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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Starship Trooper remake?
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:30:24 -0500
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 08:58:53 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

>On 03/03/2025 16:08, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> I'm sure it will go just as well as the "Robocop" and "Total Recall"
>> remakes.
>
>That's two films that really didn't need to be remade as although some 
>of the effects are a bit dated the films themselves are still very good 
>so what does a remake actually achieve.

Money, dear friend; lots and lots of money. Maybe not at the box
office, but Hollywood Accounting ensures that the studios make a
profit even when the movie itself is a total flop.

And in the case of both these movies, they made cash at box office
too. Robocop 2014 made $250 million on a $100 million budget, and
Total Recall 2012 made $210 million on a $125 budget. They weren't
blockbuster successes, but the producers cashed out quite comfortably.
Sequels and remakes are almost certain successes, every time.
"Starship Trooper" doesn't need a sequel either, but that won't stop
millions of people from going to see it anyway. What else are they
going to do; go see something original?