Hollywood is SO LAME!!!!!

I've been hearing plans to remake Fame and Footloose. Most of the movies I've seen advertised in recent times are all remakes of older, BETTER films. I'll pull from my own files:

Yours, Mine and Ours. I LOVE Dennis Quaid--I admit it with no reservations. HOWEVER, the remake fell so flat in my book. After all the original movie was the telling of true story of a HUGE blended family. The remake wasn't true to the original tale at all. Cheaper by the Dozen--Another true story that was muddied by the remake.

Father of the Bride: Spence Tracy, Myrna Loy Elizabeth Taylor=FABULOUS
Father of the Bride: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton--not as good but still on the keeper shelf.

Father of the Bride 2 compared to Father's Little Dividend similar in theme, amusing for certain but still Spencer Tracy out shines Steve Martin.

Parent Trap--again I LOVE Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson is one of my favorite actresses but it missed a little of the original Disney Magic.

If Hollywood's writers are so strapped for ideas that they need to "remake" original classics then maybe it's time Hollywood found new writers! I mean, hello! I can name several books that would make Damn fine movies--I have a whole list of author's who's titles would ROCK as movies. I submit them to you now:

1. Unbound by Lori Devoti
Unleashed from the gates of Hell…
Risk Leidof was a hellhound--a legendary, otherworldly creature who was both man and beast. For centuries, he'd been bound to do the bidding of a cruel witch queen. But after being ordered to destroy novice with Kara Shane, the man within him rebelled. And the beast within him was held at bay--for now.

Fiercely drawn to each other Risk and Kara soon formed a passionate alliance as they set out to find her missing sibling--and the key to his salvation. For the power unleashed by the twin witches could free him from the queen's bondage. But that freedom came at a steep price. For a fierce battle would put more than one soul at stake...and two hearts on the line!

2. The Wolverine and the Rose (Or any of the Wolverine series-- The Wolverine and the Jewel, The Wolverine and the Flame) by Rebecca Goings
She’s in danger from mysterious dark knights, she’s discovering magic she never knew existed, and she’s falling head over heels in love.

One night destroys Arianna’s home, wipes out her family and flings her into a world turned upside down.

He’s only kissed her once, but Arianna feels as if she’s always known Sir Geoffrey, the Wolverine knight who saves her life. She can hear his thoughts, feel his memories. One kiss, and they’re trapped in a bond they didn’t choose and cannot break.

Their world’s in terrible danger, their one hope the fabled crystal of the dragon, Mynos. But only a woman can touch the crystal and survive…

3. The B*E*A*S*T Within (any of the B*E*A*S*T series—B*E*A*S*T of Burden, Nature of the B*E*A*S*T) by Rebecca Goings
On the run, out of luck, and out of time–can Noah save the woman he loves from the very agency that made him a monster?

When Lanie Erickson is thrown from her car in a horrific accident, she never dreams she’ll be saved by a white tiger! Nor does she think meeting the man who claims to be the tiger’s ‘friend’ will change her life forever--but it does.

Noah Carpenter has a terrible secret. Mutated genetically by the agency known as B*E*A*S*T*, Noah is a shifter, able to change his shape at will. But he escapes the agency that made him a monster, and now he’s on the run.
As Noah remembers more about who he used to be, his attraction for Lanie grows until it cannot be denied. Even though Lanie knows of his savage side, she welcomes him with open arms.

But when B*E*A*S*T* suddenly abducts her, can Noah save the woman he loves from the torture he once had to endure? And can he do it even if it means killing anyone who gets in his way?

4. The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
In the land of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can’t carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale…

Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom’s Cinderella—until fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! So she set out to make a new life for herself. But breaking with “ The Tradition” was no easy matter—until she got a little help from her own fairy godmother who promptly offered Elena a most unexpected job…

Now, instead of sleeping in the chimney she has to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who keep trying to rise above their place in the tale. And there’s one in particular who needs to be dealt with…

Sometimes a fairy godmother’s work is never done…

5. Breeding Evil by Liz Wolfe
Someone is breeding superhumans…
…beings who possess extreme psychic abilities. Now they have implanted the ultimate seed in the perfect womb. They are a heartbeat away from successfully breeding a species of meta-humans, who will be raised in laboratories and conditioned to obey the orders of their owners, governments and large multi-national corporations.

Then Shelby Parker, a former black ops agent for the government, is asked to locate a missing woman. Her quest takes her to The Center for Bio-Psychological Research. Masquerading as a computer programmer, she gets inside the Center's inner workings. What she discovers is almost too horrible to comprehend.

