Patrick asked:
"I have to wonder, when you have a perfect original movie
with a genius in the lead, why would you do a bad remake and
expect to make money and receive kudos by disgusting people's
memories."
Two reasons. First and foremost, the people who are old
enough to have seen the first, or even know about it, are not
Hollywood's target audience. We're way too damn old, don't go
to nearly as many movies (as a group) as teenagers do.
Teenagers probably don't give a shit about Michael Caine and
only know him as an old man. Secondly, Stallone's movies do
not make their money in the US, but overseas where he is
still considered a star.
Mark
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