Quote: Griff @ December 15 2008, 3:40 PM GMTYes that is all very true. But I was looking for straight-up remakes where exactly the same story happens to exactly the same characters, more or less. It seems to work well in drama but not comedy for some reason.
I think they tend to remake films that they are guanteed to be able to push at a young male teenage market, hence the miriad of sci-fi and horror remakes. Also, comedy is difficult enough to get right once, let alone twice.
Quote: Griff @ December 15 2008, 3:43 PM GMTTo my shame I haven't seen either version of LSOH, Lee. Which is the good version?
Neither's up to much.