Up"

(The song was written with love -- goth artist/writer/musician Aurelio Voltaire is actually a huge Star Trek fan.)

 

[Mock Turtle]

Bob Dylan fans might disagree, and one might have to be an avid fan of The Nice to like this though:

From what I can recall, they sounded just the same in concert here in the UK too.

 

[Revoltingest]

I much prefer this piano transcription to the original orchestral version.
(But only when Francesco Piemontesi plays it.)

 

[Heyo]

The gospel of Matthew is better than Mark, it got zombies!