Dr. Mac McRae, working for The Center, administers a lie-detector test to the perspective employee for his very cautious employers. Although she passes, the handsome Australian suspects Shelby is not what she appears. But then, neither is he. Caught up in a nightmare of unspeakable malevolence, the unlikely duo is forced to team up to save a young woman and her very special child. And destroy a program that could change the face of nations. But first they must unmask the mole that has infiltrated Shelby's agency and stalks their every move.

They must stay alive and keep one step ahead of the pernicious forces who are intent on breeding evil.

6. Remains of the Dead by Wendy Roberts
Sadie Novak has the kind of job that kills cocktail chatter dead: She owns Scene-2-Clean, a crime scene cleanup company. And if wiping up after murders weren’t spooky enough, she can also see and talk to the ghosts of the victims. When a grieving relative hires Sadie and her employee, ex-cop Zack Bowman, to clean up after the murder-suicide of Trudy and Grant Toth, Sadie figures she’s bound to meet at least one ghost. Instead she finds herself talking to Kent, a man she meets at the scene who is very much alive —so much so, that Sadie agrees to go on a date with him.

When a ghost does appear—the oddly silent Trudy—the spirit seems determined to prove her husband’s innocence, and inspires Sadie to track down the real killer. But as Sadie scours the crime scene, she quickly realizes she’s in way over her head, that Kent has a strange connection to the dead couple, and that someone wants her to give up the ghost...for good.

7. Beyond Death by Jinger Jackson
An obsession that spans time… A love that endures… beyond death…

Allana Simpson is cursed. Love only brings death to everyone around her. She longs for a normal life with one man that she can give her heart to without killing him.

Tom Haugan never believed in curses until he met Allana. She opens up a world for him that he never knew existed. A world he never wished to learn about.

Tom wants to protect Allana, to heal her heart and take away her pain. The closer he gets, the more "accidents" occur. He’s not willing to give up on what they could have. Allana’s longing for Tom and the dream of a future filled with happiness weakens her resolve to remain alone. She trusts him and decides to let him in. Now death stalks them both…

(Yes, I'm giving into vanity here...)

8. Dragon’s Angel by Donica Covey
Can two people go from complete strangers to lifemates before they become nothing more than a fantasy?

A disembodied voice has Keely Morgan feeling like her sanity is slipping away. A pulling desire leads her to bar she’s never been to before and close to a man she’s never met. When a crazy man spouting things about unicorns, dragons and other worlds she’s understandably shaken

Xavier Blake is assaulted with images of black dragons and painful destruction; flashes that seem almost like memories. When Keely approaches him in a bar she stirs something in him that is more than basic attraction. She is familiar, and he feels complete with her near by.

When Keely is attacked Xavier is there to rescue her. Strange forces push them closer together and take them from the world they know to a place where magic exists, unicorns dance and dragons fly. Destiny foretells they will unite and after a hard battle will reign as the king and queen of Grogan. Can they overcome the evil that plots to destroy them?


9. Callye’s Justice by Donica Covey
They shattered his world by kidnapping his fiancée—paybacks are a bitch.

Justice Bernard, DEA Special Agent, and his team have spent years investigating and putting kinks in the chain of drugs entering and leaving St. Louis. He’s seen a lot in his line of work but he’s blindsided when the love of his life is kidnapped on the very day he proposed.

Callye Ann Simone’s world just got turned upside down. One minute she’s with the man she loves, the next she’s in the hands of a madman. It’s going to take all her strength and her faith in Justice to pull her through.
Justice must find her at any cost. Her kidnappers are the very men he's shaken down for drug trafficking--and they want revenge


10. Hawk’s Rayne by Donica Covey
Once the great Nations of the Americas lived in harmony with nature, having pride in themselves and trusting the Great Spirit to provide for them. Over the centuries this was lost, driven out of them as they were driven from their homes. Now one immortal man, Flint Kestrel must find the key that links his people’s past to their future.

Rayne Amitola has the perfect life, one she’s worked hard to achieve as a top advertising executive in the fast paced life of New York City. Suddenly her life is turned upside by the enigmatic Kestrel and his wild claims that she is the key he has searched over several lifetimes to find. She’d tell him to get a life and out of hers, if she was sure he didn’t live forever…

What about you? Can you think of some great reads you've enjoyed that you'd love to see on the silver screen?

I'm anxious to see what you all have to say!

Hugz
Donica