Are You in Favour of a Zardoz Remake?

[Stanyon]

Watched the original the other day and it was the first time I have seen it since it originally came out and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm not a big fan of remakes with few exceptions but I think Zardoz is one film that deserves to be and there are many other films that have been remade sometimes several times over that probably didn't deserve it. A bigger budget for special effects but not straying too far from the script, I also think it should be cast with relatively unknown actors.

A Zardoz head drone would be fairly easy to make carving it from lightweight foam

 

[Jedster]

Watched the original the other day and it was the first time I have seen it since it originally came out and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm not a big fan of remakes with few exceptions but I think Zardoz is one film that deserves to be and there are many other films that have been remade sometimes several times over that probably didn't deserve it. A bigger budget for special effects but not straying too far from the script, I also think it should be cast with relatively unknown actors.

A Zardoz head drone would be fairly easy to make carving it from lightweight foam

I saw it in 1974, though t it great, & don't think it should be redone.
However, I though the same about 'Total Recall' and really liked the remake.

 

[LuisDantas]

Only tangential at best, but the first thing that comes to mind is that I wonder if Daniel Craig will want to be the lead actor.

 

[sun rise]

I'm really not a fan of remakes. It bespeaks a lack of creativity on the part of writers and movie studios. My only exception would be a great idea poorly executed the first time. A remake that markedly improves a first time effort is OK in my book.

 

[crossfire]

If they incorporate some fresh satire in it, because it is easy to miss much of the satire in the original unless you are a classic SciFi movie fan.

 

[SigurdReginson]

The only thing I remember from Zardoz was that I became temporarily blinded.

Spoiler: Wear eye protection.

 

[Sand Dancer]

The movie was plain weird. I don't need to see another actor in a diaper.

 

[LuisDantas]

The movie was plain weird. I don't need to see another actor in a diaper.

Probably not. But you must agree that it is a very effective way of cleaning up the expectations of the public for actors that feel that they have been typecast.

Hey, Sean Connery hoped for that. And I would say that it worked.