Go Ahead, Remake My Day.

I've noted before that nobody likes remakes, especially Gene Hackman who's got to sit at home this summer watching that dude from "Stealth" ride the upside-down boat, and Kevin Spacey fight the Last Son of Krypton. Yes, he's sitting at home, he's got an excellent bootleg guy.

Maybe he'll call up Michael Caine, who over the last few years watched Sylvester Stallone "Get Carter," watched Marky Mark do "The Italian Job," and, like everyone else, did not watch Jude Law as "Alfie." And on Broadway, they're doing "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

Here's some other guys who would be stewing if they weren't dead. I guess they're turning in their graves:

Gregory Peck--The Omen, Cape Fear
Peter Sellers--The Ladykillers, Casino Royale, and Lolita (ordinarily, I would consider this a second movie made from a classic source, but allowing it let's me put Shelly Winters on the list. See below.)
Shelly Winters--Alfie (again), Lolita (again), and, of course, The Poseidon Adventure (again!)
Frank Sinatra--Ocean's Eleven, The Manchurian Candidate
Dean Jones (of course. Disney loves a remake)--That Darn Cat, well, crap, pretty much every Disney movie he made in the 60s. (oh, and he's not dead)

And the winner is:
A Tie!
Steve McQueen--The Thomas Crown Affair, The Getaway, The Blob, and either extra points for the Magnificent Seven, since it keeps getting remade, my favorite is "Battle Beyond The Stars," but maybe it loses points for being, itself, a remake.

Spencer Tracy--Father of the Bride, possible points for Father of the Bride 2, depending on whether it's merely a sequel to the remake, or a remake of the sequel to the original (Father's Little Dividend); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, bonus aggravation points because the remake has Ashton Kutcher in it; A Guy Named Joe, remade as Steven Speilberg's "Always"; 12 Angry Men, minus a couple since it was remade for TV...

And before I go, I am saddened to have to say something bad about someone who's been one of my favorite movie actors, not to mention I owned all of his comedy albums, but, damn:
Cheaper By The Dozen, Cheaper By The Dozen 2, Father Of The Bride, Father Of The Bride 2, The Pink Panther, Little Shop Of Horrors, he did a TV show remake movie, Sgt. Bilko, and even a Beatles album remake movie, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. (Hey! Two Sergeants!)

Steve Martin, you've got some 'splaining to do!